“No more lost or damaged CDs”

“The major benefit of VirtualDrive has been not having to handle any more CDs. We took all of the software programs, such as Kid Pix Studio, that normally need to be in the CD-ROM drive and now run them off a single work server using VirtualDrive. I have been very impressed with the access speed and can even run the programs on computers that do not have CD-ROM drives.

“We have no more lost or damaged CDs. I plan to expand the use of VirtualDrive by networking the classroom and library research computers to the work server. This will provide easy access to CD-ROM-based encyclopedias, dictionaries, and atlases. We have been very happy with the results and receive many visits from other schools that are interested in following the same program.”

“Why did we wait so long to get this software?”

“We purchased FarStone Technology’s VirtualDrive Network software to eliminate the necessity of having teachers map and load CDs in each of their students’ computers. The software installation was very simple and easy to accomplish. With just a little training, teachers have adapted quickly to the use of VirtualDrive and asked:

‘Why did we wait so long to get this software?’”

“We’d recommend VirtualDrive Network to any school”

“We purchased the FarStone VirtualDrive Network last year for use in our elementary school (K-4) computer lab. It has met, if not surpassed, our expectations for the lab environment. Looking forward, we would like to incorporate its use across our LAN, so that the students can access the same applications from their classrooms. Application setup on our server was not difficult, nor was installation on client machines. We would recommend VirtualDrive Network to any school needing an easy, fast, and reliable means to share applications.”

“We’ve been able to eliminate a software management nightmare”

“We were able to install the client software in all the workstations in three electronic classrooms (75 computers), create the images for 4 CD packages, and install the applications from the virtual CDs in less than 5 hours. We are very impressed with the overall experience and we will not hesitate to recommend your product to any college/university that needs to provide access to data or applications that require CDs in a workstation CD player. With your software we have been able to completely eliminate a software management nightmare in our electronic classrooms.

“As we deploy additional resources through our WAN (three campuses) we will be able to centralize all CD-requiring software/applications. We intend to add additional licenses so that all our full-time faculty members get access to CD-residing applications from our database and learning resources systems.

“Boricua’s computerization effort is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education — Title V. Most of our colleges have limited funds and the solution your company provides is very cost-efficient and convenient to manage and administer.”

“We’d like to put it in all the libraries”

Housed in the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, eiNetwork provides technology to all the public libraries of Allegheny County, PA, and has implemented FarStone’s VirtualDrive software at many of its sites. According to Andrea Clarkson, a Customer Support Manager, “We just love it.”

VirtualDrive is used most often to manage children’s CDs. Prior to implementing VirtualDrive, library staff would have to load discs, and, when a child finished using a disc, staff would have to drop everything to unload it.

Now, with VirtualDrive, children can launch a program simply by clicking on the associated icon. Because no physical discs are handled in the process, patrons enjoy a freer library experience and library staff are able to focus on other tasks.

According to Ms. Clarkson, “VirtualDrive makes programs run faster and smoother, since patrons are running applications on a computer’s hard drive and not from the CD-ROM drive. We’d like to put it in all the libraries when we have the budget.”

“VirtualDrive Network comes highly recommended“

“Fullerton College has been using FarStone VirtualDrive Network for two years. It is currently set up on our LAN to allow our labs and classrooms to run the multiple applications. We have used VirtualDrive Network on Windows 98, 2000, and XP. It’s very easy to set up on the LAN and easy to incorporate into an existing Windows environment. VirtualDrive Network comes highly recommended by Fullerton College to any environment that needs to manage their CD applications.”