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3 November 2009 – School Network Upgrade Project, Stage 3 (SNUP3)
See this page for information about the School Network Upgrade Project, Stage 3.

Microsoft and Symantec Antivirus Agreements 2010-2012
The Ministry has signed a new agreement with Microsoft to continue its commitment to the Microsoft New Zealand School Agreement from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012.

The Ministry is continuing to support anti-virus in your school. However, there has been a change of provider to Symantec’s End Point Protection (SEP) antivirus. All information about these new agreements, including enrolment and registration forms, FAQs and all other associated documentation links, will be posted to this site.

Your school will be contacted by email to enrol and register in each of these programmes in September 2009.

1 September 2009 – New Microsoft New Zealand School Agreement 2010-1012 FAQs
See this page for information about the Microsoft New Zealand School Agreement.

1 September 2009 – New Symantec anti-virus agreement FAQs
See this page for common questions and answers about the Ministry of Education's anti-virus software agreement for state and state-integrated schools.

The Ministry of Education has signed new agreements with Renaissance (Apple) and Novell to supply software to schools.

14 September 2009 – New Renaissance Apple software Agreement 2010-2012
Information about this agreement and registration can be found at http://www.red.co.nz/moesoftware.

14 September – New Novell Agreement 2010-2013
This three-year agreement commences in May 2010. Further information and registration details will be posted on this site before the end of 2009.

14 September - New Watchdog and Telecom Web filtering and Firewall Agreements 2010-2012
The Ministry has signed new three-year agreements with Telecom and Watchdog for Web filtering and firewall services. These agreements begin in January 2010 and expire in December 2012.

Further information about Watchdog can be found at http://www.watchdog.net.nz. Information about Telecom’s service can be found at http://www.telecom.co.nz/schoolzone.

14 September - CA Secure Content Manager and Surf Control licenses
Both CA Secure Content Manager and Surf Control license agreements will expire in June 2010. The Ministry will release an update for schools using these products before the end of 2009.

15 April 2007 – Previous anti-virus deal FAQs
See this page for common questions and answers about the Ministry of Education's anti-virus software deal for state and state-integrated schools.

10 April 2007 – Previous Microsoft School Agreement FAQs
This information sheet provides questions and answers about the licensing agreement with Microsoft New Zealand to provide all state and state-integrated schools with selected Microsoft software for a three year term commencing January 01 2007.