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E-rate solution from IBM

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The goal
Prepare your students for the real world
With E-rate solutions from IBM, your schools and districts can obtain the resources you need to help prepare students for the challenges they face in a technology-based future. Leveraging our many years of experience with the E-rate program, we can help you bring Internet connectivity and educational technology to your classrooms on time and within budget.

The advantage
Rely on a proven industry leader
IBM education specialists have in-depth knowledge of E-rate eligibility and program services.
  • We have been a leading provider of E-rate solutions since the inception of this federally funded program in 1998.
  • IBM has helped many school districts implement E-rate solutions, including the largest district in the U.S. and several members of the Council of Great City Schools.
  • We have also helped medium-sized districts, as well as some of the smallest, most rural districts in the country.

The benefits
Leave it to the experts
IBM understands the complexities and the daunting day-to-day tasks associated with the E-rate process. After your district’s technology planners have defined your needs, IBM expertise can play a valuable role in implementing a robust, end-to-end solution. IBM can help you by:
  • Delivering tested and accepted products, services and solutions to implement technology in your classrooms.
  • Offering internal connections, basic maintenance and Internet access solutions that are tailored to the needs you have defined, and that conform to E-rate specifications and eligibility requirements.
  • Acting as your focal E-rate general contractor, working and coordinating with your suppliers to improve project implementation and integration.



Resources
Smart schools look to E–rate for more than technology funding  
More information
Schools and Libraries Division (SLD)