IT solutions for education, from people who’ve stood in the classroom
ASI Solutions was founded by former teachers. Forty years on, our roadmap for schools still starts with the same question: what actually makes a teacher’s day easier?
Education isn’t a market we entered. It’s where we began.
ASI Solutions wasn’t started by technologists looking for a market to disrupt. It was started by people who had taught in classrooms, dealt with the funding constraints, the timetabling, the parent expectations, and the technology that was meant to help but usually didn’t.
That’s still who leads our education practice today. People who understand a staffroom conversation as well as a device fleet, and who know a rollout plan is only good if a Year 8 teacher can actually use it on a Monday morning.
It’s why we don’t start with a product catalogue. We start with what’s actually getting in the way, then work through a clear roadmap to fix it.
The IT solutions roadmap for education
Each of ASI’s solution pillars maps to a real pressure schools are under today. This is the roadmap we walk through with every school we work with, in whatever order it’s needed.
IT Managed Services
Most school IT teams are one or two people covering a device fleet built for ten times that. Co-managed services put a second team behind your own, so a sick day doesn’t turn into a term-long backlog.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Unboxing two hundred laptops by hand costs a fortnight your IT team doesn’t have. Zero Touch deployment gets devices into classrooms pre-configured and ready to teach with, cutting rollout time and cost by up to 80% against manual setup.
Security & Compliance
Half of school IT teams say cyber attacks have grown more complex, and student data is the target. We build security that holds the line without shutting teachers out of their own classrooms.
Data & AI
Six in ten parents and educators are wary of how schools handle AI and student data, and they’re right to ask. Anabelle for Education gives schools a way to govern it properly, and gives teachers back the hours it should already be saving them.
Technology Solutions
Up to 19% of students can’t rely on a personal device at home, and BYOD assumes they can. Device as a Service puts the same tool in every student’s hands, deployed and supported as one predictable service.
Digital Skills
A new platform is only as good as the teacher willing to open it. We coach staff into confident, everyday use, not a single launch day training session.
BYODon’t: Why schools are moving beyond BYOD
Nearly one in five young Australians doesn’t have a computer at home, yet BYOD policies assume every family can supply one. We’re helping school leaders weigh up a school-owned, centrally managed alternative, backed by a free TCO and Device Strategy workshop.
Frequently asked questions
With BYOD, each family buys and owns the device, so the school has limited ability to enforce settings, content filters, screen-time limits or security policies consistently. A school-owned and managed program puts every device on one platform, centrally managed, with consistent security, app control and content filtering across the cohort.
BYOD can still work for schools with strong existing device access and low compliance risk, but it’s becoming harder to justify as cyber threats increase and equity gaps widen. Around 19% of young Australians don’t have a computer at home, and BYOD-only policies can make that gap worse rather than better.
ASI provides co-managed and fully managed IT services for schools, including day-to-day support, monitoring, security management, cloud and infrastructure, and device deployment, with teams and offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, and Adelaide supporting schools in metro and regional locations.
Yes. Education is one of the most targeted sectors for cyberattacks in Australia, and half of education IT teams have seen attacks grow more complex. ASI helps schools work towards the ACSC Essential Eight maturity model alongside broader security and compliance support, so student data stays protected without adding unnecessary complexity for IT staff.
Zero Touch deployment means new devices arrive pre-configured, enrolled and ready to use, with no manual setup required by IT staff or teachers. It typically saves around 80% of the cost of deploying devices manually, based on Microsoft Autopilot benchmarking.
It depends on the device, funding model and lease term, but a school-owned 1:1 program on a 3-year lease can work out cheaper per student per term than a parent-funded BYOD device of equivalent value, once support, security and replacement costs are factored in. We can model this for your school in a TCO and Device Strategy workshop.
We run a low-risk TCO and Device Strategy workshop first, typically 60 to 90 minutes, so school leadership has a fact-based view before committing to anything. From there we handle funding models, procurement, Zero Touch deployment, security and the full device lifecycle, including end-of-life buyback.
Yes. ASI provides end-to-end IT procurement including end-user devices, classroom and collaboration technology, audio visual solutions, and Microsoft Teams Rooms, supported by lifecycle and rollout services.
ASI Solutions takes a structured, co-managed approach focused on clarity, accountability, and long-term outcomes. We work alongside internal teams, applying the right solutions at the right time through a clear roadmap.
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