EME International Redefines Parental Engagement in Education With Launch of Mobile Solution at DEMO Fall 2010

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EME International (www.emeint.net), a privately-held enterprise mobility applications company, has launched an application for mobile devices, mParent, that keeps parents informed about their children's progress at school.

mParent is accessible on thousands of different cell phones and smart phones, giving parents continuous access to the child's grades, attendance, progress, activities, and schedule. The highly intuitive application also utilizes push technology to deliver alerts when, for example, a teacher makes an assignment, an exam is imminent, and/or a student is absent. This technology can also be used by school districts to conduct real-time surveys of parents' views, a valuable tool for increasing parental involvement.

"By seamlessly integrating with a school's back-end information system, mParent takes the connection between the school and parent to another level, reaching the parent anywhere, anytime, enhancing the child's chances for educational success," said Nader Iskander, CEO of EME International.

"We believe this is what U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan had in mind earlier this summer when he announced that he would double the amount of federal dollars set aside for family involvement."

Duncan noted then that "parents will always be a child's first and most important teacher. And parenting is the most important job that every parent takes on." The Department's objective: "empower parents to do even more for our students."

And there are plenty of parents to empower -- at least 48 million in the United States and hundreds of millions more worldwide.

"We live in a busy society where more and more parents are working longer hours, travelling more and overloaded with information," added Nader. "Web portals, SMS's, newsletters in the post, emails are lost, unread or difficult to use, access and understand. Now with mParent, parents can proactively and in a timely manner engage with their child, in collaboration with teachers and schools' efforts to increase student success."

The power of such technology could lead to a desirable conclusion, one that Secretary Duncan believes is vitally important.

"It is well-documented -- and plain common sense -- that parental involvement in a child's education boosts student learning and improves both behavior and attendance," Duncan said.

About EME International

EME International is a global leader in enterprise mobility solutions, partnering with thousands of device makers and corporate customers to deliver profitable solutions. Since it was founded in 2004, EME International has established itself as an industry leader in taking data, and making it relevant and readily available to the end user in the sales force and financial services industry. With the recent launch of mParent, the company has introduced a mobile application for the K-12 education industry that enhances parental engagement, ensuring that schools can communicate everything the parent needs to know about the student's grades, participation, and upcoming activities. mParent is also a two-way street, allowing the schools to also receive important feedback from the parent. Taken as a whole, mParent will increase parental involvement, leading not only to a successful academic experience for the student, but also enhancing the success of the school district.

About DEMO

Produced by the IDG Enterprise events group, the worldwide DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products innovations, which are hand selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying cutting-edge technologies and helping entrepreneurs secure venture funding and establish critical business. For more information on the DEMO conferences, visit http://www.demo.com/.

Background of Founders

Nader Iskander, Founder and CEO.

Bachelors of Science in computer science at American University in Cairo, 1989. Worked in information system design and implementation for almost a decade.

MBA at Duke University, North Carolina in 1997. A year later, he founded EMEIT, now the leading partner of Microsoft Business Solutions in the region. In 2004, he started EME International, a global leader in developing enterprise mobility solutions.

Nabil Iskander, Chairman.

Over 30 years experience in Information Technology sector managing A.M.Al-Khorafi Corporation, IBM Partner since 1968.  Founded GBM (Gulf Business Machines, joint venture with IBM for All Gulf Region) in 1989. Board Member of GBM.

SOURCE EME International