What Longsight Does

Services

We support carefully-selected open source software that is backed by dynamic, global communities

  • Sakai – the collaboration and learning environment created by educators, for educators.
  • Drupal – the leading content management and social media platform for dynamic web sites and portals
  • DSpace – the open access application of choice for organizations creating digital repositories

We have the experience and infrastructure that allow you to reap the benefits of open source as it changes the future of software development:

  • Flexibility for customization and integration
  • Lower costs by avoiding licensing fees
  • Reliability from software that is openly and continuously improved
  • Open exit strategies with no vendor lock-in
  • Control and predictability
  • Access to competitive, high-quality support

Why Longsight?

  • We are committed to your success with open source
  • We put the best technical experts on the front lines of support
  • Our reliability sets standards for the community with 99.999% uptime
  • We understand the business of education

Contact us to learn how we can help you meet your goals.

Our professional services are comprehensive

Our world-class hosting and support enable you to use open source software with confidence

  • Project planning and consultation
  • Installation and configuration of open source applications
  • Training and documentation
  • Hosting and remote management
  • Custom development and support
  • Graphic design and information architecture
  • Management services for local installations
  • Troubleshooting, upgrades, security, backups
  • Data migration and integration with systems
  • Performance monitoring
  • Project assessment services

Training

Longsight provides onsite and online training customized to meet your specific needs

Whether you need onsite and hands-on training for your early adopters and support staff, or online refreshers focused on specific features, we can customize a training solution to meet your needs.

Educational Technology Consulting

Our "front-line" experiences in managing information technologies help our clients get the most value out of their investments. Institutions of higher education use our consulting services to evaluate and plan open source projects.