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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.…
A record year for IST in 2016
The edtech company IST has just released its annual report, in which it reports – among other things – a rise in profits of no less than 148% compared with the previous year. The number of users has passed the 5 million mark, while the number of employees has now reached…
IST becomes a part-owner of Schoolido
IST is becoming a part-owner of the edtech company Schoolido, a digital learning service for years 7–9. The partnership means that, as early as May 2017, IST will be able to start offering pupils, teachers and parents access to Schoolido’s quality-assured digital learning…
IST starts trainee programme to recruit the best developers
Educational IT company IST is starting an international trainee programme to attract and engage the most sophisticated developers. Twelve out of a total of four hundred applicants from around the globe have been accepted on the programme and are already performing a combination of training and…
Boden told us why they use IST
We went to Boden in Sweden to find out more about what they think about our cooperation.
We are so proud of the work we do together with our customers
We went to Revetal’s school in Norway to find out more about what they think about our cooperation. In this video Bertil Karlsson, principal at Revetal school about their co-operation at IST.
Blog day 7 Kenya 2016
We started of the day with visiting the teacher’s education centre – in other words, the place where the teachers get educated. It was a nice and interesting experience and it was one of the cleanest houses we have been too, so far. It amazes me how dirty they have it everywhere. I guess…
IST to visit Kilango school in Kenya
During the last seven years, IST has been involved with supporting the Kilango Primary School in Matuu, Kenya. Matuu is located approximately 1,5 hours outside Nairobi. During the years IST has donated different things, primarily with focus on IT equipment. Our commitment to Kilango school and our…
IST enlists Sweden's foremost female executive
The EdTech company IST has strengthened its ranks with Anna Brynås, who was earlier this year named Female Young Executive of the Year 2016 by Ledarna, Sweden’s organisation for managers. She will join IST by the end of the year, after leaving her current position as CEO at Swedish…
One of Sweden’s top talents chooses IST
2016 has been a busy year for Louise Bagewitz. She was elected one of Sweden’s top talents by the business magazine Veckans Affärer and she made it to the top ten on the list of ”Future women leaders”. By mid-August she took yet another big step in her career. After six years…
IT companies gather their forces – getting ahead of the competition
IT companies gather their forces – getting ahead of the competition
Trondheim gets ready for the future with IST Learn
Trondheim schools are getting ready for the future with IST Learn.
A brand new digital workplace – TwIST!
A brand new digital workplace – TwIST! Yesterday a brand new sparkling intranet was launched at IST. This gem of a collaboration space is called TwIST and it will serve as the very core of our internal communication, facilitating cooperation and making sure we all get to know each other…