Oct. 26, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell today announced further success of its Teaming solution within the K-12 education market. Understanding the growing need for individual schools and districts to foster more efficient communication and knowledge sharing among the teaching and administrative staff, Novell is providing collaboration solutions that blend flexibility and customization to serve the education market and its specific productivity challenges and budget requirements.

Highlighting Novell's recent traction in this market are three school districts who each have distinct collaboration needs within the K-12 market. Beaver Dam Unified School District, Beech Grove City Schools and Tuscaloosa City Schools are all using Novell's Teaming solution to unify operations across physical boundaries, reduce costly travel budgets and establish a professional learning environment that allows teachers and staff to collaborate in real time.

"Novell is committed to providing solutions that address the key collaboration challenges that all organizations with large groups of people and multiple locations face," said Wendy Steinle, director of Solution and Product Marketing, End-User Computing for Novell. "Our Teaming solution deployed at Tuscaloosa, Beech Grove and Beaver Dam illustrates how primary and secondary education institutions can improve communications, save costs and streamline operations, freeing educators and staff to focus on the core mission -- educating students."

Beaver Dam Unified School District

Seeking a more cost-effective and flexible collaboration platform, Beaver Dam Unified School District, located north of Madison, Wisconsin, selected Novell® Teaming to virtually change the whole thought process behind collaborative education and move it beyond the traditional classroom. The district created an online workspace for its faculty and staff to work together without leaving their buildings. Now, users share files and ideas, access the staff newsletter and participate in grading discussions. Departments can team-up to manage files and ensure that subjects are being taught consistently across all schools. Nearly 20 principals, assistant principals and administrative staff used to travel to meet with each other once a week for several hours; now they meet once a month and use Novell Teaming to collaborate online and participate in conference calls.