OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Software resellers and academic institutions looking for a fast and reliable method of deploying the new Microsoft® Student Advantage program can now offer the full benefits of the program to students through a new provisioning service launched today by Kivuto Solutions Inc., the world's leading provider of hosted, flexible and scalable solutions for complex digital distribution requirements.
Built on Kivuto's Electronic License Management System (ELMS), the new service enables software resellers to provide academic institutions with an quick and effective way to get cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus productivity suite to eligible students. With this service, any academic institution currently licensing Microsoft Office Professional Plus or Office 365 ProPlus for all of their faculty and staff through an eligible Microsoft Academic Volume License Agreement can provide students with no-cost licenses of Office 365 through an ELMS web store.
"By working with Kivuto, the reseller and the institution avoid the challenging time and labor intensive integration process resulting from deploying and managing the Student Advantage program independently," said Brad Brohman, Vice-President, Sales. "Our reseller partners work with institutions to get them on board. We then work with schools to deploy a custom-branded web store as well as provide program and customer support. There is no on-going management requirement for the school and no additional effort needed by the reseller. The whole process can be accomplished in about two business days, at which point students will have instant access to all the benefits of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus. We are excited about this approach and believe it's a win-win for all involved."
The Microsoft Student Advantage program allows academic institutions that are offering Office to all of their faculty and staff to offer it to their students at no additional cost. Office 365 ProPlus provides students with an Office suite that they can use both offline on their PC, Mac or mobile device and in the cloud, and it includes everything they need to succeed at school, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook & Lync. This allows faculty and students to work together in real time on assignments, group projects, and research, and communicate seamlessly through e-mail, instant messaging, or online classrooms.
Web stores built by Kivuto to deliver the Student Advantage program are powered by the Kivuto ELMS platform, the most flexible, secure, scalable and customizable digital distribution and management system on the market. The platform includes user verification, policy enforcement, e-commerce, secure distribution, reporting and more in a cloud-based environment engineered for advanced digital distribution and management applications. Kivuto provides a license and management system module specifically designed for academic institutions, ensuring verified users have 24/7 access to digital goods anywhere in the world.
Resellers or schools that wish to learn more about this service should visit: http://kivuto.com/elms-student-advantage
About Kivuto
Kivuto Solutions is the world's leading provider of advanced digital distribution and management solutions that enable the secure delivery of digital goods to individuals, businesses, and organizations anywhere in the world. Kivuto simplifies the process of delivering any digital good to any market under virtually any terms and conditions. Over 60,000 academic institutions and departments trust Kivuto to manage and distribute software to their students, faculty and staff. The company distributes software in 195 countries and supports 14 languages. www.kivuto.com.