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Education technology

Education platforms where the data outlives the vendor

We rebuilt a national education analytics platform for a Norwegian technology company after a previous supplier missed the deadline, and migrated years of sensitive data without taking the service down.

0Downtime during the data migration
3Security regimes applied: penetration, static analysis, network
40+Developers on staff
12+Years average leadership experience
What this is

Most of this work is rescue work

Education platforms rarely start from nothing. There is a legacy system holding years of records, a contract with real users behind it, and a deadline somebody else already missed.

Migration carries the risk

Years of sensitive records have to move with nothing lost and nothing exposed. We put a dedicated team on that alone.

Modular delivery buys the deadline

Splitting the system into independent modules let workstreams run in parallel.

Services

What we build for education technology teams

Analytics platforms

Real-time views for policymakers and school leaders, built on data they already collect.

Legacy data migration

Analysis, mapping and structured transfer of records that cannot be lost or exposed.

Modular platform rebuilds

Independent modules so delivery can run in parallel and a slip in one does not stop the rest.

Security testing

Penetration testing, static analysis and network vulnerability assessment as part of delivery.

Learning and assessment systems

The platforms teachers and pupils use, and the admin systems behind them.

Long-term support

Monitoring and optimisation after launch, which is when most platforms are abandoned.

Constraints

What makes education data different

The data is about children, which changes what careless looks like.

Personal data of minorsPupil records carry a higher duty of care. Collect what the purpose needs and nothing more.
Security as part of deliveryPenetration testing, static analysis and network assessment belong in the schedule from the first sprint.
Migration without exposureMoving years of records is the point of highest risk. It gets its own team and its own plan.
Continuity obligationsSchools and ministries run to a calendar. A platform that slips a term is a platform that failed.
Case study

A national platform, rebuilt after a supplier failed

National education analytics platform rebuilt by Dev Station
Education technology, Norway

National education analytics platform

A Norwegian technology company needed its national education analytics platform modernised after a previous vendor missed the deadline and budget. We split the system into modules, put a dedicated team on the data migration, and applied penetration testing, static analysis and network assessment during delivery.

0Downtime during the migration
Who we build for

The teams who call us

Education technology companies

Vendors with a platform to modernise and a contract that does not pause while they do it.

Ministries and public bodies

Where the reporting obligation is statutory and the calendar is fixed.

School groups and trusts

Administration and analytics across many sites that never quite match.

Assessment and analytics providers

Teams whose product is the data, and whose risk is the migration.

See the full write-up in the education platform case study, or the rest of our case studies.

FAQs

What buyers ask first

Can you take over a platform another supplier started?

Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. The first step is documenting what exists so you own it again. Rewriting waits until that is done.

How do you handle the data migration?

With a team that does nothing else. Legacy analysis, mapping and structured transfer, planned so daily operations keep running.

Is security part of delivery or a separate phase?

Part of delivery. Penetration testing, static analysis and network vulnerability assessment ran alongside the build on the platform we rebuilt.

Who owns the code and the cloud accounts?

You do, from the first commit. Repositories and cloud accounts stay in your name.

Tell us what the previous supplier left behind

Thirty minutes with the engineers on the platform you have, the data inside it and the date you are working to.

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