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DSR is your trusted local provider of IT support for the education sector in the Catonsville, MD area. We are a highly proficient IT services provider for schools and educational institutions of types and sizes, both public and private. When you partner with us, your school will benefit from professional, comprehensive IT support services that will help you achieve your educational goals. Contact us today to move your IT to the top of the class!

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IT support services for educational success

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Now more than ever, information technology is a critical function for the education sector, as an essential utility for some and a strategic advantage for others. In the past decade, new information technologies have driven an explosion of innovative services and options, and more recently these innovations have become a necessity for remote learning.

Our education IT services can help you optimize the benefits of your existing systems and those of emerging IT products and services. Our customized services can include: 

  • Segmenting networks between students and staff, limiting internet access and blocking specific categories of sites
  • Building technology labs that support student learning, with support for Windows and iOS systems
  • Creating disaster recovery and data protection plans
  • Supporting remote students

We’ll help you protect your students’ private data, and help you advance learning with video conferencing, electronic blackboards and VoIP.


Comprehensive support for your school’s IT environment

  • Managed IT services 

As a managed IT services provider, we deliver a range of services to support your ongoing IT administration, operations and maintenance. Our service contracts may cover your networks, applications, infrastructure, user support, help desk, security management and more. Our services can be delivered on campus, in your data center(s) or remotely.

  • Highly qualified education IT consulting services 

Our IT consulting services offer strategic advice and skilled expertise to help you assess alternative technologies and adapt solutions for your business needs. Our services may include research, capability assessment, strategy development, planning and implementation.


Applications and services

  • Cybersecurity and data privacy 

We understand you need to protect your students and their private data while balancing the needs of your staff to access information for lesson planning and other daily activities. Growing security challenges are crucial factors in every aspect of today’s life, and education is no exception. Malware, phishing and ransomware attacks are producing huge yearly increases in the number of data and privacy breaches across both private and public sectors. 

Your security program should not only employ strong technical controls but maintain a continuous program to educate users and reinforce the need for good security hygiene among staff, students, contractors, third-party suppliers and associates. 

Our security experts can help you analyze your security risks and craft a comprehensive, multifaceted defense against cybercriminals.

  • Reliable IT server and network management 

Supporting your IT systems and communications networks is the core of our managed services platform. You can count on DSR to provide competent 24/7 management of your internal equipment racks, towers, data centers and infrastructure. 

We offer exceptional management for your full IT service stack, including: 

  1. LAN or internet networks.
  2. Internal servers and network controllers.
  3. Firewalls and security devices.
  4. Data storage and backup systems.
  5. Software installs, patches and updates.
  6. Logging, monitoring and responding to alerts and alarms.
  7. Connected and IoT devices.
  8. Backup power supplies.
  9. VPNs and endpoints.
  10. IT policies and procedures.
  • Flexible help desk support 

Supporting your staff and students is critical to ensuring your IT assets are being used correctly to foster staff satisfaction and enhance the learning experience Remote learning requirements imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have introduced many new complications for providing secure end-user support. 

As part of our IT support services, our well-trained help desk techs employ modern service management software and procedures to efficiently address user requests. We use the latest versions of sophisticated technology to help quickly address user issues without waiting for human intervention. We guide users to resolve common issues smoothly and quickly. 

Outsourcing your help desk is not just a cost-saving strategy, but with our highly trained techs and efficient systems, you can expect increased expertise and faster response times.

  • Smartphone and mobile app integration 

Smartphones and tablets have become essential tools for enhancing the education and learning experience.  Further, a new movement called mobile-first advocates designing apps and services primarily for mobile devices rather than PCs. 

DSR’s IT support experts can help you develop and implement an optimal strategy for your school, one that considers productivity, cost, security, and your teachers’ and students’ needs. 

  • Server and application virtualization 

Virtualization is a technology used for many years by larger organizations to drive more efficiencies from their IT investments. Essentially, virtualization uses special software to convert a single physical server into multiple virtual machines (VMs). This configures the server to perform many tasks concurrently, and because today’s computers are so fast, the processes appear to be occurring simultaneously. 

VMs can be set up and configured quickly, and can be reconfigured or shut down equally promptly when no longer needed. 

While technologies exist to virtualize most of today’s servers, your best approach may be to consider cloud-based solutions that allow you to lease preconfigured virtual servers, applications, databases, security and more on demand. 

  • Cloud migration strategy and implementation 

It's hard to find anyone who doubts the cloud is here to stay. In January 2020, Information Age reported on the top 10 benefits of cloud computing, concluding that many organizations are jumping on board because the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages and it is now much easier to move to the cloud. 

Many organizations start with a hybrid approach. They move a few services, like email and office applications, to the cloud and leave their main production apps in-house until later. 

Our cloud experts can help you select a cloud strategy that’s right for your institution and provide ongoing IT support services that bolster your implementation team every step of the way. 

  • Cybersecurity and data privacy 

Growing security challenges are crucial factors in every aspect of today’s life, and education is no exception. Malware, phishing and ransomware attacks are producing huge yearly increases in the number of data and privacy breaches. 

Your security program should not only employ strong technical controls but maintain a continuous program to educate users and reinforce the need for good security hygiene among staff, students, contractors, third-party suppliers and associates. 

Our security experts can help you analyze your security risks and craft a comprehensive, multifaceted defense against cybercriminals. 


Turn to DSR for education IT support services in the Catonsville, MD area. Contact us today for unparalleled excellence in education IT support and assurance that your systems and networks are efficient and secure. Call us today!