1. Edline and SchoolDude Join Forces to Offer Best Integrated Solution for Education
Companies provide first integrated platform of web, portal and learning management solutions, and
support services management solutions
May 18, 2010 (Chicago, IL & Cary, N.C.) – Edline and SchoolDude.com today announced a premier alliance
to better serve public schools, including their tens of thousands of education institution clients. Two of
the nation’s largest and most successful software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies for the education
industry will provide the learning community with an integrated product that streamlines the information
flow betweenteachers, faculty, staff and parents – and the mission-critical support services departments
that keep districts operating efficientlyand effectively. Edline,the K-12 technology leader in learning
community management, online classroom management, and website and portal solutions, specializesin
communication between students, parents, teachers and faculty. SchoolDude, the education market
leader in enterprise workflow and business process improvement, specializesin building automation,
facility scheduling, and facility, technology, energy and transportation management.
New Integrated Product Strategy
Edline and SchoolDude unveiled an integrated product strategy that will transform enterprise
communications, learning management and support services.
Business process benefitsfrom the alliance include:
 Streamlined information flowbetween teachers, faculty, staff and parents, and the support
services department for more efficientdistrict operations
 Simplifiedsubmissionof support services requests within the Edline portal platform, including:
maintenance, inventory, transportation, technology and facility event/rental requests
 Syndication of SchoolDude’s facilityuse calendar and event data to Edline’sportal platform,
enabling clients to customize and publicize information on school, community or district calendars
Edline and SchoolDude will announce additional business process improvements in the future.
Impact on School District & Technology Leaders
“Since the adoption of Edline and SchoolDude, our school district has the ability to streamline
communications, access and manage resources within minutes, monitor ongoing student progress, and
developan online community for students, teachers, administrators, support staff and parents,” said
Annamaria Schrimpf, Director of Educational Technology at Winchester Public Schools in Massachusetts.
“For the educational technology department, these integrated resources have translated into greater staff
efficiencyand cost savings, improved data analysis, and guaranteed data integrity. Can it get any better?
The integration of these two high-quality products, accessed through a single point of entry, enhances the
end user's experience and continues to expand the user base throughout the school community.”

2. Executive Quotes
“At Edline,we strive to support teachers and school staff, making their jobs easier through an array of
technology solutions. We are pleased to announce our partnership with SchoolDude, which will greatly
enhance our service to clients,” said Jon Abrams, Chairman, Edline.
Added Kent Hudson, CEO & Co-Founder of SchoolDude, “We are excited to partner with Edline, especially
as portals and learning community platforms are becoming a strong part of the K-12 infrastructure. Our
integration will create a better experience for our clientsand provide them meaningful time and cost
savings. Our mission as a company is to assist educational professionalsin better managing operations
and saving money, which in turn helps make them more successful. Integrating with Edline supports our
mission to be a good steward of our client’strust and investment.”
Edline Contact:
Sanjeev Ahuja
Vice President,Marketing
sahuja@edline.com
(800) 491-0010
SchoolDude Contact:
Nicholas Mirisis
Director, Business Development & Public Affairs
nick@schooldude.com
(877) 868-3833
About Edline:
Edline provides the world’s leading K-12
technology solutions that help schools improve
student performance by harnessing the power
of parental involvement,supporting teachers,
and engaging the learning community. We offer
an array of technology solutions that support
this mission: web hosting, content management,
information portals, and tools for classroom
management, gradebook, mass notification,
analytics, virtual storage and related
technologies—all of which can be deployed
individuallyor together as part of an integrated
and comprehensive Learning Community
Management System. For more information
about Edline, visitwww.edline.com.
About SchoolDude:
With more than 4,500 education institution
clients, SchoolDude is the nation's leading
provider of on-demand operations management
solutions designed exclusivelyfor the unique
needs of educational professionals. Backed by
the industry's only Legendary Service Program,
SchoolDude's broad suite of online applications
is revolutionizingthe businessof managing
educational operations. SchoolDude's on-
demand tools for operations management offer
easy to use, affordable solutions to help both
small and large educational institutions save
money, increase efficiencyand improve
services. For more information about
SchoolDude, visitwww.schooldude.com.