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PASS.web launched at HMC Conference

WCBS has responded to requests from PASS users by offering PASS.web -

combining the power of PASS with web browser technology to deliver portals.

PASS.web – anytime, anywhere access to the power of PASS

For every independent school, the need to provide information securely in real time both across and outside the organisation is becoming increasingly mission-critical.

In fact, as competition for pupils grows more intense term-by-term, the ability to access key data anywhere and at any time is a vital driver of a school's administrative, financial and educational performance.

This is where PASS.web from WCBS fits in.

In control of remote data access

Using the everyday web-browser technology of the Internet – familiar to even the most occasional user – it makes the power of the PASS MIS solution available wherever and whenever the people you authorise need it.

It's based on the best available technology, using the underlying strength of a powerful Microsoft SQL Server database with a comprehensive web-browser overlay that utilises the latest Microsoft .Net 2 software. 

More important, its exceptional configurability puts you in total control – you determine its scope.  You dictate the data that's available to particular groups of users, from school managers and governors to academic staff and even parents.  You set it up it to match the individual style and other needs of your school.

Immediate, cost-effective, sustainable

And for every user, access is fast and straightforward – empowering staff to work more effectively, and revolutionising the quality and scope of your school's communications with every stakeholder group.

PASS is already the MIS solution of choice for more than 350 independent schools, across the UK and overseas.  And now, thanks to PASS.web, its power is unrestricted by time or by geography.

It's an immediate, cost-effective and sustainable source of competitive improvement.

For ICT Directors and Managers, PASS.web delivers:

•    Total flexibility and configurability – you can give every page your school's individual look and feel
•    Complete access control – because PASS.web is made up of web parts, you can easily configure authorisation for individual
      users and groups (and we provide a full web parts library to enable the use of SharePoint to serve data)
•    Secure remote access – manage access through your school's security policy
•    Easy amendment – you can name items to fit your school's terminology
•    Active Directory integration – no need for separate logins
•    Reduced Network Manager workload – PASS.web requires only a standard web browser such as Internet Explorer

For users, PASS.web allows:

•    Anywhere, anytime data access – via any Internet-connected PC
•    Streamlined login – PASS.web recognises every user and knows their role
•    Staff-driven Inquiry and Lists –  users only see data that's directly relevant to their role
•    Web-based entry routines – rapid access and update of key information, from Assessments to Attendance and School reports
•    Up-to-date information – Timetable, School Calendar etc keep staff in touch with what's happening
•    Easy access to pupil information – all Assessment and pastoral data, including photographs, forms, years and houses
•    Drill-down into records – Contacts, Assessment, School Reports and activities (historic to current, all in one place)
•    Personal configuration – staff only see what they require, and can switch off unwanted items

Contact WCBS today for a demo of PASS.web in action.  It's the answer to radically improved performance, across the school.

Date Added: 30th October 2007