Defywire, Inc., the wireless middleware and mobile application provider, announced that McKinley Technology High School, the technology magnet school for the District of Columbia Public Schools, has deployed Defywire's Mobile Guardian system for accessing and logging student information over wireless devices. The first application of the Mobile Guardian platform allows McKinley administrative personnel to access student disciplinary information over Wi-Fi-enabled PDAs. Mobile Guardian can also give school officials access to students' attendance records, class schedules, medical information, and parent contact information.

"Prior to deploying Defywire's Mobile Guardian, we were only able to access student information on desktop systems, which isn't helpful to school personnel that are monitoring school grounds," explained Daniel Gohl, principal of McKinley Technology High School. "Now we have an application that roams wherever our personnel and students are. This has greatly enhanced our ability to secure the school and significantly cuts down staff hours spent completing paperwork associated with disciplinary incidents."

Defywire's Mobile Guardian implementation spanned less than two weeks, and required minimal training for the school's administrative staff. Positive results were immediately realized by the high school, which found that the disciplinary incident reporting application eliminated an average of two hours of paperwork per day, freeing up administrative personnel to stay in the field. The real-time nature of the incident reporting application also created accurate, uniform and instantaneous documentation of incidents, which has become extremely critical for complying with federal No Child Left Behind guidelines.

"Students are better protected when school personnel and parents are better informed," said Jill Stelfox, Chairman and CEO of Defywire, Inc. "Mobile Guardian gives school personnel the ability to securely and immediately access critical information about a student's schedule, medical requirements, attendance, and disciplinary issues, wherever that information is needed most."

Mobile Guardian even gives schools the ability to automatically alert a parent with an SMS-enabled phone when their child is not in class, although that service is not yet being deployed at McKinley Technology High School. Ultimately, the system's ability to keep school personnel and parents better informed, makes for a safer educational environment.

Mobile applications from Defywire go beyond synchronization, pushing the transfer of information both to and from central information systems in real time. Defywire's mobile Java-based software works with any wireless device--including phones, PDAs or laptops--and any technology--including cellular, Wi-Fi, RFID and GPS.

McKinley Technology High School opened in 2004 and offers a learning environment that is digitally enhanced to support academic achievement. Teachers and students engage in project based curriculum that has the rigor of a first class liberal arts education and the job skills development of a technical program. McKinley Technology High School provides students the opportunity to pursue an intense focus in bio/medical technology, information technology, and/or broadcast technology . McKinley Technology High School is a public school of the District of Columbia Public Schools in the City of Washington, DC.

About DEFYWIRE

Defywire is a leading wireless and mobile solution provider. The company's flagship product, Defywire Mobility Suite, and vertical applications extend the enterprise by providing mobile employees with secure, real-time access to corporate information systems. Headquartered in Herndon, VA, Defywire is led by a seasoned management team with in-depth knowledge of wireless offerings. For more information, visit www.defywire.com.
 
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