TCEA 2008 Drawing Winner -- Ronda Weatherford

ADDISON, TX (February 14, 2008) - Mizuni, Inc. congratulates Ronda Weatherford from Mount Vernon ISD, Texas as the winner of the Apple iPhone drawing. Mizuni thanks all of the TCEA 2008 attendees that visited the Mizuni booth and hopes to see everyone at TCEA 2009.

Mt. Pleasant ISD Chooses Mizuni Motiv to Inform Instruction

ADDISON, TX (October 30, 2007) - Mt. Pleasant Independent School District (ISD) (Mt. Pleasant, Texas) has chosen Mizuni, Inc. as a mission-critical solution provider to assist in informing instruction for its 5,400 students. Mt. Pleasant will implement the Mizuni Motiv product suite, including the data warehouse, reporting tools, and web-based portal. Mizuni was selected because of its successful track record in synthesizing data from disparate systems to support improvement in student achievement.

Mt. Pleasant evaluated a number of integration and data warehouse solution providers, but chose the Mizuni Motiv’s Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) approach because it “simplified the implementation of a complex system,” says Mr. Noe Arzate, Director of Technology at Mt. Pleasant ISD. “Mizuni is easier and faster to implement. We do not need customizations or lots of consultants.” The district expects that the Mizuni implementation will cost 30% less then the other systems they evaluated.

The main instructional benefit of the Mizuni implementation is to “more accurately monitor assessments to inform instruction and improve student achievement earlier in the year,” states Mr. Bruce Gearing, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction at Mt. Pleasant ISD. The data will be immediately available to administrators, principals, teachers, and eventually parents. “With Mizuni, rather than generating data manually, there will be more hours available to work with teachers at the classroom level to improve instruction. Every student can be successful. The Mizuni Motiv is another tool in our toolbox to make this happen,” says Mr. Gearing.

Pasadena ISD Selects Mizuni Motiv to Serve 56 Schools and 50,000 Students

ADDISON, TX (July 23, 2007) – Pasadena Independent School District (Pasadena, Texas) has selected Mizuni, Inc.’s information management solution to serve its 56 schools and 50,000 students. Pasadena ISD will implement the full Mizuni Motiv product suite – data integration platform, data warehouse, reporting tools, and web-based portal – to deliver essential data such as trend analysis of student performance to teachers, administrators and parents.

“Mizuni was the only provider to have a proven SIF solution commercially available today. Not only did Mizuni Motiv meet our full requirements, but the start-up and annual costs were substantially lower over a five-year period than any competitor,” according to Mr. Bob Daughrity, Chief Technology Officer of Pasadena ISD.

“We are thrilled to provide our Motiv solution and strategy to Pasadena ISD. We have partnered with Pasadena ISD for the last year, and we are excited they are now prepared to take their data management implementation to the next level with the entire Mizuni Motiv product suite,” stated Mr. Ignacio Ybarra, President of Mizuni, Inc.

Hayes Software Systems Selects Mizuni as SIF Partner

DALLAS, TX (March 5, 2007) - Hayes Software Systems, a Texas-based company specializing in K-12 textbook management software, has selected Mizuni as their SIF partner. Through this partnership, Mizuni will develop a SIF Agent for TIPWeb, Hayes Software's web-based software product for textbook inventory management. Hayes Software Systems President and CEO Michael Hayes said, "We are proud to offer Mizuni’s version-independent SIF solutions and top-notch support to our customers. Mizuni offers the most bang for the buck for school districts, without question.” TIPWeb's SIF Agent will be available in the Summer of 2007 and built on the Mizuni Motiv Agent Server technology. For more information regarding Hayes Software Systems and the TIPWeb software, please visit http://www.hayessoftware.com.

Mizuni Launches "What You Should Know About SIF 2.0"

DALLAS, TX (March 2, 2007) – Mizuni launches "What You Should Know About SIF 2.0". This audio message from Ignacio Ybarra, President of Mizuni, outlines the new features and benefits of the SIF 2.0 specification. An excerpt from this message: “…The SIF 2.0 specification has been highly anticipated for its support for great out-of-the-box interoperability, new and enhanced data object models and new design for exchanging student records…Although the SIF specification does not guarantee SIF compatibility: Mizuni will…now you can implement SIF 2.0 solutions without having to wait for all your agents to become SIF 2.0 certified.” To hear the entire message, please visit http://www.mizuni.com/SIF2.

Mizuni Launches "Motiv In Motion"

DALLAS, TX (September 13, 2006) – Mizuni, Inc., a company specializing in information management for K-12 districts, has introduced the next generation of Total Information Management solutions: Mizuni Motiv. Mizuni Motiv consists of the Motiv Process and Motiv Product Suite. Motiv targets district administrators, teachers and parents, giving them unparalleled access to student and district information. The ability to analyze current year, along with previous year information allows districts to increase funds acquisition, streamline data entry, improve student and classroom performance, and achieve true information-driven decision making. For a comprehensive overview of Mizuni Motiv, please view the "Motiv In Motion" flash module click here.