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Microsoft Signs Statewide Cloud Deal with Delaware Schools

by Anuradha on June 8, 2011

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The Delaware Department of Education has chosen a cloud-based suite of easy-to-use services from Microsoft. Microsoft Live@edu, an innovative suite of online communication and collaboration tools will benefit students, faculty and staff in district and charter schools throughout the state. As per the agreement between the two organizations, about 20,000 faculty and staff will initially migrate to this no-cost platform in June 2011. Ultimately, the Department of Technology and Information (DTI), the state’s central IT organization, aims to move everyone to Microsoft Live@edu, as well as offer it to the more-than-129,000-student population, over the next two years. Based on the

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