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Our Philosphy

We at OtisEd have a heart for innovation and want to provide quality solutions that are scalable and extensible to grow with the evolving needs of K-12.  Our aim is to empower K-12 Information Technology (IT) professionals to manage and extend their own systems and not have to rely on third party vendors to make improvements and provide needed data.  We are dismayed by the trend for third party vendors holding K-12 data "hostage" in hosted environments. Our iMart solution is provided as "Royalty-Free" with no requirement for year-over-year maintenance renewals to help break the cycle of dependency on outside vendors. 

Also, because we are built entirely on the Microsoft stack, we are able to offer our solutions at very affordable prices.  We believe that we are the best value in the industry!
District Solutions

School Districts have a unique challenge.  How can districts process the same amount of data as a mid-size corporation and at the pace required by their end users? 

At OtisEd we recognize the need for adaptable data management solutions and have created the iMart-Data Management Framework to empower the District IT professional.
Clovis Unified Exalts iMart!

Clovis Unified School District has enjoyed a fine working relationship with OtisEd for about seven years. Two years ago we decided, as a district, that we would develop new solutions exclusively using the Microsoft suite of tools that integrate with SQL Server 2005.

In December 2007, OtisEd approached us regarding iMart2008, an educational data warehouse product implemented in Microsoft Integration services and Microsoft Reporting Services.  With iMart 2008, OtisEd has used its considerable experience in educational technologies to develop an educational data warehouse solution using industry standard tools. For Clovis Unified this means that we are spared the pain of learning proprietary technologies and are free to spend our energies on developing solutions.  I was surprised at the speed with which we went from agreement to implementation. As soon as our agreement was signed we began what everyone here sees as a successful implementation that was completed more quickly than anyone had hoped. 

The product itself is a marvel of simplicity and completeness.  OtisEd has combined their considerable experience in Education with their expertise in data warehousing and the Microsoft tool set, to produce what has to be one of the great values in educational technology.  The most important thing I can say about OtisEd is that they have the integrity of businessmen who want to deliver more than they have promised and the integrity of engineers who are never quite satisfied until they have delivered the best solution they can.  Both the product and organization are to be highly recommended.

Michael Weatherly, Clovis Unified School District
You can contact Michael at (559) 327-9627 or
MichaelWeatherly@clovisusd.k12.ca.us
 
State Solutions

OtisEd has been working with the Nevada Department of Education since 2004 when we began the ambitious project to collect data nightly from every district statewide their enrollment, attendance, discipline, schedule and program data. In addition to the nightly data collection we were tasked with creating a state wide student unique identity system and the Nevada Accountability Report Card with its data submission application. (See: http://www.nevadareportcard.com)

Each of these components have been successfully deployed and are in production.   Each year additions are made to the system adding new data elements, data validation reports, system monitoring features and new reports. 
The processes and components that have made their way into the iMart-Data Management Framework have been battle tested on a nightly basis on a statewide scale.

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