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Diane Hagan
BASCOM
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media@bascom.com

BASCOM's Global Chalkboard™ Receives Prestigious Intel® Certified Powered by SpikeSource Certification for Security

Hauppauge, New York—December 30, 2009 - BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc., an industry-leader in Internet Management solutions for K-12 schools and libraries, today proudly announces that its Global Chalkboard has been certified through the Intel® Certified Solutions Program. This dual-part software evaluation and certification service performs independent testing for security, interoperability, and enablement on Intel® processor family-based platforms. After the testing, a solution continues to be monitored by Intel® so it stays secure as new threats are unveiled.

By meeting the requirements of this Intel® program, BASCOM's Global Chalkboard can now proudly display the Intel® Certified Powered by SpikeSource badge to demonstrate to prospective customers it has been optimized for Intel® multi-core technology and is secure. This Intel® certification proves that the Global Chalkboard has been tested for the approximately 40,150 presently known security vulnerabilities defined by the National Vulnerability Database. (Visit nvd.hist.gov for more details.) The Global Chalkboard continues to be monitored by Intel®.

"Security is always an on-going challenge," says Peter Cirasole, BASCOM's President/CEO. "But, with this prestigious Intel® Certified Powered by SpikeSource badge, K-12 schools can trust the Global Chalkboard is a quality solution today-and tomorrow-since it is monitored and secured in lockstep with new vulnerabilities as they occur."

About the Global Chalkboard
BASCOM's Global Chalkboard is an innovative and flexible teaching tool that uses the Internet for learning. The Global Chalkboard provides immediate access to educational Web sites and builds Web-enriched lessons mapped to curriculum goals and state standards.

The Global Chalkboard is both flexible and easy to use. It offers a novice user immediate access to educational sites with the Web Library; it offers an intermediate user prepackaged, ready-to-use BASCOM lessons; and it offers an advanced user a method of building their own, Web-based lessons using the Global Chalkboard's Lesson Creator.

About BASCOM
BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. is a software development company specializing in curriculum-based, Internet management solutions for K-12 schools. From our beginning in 1996, BASCOM has focused on producing, next-generation, curriculum tools for the K-12 education market.

BASCOM's goal is to help children become successful learners by safely extracting the educational content of the Web. This is accomplished by building Internet teaching tools based on input we've received from K-12 educators. We are constantly adapting our products to meet the changing needs of today's teachers.

BASCOM is a privately held company located in Hauppauge, New York. For more information, visit www.bascom.com