Derive Technologies | Education & Cultural Institution Technology Solutions New York NYC

Education and Cultural Institutions

Derive Technologies' Education and Cultural Institution practice spans the requirements of private and public academic institutions, all educational levels from K-12 to colleges and universities, and every type of cultural and historic organization. These include:

Primary, Secondary and Post-Secondary Schools.
Colleges and Universities.
Distance Learning Programs.
Libraries.
Museums and Galleries.
Theaters.
Cultural Archives.

NYS AND NYC BACKDROP CONTRACTS AND MBE CERTIFICATION

Derive is certified with the New York State Office of General Services (NYS OGS) on a wide variety of technology and service backdrop contracts.

MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS STATUS

We are also certified as a New York State and New York City Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE). Our proud achievement of this status represents the company’s deep commitment to diversity, and it offers powerful benefits to Healthcare enterprises in terms of the most economical pricing possible and a variety of services for a multitude of systems.

EDUCATION AND CULTURAL INSTITUTION INFRASTRUCTURE

Our core experience is in the design, delivery, and support of technology Infrastructure, both in and out of the data center. For educational institutions, we embrace these challenges with:

Experience: More than two decades of IT business solutions experience, including knowledge of many of the legacy technologies that exist in Educational and Cultural institution environments--with methods of integrating legacy systems into new IT service paradigms.
Comprehensive Knowledge of New Technology: A complete range of competencies in economically sound methods of implementing the newest server, storage, networking, backup and recovery technologies, desktop and mobile systems and productivity applications.
Customized Support: Fully customized service options for all of the technologies that run your business, delivered as an all-encompassing 24x7 on-site, rapid response and remote program.
Project Management: Certified Project Managers to design, support, consolidate and relocate data centers. This includes management of specialized requirements for power, cabling, flooring, wall mounting, cooling and heating, etc. -- both in historic and other legacy buildings, and in new facilities -- in cooperation with building contractors and trade unions.

MAIL AND MESSAGING

Derive possesses vast experience in the design and implementation of secure, effective e-mail and messaging platforms for Educational Institutions. Our team brings decades of experience in electronic communication and we remain thought-leaders, envisioning the truly "socialized" future of academic and cultural electronic communication.

Our services include:

Platforms: Support of all of the latest mail and messaging platforms, run on machines, thin-client terminals, PDAs and more, running every service environment from mainframe to Microsoft® Windows® 7 and virtualized through such services as Citrix® Delivery Center, VMware® vSphere and others.
Security: New solutions to protect students and other constituents, including enterprise single-sign-on, digital signatures and seals and specialized encryption technologies, which ensure that no one other than intended recipients can see or replicate messages.

MOBILITY AND DISTANCE LEARNING SOLUTIONS

We deliver mobility services which enable your institution to provide end-to-end mobile connectivity utilizing a vast array of wireless technologies. These include:

Distance Learning Applications: Terrestrial and wireless infrastructure and middleware support for all major Distance Learning packages.
Wireless Devices: Including pocket PCs, smartphones/portables/PDAs, wireless tablets, WAP-enabled phones and desktops—run on GSM, GPRS, 3G and other standards.
Video-on-Demand (VOD): Implementation of video services and related infrastructure to make digital video available over web, kiosks, mobile devices and more.
Satellite Campus Interconnectivity: Enabling campuses across the city, state, country and globe to share teaching and learning experiences and vast information.
IP Telephony: Rolling out systems that dramatically reduce your total cost of telephony services.