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We often ask our educational clients the following question: How would you like it if you had a single supplier that could handle ALL your needs when considering a large ICT project? Would you prefer to deal with a number of different companies, or would it make sense to you to have a single supplier that could provide you with space planning, layout design, refurbishment, furniture, cabling, ICT hardware & software procurement, network installation, wireless installation, training for users and administrators, ongoing network management, and provide you with long-term proactive support? The answer is usually a resounding YES! And that is what we provide.

We offer a range of services tailored specifically to suit educational institutions, be it a school, college or private training institute, which allow us to be a one-stop ICT & AV solution provider to education. Our experience in working with schools, colleges and private institutions throughout the UK and Ireland has provided us with a level of insight & expertise that we believe any potential customer would find extremely useful.

Whether or not you have dedicated IT staff, we can help with any size of project ranging from a single piece of equipment to a site-wide or multi-site ICT installation.

We aim to provide a hassle-free, turnkey experience to our clients, no matter how complex the project may be. We tend to find that more and more clients prefer the peace of mind of dealing with a single supplier, and with that in mind, we often take on projects that will require that we take on the all of your headaches, of ensuring that everything from space planning, layout design, refurbishment, furniture, cabling, ICT hardware & software procurement, network installation, wireless installation, training, ongoing network management and support. Right down to the final tweak of group policy and final polish-up of your new furniture. And beyond. We finish a project, leaving you with the confidence that we haven’t made a mess of things and washed our hands of it all. We believe in developing an ongoing relationship with a range of comprehensive network management & support agreements that give you that warm & fuzzy feeling, knowing that we will only ever be a phone call away.

Naturally, you might think that all of this would translate into prices that are completely unaffordable. You’d be wrong! And you would never have been so happy to be wrong! Our clients have usually indicated that our bids for projects generally fall squarely in the middle of the range. But that’s about the only thing that’s average about us - our clients will gladly testify that as far as range of services, attention to quality & detail, and past track record are concerned, we always comes out right on top.

   We may have given you the impression that the only projects we get involved in are large infrastructure projects that look at revamping entire campuses. We apologise. In actual fact, we have many customers with existing IT resources, who use us only for some particular kind of job that’s too specialist for their own team. Whether this is a matter of sourcing a single computer at the right price or in a tight timeframe, or supplying and installing a projector & interactive whiteboard over a weekend, or having a quick look at an Exchange Server to see why it isn’t doing something right, we’re happy to be of service.
  • IT hardware consultancy: we have knowledge of a number of different platforms & vendors, and we can help with choosing the right hardware for all kinds of applications including
    • workstations (laptops/notebooks/tablet PCs & desktops)
    • thin clients
    • printers (single-user, workgroup, laser, inkjet, specialist
    • value workgroup or network servers
    • high end tower & rack servers
    • UPSs (power backup
    • Networking hardware (switches, routers, modems
  • Security hardware & software: Our defense-in-depth approach means that we have experience with a range of security-related hardware, software & services (virus protection, firewalls, e-mail security appliances & services protecting against spam & phishing, web content filtering solutions)
  • Software: we have experience with a range of infrastructure, curriculum and Line-of-Business applications, including
    • Server operating systems & software ranging from Microsoft Windows Server products, Exchange Server to open-source products like Apache, mySQL, Linux etc
    • Desktop operating systems & software
    • Office suites
    • Graphic design & multimedia packages
    • Curriculum software of all kinds
    • School administrative software including SIMS
    • Security software
    • Archival / backup software for data & e-mail
    • Accounting packages
    • CRM software
    We provide a full consultancy-installation-support service relating to various server products, and specialise in Microsoft Server operating systems & packages. We are Microsoft Certified Partners with a number of Microsoft-recognised IT networking, infrastructure, messaging & collaboration competencies. We can handle the entire server procurement / installation / migration / upgrade process on a number of products, and provide you with training & support as well
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  • Audio-visual products and services: We offer a full specify-design-install service on a range of AV solutions, from simple whiteboard-projector installations to more complex automated multi-room audio, video and lighting systems
  • Cabling installations: We carry out fully certified structured cabling installations for our computer networks (Cat5e, Cat6, Cat7). All our installations are carried out in accordance with the relevant cabling industry standards and we can offer our clients the peace of mind of a 25-year manufacturer-backed guarantee on our structured cabling installations.
  • Wireless Networking: The major buzzword in networking today, we offer services from basic SOHO wireless networking to high end installations involving full RF site surveys, high speed wireless links & mesh networks
  • Training: We conduct and number of training activities, both on our premises and on client sites. We run all our post-installation training programmes in-house to ensure that you are being trained by personnel who are intimately familiar with your particular infrastructure, but we also provide further training through our partners on a wide range of topics
  • Support: We have a number of support packages, tailored to suit your requirements. These packages range from our proactive fully managed support packages that are suited to businesses without dedicated IT resources, to more need-based agreements that define our support terms and provide you with a certain number of hours per month of support. We generally provide our clients with various types of support as well, including a telephone helpdesk, e-mail based support, remote (VPN) support & of course on-site support when required.

 
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