Case Study: Forney Independent School District achieves stronger data security and major time savings with Skyward's secure cloud hosting

Forney Independent School District - Customer Case Study

Forney Independent School District, near the eastern edge of Dallas, was burdened by on-site management of its student information system—hardware maintenance, software updates, backups and restores consumed technology staff time and left leadership worried about security and disaster recovery. The district chose Skyward’s Student Management Suite and elected off-site hosting with Skyward’s cloud partner, ISCorp, to address those challenges.

Skyward, via ISCorp’s secure cloud hosting, implemented 24/7 monitoring, encrypted data, multiple daily backups and a 99.5% uptime guarantee while taking over hardware and restore responsibilities. The change returned significant staff time to focus on students and district initiatives, cut ongoing hardware refresh costs, sped disaster recovery, and materially improved Forney Independent School District’s data security and operational confidence.

Forney Independent School District

Kathy Kimbrough

Director of Information Services