Bangladesh has 157 public and private universities, 36 government medical colleges, and 19 private medical colleges — most with IT infrastructure built piecemeal over 20 years without a master plan. The result is what IT teams describe as 'organised chaos': fast internet at the main building, dead zones in hostels, servers running Windows Server 2008 in server rooms with no UPS, and procurement processes that create a new network island with every tender.
The JUST Deployment: A Campus-Wide Approach
Jahangirnagar University of Science and Technology (JUST) engaged CDS for a complete IT infrastructure overhaul across 40+ buildings. The approach was architecture-first: CDS conducted a 2-week site survey mapping existing cabling, power availability, and network topology before a single device was specified. The resulting master plan structured the deployment as a single logical network — backbone fiber ring, distribution switches at each building, and access layer connecting every endpoint — rather than the isolated islands that had characterised previous attempts.
- 500+ PCs deployed across labs, departments, and administrative offices
- Enterprise campus network: fiber backbone + managed Gigabit switching throughout
- Server room: Dell PowerEdge R-series with VMware virtualisation and Legrand UPS
- Surveillance: 200+ IP cameras with NVR and 30-day retention
- Delivered 15 days ahead of schedule — zero defect returns in 6-month warranty period
- Post-deployment: CDS annual AMC covering all hardware, network, and server infrastructure
Medical College Deployments: The Compliance Dimension
Medical college IT deployments in Bangladesh face an additional layer: Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) accreditation requirements specify minimum ICT infrastructure for institutional recognition. CDS has delivered compliant IT infrastructure for 12 medical colleges, preparing documentation for BMDC inspection in each case. 100% of CDS-deployed medical college clients passed their BMDC ICT inspection on first submission.
“Previous contractors gave us the lowest price and the most problems. CDS gave us a network map before they quoted, and delivered what the map showed. That had never happened before in 15 years of IT procurement at this institution.”
— IT Registrar, Public University, Bangladesh