Meeting your needs and balancing the budget

A technology integrator for 60 years, our tenured staff and proven experience allow us to provide truly comprehensive and effective design services. We tailor our offerings to meet your needs, making our services available as packages or on an as-needed basis.

Our design services can answer the following questions:
Application Assessment - What challenges are to be addressed?
Network Assessments - How well do the network facilities support your mission?
Solution Engineering - How does your organization know what is needed?
Bid Specification - How does your organization select technology providers?
Acceptance Testing - How do you know the solution works?

Application Assessment - What challenges are to be addressed?
Applications drive the choice of technology solutions. We help you define the challenges and identify applications to support your goals. Interviews identify your organization’s needs regarding:

• Voice
• Data
• Conference Rooms
• Intercom Systems and Paging
• Acoustics
• Security
• Pro Sound Systems
• User and staff skill sets and Training

Deliverable: Application assessment document to be used as the basis for design engineering.

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Network Assessments - How well do the network facilities support your mission?
Critical in determining the technology design and securing budgetary approval, network assessments help factor the network backbone equation. Our teams are conversant with these aspects and how they relate to educational solutions:

• Bandwidth
• Speed
• Recurring costs
• Distance
• Availability
• Reliability

Deliverable: Network assessment document.

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Solutions Engineering - How does your organization know what is needed?
Application and network assessments are matched with technology through solutions engineering. Recommendations are balanced based on the priorities identified during the application assessment.

We design comprehensive solutions to address the:

• Needs of the mission
• Skill level of the users
• Network platforms
• Available funding avenues
• Budget of the organization

Deliverable: Design solutions document presented for approval.

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Bid Specification - How does your organization select technology providers?
An industry-standard, manufacturer-neutral document, the Bid Specification is based on the design path approved in the solution engineering process. This document includes:

• All aspects of the technology solution
• Best practices for vendor qualifications
• Recommended submittals
• Training requirements
• Ongoing support specifications

Deliverable: The bid specification document, which can be used as a basis for a Request for Proposal (RFP).

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Acceptance Testing - How do you know the solution works?
We provide bid review and acceptance testing, which ensures that the selected integrator provides the solution as required in the specification. Based on the criteria elucidated in the application and design reviews, our engineers will test:

• Quality
• Ease of use
• Wiring practices
• Code compliance
• Solution readiness

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Learn more about our design services and solutions. Contact Us for a free consultation.