Digital Academic Research Transformation (formerly PMACS)
Major Projects Announcements
The PennFlex Phone Migration project is underway!
The University of Pennsylvania has selected Vonage as its next generation enterprise phone system. Vonage provides many advantages over Penn's previous VOIP provider, including the use of a mobile and software phone application that lets you take your number with you on the go.
Originally formed in 2012 as Penn Medicine Academic Computing Services (PMACS) to provide computing services for the Perelman School of Medicine’s departments, centers, and institutes, Digital Academic Research Transformation (DART) has grown and matured into a 140+ department of technology professionals providing a wide range of services including:
- Desktop Support
- Server Administration
- Storage Management
- Both High Performance Computing (HPC) and Limited Performance Computing (LPC)
- Software development
- Web design and development
- Database development
- Enterprise application development and support
- Consulting services that provide options to best support research initiatives
DART is focused on delivering state of the art technology solutions in the most cost-conscious manner in support of the education, administrative and research needs of the Perelman School of Medicine.