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RM Community Connect 4 commen
RM Community Connect 4 commen.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 0163W RM PLC 05 June 2008 \n \nRM Community Connect 4 commences shipping\nRM has commenced shipments of Community Connect 4, its next generation network management system. The first 25 education establishments are now using the product and the Group is on track to meet its delivery target for the second half of the year. \nThe product has been released to manufacturing, allowing new, factory-built servers to be supplied to customers. The next major milestone, which is the availability of a customer installable upgrade for existing servers, will occur during summer. \nTim Pearson, CEO of RM, commented:\n'Community Connect 4 is a major release of our flagship network product, adding a wide range of new features and facilities - all developed to meet the very particular needs of education establishments. It's a strategic product - both for RM and our customers - so it's essential that we deliver it to the highest level of quality. \n'Over the last five months, we've trialled it extensively with customers - from small primary schools to large secondary schools with complex, multi-server networks - and it's been very well-received. We anticipate that hundreds of schools will be using it by the time the next academic year starts in September.'\nCommunity Connect is the most widely used network infrastructure system in UK education and is installed in more than 4,500 schools and colleges. It provides pupils, teachers and network managers with a wide range of benefits designed specifically for the demanding educational environment, where users move around and use different computers and software for different purposes during the day.\nCommunity Connect 4 was introduced in January 2008 at BETT (the world's leading educational ICT showcase). It has subsequently been shown to current RM network customers at a series of Technical Seminars, where reaction has been extremely positive: more than 150 potential customers have participated in 'hands on' try-out sessions, giving the product an average rating of six out of seven. \n\n\nFor further information, please contact: \n\n\n\n\nMike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc\n\n\n08450 700300\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Fenwick, ...