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ContentsAssessments & Solutions 4

Overview 4

Custom Assessments 6

Screener Assessments 8

ipGrowth® Assessments 10

Item Bank 12

Assessment Center 13

Bright IDEA® 14

Pre-K Matters 16

States First™ 17

Consulting & Staffing 18

Overview 18

Substitute & Absence Management Services 20

Professional Recruiting 21

Consulting 22

An Education-focused Service Provider 23

Advanced Technologies 24

Overview 24

Audio Visual 26

ActivClassroom 28

Computer & Peripheral Solutions 30

Asset Preparation 33

Implementation 34

Asset Recovery 36

Professional Services 37

Cloud-based Solutions 38

Faronics 40

Storage & Management 42

About CORE ECS®Working with schools, districts and statewide agencies, CORE ECS integrates and optimizes formative assessment solutions, technology infrastructure, management applications, compliance reporting, strategic staffing solutions and technical career education programs. CORE ECS currently touches the lives of over 2,500,000 learners and 150,000 educators across the United States, advancing education through an integrated mosaic of innovative solutions.

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Company OverviewCORE ECS® is an end-to-end education focused, technol-ogy-enabled solutions provider. At CORE ECS, we are all about learning; be it across the street, across states or across continents. We strive very hard to improve thequality of the learning experience for our children, as well as that of the educational ecosystem through con-tinuous innovation. Our passionate goal has been and will always be to improve student achievement.

Our company’s growth has been built on three fundamental core values.

Respect — for every individual within and outside the organization, Expect — to do only the very best at all times, Delight — everyone – your clients, your peers, and most importantly, you.

Our company is built on a strong foundation of values and working with individual schools, districts/regional clusters and statewide agencies. We have, over the years, developed many products and solutions, as you will see in the following pages of this catalog.

Our approach to the education marketplace is simple and direct:

�� By innovative and superior products,�� By robust technology, and�� By talented resources

We believe that given the right environment for learn-ing, every child can excel. Our effort through research and development is to build such an environment, with the right blend of technologies and products, backed by talented human capital.

In the United States, the primary focus of CORE ECS is in areas of formative assessment and intervention: We have developed assessment solutions in English, Math, Science and the Social Sciences with industry-leading research professionals that have developed hundreds of thousands test items to date. These solutions are designed to support state-wide and district-wide peri-odic assessment initiatives for students from grades 3 through 12. Various intervention resources, resulting from the outcomes of assessments, are also provided to customers in order to improve the proficiency of students.

We also provide various solutions that cater to the compliance and accountability needs of school districts especially those schools teaching students with special needs. From customizable IEPs and IFSPs to tracking the movements of students and their IEPs across dis-tricts we provide a whole gamut of special education solutions for states and school districts.

To create richer learning experiences, we are inte-grating our offerings with the latest technology based solutions from our partners (such a Dell, Promethean, Intel, and others) to transform today’s classrooms with 3D technologies, active desks and interactive white-boards. We are excited about what we do and would be delighted to discuss how we could partner with you

Please review this extensive portfolio, and visit our web site for the latest information on all of our solu-tions. Our team is here to help you in every way to build a bright future for all your students.

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OverviewCORE ECS® specializes in delivering customized assessment solutions, institutional solutions for special education compliance, state-wide pre-k program administration, and financial management systems that meet the specific needs of K-12, state and local education agencies.

Assessments & Solutions


As a leading provider of large-scale, district and state-wide solutions, CORE ECS has the capacity to provide a range of psychometric and assessment-related services in statistical interpretation of test items, test construc-tion and blueprinting and professional development.

Every school system is different. CORE ECS will tailor a support program to fit the culture and specific needs of your school or district. There are online training resources, a toll free help-desk and a train-the-trainer program that can add a personal touch to assure a smooth transition and a successful implementation.

We continue to regularly enhance our solutions with educator inspired innovations focused on:

�� Ease and speed of assessment administration�� System architecture to support

intensive large-scale delivery�� Data security�� Detailed, useful reporting for teachers�� Robust analytics and reporting for administrators�� Automated data processing and

instructional guidance�� Embedded professional development

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Custom AssessmentsAssessments tailored to district standards for periodic administration that help prepare students and fore-cast their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) performance.

Screener AssessmentsAssessments that Identify students' cognitive under-standing of concepts taught in the standards through a standardized formative assessment structure.

ipGrowth® AssessmentsGrowth measurement and progress monitoring through adaptive tests, giving teachers increasingly detailed insight into student cognition and performance over time.

Item BanksItems for educators to create assessments that are devel-oped using a thorough quality-assurance process and aligned directly to the skill, cognitive, and difficulty lev-els taught in the standards.

Assessment CenterA cloud-based, state-of-the-art, online assessment platform with skill resources for students and report-ing features for educators at all levels.

Special Education Data Management: Bright IDEA®A web-based software program designed to dramat-ically simplify the management of exceptional child data, workflow processes and compliance reporting, from birth to adulthood.

Pre-K Data Management: Pre-K MattersA user-friendly, online system built to oversee and report on application submission rosters, budgets, payment processing and more.

Financial Data Management: States First™Facilitates automated collection of district and school level financial data, validating the data based upon state-defined codes and storing it for future access.

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Custom AssessmentsTo support our assessment programs, instructional resources, and online tools, CORE ECS® employs research professionals to build and create customized assessments for state-wide and local education agencies. These content-area experts use a proven set of innovative research protocols to create custom solutions that involve the design and development of activities, assignments, methodologies, pedagogies and instructional practices.

Research & DevelopmentOur process for building Custom Assessments begins with initial blueprinting and proceeds through the final publishing of an assessment to be deployed in Assessment Center or in aprinted product for tradi-tional paper-and-pencil administration:

The Right Fit for Your State or DistrictCustom Assessments can be tailored to Common Core, state, or local standards for periodic administration that helps prepare students for summative tests and forecasts their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) perfor-mance throughout the year. These assessments can be developed to mirror state tests in every way, including items written in the same idiom and format and the same varied levels of rigor.

We can also customize a series of unit/chapter tests specifically aligned to curriculum and folded into the instructional schedule. This can be especially useful for districts that are adopting new curriculum and want to closely monitor students' achievement and teacher performance.

Subject Areas and Grades Covered�� English/Language Arts, Math, Science,

History/Social Sciences�� Grades 3-12

Administration Format and Frequency �� Benchmark/Standard Assessments:

3-4 per yr, per subject�� Unit/Chapter Assessments:

Dependent upon curriculum


Process

DISTRIBUTEPUBLISHREVISIONDEVELOPMENTBLUEPRINTING

Review of Client Blueprints

Creation of Custom Blueprints (as needed)

Item Development

Test Form Development

Item/Test Form Review

Finalize Items/ Test Forms

Print, Pack, and Ship

(as needed)

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Item Response ReportThe Item Response Report displays student-level results for a single assessment in a particular course or grade level. Choose this report to view overall results as well as how students responded to individual assessment items.

ADMINISTRATORSAYP Filters provide administrators with a simple way to drill down and dis-aggregate data appropriate for the assigned hierarchical user level.

Administrators can use this func-tionality to identify opportunities for professional development and curric-ulum adjustments.

EDUCATORS/PARENTSWhen viewing assessments results, the teacher can simply click on a stu-dent’s name to reveal the Student Level Report for deeper analysis.

EDUCATORS/ ASSESSMENT COORDINATORSWhen sorted by standard, the report can reveal performance differences among items from the same standard. This information can be used to further pinpoint specific areas for high-quality corrective instruction.

The most commonly chosen incorrect dis-tractor letter for each item will be in bold type. Easily analyze these answers by selecting the item number to view the item's answer choices. There you will find a rationale to understand the student’s misconceptions of the skill or to determine what items may need validity testing.

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Screener AssessmentsMoving beyond proficiency measures, the CORE ECS screeners were developed for administrators who want their teachers to have a deeper view of what level each student is understanding the concepts taught from the curriculum.

CORE ECS's screener assessments allow educators to ascertain, at multiple points during the school year, each student’s strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills. These assessments are conducted prior to and during instruction to determine the following:

�� The existing knowledge, skills, interests, and/or needs of the student.�� The range of individual differences

on a calibrated scale.�� What instructional areas need modifications to meet

the needs of individuals or groups of students .

Research & Development CORE ECS's screener assessments are written to address the standards assessed on the state test in similar pro-portions. But they are designed to measure more varied levels of difficulty throughout the items on the assess-ment. These incremental levels of difficulty help to reveal the student’s cognitive understanding of the concepts within each standard. Results are calculated using pro-prietary algorithms based on item response theory and Rasch models, where the calculation accounts for cor-rect and incorrect responses and for patterns in how the student responds.

The calculation produces a scale score to better cap-ture where the student is in his/her understanding of the concepts. The results focus on where the student is and how to progress forward.

The Right Fit for Your State or DistrictCORE ECS's screener assessments are generally used in states or districts that may already have a benchmark/standard assessment solution that is discovering skill gaps, but which is not providing the level of detail that educators need to effectively pinpoint interventions. Alternatively, local education providers may want to use Screener Assessments nimbly to enable timely, tar-geted instruction.

Universal ScreenersThese are brief assessments used to identify students who may be at risk for difficulties in a broad range of curriculum-based skills in different subject areas and grade levels. Their primary purpose is to predict for teachers which of their students may need additional instruction in order to meet their grade-level goals.

Subject Areas and Grades Covered�� English/Language Arts, Math�� E/LA: Grades 2-12; Math: grades 3-8�� Administration Format and Frequency �� 3 per year: fall, winter and spring�� 40 minutes per assessment

Reading/Algebra Readiness ScreenersA set of predictive off-the-shelf assessments that are used as a diagnostic readiness measure to identify early intervention opportunities in reading and alge-bra. Thus, teachers can act quickly to prepare students with the fundamental building blocks they will need for mastering these critical concepts.

Subject Areas and Grades Covered�� Algebra, Reading�� Algebra: grades 5-8, Reading: grades K-4

Administration Format and Frequency �� 3 per year: fall, winter and spring�� 20 minutes for grades K-4; 40 minutes for grades 5-8


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Class Performance Summary ReportThe Class Performance Summary Report provides administrators and teachers with the ability to analyze class performance on a particular assessment as represented in a histogram.

ADMINISTRATORSAdministrators have the ability to analyze performance for any grade and subject.

EDUCATORSBelow the histogram, educators get detailed insight into each student’s categorical strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills.

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ipGrowth® AssessmentsThe genesis of ipGrowth is reflective of the national momentum in growth measurement created in large part by rigorous Race to the Top requirements. Through advanced features within the Assessment Center platform, ipGrowth provides educators with the capability to administer a series of adaptive tests that track students' cognitive growth and instructional effect over time. Using ipGrowth reports, educators gain a clear understanding of how to appropriately target differentiated instruction and measure the outcomes on an individual, continual basis.

Inside the Process The ipGrowth test generation engine is designed based on the assumption that schools provide grade level instruction equivalent to the grade level assigned to the student.

Thus, using the grade level assigned to the student by the school system’s Student Information System (SIS), the ipGrowth test generator initially develops a test for the student that would be an appropriate range of test items, one that maximizes the information gained on the student’s ability. Then, for each subse-quent administration of ipGrowth, the test generator uses the previous iscale score to generate a test com-posed of items distributed around the identified ability estimate of the student (thus a measure of continual growth can take place).

The Right Fit for Your State or DistrictThe ipGrowth model is the ideal metric for invoking stu-dent-teacher and student-parent conversations around achievement goal aspirations, whether they are tied to summative test criteria, RTI improvement, or col-lege-readiness standards. Additionally, the ipGrowth scale score is a robust and ultra-informative metric in

the hands of district administrators who may use it to measure effectiveness of instruction, programs and learning environments.

Shortly after implementation, district officials will observe changed conversations around student achieve-ment, teacher effect and instructional relevance. Because ipGrowth is designed to measure a wide range of stu-dent abilities, the growth model may prove to be a cost-saving replacement for various disjointed tests used by the district to determine qualifications for gifted/talented programs, RtI, ELL, and other programs such as special education.

ipGrowth Assessment Details

Subject Areas and Grades Covered�� English/Language Arts, Math�� E/LA: grades 3-11; Math: grades 3-10

Administration Format and Frequency �� Each assessment consists of 25 questions�� 40 Minutes on average�� 3-4 assessments per subject, peryear

ipGrowth Student Assignment Results ReportipGrowth is an ipsative reference approach to interpreting student achievement. The ipGrowth Student Assignment Results Report promotes the formative assessment cycle and allows students to analyze their own learning achievements.

STUDENT ACCESSStudents should be encouraged to take time to review their performance.


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STUDENT RESOURCESStudents can take corrective action by accessing aligned prescriptive skill resources resident in Assessment Center.

STUDENT ANALYSISTeachers have the opportunity to have high-impact conversations regarding growth progress with each student.

ipGrowth® Student Performance ReportThe Student Growth Report provides administrators and teachers the ability to analyze student performance across all ipGrowth assessments as represented in a line graph.

As each ipGrowth assessment is administered, the scale score is recorded on the chart to track student progress.

Administrators run reports by selecting Subject, Grade/ Course and Assessment Type.

The table below the graph displays the graph data in a column format.

ipGrowth Class Performance ReportThe ipGrowth Class Performance Report provides administrators and teachers the ability to analyze class performance on a particular ipGrowth assessment as represented in a histogram.

Administrators have the ability to analyze performance for any grade and subject.

The scale score range is different for each grade and based upon intervals that include the full range of possible scores for the assessment.

Below the scale score chart is a list of the students who took the assessment, grouped by scale score range.

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Item BankFlexible Solutions to Fit Your DistrictThe substantial number of state and Common Core aligned items in the Assessment Center Item Bank have been created by our content and assessment services group and represent some of the highest-quality instruments available for formative assessments. These items can be configured, bundled and delivered in a number of ways to meet the needs and fit the culture of any district.

Items & Assessment Center Many districts have existing Benchmark/Standard Assessments, but want to provide teachers with more support for creating quality assessments in the classroom. Assessment Center outfitted with a targeted Item Bank can be an efficient and cost-effective vehicle for equipping educators with a formative assessment solution.

Assessments OnlyCORE ECS® can prepare assessments that schools or districts can purchase for use in their existing platform, outside of the Assessment Center environment.

Create an Assessment

Items OnlyFor districts unsatisfied with their current Benchmark/Standard Assessments, CORE ECS offers the option to purchase or license a targeted subset of CORE ECS’s items to create new assessments for the district.

Subject Areas and Grades Covered�� English/Language Arts, Math, Sci-

ence, History/Social Sciences�� Grades 3-12


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Assessment CenterFormative Assessment Made SimpleWith Assessment Center, we offer a platform not only proven at scale with millions of students and hundreds of thousands of educators, but also proven in the classroom to help save time, provide meaningful data and inform instructional practices. Educators can even create assessments and share them with other educators within their school or share them across an entire district. In short, Assessment Center represents an end-to-end formative assessment platform specifically designed to enable efficient discovery of critical information about student progress toward benchmark learning goals throughout the year.

Assessment Center Features:�� Step-by-step custom test creation�� Online and traditional paper-and-pencil delivery�� Automated scoring�� Comprehensive reporting for all stakeholders�� Item authoring tools�� Instructional resources�� Flexible live and online training options

Easy ImplementationAssessment Center demonstrates a clear capacity to handle tremendous volume and support any local or state education agency, but the infrastructure demands of our system for schools are minimal: only a nominal number of Internet-connected computers (at least one per school for paper-and-pencil delivery) are required. Online delivery requires that students access a com-puter, while the paper-and-pencil modality requires no hardware for students.

Platform OnlyIn some cases, districts have been using their own pro-prietary assessments for years that they want to keep in tact, but they are ready to move to a new assess-ment management system. We can import existing assessments into Assessment Center and let the dis-trict take complete control of managing and deploying assessments.

ClickerCenterClickerCenter is the student-response device software and management application for Assessment Center. Assessments can be printed from Assessment Center and handed out to students, or projected on a screen in the classroom for test administration with their assigned clicker.

ClickerCenter Compatibility:�� Promethean LRS�� eInstruction�� SMART Technologies

Item Authoring ToolsAssessment Center also provides tools allowing for local item authoring creation by educators and administra-tors. Items can be created and aligned to specific state or Common Core standards directly within the online interface, using a simple guided process.

I t e m a u t h o r i n g i n Assessment Center allows users to use simple, word processor to create items, al ign them to stand-ards, and import graphics as needed.

Item and Test Performance Review Using PsyStat PsyStat is a reporting option that operates within Assessment Center to create psychometric reports providing classical statistics that describe the perfor-mance of test items administered through Assessment Center. Much more comprehensive than competing products, upon the completion of a test administration, PsyStat automatically generates meaningful item and test reliability statistics along with criterion alerts that instantly inform district officials that an item requires deletion or modification.

PsyStat identifies and flags poorly functioning items when they are too easy or too difficult for the tested population or when they do not discriminate suffi-ciently between high and low performers.

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Bright IDEA®Bright IDEA is a web-based special education data-management system that state and district administrators rely on to support decision making at all levels. Designed to dramatically simplify the management of exceptional children's data, workflow processes and compliance reporting from birth to adulthood, Bright IDEA allows educators and administrators to dedicate more time to enhancing student performance and ensuring children with special needs receive the support needed to successfully meet their educational goals.

A Bright IDEA for States and Districts AlikeReliable, efficient and easy to use, Bright IDEA is dis-tinctive from other special education management applications as it uniquely manages student data with an unparalleled level of meeting both Part B and Part C requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004. Its simple, user-interface design, power to support countless complex processes, cus-tomizable compliance reporting abilities and flexibility to easily update forms as local and federal regulations evolve make Bright IDEA the perfect solution to meet the needs of today’s state and district administrators, including:

�� Director of Special Education�� Special Education Department Chairs�� Special Education Service Providers�� Special Education Teachers�� District Data Stewards�� District Compliance Directors�� District Compliance Specialists

No other special education solution collectively pro-vides the features offered by Bright IDEA.


Referral Evaluation/ Eligibility

IEP Development

IEP Implement Reevaluation

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SimpleToday’s special education administrators are required to be increasingly accountable for the support pro-vided to children with special needs. Yet, time spent preparing lengthy reports and training to use compli-cated systems could instead be spent managing the effectiveness of the support received.

The Bright IDEA® intuitive user interface was specifi-cally designed to decrease the time required to update student information, generate reports and manage data, while increasing overall productivity. It can eas-ily support data management and federal compliance reporting requirements with minimal training or start-up periods for the average user.

PowerfulSpecial education providers must be able to satisfy the complex task of meeting the individual needs of each student, beginning with the initial screening process and ending with the delivery of services. The chal-lenge for today’s administrators is that each student’s needs are different; at any given time administrators are managing numerous students in various stages of receiving support.

The key to sustaining productivity in this type of environment is to ensure that the right data are incor-porated into the support system in a way that facilitates the management of large groups of students with indi-vidual needs. Powerful features of Bright IDEA, such as its graphical process-flow displays, IEP generation and validation, centralized data collection, Medicaid billing capabilities and customizable alerts help keep educa-tors and administrators informed at all times.

CompliantStates and school districts have unique requirements for meeting compliance guidelines. Rather than prescribe a “one size fits all” approach to compliance, Bright IDEA acknowledges local differences and allows administra-tors to set up alerts within the system when deviations from typical processes occur. This in turn triggers inter-vention at the required time, without locking local users into an inflexible process that hinders their ability to complete their daily demands. In the event users gen-erate errors requiring correction, administrators can easily reverse and resolve all inaccuracies to ensure compliance guidelines are met.

FlexibleChanges in law, regulations, or policies are frequent and inevitable and can often have a dramatic impact on the individuals and processes that support the special edu-cation system. Applications that are difficult and costly to update make an already challenging role that much more difficult. The Bright IDEA form designer makes it easy for special education administrators to keep up with these changes. Administrators can generate forms based on their own state or local standards, custom-ize them to meet federal reporting needs and deploy them all from right within the Bright IDEA application.

Key Features & Benefits�� Centralized data collection consolidates the vast

array of state and district-level databases into one organized and comprehensive entity

�� Highly secure intranet interface enables student portfolios – including IEPs – to be instantly accessible state-wide

�� Bright IDEA can be supplemented with the CORE ECS Unique ID® solution to provide student records with unique identifiers and prevent data duplication with accurate student counts

�� Student data can be managed from birth to twenty-six

�� Parent and student access assists with progress monitoring and pre-meeting planning

�� Decisive report creation and documentation applications available to meet Part B and Part C requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004

�� Automated IEP generation and validation process with the integrated form assistant module

�� Student forms are barcoded so parent responses can be scanned into a network copier, sent securely to Bright IDEA and automatically included in the student’s portfolio to capture parent and committee member signatures

�� E-mail and SMS notifications available

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Pre-K MattersThe CORE ECS® pre-k management system is preferred by state departments of education and pre-k providers nationwide because it significantly reduces the time and resources needed to manage and asses a program and it's providers. Pre-K Matters provides administrators with a user-friendly online system to oversee and report on application submission rosters, budgets, payment processing and more, leaving them free to focus more closely on the bigger picture at hand: meeting the needs of tomorrow’s leaders.

Preferred by States�� Instant access to student and provider data statewide

�� Integrated unique identifier functionality enables administrators to assign IDs and efficiently track students across classes, sites, and providers

�� Reduction in provider application processing times via an easy-to-use online system

�� Web-based system offers status updates to providers, thereby decreasing customer service demands

�� Automated and streamlined provider budget management and payment processing procedures reduce burdens placed on state finance departments

�� Smart client version of application allows pre-k consultants to conduct real-time state visits, during which provider quality is evaluated and reports are submitted onsite via the web for immediate synchronization with the state database

Preferred by Providers�� Detailed payment status data available through a convenient online system

�� Versatile document upload functionality eliminates cumbersome data entry processes, allowing providers to generate files from existing systems and import them into Pre-K Matters

�� Automatic processing of provider payments significantly increases the speed in which providers receive projected allocations

�� Detailed payment records easily accessible online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Key Features & Benefits�� Immediate statewide access to pre-k student and teacher data in mere minutes

�� Centralized administration module effectively controls user management, security, user roles, rights, and more

�� Definable custom business rules for payment processing and reconciliation

�� Unique identifier application isolates duplicate entries to ensure state funds are not allocated multiple times for the same child

�� Online application approval process reduces unnecessary paperwork

�� Key performance monitoring functions allow state pre-k consultants to record classroom observations and evaluate providers onsite, to ensure students receive the highest quality services available

�� Quickly and easily process change of ownership, along with move/close class operations and their budgetary impact

�� Dynamic query engine enables users to define custom reports on the fly

�� Wait list functionality provides state officials with key projections for upcoming years by allowing providers to notify state agencies of impending service demands


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States First™ States First, the state financial reporting tool by CORE ECS®, is a robust and intuitive financial data-management system. States First saves valuable time and resources by automating the collection of district and school-level financial data, validating the data based upon state-defined codes and storing it in a centralized data warehouse from which state administrators can generate detailed reports for budget estimation and analysis.

State and District PerspectivesStates First can assist both state and district admin-istrators in dynamically changing their financial data submission and validation systems.

States First – State-Level SolutionState and federal legislation requires state departments of education to satisfy financial compliancy and report-ing requirements, as well as set spending policies by predicating trends.

States First helps state departments of education meet these important demands by automating and simplifying the processes of:

�� Expense and Revenue Tracking�� Budget Management�� Defining Fund Codes and Code Combinations�� Setting Exception Rules�� State and Local Level Spend Trend Analyses�� Approving or Denying Financial Submissions�� Reporting and Analysis�� Data Validation

States First – District-Level ResultsLocal school districts must submit accurate accounts of their expenses, revenues and balance sheets to the state for review. States First assists them in simplifying this process and automating the following:

�� Expense and Revenue Tracking�� Budget Management�� Defining Fund Codes to Match State-Defined Codes�� Submission of Fund Codes for Verification & Approval�� Local Level Spending Trend Analyses�� Approving or Denying Financial Submissions�� Reporting and Analysis�� Data Validation

Key Features & Benefits�� Simple and easy to use, the web-based SIF compliant

system eliminates cumbersome manual submission and validation processes to dramatically increase efficiency

�� Its customizable application allows state administrators to define their fund, function, program, object, cost center, revenue and balance sheet codes, as well as salary and benefit object codes

�� State-level users define the various combinations and exception rules in determining code combinations for expenditures

�� District users can create local codes to support local financial data recording

�� State administrators can approve or deny district-proposed codes; approved district codes then roll up into existing state-level codes

�� There is automated approval and denial process of district-level financial submissions

�� Data validation processes ensure all information is accurate, up-to-date and in compliance with state regulations

�� An integrated data warehouse guarantees data is easily accessible for analysis

�� Preset and ad-hoc reporting capabilities provide users with instant access to key financial data

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Human capital is the most important part of any success-ful company. The people who work for you, the people who are going to be working for you, are the people who are going to drive the results of your organization.

CORE ECS understands the importance of human capital and the major undertaking that is involved in not only finding the right talent but also managing that human capital once it is in place.

OverviewCORE ECS® is a leading provider of contract staffing, recruiting and consulting services to the education market. Our team of consultants also provides subject-matter expertise for planning, installation and process mapping to help your school technology investments truly optimize efficiency, data capture and ultimately improve the educational experience to your student.

Consulting & Staffing

CORE ECS services the human capital needs of K-12 school districts, higher education and selected cor-porations worldwide. Our team of experts provides services to many large urban school districts, prestig-ious universities, exclusive private secondary schools and an impressive array of corporations.


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Substitute and Absence Management Services (SAMS)Administrators, teachers and substitutes alike have found the ease of using SAMS is second to none. CORE ECS® is able to support all of the complicated logistics of employing/tracking/monitoring/reporting/paying your “flexible” staff with one easy to deploy service. This is a very efficient way to manage a large compli-cated human resources dilemma.

Professional Recruiting (Seasonal, Temporary, Permanent or Temp to Hire)The CORE ECS team of HR professionals design a recruit-ment strategy in order to find the proper talent to satisfy your requirement(s). This service is used not only for permanent hiring situations but also temporary/sea-sonal or temporary positions that lead to full time status.

At a GlanceConsulting (Subject Matter Experts)CORE ECS has extensive experience providing subject matter experts or teams of consultants to work on a variety of projects. Our team(s) works to assist K-12 schools, universities and select corporations complete a project or deploy systems.

An Education-focused Service ProviderAt CORE ECS we understand and specialize in the busi-ness of education by providing unparalleled acumen in the areas of employee screening, education busi-ness intelligence reporting, best practices reporting and staff augmentation.

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What SAMS can do for you:

�� Significantly reduce absenteeism�� Save hours of scheduling time�� Access to extremely robust reporting capabilities�� Receive top-notch live customer service�� Confirm a highly secure workforce�� Tremendously increase your fill ratio�� No costly upgrades, tedious downloads,

or system maintenance

Areas we support:

�� Teachers�� Paraprofessionals�� Administrative�� Environmental Service�� Food Services�� Bus Monitors�� Clerical

Substitute and Absence Management Services (SAMS)Whether your district manually calls substitutes or already has an automated substitute management system in place, we will help you to better understand the benefits our SAMS program can bring to your organization.

With our proprietary SAMS program, you will have live customer support confirming substitute availability and attendance. Let us take the logistics of employing/tracking/monitoring/reporting/paying your “flexible” staff off of your plate on put it on ours!

If there is one common thread that ties our educa-tion and non-education clients together, it is the need to provide a highly secure workforce. Nearly every client we service through our SAMS program needs their substitute staff to be screened with methods that are far beyond the average client. We respect the necessity for secure staff and put the accuracy and completeness of these records above all other concerns.

A sample of some of the screening methods we currently offer are:

�� Criminal Background Screens�� Fingerprint-Based Background Screens�� Sex Offender Screening�� Driver’s License Screening�� Credit Checks (Including Student Loan Verification)�� Drug Testing�� Immunization Verification�� Pre-employment Health Physicals�� Education Verification�� Licensure Verification


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We understand that each customer has a unique culture that has been established by leadership and embraced by employees. The long term success of an employee is dependent on if they have the personality and charac-ter traits to thrive within their professional environment. Once we understand your unique culture, we then pro-ceed to our 5-point recruitment approach to start your candidate recruitment process.

Our 5 point recruitment approach is as follows:

�� CritiCal resume review We review each resume to ensure prospective candidates have the job stability, skill set and knowledge you are looking for.

�� in Depth phone sCreen We have an indepth phone conversation with candidates chosen from the critical resume review process. During this conversation, we discuss work history, expectations, qualifications and so forth.

�� in-person interview Once a candidate has successfully passed our indepth phone screen we then meet him or her in person or via web conference to ensure correct culture fit and appearance criteria. This meeting usually lasts approximately 30 minutes.

�� testing We have access to thousands of online testing tools, from general office skills to math to reading comprehension. We administer these tests when applicable.

�� professional referenCes To ensure candidate quality, we contact two professional references for all successful candidates before we submit an applicant to the client. You can be sure any candidate submitted to you has a positive prior work history.

This process is repeated with each recruitment effort until your needs are ultimately met!

Professional RecruitingSeasonal, Temporary, Permanent, or Temp-to-Hire

At CORE ECS®, we know that the quality and reliability of our staff is the product we offer. Over the years, we have developed a well-honed process of recruiting, vetting and screening talent for our clients’ needs, both temporary and permanent.

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Whether our clients are deploying a major new system, augmenting staff to assist with the seasonal fluctuations, or looking to analyze their human-capital strategies and cost, clients come to CORE ECS® our wide range of subject-matter expertise.

In today’s complex campuses, many of the issues that face an institution are largely the same as they have always been…

�� How can we deliver a richer education ex-perience while maintaining the most ef-ficient cost structure possible?�� How can we attract the best possible

staff to meet the needs of our organiza-tion while not breaking the budget?�� How can we track student performance in a mean-

ingful way that helps our organization improve performance of the student, teachers and school?�� How can we implement leading-edge tech-

nology that delivers high performance and delivers great value to the institution?

CORE ECS has the subject matter expertise to help you find the answers to these questions. Let us help you find the right answers to these questions and more!

ConsultingSubject Matter ExpertsWhen it comes to technology, one thing is clear; having access to practical and experienced talent with technical expertise in the deployment, architecture and operation of these technologies is invaluable.


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What Is the Importance of an Education-focused Service Provider?At CORE ECS®, we believe that it is very important to find a provider that is focused on the education mar-ket. There are specific aspects of the CORE ECS service model that are tailored to fit the needs education pro-viders, such as:

�� Employee Screening for a Highly Secure Environment�� Specialized Systems to Provide

Business Intelligence Reports�� Consulting to Assist in Developing Best Practices�� Flexible Systems for both Staff Augmentation

and Substitute Management�� Access to Subject Matter Experts

Employee Screening for Highly Secure EnvironmentsWhat should be more secure than a K-12 school or uni-versity? In our opinion, we hold the compliance and screening aspects of our process above all other aspects of our business. At CORE ECS, we are able to screen staff to a level that is commensurate with the internal process used at the educational institution we are providing staff to. Our screening capabilities are very extensive, span-ning criminal background screening, FBI fingerprinting, drug testing, driver’s license screening, education con-firmations, sex offender screens, and much more. Again, our vetting process will match the expectations a cli-ent has of their own internal hiring process.

Business Intelligence Reporting and Best Practice ConsultingBecause our systems have been tailored to fit the needs of educational clients, we track metrics that are impor-tant to the educational industry. Clients can expect our team to provide interpretation of their staff augmenta-tion spending and make suggestions of best practices based on our knowledge of the industry. Our reporting and business intelligence consulting has helped many of our clients significantly reduce staffing spending

by addressing business problems or internal manage-ment issues at the customer level that were identified through a consultative approach.

Flexible Systems for both Staff Augmentation and Substitute ManagementThe process of managing standard staff augmenta-tion versus managing a large transactional business such as substitute staffing is significantly different. Our portal-based systems are very flexible and facilitate both solutions in a single, fluid interface.

Access to Subject Matter ExpertsUnderstanding the business of education is very impor-tant. At CORE ECS, we are well versed in the terminology and systems used in education at both the K-12 and higher education levels. The CORE ECS staff is well equipped, with a healthy mix of former educators and business experience in the education sector. Over the years, our team of consultants and staff augmentation specialists has grown to include true subject-matter experts. CORE ECS has a demonstrated track record of recruiting SMEs throughout the US and internationally.

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Advanced Technologies

OverviewCORE ECS® is an experienced full-lifecycle service provider of hardware, software, audio visual solutions and asset recovery services. We strive to propose solutions to exceed your technology needs. As your technology provider, we want to help you grow and form a solution unique to fit your requirements and long-range plans. Our experienced, hands-on team can assist in technical planning and create a strategy to accomplish these goals.

CORE ECS has had great success becoming one of the leading technology integrators in the United States. To ensure that all the needs of our customers are met, cer-tified project managers are assigned to every project. We design and build solutions based on industry-stand-ard technology and related value-added services. Our turn-key business model allows us to customize these solutions to the specific needs of customers. Plus, as a

“Green Company,” CORE ECS makes sure that any retired assets are handled or disposed of according to Local, state and federal environmental regulations. We are committed to providing cost-effective solutions con-sistent with your requirements--technology suited to

the way you operate and designed to provide excellent performance with a lower overall cost of ownership.

Through lower costs and highly qualified technicians, CORE ECS has demonstrated that we are not only a ded-icated vendor, but also a true partner to all customers. Since 2002, we have provided superior services to our K-12, higher education, corporate and state/local gov-ernment customers, designing the most efficient and custom solutions to meet their needs. We have the capability and flexibility to deliver cost-effective solu-tions for your evolving organizational needs.


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What We DoSERVICES

�� Warehousing�� Eco-Friendly Packaging�� Just-In-Time Delivery�� Color & Laser Etching�� Custom Asset Tag Creation�� Onsite & Offsite Imaging

�� Data Migration�� Connected Classroom Installations�� Digital Signage�� Staff Augmentations�� Virtualization

�� EqualLogic Installations�� Inventory Management�� Wireless Installations�� Data Cabling�� Cloud/Hosting Services�� Disaster Recovery

�� Exchange Consulting, Installation & Migration�� Network Assessments�� SQL Database Design & Development

HARDWARE�� Desktops�� Laptops

�� Printers�� Peripherals

�� Servers�� Storage

�� Audio Visual�� Interactive Technologies

SOLUTIONS�� Data Center�� Disaster Recovery�� Wireless�� Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

�� KACE�� Recycling�� Retail Solutions�� Digital Signage�� Rugged Mobility

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Audio VisualThe 21st-Century Integrated SolutionCORE ECS® procured the best audio visual equipment based on the strong relationships we have cultivated with manufacturers to give your organization a dynamic learning, training, and presentation environment. Our solution is perfect for classrooms, conference rooms and training rooms, allowing you to give highly effective, interactive presentations and to create a truly immersive learning experience. Starting with the essential components- speakers, amplifier, and control system-we add the interactive whiteboard, the center of the 21st-century integrated solution.

Interactive ProjectorThe Dell™ S500Wi interactive projector combines the functionality of an interactive whiteboard and a class-room projector. The user can manipulate the desktop from the projection surface using the supplied wire-less pen, which allows the user to turn any surface into an interactive surface.

The system is software agnostic, so the user can access any program that is on his or her computer.

�� Provides bright 3,200 lumens max output�� Offers long lamp life of up to 2,500 hours in

typical mode and 3,000 hours in eco-mode�� Get a sharp, clear picture from the WXGA1

native resolution (1,280 x 800)�� Super short throw that provides 80” diagonal

image at 20” from the wall�� 3D-ready with DLP® Link�� Wireless functionality with multi-pc

and 4-to-1 split-screen capability�� Interactive projection on virtually any surface. Enjoy

off-surface interactivity from up to 29.5 feet away with provided rechargeable interactive pen�� Includes Promethean ActivInspire Interactive

Lesson Development Software

Projector CartOur multimedia projector cart offering provides a secure and convenient place to store everything needed for a mobile presentation setup. The cart comes pre-installed with a projector, fastened to the patented, tiltable pro-jector shelf, as well as an integrated DVD, speakers, amp and two external power outlets for a laptop and doc-ument camera. The cart uses keyed security screws and a keyed lockable cabinet to ensure the safety and security of your equipment. For additional safety, the cart features a cord-wrap bracket and lockable wheels.

Included in Multimedia Projector Cart Package:�� Customer-selected projector�� 25-watt, 3-speaker sound sytem mic and laptop inputs�� Integrated DVD�� Two power outlets (for laptop, document camera, etc.)�� Lockable storage: 5.25”H x 17”W x 13”D

(door clearance is 4” vertical)�� Patented projector mount easily adjusts image height


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�� Security features: security screws on all components and panels�� 5” rubber, locking, swivel wheels�� Cord-wrap bracket for safety and convenience�� Compact dimensions: 36”H x 19”W x 24”D�� All components secure even while in use�� VGA cable with audio (retractable)�� Microphone input jack�� Video and audio inputs (3 RCA)

Voice ReinforcementWith Voice Reinforcement, you can be assured that your students catch every word in the classroom. Designed for classroom presentation environments, the FrontRow™ Pro Digital system is easy to use and easy to manage. The FrontRow system handles the tough tasks for you, such as monitoring sound quality, suppressing feed-back and optimizing power use. Teachers need only turn on the simple-to-use microphone, 30% lighter than other microphones on the market, to start teaching. The receiver automatically wakes up from its energy-saving sleep mode and it goes back to sleep when the microphone is turned off.

Sound and AmplificationThe TruLink® Plenum Mixer/Amp is specifically designed for commercial applications where additional sound reinforcement is required. The Plenum Amp is perfect for any room that has a projector or flat-panel display requiring external speakers for better sound. With 40 watts of crystal clear audio and a built-in mixer with two independent inputs, the Plenum Amp is the ideal solution for any room that needs an economical sound system without compromising performance. It is small enough to fit right above a projector or to be hidden away under a desk.

Control SystemClassroom time should be spent on learning activities, not searching for the remote control to operate your audio/video equipment. The Trulink® EDU Controller provides an efficient, effortless means of operating your classroom AV system. Specifically engineered for use in classrooms, the EDU Controller makes things easier on everyone - from the teacher using it, to the technician installing it, to the IT staff supporting it later.

Features:�� Features backlighting for easy viewing,

even in darkened rooms�� Change settings – such as Volume, Switch Devices

and On/Off commands – at the touch of a button�� 8-button layout �� Programmable, timed events to ensure auto

shutdown and start up of equipment. It’s there when you need it, but it shuts down when not in use to extend equipment life.

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ActivClassroomPromethean is a world leader in the rapidly growing global market for interactive learning technology. Like their namesake, Prometheus, they strive to bring the light of knowledge to the world. Their success is the result of a sincere desire to encourage and create innovative education solutions. Their ActivClassroom is an industry-leading, comprehensive, 21st century-classroom solution.


Interactive WhiteboardsInteractive whiteboards are large interactive displays that combine the simplicity of a whiteboard, with the power of a computer and front projection. Promethean interactive whiteboards engage students with vivid images, video and audio.

The ActivBoard interactive whiteboard enables any-thing that can be seen or done on a computer screen to be projected onto its surface - bringing every class-room to life.

ActivBoard Fixed System�� Available with either ActivBoard 300,

ActivBoard 300 Pro or ActivBoard 500 Pro�� Choice of short throw or extreme

short throw projectors�� Accommodates either a 78”, 87” or 95” ActivBoard

ActivBoard Adjustable System�� Available with either ActivBoard 300,

ActivBoard 300 Pro or ActivBoard 500 Pro�� Simultaneous, one-touch height adjustment of

the ActivBoard and projector by up to 600mm�� Accomodates either a 78”, 87” or 95” ActivBoard

ActivTableActivTable is an interactive table with a 46-inch HD LCD touch-sensitive display that supports up to six students at one time. Designed to engage learners aged four to eleven, the ActivTable enables flexible opportunities for collaboration, from small-group learning to special-needs and whole-class activities.

The individual tool libraries, web browser capability and the support for a variety of applications allows edu-cators to customize and create tailor-made activities for different teaching approaches. Personalize instruction based on the needs of individual learners, track stu-dent contribution and use of learning tools for each activity. ActivTable streamlines instruction, enabling teachers to meet core curriculum learning objectives while boosting student engagement.

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ActivInspireActivInspire is the educational software that powers the ActivClassroom. ActivInspire enables teachers to lead the class via their interactive, multi-media white-board, support group collaboration and teamwork in the classroom through Promethean’s award-winning Learner Response Systems, and create differentiated lessons filled with rich, powerful activities to grab the attention of the whole class. It even features two differ-ent interfaces - bright and inviting for young learners, more sophisticated for older students.

ActivExpression2ActivExpression2 is an intuitive Learner Response System designed to promote full-class participation and engage-ment throughout lessons while encouraging ongoing, real-time assessment of student progress. The Express Poll and Wonderwheel interface “floats” over most com-puter applications including web browsers, Microsoft® Word® and Microsoft® Excel®;enabling teachers to use ActivExpression2 spontaneously, minimizing lesson preparation time and maximizing precious classroom time. Easily export assessment results to Microsoft® Excel®, or integrate data with ActivProgress to save, review and monitor student comprehension trends over time.

With ActivExpression2, transform the classroom into an interactive learning environment where the poten-tial for achievement rests in the palm of every student.

ActivProgressActivProgress is an instructional improvement system that delivers continuous improvement for both teachers and students. It provides true Assessment for Learning, allowing teachers to follow student progress in real-time and immediately provide personalized instruction. The platform connects multiple sources of information to provide real-time actionable data and offers a pow-erful “social” collaborative space.

Channel One News InterActiv Channel One News InterActiv is a new classroom offer-ing that combines interactive whiteboard technology and Promethean student response devices with Channel One’s award-winning daily current events programming, produced in partnership with CBS News.

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Computer & Peripheral Solutions


Desktops and TowersDell™ OptiPlex™

�� Designed specifically for networked environments�� Available in four form factors suited

to your organization’s needs

Dell Precision™ Workstations�� Offer more memory, graphics and display

options for increased scalability�� multi-Core proCessors:

Enable maximum processing power with multi-threaded applications and multi-tasking environments�� aDvanCeD graphiCs CarD options:

Dell Precision offers a selection of graphics cards from OpenGL 3D performance to 2D performance with optional dual-monitor capability�� maximum memory:

Up to 192GB of three-channel memory�� storage CapaCity:

Up to 2.0TB helps back up large files

Monitors and Peripherals�� Every desktop system that CORE ECS® offers

comes with a Dell 17” flat panel monitor�� Upgrades to larger screens;or second monitors

for dual-screen setups are available

Minitower 6.89” w × 14.17” h × 16.42” d

Desktop 4.02” w × 14.17” h × 16.14” d

Small Form Factor 3.65” w × 11.42” h × 12.28” d

Ultra Small Form Factor 2.56” w × 9.32” h × 9.44” d

Max Resolution 1280 x 1024/ 74 Hz

Color Support 24-bit (16.7 million colors)

Display Adjustments Height/Pivot (Rotation)/Swivel/Tilt

Signal Input DVI-D/VGI

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LaptopsDell™ Latitude E™ Series

�� Dell’s newest edition to the Latitude family has a sleek design and exceptional computing power�� Designed to survive a long day on the job and with

the proven flexibility that mobile users demand�� Optional 9-cell battery will help you

achieve up to 6 hours of battery life

LaptopsDell™ Latitude E6420 XFR™

�� Powerful Intel® Core™ i7 processor�� Built-in Ballistic Armor Protection System�� Hot-swap media bays for optional modules like

optical devices, a second HDD or battery and more�� Keep out the elements with PrimoSeal™

ingress protection, which provides an IP-65 level of protection against water and dust�� Dedicated GPS option

TabletsDell™ Latitude XT™ Tablet

�� For on-the-go professionals and constant note-takers�� Thin 12.1” convertible tablet-one of

the thinnest on the market�� Ultra-portable, simple to use, reliable�� Comprehensive service and support�� Full-size keyboard�� Work in tablet or laptop mode�� Write as you would on a piece of paper

Laptop Accessories�� Dell Latitude docking station--all peripherals will run

through the dock and be ready for use in seconds �� Protect your laptops on the go with Dell laptop bags�� Safeguards laptop from accidental scratches and falls

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Mobile Laptop Storage CartWhen storage and transportation of multiple laptops from room to room is a necessity…

�� Available in four capacity sizes: 15, 18, 24, and 30 individual laptops�� Laptops are secured in individual compartments

with rubber mats and power outlets to charge computers between uses.

PrintersCORE ECS® wants to make printing less of a chore by offering specialized business-class Dell laser printers, which are designed to deliver the speed and depend-ability your organization needs.

�� Local and network printer setups �� Designed to help lower total cost of printing�� Can print up to 40 pages per minute�� Discounts on inks and toners during

the entire life of printer�� Color and monochrome printers, as well as multi-

functional machines (print, fax, copy, & scan)

Cart Type Overall Cart Laptop Compartment

15 Laptops 35.5” w × 38.125” h × 21.5” d 4.1875” w × 13.5” h × 15” d

18 Laptops 36.5” w × 43.8125” h × 24” d 14.6875” w × 3” h × 17” d

24 Laptops 42.5” w × 40.3125” h × 24” d 12” w × 3” h × 17” d

30 Laptops 42.5” w × 47.3125” h × 24” d 12” w × 3” h × 17” d


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Asset PreparationPersonalize and protect your IT assets through CORE ECS®’ imaging, etching and asset tagging services. These services are available both on-site or off-site.

Color & Laser Etching:Our color and laser-etching services ensure the secu-rity of your computer equipment. Your personalized logo can be etched directly on any laptop or desk-top computer using our high-powered laser etching equipment. The resulting image will forever brand your computer to your organization. Using color etching inks that bond with the composition of the computer case, your personalized logo and recovery information is applied directly to laptops, desktops, towers, moni-tors and laptop bags.

These security techniques act as a theft deterrent. Unlike security software that can be removed by replac-ing a hard drive, the etched image is permanent. Using this method for recovery of stolen items has proven to be successful for local police departments.

Imaging:Adjusting computer settings and installing required software across all the computers in your organiza-tion would be a painstaking task, requiring many man hours if done manually.

CORE ECS will create and apply an image to your com-puters using your licensed software. Fully equipped imaging tables in our own warehouse allow efficient installation of software and settings prior to delivery to your building. Additionally, on-site imaging, at your facility, is available if preferred. Let us do everything for you, and you will receive your new, ready-for-use com-puters with no down-time for users.

Asset Tagging:No matter how an organization maintains its assets, it needs some system in place to identify those items as property of the organization, tracking to whom assets are assigned and where they are allocated, as well as any maintenance performed on those assets. The simplest and least expensive way to do this is with a numbered and bar-coded asset tag, which declares that an item belongs to the organization, and facilitates the track-ing process of the asset.

CORE ECS can create and apply bar-coded asset tags for your equipment, prior to installation, including your personalized logo, contact information, and anything else your organization requires.

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ImplementationCORE ECS® is a full-service integrator, providing software and hardware installations that are customized to fit your organization’s needs.

Project ManagementCORE ECS assigns certified project managers to each pro-ject. These project managers have a working knowledge of your industry issues and trends and the important role technology holds in that sector.

�� Each team is specifically selected to accommodate your project.�� For each project, our client receives a custom statement

of work, including a service overview, on-site activities, installation coordination, summary of customer responsibilities, and customer escalation procedures.�� Additionally, our project management scope

includes an integrated project plan, a risk management plan and other documents necessary to manage the requirements of the project.

We coordinate our installations to meet the customer’s needs. Additionally, we rely on customer evaluations to improve our project management and installation process.

CORE ECS values continuing education for employees and we support our PMPs’ professional development by contributing to seminars, events and conferences that will allow them to hone their skills and qualifica-tions as project leaders.

Requirements of all CORE ECS Employees

E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification

Pass a 5-panel drug screen

Pass a Federal criminal background check

Pass a State criminal background check

Receive a Dell Technician Certification

Receive an A+ Equivalency Certification


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ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & BS OHSAS 18001 Certified

CORE ECS® certified technicians work in an efficient, secure processing facility to complete installations to fit the customer’s timeline. Our warehouse has been designed to facilitate our shipping and receiving pro-cedures, as well as to ensure the safety of all equipment we receive so that it will arrive in our customer’s hands in perfect working condition.

Wireless bar-coding and specially designed data-bases are used for warehouse inventory of products to ensure quality in receiving and shipping processes.

While preparing your systems to your specifications with our imaging services, our certified technicians will find all problems with your systems and repair them before they leave our warehouse. This process reduces the chance of “Dead-on-Arrival” computers, so you can rest assured that your systems will arrive at your site in their best possible working conditions. Having been stored and serviced in our warehouse, your product is loaded onto our self-maintained fleet of vehicles—including trucks and trailers. We guarantee that our vehicles are driven by experienced and certified driv-ers, who have undergone a thorough driving-record background check.

CORE ECS an aggressive delivery schedule and effi-cient procedures to achieve a quick and high-quality installation. We continue to fine-tune our installation process, following industry standards and customer suggestions. Our team of certified technicians are spe-cially trained to provide our customers with the quick and hassle-free computer installation they deserve. We guarantee that our technicians will have your installation

completed within your organization’s time frame.CORE ECS technicians are experts in installing, ser-

vicing, troubleshooting and maintaining your product. We aim for 100% satisfaction in catering to your needs and integrating technology at your site with maximum efficiency. Our technicians will keep your staff up-to-date on the installation process, and inform you of any problems as they arise during an install. Should a problem arise (e.g., a faulty product arrives from the manufacturer), we will explain any steps being taken to remedy the problem. Most problems are easily fixed by our technicians on-site and will cause no delays to your organization receiving your new systems. Should a prob-lem arise that cannot be remedied on-site, CORE ECS will take every action necessary to resolve the problem and repair or replace your system in a timely manner.

Our turn-key solution provides your organization with an efficient, hassle-free computer installation. We will manage the ordering of your systems to ensure you receive exactly what your organization requires. We will receive your products at our warehouse for storage until the installation date, and prepare your systems to your specifications with our imaging and etching services. When they are ready, we will deliver the systems to your site with our fleet of vehicles and certified computer technicians, de-install and manage the recycling of your retired systems, and install and set up your new systems all during the same day. We have perfected our installation procedure over the years to provide our customers with fast installation time, and to reduce the amount of employee downtime.

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Asset Recovery

CORE ECS Recycles

Laptops: Laptop Parts and Accessories

Computers: Desktop, Tower

Monitors: CRT and Flat-Panel

Printers: Fax machines, Scanners and Surplus Stock

Network Equipment: Hubs, Routers, Switches, Cables, Components and Boards

Computer Parts: Servers, Hard Drives, CD-ROM/DVD Drives, Loose PC Boards, Cables, Power Supplies

Software: Retail Packaged, Sealed Software and Memory

E-Waste: Cell Phones, Pagers, Telephone Systems, Test Equipment, VCRs, Stereos, Game Systems, Tape Players, Cameras, Video Gear and TVs


CORE ECS® offers customized asset retirement and recycling programs that ensure legal and data secu-rity protection as well as environmental compliance. As your organization updates your technology, the old equipment is deposited to a warehouse or storage area and a designated employee or employees must spend valuable time and resources managing the dis-posal of these assets.

CORE ECS can dramatically reduce the time, effort, and costs involved in your computer-recycling efforts as well as retire your electronic assets in a secure and compliant manner. The result: less worry for you and more time to devote to other important tasks.

Currently, you have personnel removing your old equipment from multiple sites using your equipment, fuel and personnel, then delivering it back to your warehouse where it is palletized by your staff before it is picked up.

If needed, CORE ECS can offer a Turn-Key Solution, where we install your new equipment and remove your outdated technology the same day. We will use our trucks, our gas and our staff to offer a painless solution that will definitely save you money. If the Turn-Key Solution doesn’t work for your organization, then CORE ECS can still pick up your old technology at each individual site as needed.

By outsourcing their computer recycling to CORE ECS, organizations can count on:

One-source solutionCORE ECS fulfills all of your electronic and computer recycling needs with customized, on-site removal.

ReliabilityWe follow-through on our commitments, removing your unwanted computers the same day your new computers are installed.

Cost effectivenessWe lower your total cost of ownership and reduce the time and resources you devote to computer recycling.

ComplianceWe adhere to all local, state, and federal environmen-tal regulations that include DOD standards.

PrivacyWe eliminate your privacy risk by thoroughly destroying all data on your unwanted storage media/hard drives using a 7-layered declassification procedure.

CORE ECS takes great pride in our services by offer-ing a very unique and streamlined process. We have positioned ourselves with good partners to offer our solution to you and to school districts, government agencies and health care organizations nationwide.

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Professional Services

Our company understands the critical role that pro-fessional services play in the ability to reduce costs, increase operational efficiency, rapidly deploy new IT services and mitigate the risk of failure. We leverage our growing team of certified engineers and experienced architects to deliver best-in-class professional services across each of our focused disciplines:

�� Datacenter assessment, design and deployment�� Server virtualization

Datacenter Assessment, Design and DeploymentThe datacenter provides information that is likely the lifeblood of your organization. Our team leverages its deep knowledge of customer environments, IT ven-dor products and deployment best practices to help customers understand how well current systems are performing, design systems that either complement or replace existing technologies, and support the deploy-ment of those IT infrastructure components for our install base.

We have the ability to assess your organization’s com-puting, network, and data-management infrastructures by documenting performance, validating functionality,

and mapping the current environment. Our team then compares acquired data against performance, security, management, scalability, and continuous operations best practices. Finally, we provide customers with an indepth view of their technology, along with obser-vations and recommendations for improvements. We specialize in helping customers understand where they are, architecting the path to the future and managing the deployment of the solution. In short, we work with you to design and deploy your IT bridge to the future.

Server VirtualizationThe business and technical benefits of server virtual-ization has the industry looking to this technology as a way to cut costs, optimize utilization, and reduce server deployment times. The CORE Virtualization Team, whose members average over eight years of experi-ence, is steep in its ability to support the full lifecycle of server virtualization environments, whether your organization is just getting started or looking to get the most out of a current virtualization infrastructure.

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Cloud-based SolutionsCORE ECS® has developed a cloud-based services strategy designed to help customers leverage the best of cloud technology. Our holistic model begins with a fully-virtualized, hardened infrastructure housed in one of the industry’s most secure data centers, and it extends through a comprehensive suite of services targeted at addressing a focused set of customer issues.

Database SupportDatabase technology today is a little more compli-cated than the simple, old-fashioned index card file. Everything from student records to financials reside in some sort of database these days. CORE ECS’ DBA Professional Services Group will take you to the next level of service with custom development, complete tuning services, even advanced features such as clus-tering and high-availability structures.

Help DeskInstead of expending your efforts to expand your IT staff, let CORE ECS’ IT Help Desk manage and staff your help-desk for you. Our expert user-support specialists will field your help desk calls from our call center. With help desk services from CORE ECS, your IT staff can devote their time to working on business-critical prob-lems, and your users can feel confident that someone is always there to lend them a helping hand.

Infrastructure MonitoringYour systems are running 24 hours a day, every day. Your operation depends on them whether or not you can be there to watch them. CORE ECS’ monitoring team will keep a sharp eye on all your systems – from key applications on vital servers all the way to desk-tops – all the time.

VirtualizationWant to save on the cost of your desktop computers? CORE ECS Virtualization Team can show you how to set up your existing servers to power multiple “thin clients” that can be used exactly like their traditional desktop counterparts. You will dramatically reduce the cost of expanding your IT infrastructure.


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Our strategy is focused on the deployment of essential Cloud-Based Services:

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

The Gartner Group estimates that over 80% of desktops deployed after 2012 will be virtual. We are able to help cus-tomers slash both capital and operational expenditures NOW, by deploying virtual desktops on a variety of platforms. Our solutions range from workgroup deployments through multi-campus staged rollouts.

Collaboration Services

Email is a critical resource for keeping distributed workforces aligned and focused. CORE ECS offers two best-in-class solutions: Hosted VMware Zimbra™ and Hosted Microsoft® Exchange®. To help organizations manage some of the issues associated with cyber security, CORE ECS bases its email solution on Zimbra combined with collaborative layered security and filtering tech-nologies, delivering a truly safe environment for collaboration.

Backup for Recovery Services

It’s not enough to simply backup data. Meeting recovery time objectives for a single file or after a natural/manmade event, can be the difference between success and failure. We leverage best in class data-protection solutions that perform applica-tion specific backups and client-side deduplication to optimize the time to backup and recovery. We know where your data is, PHYSICALLY, and will protect it like it was our own. Your data never leaves our shores.

Virtual Data Center Services

For those customers needing the convenience of rapidly-deployable, virtual-computing platforms, CORE ECS is providing customers the same computing resources used to run our own in-house, mission-critical applications. Instead of the low cost route, we chose the high-value solution that provides custom-ers the functionality that mission-critical workloads require.

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Faronics™: Productivity SolutionsWho They AreFaronics is a market leader in delivering solutions that lower the high cost of IT and increase the ability for IT to drive productivity improvements.

What They DoFaronics solutions help organizations increase the productivity of existing IT investments and lower operating costs.


Instant System Restore: Deep Freeze™Faronics Deep Freeze makes computers inde-structible and prevents against unwanted workstation changes - regardless of whether they are accidental or malicious. Deep Freeze demonstrates a proven 63% reduction in help-desk support incidents and allows IT personnel to focus on more strategic needs.

As the core layer to your system and managed from Faronics Core like Faronics’ other enter-prise solutions, Deep Freeze ensures 100% workstation recovery on every restart and is the only solution that effectively balances workstation security with user productivity.

Application Whitelisting: Anti-Executable™As an essential component of a layered secu-rity strategy, Faronics Anti-Executable and its application whitelisting technology ensures endpoint security and productivity by only allowing approved applications to run on a computer or server. Any other programs — whether they are unwanted, unlicensed or simply unnecessary—are blocked from ever executing.

Application whitelisting also enforces compliance with organizational IT policies. Organizations benefit from productive user sessions each and every time, while IT person-nel are guaranteed that desktop computers, notebooks and servers are compliant with acceptable use policies, regulatory require-ments and software deployment schedules.

Anti-Virus: Anti-Virus™ Unlike traditional anti-virus solutions that are sluggish, and resource intensive, Faronics Anti-Virus Enterprise provides high-performance, proactive endpoint malware protection.

Conventional security suites are usually technologies that have been acquired over

time and cobbled together to complement AV. Faronics Anti-Virus Enterprise has been developed from the ground up and combines anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit tech-nologies into one tightly integrated solution.Faronics Anti-Virus Enterprise also provides

Layered Security SolutionsThe layered approach expands the scope of IT security to create a tight defense against potential threats. No single technology can guarantee absolute security, but by layering these solutions you can achieve solid protection.

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advanced email protection, with direct sup-port for Outlook®, Outlook Express®, Windows® Mail and any other email program.

Best of all, it integrates seamlessly with

Faronics Deep Freeze so you can update your definitions even while your workstations are protected in a Frozen state!

PC Power Management: Power Save™Faronics Power Save dramatically reduces an organization’s operating costs by eliminating unnecessary computer energy consumption. Power Save uses intelligent energy manage-ment to ensure workstations are available when system resources are required, while con-serving power during productivity downtimes.Faronics Power Save provides organizations

with centralized computer energy manage-ment, allowing companies to continuously maximize their savings by powering IT down daily. Power Save is also non-disruptive, inte-grates seamlessly with existing IT maintenance routines and provides organizations with cen-tralized granular cross platform PC power management, savings reports and a rapid ROI.

LAB Management: Insight™Computers have the power to enhance the learning experience for both instructors and students, but the benefits can easily be lost to distractive elements such as games, instant messaging, and web surfing. Faronics Insight is the ultimate classroom-manage-ment system that empowers instructors with full control over classroom technology while keeping student activities focused - and ena-bles instructors to harness the productive aspects of computers, while minimizing dis-tractive behavior and temptations.

Faronics Insight allows instructors to educate, monitor, and communicate with an entire class from one central computer - and, enables instructors to share their screen with students, control student access to applications and websites, and monitor classroom screens to ensure students are on-task. Insight runs on Mac and Windows-based computers and now supports Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

User Management: WINSelect™Faronics WINSelect provides a quick, flexible, and scalable way to configure the functional-ity and feature set of any Windows computer to conform to an organization's requirements. WINSelect also complements, manages, extends, and often replaces Group Policy Objects (GPO). It works alongside existing policies and delivers features and capabili-ties not offered by GPOs.

WINSelect is an easy-to-use alternative to Group Policy Objects. Organizations can use WINSelect to customize or lockdown com-puters through an intuitive and non-technical interface. By using WINSelect, you can create the same tailored computing environment as a Group Policy guru, but in a fraction of the time and effort.

Control SolutionsFaronics’ solutions provide users with control over energy management, workstation configuration and lab monitoring.

Storage & Management

DELL™ EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSIThe Dell EqualLogic PS Series of iSCSI storage arrays offers a fundamental change in the way enterprises think about purchasing and managing storage. Built on a patented peer-storage architecture, these solu-tions offer enterprise-class performance and reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of storage for simplified storage management. The PS Series combines an intelligent, automated manage-ment framework and a comprehensive set of enterprise data services, with a fault-tolerant hardware architec-ture that supports many major operating systems. It delivers a modular and cost-effective solution that can be deployed in appropriate increments for small and medium businesses, while also being cost-effective for large enterprises requiring capacity and high-end performance.

DELL KACE™Organizations of all types use the KACE Family of Appliances to gain benefits in markets such as educa-tion, state and local government, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, legal, and many more. Systems administration professionals are able to save time while their organizations save money through an appliance-based approach to systems management. The Dell

KACE Family of Systems Management Appliances are easy-to-use, comprehensive and affordable and fulfill the systems-management needs of organizations of all sizes, from initial computer deployment to ongo-ing management and retirement. KACE Appliances are available as both physical and virtual appliances.

�� Deploy in as little as one day�� Train in hours via the web�� Upgrade in minutes�� Low total cost of ownership�� No hardware or software prerequisites�� No incremental professional service fees�� Virtually no administration�� Intuitive Web-based interface

Mobile Device Management ApplianceThe Dell KACE K3000 helps you tackle BYOD with an easy-to-use and affordable appliance that allows per-sonal devices to access corporate data in a scalable and secure manner. The K3000 also integrates with the KACE K1000 System Management Appliance to offer enhanced reporting and a single holistic view of all devices on your organization's network.

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