Back to school has never looked like this

School boards, colleges, and universities across North America
are offering a variety of options to their students: 


- Some are trying to deliver education in the conventional model.
Fill classrooms full of people, practice physical distancing and
hand washing, and basically pray that it all works out.


- Others are offering an all-remote experience, shipping out
laptops, Chromebooks, and iPads to their students.


- And some schools are offering a hybrid model, giving students
the option of in-class or remote learning, or maybe a bit of
both.


Sound complicated? Just wait until I tell you about the global
supply shortage for laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. That's
right, stack remote work on top of remote learning and the world
has never been so hungry for personal technology devices. 


How are IT departments supposed to wade through all these
challenges?