SaaS-Based 15desks Serves as a Lifetime Academic Hub, Connecting the Learning, Teaching, Creating - and Becoming - People Do Throughout Their Lives

As the realities facing the educational system grow ever harsher - dwindling resources and ballooning class sizes, to name just a few - a new company, 15desks, has launched with a solution designed to transform the way people manage all aspects of their academic lives.

The premise is this: all of the work and creativity people invest into both teaching and learning - at all academic levels - should be easily stored, organized, accessible and sharable at all times, from anywhere, throughout their lives.

Employing SaaS-based technology, the web-based 15desks has spent the past two years building a secure, agile architecture designed to make that happen. 15desks aims to empower educators, students, parents, administrators and even the business community to connect with each other, share resources and manage all things academic from one secure place online. The architecture is already in place to expand and embrace all aspects of the academic life and all related communities and businesses.

Because 15desks uses a SaaS-based platform, there`s no hardware, no software, no upfront investment, no maintenance burdens, no downtime and no steep learning curves. All hosting and maintenance is handled by 15desks. The company employs military-level security and the highest standards of data encryption to keep all data private and safe, using 256 bit SSL encryption on every data page.

The standard solution available today enables educators to manage all of their curriculums, grades, assignments and student communications from one or multiple schools - all from one secure place online, accessible on demand from any computer with Web access.

Students use 15desks to connect with their peers and teachers, share resources,keep track of deadlines and submit assignments. It`s designed for maximum ease-of-use - it`s possible to reach any feature or page in just three clicks.

More than 6,500 educators and students currently use 15desks to manage their courses, from University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Santa Barbara; California State University, Fullerton; San Jose State University; City College of San Francisco and more.