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In July 2008, the site was put offline due to a hardware issue at their hosting provider, [[Fasthosts]]. This downtime lasted several days and lead to angry members emailing the company en-masse to express their displeasure. <ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/edugeek_fasthosts/ Fasthosts brings down Edugeek - and leaves it there]</ref> |
In July 2008, the site was put offline due to a hardware issue at their hosting provider, [[Fasthosts]]. This downtime lasted several days and lead to angry members emailing the company en-masse to express their displeasure. <ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/edugeek_fasthosts/ Fasthosts brings down Edugeek - and leaves it there]</ref> |
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In April 2010, the [[NAHT]] released a report looking at the spending behaviours of schools and the way suppliers were taking advantage of them. This report was in part based on posts at Edugeek, where some members had provided detailed accounts of how their schools had been ripped off by some suppliers.<ref>[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6042430 Schools being treated like 'an open chequebook', says NAHT]</ref> |
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Edugeek has been a regular feature at the [[Bett]] show, manning the technical support help point for visitors, staffed by volunteers from its membership.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/resource/freebies-bett-2010 Don't miss out - Freebies at Bett 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/37370 Registration now open for BETT 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/resource/top-tips Q&A]</ref> |
Edugeek has been a regular feature at the [[Bett]] show, manning the technical support help point for visitors, staffed by volunteers from its membership.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/resource/freebies-bett-2010 Don't miss out - Freebies at Bett 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/37370 Registration now open for BETT 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/resource/top-tips Q&A]</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:00, 20 February 2011
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Headquarters | , |
| Founder(s) | Chris Byers |
| Employees | 2 |
| URL | edugeek.net |
Edugeek is an online resource that is specifically targeted at IT Professionals who work in Education. The site primarily an internet forum. Edugeek was founded by Chris Buyers in 2005[1]. The site has 2 full time paid employees including the founder, Chris Buyers. [1]
History
Edugeek was founded in 2005 by Chris Buyers[1], an IT manager in the United kingdom. During some research he found there was no other website that specifically targeted IT professionals that worked in Education like himself. Along with friend Ric Charlton they setup Edugeek. the domain was registered 8th July 2005[2]. The first site used the software Dragonfly CMS, but these proved to restrictive and the site has since moved onto vBulletin. The site today has approximately 31,000 members & 625,000 forum posts. The founder now works full time with the company.
In 2007, Sophos threatened Edugeek with legal action due to the posts of one of its members. Shortly after, Sophos apologised for their actions, blaming it on a staffmember convincing their legal team to send the threats, rather than a senior management decision. [3]
In July 2008, the site was put offline due to a hardware issue at their hosting provider, Fasthosts. This downtime lasted several days and lead to angry members emailing the company en-masse to express their displeasure. [4]
In April 2010, the NAHT released a report looking at the spending behaviours of schools and the way suppliers were taking advantage of them. This report was in part based on posts at Edugeek, where some members had provided detailed accounts of how their schools had been ripped off by some suppliers.[5]
Edugeek has been a regular feature at the Bett show, manning the technical support help point for visitors, staffed by volunteers from its membership.[6][7][8]
The running of the site
The website currently has 4 Administrators and 16 Moderators[9], who volunteer personal time to contribute to the community. To help financially, the site has many sponsors such as Smoothwall and Promethean Ltd[9]. The site also uses advertisements provided by AdSense to generate income.
References
- ^ a b c EduGeek arrives in USA for ISTE 2010
- ^ EduGeek.net on Who.is
- ^ Sophos apologises for going legal on school techies
- ^ Fasthosts brings down Edugeek - and leaves it there
- ^ Schools being treated like 'an open chequebook', says NAHT
- ^ Don't miss out - Freebies at Bett 2010
- ^ Registration now open for BETT 2011
- ^ Q&A
- ^ a b EduGeek Admins & Moderators
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