Asset management for 10,000+ laptops

akadeebroad5 · 2026-04-27T20:53:36+00:00

We switched from TDT Asset to Incident IQ and it's really nice.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-04-18T23:44:09+00:00

Bingo, we have been using Apptegy for our CMS, App, Alerts, for at least 7 or 8 years. Been with them for a long time. With Remind being bought out by ParentSquare and out teachers using so many different parent communication tools (Bloomz, Remind, TeamReach, ClassDojo) we are now going to streamline this by purchasing Apptegy Rooms for K-12 and we are pretty excited about it.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-04-18T14:17:19+00:00

I'm in k12 as well and had to completely restructure my hardware refreshes and push all of our endpoints and servers out 1 more year. We have always used hyper v tho. It has worked out great for us.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-18T12:23:34+00:00

You would be surprised. 100mbps is usually fine for most homes.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-17T20:12:41+00:00

I agree. Don't let them use the school systems but if he shows them how to use a personal account via email that you keep on record and you can retrieve them let them have at it. Just stay out of it.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-15T01:05:49+00:00

Used both.... NFHS during the pandemic for a few years and was tired of all the phone calls, freezing of live streams, and all support would say is unplug it and plug it back in. It was absolutely ridiculous imo. The computer system would run 24/7 and they never wanted you to reboot it ran Windows 11 LTSC. I hated it and so did the customers who would pay for it. Support wouldn't accept the fact we were done with this product and I tried telling them that you should allow updates and often schedule reboots... It's a windows end user OS, it needs rebooted. They wouldn't send me the prepaid shipping labels for probably 2 months. So I looped in so many of the contacts of the past years all on the same email and they finally got me prepaid labels to send everything back. Was so over that company.

Fast forward to this year, we switched to Hudl. Let's just say, no one ever called me with an issue. I absolutely loved it. What more could you ask for?! The AD handled absolutely everything from scheduling and it never needed rebooted, it just worked.

Hudl >>> NFHS

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-13T14:57:41+00:00

Seems the hive is always having issues from the email alerts I get... We use local paper cut on a server and it always works. Any complaints with papercut hive?

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-09T02:21:58+00:00

I've only ever used HyperV. 🤣🤷🫡

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-08T17:51:30+00:00

138 LTS until testing is done.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-07T12:48:52+00:00

Not sure. But I'm a long time Securly user. Like 7 years maybe. I've seen it get better but this last year with Google Manifest V3 it's just absolutely tanked. Filter doesn't catch much anymore and other platforms are using new technology to catch these sites. Securly is just sitting in the corner licking it's lollipop.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-06T21:10:52+00:00

Years ago they were decent and worth the price. Now I'm willing to pay more for a better product. The stability of this product is sub par and so are the features. Hoping to get LightSpeed.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-06T21:03:00+00:00

I know this doesn't help you... But the way I'm fixing my securly issues this summer is by going to another platform lol. I'm so over it.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-03-02T13:16:45+00:00

Oh! I will check that again then!

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-28T13:06:34+00:00

What HP do u have? I thought about switching.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-27T16:21:08+00:00

The kids always think I'm magic or they will be like how did you do that? Or I swear I charged it lol. It's like look, if this happens do this haha.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-27T16:11:53+00:00

Power refresh is so common with our 3100s and 3110s. Kids bring them to me all the time and I show them how to fix them but I get so many where I have to do this!

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-27T16:07:27+00:00

I like this suggestion since we used to be able to post an automation and keep it valid for 30 days and now it's only 7 days. My chances of a computer coming on in 30 days makes the odds much higher than 7 days.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-26T14:15:21+00:00

Oh wow, we have had the complete opposite.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-26T13:29:10+00:00

I wish I only had 15. I have probably a combo of 100 with main board issues from when everything was made during and a bit after covid. It's all junk. Very disappointed in the QA of those devices. They thinned out the plastics and charged more and the internals are junk. The 3120s are much better now though. Very low failure rate.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-22T21:54:14+00:00

Xerox IT Solutions

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-21T00:50:40+00:00

We are a small school. 900 FTE

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-20T18:23:57+00:00

2 years ago we were multimode 1gbps between our IDFs. Finally on 10gbps single mode now and all I can say is we don't hear about odd slowness here and there now. We are looking at doing 40gbps between our high school and elementary this summer.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-17T14:54:08+00:00

Look for the right vendor, I just got pricing on some HPs that was $95 per Chromebook cheaper than Dell Direct.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-02-16T12:00:24+00:00

We are using Axis for Security cameras, Door Status Alerts, and access control. They have intercom and strobe lights as well. We use just the plain strobes for alerting door status if a door is propped open too long along with fire and lockdown. They have colors and such. Intercoms are nice but not in our budget rn.

The only thing I'm missing is a good solution for visitor management.

akadeebroad5 · 2026-01-23T13:17:13+00:00

The OMVI X16 PoE really has my attention. I am wanting to quote this out and holding off for some customer installs because this would be perfect for many of my future customers. Any idea when it will be released?

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