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IST in cooperation with Ung Företagsamhet
IST has started a cooperation with the organization Ung Företagsamhet (UF), a part of the global organization Junior Achievement. UF is a non-profit organization, with the goal to teach students about enterprise and entrepreneurship and inspire to continuous learning and development among students.…
Young Summer Workers in Denmark
Offering temporary summer jobs to youngsters is a great way of introducing them to the realities of having a job and the IST offices. The Växjö office has a long-standing tradition of summer workers, but this year Business Region Denmark also introduced some summer positions with Business Support.…
How IST Will Meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
At IST, we believe that everyone is entitled to learn more. As part of creating the best possible prerequisites for allowing learning to take place in the long term, we strive to become a sustainable company. This includes implementing sustainable practices in the development of our products, our…
School digitalization; a shared responsibility
During the last decade the school has changed remarkably, and the digitalization has been a major reason. The changes bring big opportunities, but all stakeholders must actively work together for the students to benefit from the new technology in the best way. The…
New strong cooperation ensures better temporary coverage for schools
The entrepreneurial company Substy A/S has developed an intelligent system, which sends qualified temporary teachers with the right competencies to the vocational classes in the schools. The system has proven its worth for over a year, and therefore Denmark's largest edtech supplier IST ApS is…
"We need to think more creatively to achieve equality"
Gender equality and diversity is key to succeeding in attracting today's and tomorrow's talents. But the IT industry is one of the country's most gender-segregated industries. How does IST work to attract more women to the company? We asked Mathilda Wirenstrand, Country HR Manager at…
EduCloud makes school data available according to new standard SS12000
Digitization sets higher demands for schools and Sweden's municipalities. One of the challenges consists of sharing information between different systems safely, opening for managing different kinds of content. Now, the EdTech-company IST launches the new EduCloud service. EduCloud is a service…
She is the new Head of Delivery and Services for Business Region Sweden
Press release 2018-09-27The edtech company IST strengthens the organization, employing Victoria Hubertsson as the new Head of Delivery and Services for Business Region Sweden. She will lead and develop the consultancy teams in the company and will have a role in the management team.“The…
IST Recruits a New Deputy Head for Business Region Sweden
The edtech company IST has hired Andreas Fridell as the new Deputy Head for Business Region Sweden, responsible for developing the company’s offer and partnerships on the Swedish market.”It feels fantastic. To get everyone in the world of school to join the digital journey, user-friendly…
IST recruits new talent
IST continues its rapid development and now strengthens its internal organization with the recruitment of a new talent for the role of head of Business Region Denmark. Anne Brink Pedersen is the new CEO of IST Business Region Denmark. Anne is from a position as Head of Department at the Ministry of…
Annual report 2017
– Plan to hire at least one person a week until 20202017 was another financially good year for the ed tech company IST, which continues to gain market shares in all the home markets. The company grew by over 10 percent, delivered 10 percent in profits, and has invested 70 million in new…
IST And Microsoft is now launching a partnership
The digitization journey in schools continues. IST And Microsoft is now launching a partnership aimed at improving the digital learning environment. The first step is the integration between the school products IST Learn and Office 365 Education/OneNote.– To create a functioning digital…
Press release - The City of Gothenburg
It's official. The City of Gothenburg chooses the edtech-company IST to supply the new Administrative IT system for childcare and school. The agreement, valid for up to 12 years, means that IST will take on new employees. – Gothenburg is growing, and it places extra high demands on a…
IST and MIT Education Solutions to secure school payments
The Swedish edtech company IST and the Irish partner company MIT Education Solutions have won a framework agreement for payments concerning 4 000 schools in Ireland. The agreement, with a potential value of 10 million euro, will provide digital tools for payment and administration of school fees for…
IST expands its business
From 1 October, the edtech company IST expands its business in Denmark to include vocational schools in addition to childcare, primary and secondary schools. This is achieved with the acquisition of the Danish company UDDATA, which is part of Svendborg Business School & Gymnasium. UDDATA has…
IST and MIT Education solutions have entered into a strategic alliance and partnership
IST, Europe’s leading edtech company, and MIT Education solutions have entered into a strategic alliance and partnership through an IST Value Added Reseller agreement. The agreement gives MIT the backing of a large edtech company with a comprehensive product portfolio, in their ambitions to…
Oslo Municipality in major, new co-operation with IST
The Municipality of Oslo has chosen the Edtech company IST to be the provider of new school administrative solutions for the municipality’s schools. In total, there are over 170 schools with around 80,000 students which will now be supplied with a modern and user-friendly solution for all…
IST acquires RDT in Germany
IST has acquired the German edtech company RDT, Ramcke Datentechnik GmbH. An acquisition that enables IST to strengthen its position and widen its range of products and services on the German market.– A good local knowledge is required to successfully break into a new market. This is where…
Norwegian counties appoint IST as supplier of their school systems
Norwegian counties illustrate renewed confidence in the edtech company IST by appointing it to supply school administrative IT services to their secondary schools. The co-operation agreement runs until January, 2020, with a renewal option for a three year extension. IST will also provide user…
IST and Combitech in new co-operation on information security in schools
There is just one year to go before the new, more stringent data protection legislation (GDPR) comes into effect within the EU. This replaces the existing Data Protection Directive and affects all branches, companies and organizations which collect or process the personal information of EU citizens.…
