South Florida Digital Alliance What is the South Florida Digital Alliance? A non-profit organization formed in 2009 as a collaboration of diverse South Florida entities representing government, healthcare, education, non-profit organizations and the private sector to address: Bridging the digital divide Expanding the adoption of broadband/technology Lowering IT costs in South Florida 1. ** brought to you by the Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition, Inc.
Alliance Members & Partners Miami-Dade County South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association Mount Sinai Medical Center Health Choice Network Dr. Eduardo Diaz Pediatrics BioSeer Portal – The Trusted Gateway Miami Science Museum John S and James L Knight The Children’s Trust Microsoft Comcast Inktel Optenet Communications Supply Corp. Apollo Bank Barry University Miami-Dade College University of Miami Florida International University Florida Memorial University Nova Southeastern University St Brendan Catholic High Christopher Columbus High Miami-Dade County Public Schools New Horizons City of Miami City of Miami Beach Village of Key Biscayne City of Doral 2 FPL Fibernet Fiberlight TW Telcom Opticaltel Nexogy IPFone Convergia US Gas and Electric Florida East Coast Reality WorkMagic Miami Data Vault Conceptual Advertising Terremark SLAS Consulting Vitaver and Associates
Coalition’s Mission Advance Economic Growth in South Florida Eliminate the digital divide in South Florida Raise Our Community’s “TQ” (technology quotient) Quality workforce Informed consumer Informed citizen Expand markets Save members money through bulk technology purchases Encourage adoption of affordable, next-generation, high-speed broadband throughout our community. Establish South Florida as best connected community 1/17/ Board approves name change to align with South Florida mission and scope 3
4 Barry University“cost reductions of 51% and increase existing Internet capacity by two-fold” – Hernan Londono, Assoc. CIO Miami-Dade College“tripled our Internet bandwidth without any increase to our budget” – Karl Herleman, CIO City of Miami“double the bandwidth” for the same budget dollars – Ely Greenspan Optenet“50% cost savings and an easy team to work with” – Steve Fradkin St. Brendan Catholic High School 30% Internet cost savings plus double the bandwidth – Omi Ramirez Examples of Savings ** brought to you by the Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition, Inc.
Service Offerings Internet Provisioning Co-Location (NAP / MDV) Metro-E/MPLS Cloud Computing VoIP (Voice over IP) Disaster Recovery Security Remote Backup Antivirus Web Hosting Anti-Spam Video Surveillance Network Analysis/Design Technical Support Network Forensics Microsoft Office 360 5
Next Steps Join the organization/donate to help effectuate mission Connect us with appropriate staff – evaluate offerings Infrastructure Director Network Administrator Security Administrator 6
The Alliance welcomes your participation and support. Please contact: James E. Osteen, Jr., Executive Director