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IT Services for Education

Unicon offers IT services for educational institutions and specializes in open source projects.  Our wide range of services helps institutions maximize the benefits of open source software.  These IT services include the following:

  • Technology Delivery and Support
  • Systems Integration
  • Software Engineering

Technology Delivery and Support

Unicon provides the services, support, and expert guidance necessary to deliver technology solutions. Technology delivery and support include services for deploying, hosting, and remotely managing applications. 

Deployed Services

Unicon provides evaluation, implementation, customization, integration, consulting, and support for various open source solutions.  Open source solutions include enterprise  portal, learning management, messaging, and authentication systems.

Hosting

Institutions can outsource their Sakai, Moodle or Zimbra Enterprise applications and use Unicon’s hosting services. Unicon implements, manages, and supports all aspects of your hosted instance.  Clients can select either dedicated hardware or deploy in a virtual environment to gain additional cost savings. Application instances are dedicated solely for the client, allowing the client full control.

Remote Management

Whether you have an existing environment or one that needs to deployed, Unicon can help you manage the instance.  Unicon implements, manages, and supports all aspects of the open source application of choice.  Unicon manages the application on the physical infrastructure provided and maintained by the client.  

In addition to technology delivery and support, Unicon offers systems integration and software engineering services. 

Systems Integration

Institutions can engage Unicon's team of consultants to integrate open source solutions with new or current systems.

Software Engineering

Unicon's experienced developers use knowledge, as well as tools and methods of software engineering to provide organizations with software requirements discovery, design, construction, testing, and maintenance. The company also can help institutions create and deploy portlets through its Portlet Development service.

Unicon provides professional services and support for the following open source projects. Click on the listed open source projects to discover Unicon’s specific services or contact us for more information.

The Power of Open Source

While the most prominent appeal of open source is that it is a low cost alternative to proprietary software, there are many other advantages to adopting open source technologies:

  • Avoids vendor lock-in
  • Easy to customize
  • Promotes collaboration and innovation among peers
  • Achieves economies of scale with community-based sharing and contribution
  • Supports project, team, and code transparency
  • Allows wide range of uses with open licensing