Technology Magazine June 2023 | Page 128

193sq mi

Total area covered by Tyler ISD Services

36 Campuses and auxiliary facilities operated by Tyler ISD

18,000 +

Students served by Tyler ISD
“ Nothing is fool proof ,” Jacks accepts , but with the resources now available to all , he is confident Tyler ISD has built a network that can withstand partial outages and continue to provide the services and access staff and students have come to expect . “ This means that teachers can continue to teach , and students can continue to learn without interruption even if we lose a data centre or a portion of our fibre network .”
Tyler ISD leads the way in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Tyler ISD was a pioneer in the use of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure ( VDI ) in education , but Jacks is quick to point out that he can ’ t take all the credit for this . “ I may currently be the leader of an amazing team , but the real heroes of our VDI implementation are two of our most senior engineers , Daryl Kisosondi and Jason Keeling . This foray
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