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EdgeWave Security Solution Supports YouTube EDU to Ensure Safe and Productive Web Content for Students
SAN DIEGO, CA, Apr 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
EdgeWave Inc., (OTCBB: EWVE) (OTCQB: EWVE), a leading provider of
Secure Content Management (SCM) solutions, today announced that its
brand new release, iPrism Web Security v7.0, includes native support
for student access to YouTube EDU-only content. The seamless
integration allows educational institutions to support compliance to
acceptable use policies for accessing video content that has been
deemed by school administrators to be safe and appropriate, while
other video content is blocked.
YouTube EDU is a free service that provides educators and their
students with access to hundreds of thousands of educational videos
from well-known organizations such as Stanford, PBS and TED, as well
as from popular up-and-coming YouTube partners like Khan Academy,
Steve Spangler Science and Numberphile. YouTube for Schools was
launched in December 2011 as a way to deliver YouTube EDU's growing
collection of educational content to as many schools as possible. The
service offers school-friendly features such as the ability for
teachers to customize their own content by creating playlists to add
to their curricula. YouTube EDU helps teachers create these lists by
organizing content by subject and grade for quick access. The
addition of iPrism Web Security support gives schools added assurance
that students will have access to only the YouTube for Schools
content they have chosen, while other video content will be blocked.
"There's enormous appetite from teachers to use educational YouTube
videos in the classroom. We've been working on technology solutions
to make it easier for schools to access just the videos from within
YouTube EDU," said Angela Lin, Head of Education at YouTube. "Smart
technology like EdgeWave's will make it easier for busy school IT
administrators to enable access to YouTube EDU, giving teachers an
engaging new resource to educate and inspire their students and bring
learning to life."
"Enabling schools and educational customers to create safe and
productive internet access is critical to supporting an effective
learning environment for our education customers," said Steve Kelley,
SVP of Corporate Development and Product Strategy at EdgeWave.
"Working together with YouTube EDU to ensure that only approved
content is delivered to students offers a great benefit to our mutual
customers."
EdgeWave's iPrism Web Security solution was originally developed to
serve the education market and has a strong track record with K-12
schools. EdgeWave has long supported school Web safety and CIPA
requirements and the latest release of iPrism v7.0, which was
announced today, continues that commitment. Many iPrism features are
aimed at mitigating the threats schools face such as Web 2.0
applications, circumvention attempts and remote and roaming users who
access the school network. Added support for YouTube EDU furthers
EdgeWave's commitment to the education market.
For more information regarding the integration of iPrism v7.0 and
YouTube EDU, please visit:
http://www.edgewave.com/products/web_security/technology_youtubeSchools.
To attend a joint webinar discussing this announcement and
corresponding integrated solution, please sign up at:
http://www.edgewave.com/resources/Youtube_webinar.
About YouTube for Schools
YouTube for Schools is a network setting
that lets schools access free educational YouTube videos while
restricting access to other YouTube content. Students can learn from
more than 500,000 videos, from well-known organizations like
Stanford, PBS and TED, and from up-and-coming YouTube partners with
millions of views, like Khan Academy, Steve Spangler Science and
Numberphile. Schools can also customize their YouTube for Schools
experience by granting access to additional YouTube videos for
viewing only within their school network.
About EdgeWave Inc(TM)
EdgeWave Inc. (OTCBB: EWVE) (OTCQB: EWVE)
develops and markets on demand, on-premises, and hybrid Secure
Content Management (SCM) solutions to the mid-enterprise and service
provider markets. The EdgeWave portfolio of web, email and data
protection technologies delivers comprehensive secure content
management with unrivalled ease of deployment and the lowest TCO on
the market. EdgeWave products and services include iPrism Web
Security, a comprehensive Secure Web Gateway solution and the ePrism
Messaging Security Suite, a fully-hosted solutions for Email
Filtering, Email Data Loss Protection, Email Encryption, Email
Continuity, and Email Archiving, which can be accessed from a single
user interface. With thousands of customers and over 200 partners
worldwide, EdgeWave strives to deliver simple, high performance
solutions that offer excellent value.
Based in San Diego, California, EdgeWave markets its solutions
through a network of value added resellers, ISPs and MSPs,
distributors, system integrators, OEM partners and directly to end
users. For more information about EdgeWave, visit www.edgewave.com
Copyright2012 EdgeWave, Inc. All rights reserved. The EdgeWave,
iPrism, and ePrism Logos are trademarks of EdgeWave, Inc. All other
trademarks and registered trademarks are hereby acknowledged.
Contact:
Paula Wheeldon
EdgeWave
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
858-524-2004
pwheeldon@edgewave.com
SOURCE: EdgeWave
mailto:pwheeldon@edgewave.com
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