School districts across upstate NY have been giving rave reviews to the new Anytown CSD Comprehensive Technology Report and Plan format includes a number of important improvements over the previous version:

• Introductory content for non-technical readers including staff executive management, Board members, and the community at large.
• A report-card style Executive Summary that provides a two-page snapshot of the current conditions and recommended improvements for Technology Infrastructure and six other vital technology systems.
• Telecom Room (TR) Conditions & Recommendations that present (13) critical categories of performance with photos and captions of these often overlooked spaces. A Telecom Room Summary of Recommenced Improvements is also included for a quick comparative view of how your district’s TRs measure up against each other.
• District-wide Systems Conditions & Recommendations in the same format for Network Connectivity, Communications, Security, and Instructional systems, plus Student, Teacher and Staff technology.
• Introductory funding and systems content to provide context for our ever-popular 10-Year Comprehensive Technology Roadmap.
• Practical next steps to start implementing the plan and its projects.

The new Report format has been enthusiastically received by a number of upstate NY schools districts including Brockport, Camden, Cleveland Hill, East Irondequoit, and Union Springs.
> View a 50-page sample of the new Comprehensive Technology Report and Plan format in PDF format.
> Contact us to schedule a no-obligation onsite or remote meeting.

Despite all of the current hurdles to being a school district facility director, there’s a new generation of leaders that are stepping up and thriving; finding creative solutions to today’s problems and leading teams across their district’s buildings at a point in time when building maintenance is under a microscope in every community.

These facility professionals are what we call "Next Generation Facility Managers" (NGFMs) and this paper examines the traits, tools, and strategies that these leaders are using to push school facility management into the future.

Discover the skills it takes to be a facility leader for the future in this eBook from our sister company MasterLibrary Software. ​Get practical advice, tips and insights from their panel of experts.

From Instructional and Communications to Network Connectivity and Devices, virtually every technology system used in most NYS school district's are affected by NYSED's District Reopening Guidance. Every district needs to be taking a proactive look at their existing technology conditions and upgrades or additions needed to meet reopening requirements and recommendations. View a comprehensive list of NYS school district tech systems that are affected by the COBID-19 pandemic and what additional functionality needs (or may need) to be considered to keep your students, staff, and schools safe.

Has your school district (or other organization) ever installed a new IP-connected technology system after a significant investment in money, staff, and time only to experience operational issues with system devices or components after deployment?

Intermittent operating errors in newly installed security cameras, interactive whiteboards, Wireless Access Points (WAPs), and other devices that connect to your district’s physical network may have nothing to do with the devices themselves. Instead, the real culprit may well be the poor conditions of your current technology infrastructure including cables, pathways, and spaces.

​View this interactive PDF to see if you can solve “The Case of Old Problems with New Technology.”

If you'll be attending this year's New York State Association of School Business Officials (NYSASBO) Conference and Expo in Saratoga Springs, please stop by Booth 97 to say hello.

As specialists in the technology systems that move data through buildings, Archi-Technology has been providing strategic, pro-active technology consulting services to educational clients for more than 20 years. Learn more by visiting our NYSASBO Conference web page.

Thanks for reading and we hope to see you at the Conference.