Repair Rundown

Change is Inevitable
By Richard Coca 

It seems that just yesterday we here in the district were computing with Apple lle and llGSs. Then all of a sudden we were in the PC realm using floppy boot disks to be able to connect to the network. My, how things have changed. We are now computing with state of the art computers, broadband networks and high speed internet, huge hard drives and amazing amounts of memory. We are in yesterday’s future.

As we progress within the technical world of computing, we continue to move to newer and more sophisticated operating systems and newer support systems which include e-mail, databases and learning software.

Amphitheater School District in currently involved in the migration from a Novell networking operating system environment to that of a totally Microsoft environment. The change is a massive one to say the least. Every computer workstation has to be reconfigured and joined to the Microsoft Domain. The setup of the Microsoft servers is also a complex procedure because it involves the integration of  Novell accounts to the Microsoft environment. Keep in mind, all of these changes and reconfigurations must work properly the first time. We, in the Technology Department have already migrated some of the school sites to Microsoft and they seem to be working fine. As we continue this process, change continues to occur in the computer world and much of this change includes operating systems. Not only do we have to setup the new sites, we also have to update older migrated sites on an ongoing basis to keep up with changes in technology.

This December, and possibly during November, we will continue the migration of school sites until we have completely migrated over to Microsoft. The process is going to take a lot of hard work and planning but in the end, we will have accomplished our objective. Yes, change is inevitable, but in the end, at least for this project, we will have a much more efficient computing environment for our staff and students.