South West Grid for Learning chooses Netmedia in partnership with RM - South West Grid for Learning chooses Netmedia in partnership with RM to deliver learning platform services Netmedia Education, an Espresso Group Company working in partnership with RM has been appointed preferred bidder by the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) to deliver innovative network services which will provide the foundation for a school’s learning platform. The initial term for the contract is five years, with an option to extend for a further three years; value over the first three years is £2.75m. SWGfL provides broadband Internet and Web-delivered education services to 2,400 schools and over 1,000,000 educators and pupils for 15 Local Authorities in the South West of England. The solution will provide: •an integrated authentication platform, which allows secure access to Web-delivered services using a single set of security credentials; •a Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) compliant data interchange service, which allows separate applications to exchange school data; •educational collaboration tools and an online 'learning space'; •a virtual desktop which provides schools with an easy to navigate ‘front end’ to the complete range of services provided by SWGfL.