Bakersfield, Calif. (Oct. 13, 2008) – Lightspeed Systems Inc., developer of network security software for the education market, has partnered with Atomic Learning to enhance its training resources and provide customers with online tutorials for anytime, anywhere training. Atomic Learning has developed a series of tutorials on Total Traffic Control, Lightspeed’s all-inclusive, network security and management software.

“Atomic Learning is excited to work with Lightspeed to provide a critical resource to schools as educators strive to provide a safe online learning environment,” said Atomic Learning CEO Dan Meyer. “By offering training resources through the easy-to-use Atomic Learning tutorials, Lightspeed provides its customers with access to training and support 24 hours a day.”

Designed to meet the needs of K-12 schools and districts and ensure student safety, Total Traffic Control combines more than eight network administration and security features into a single application to provide a more affordable, user-friendly solution. The software enables districts to efficiently secure and manage Internet access, enforce acceptable use policies, meet regulatory compliance requirements such as CIPA, and minimize legal liabilities. Offering a full range of network protection functionality, the software features content filtering, spam management, bandwidth management, antivirus protection, extensive reporting capabilities, email archiving and mobile filtering. The latest version, 7.01, offers enhanced reporting tools for administrators to quickly customize and send detailed reports of network and user activities.

“We turned to Atomic Learning because it is the best in the industry at providing just-in-time training tutorials on educational technology products,” stated Lightspeed Systems President Scott Garrison. “We want to ensure individual users and schools are successful in using our software to maximize the educational potential of the Internet while protecting students and teachers. As educators rely ever more on the Internet for instruction and operations, Lightspeed’s products and network experts can help schools manage the rapidly changing, increasingly complex nature of school network security.”

The training videos created by Atomic Learning are designed for Total Traffic Control end-users, classroom teachers, librarians, and other educators that interact with the software on a regular basis when accessing the school network for email, instructional resources and more. Topics covered in the videos include managing your Mail summary, searching your personal message archive, using the workstation override feature, and submitting a blocked Web site for review.

The new tutorials augment Lightspeed’s broad range of training programs. Among its services, Lightspeed offers a professional training certification program for network administrators. After completing the course requirements and passing course exams, network administrators become Lightspeed Total Traffic Control Certified Administrators, a valuable designation for career advancement. Training classes are offered monthly, and five-day workshops are provided periodically throughout the year in multiple locations.

More Information

Contact Lightspeed Systems by phone at 661-716-7600, or visit www.lightspeedsystems.com. Backgrounder documents are also available describing the company’s Management Team (PDF, 1.1 MB) and some Case Studies (PDF, 528 KB).

For a closer look at Atomic Learning, visit www.AtomicLearning.com.

About Atomic Learning

Atomic Learning Inc. was formed in 2000 by a group of technology educators with a mission to create useful and affordable online products focused on teaching people how to use technology effectively. Atomic Learning delivers a library of over 37,000 short, easy-to-view-and-understand tutorial movies that can be used as an integral part of a professional development program, a valuable curriculum supplement, and an anytime, anywhere software training resource. Atomic Learning now serves more than 8 million users and 12,000 school districts and universities in over 45 countries worldwide, as well as individuals and organizations in a variety of other industries.

About Lightspeed Systems

Lightspeed Systems Inc., founded in 2000, develops comprehensive network security and management solutions for the education market. Lightspeed is committed to helping schools operate their networks effectively and efficiently, so educators can provide a safe online teaching and learning environment. The company's flagship product integrates content filtering, mobile filtering, antivirus, spam management, bandwidth management, email archiving, and extensive monitoring and reporting features into a single interface. Lightspeed’s software is used in more than 1,000 school districts in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to protect more than 5 million students. For the past two years, Lightspeed has been recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list as one of fastest-growing private companies.

Contacts

Lightspeed Systems
Crystal Cochran
661-431-1649
crystal at lightspeedsystems dot com
www.lightspeedsystems.com

Atomic Learning
Kathy Schroeder
866-259-6890, ext. 164
kschroeder at atomiclearning dot com
www.atomiclearning.com

C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Kristen Plemon
608-839-9805
kristen at cblohm dot com
www.cblohm.com

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