Installation Services
Cabling, Audio Visual, Interactive Whiteboards…
Cabling
Data Cable
We have been installing Data cable for over 15 years and can provide a fully warrantied service giving 25 years peace of mind. Our excel accredited engineers can install Cat5e, Cat 6 and Cat 7 data cable. Our experience encompasses small data installs of single points in classrooms and offices to 1000+ data points across a campus/office block. Our installation services include provision of data cabinets where required and end to end termination.
Fibre optic cable installation and upgrade
The essential backbone of all school networks is good fibre optic cabling and connections, running OM4 enables connection to networks at 10 GB speeds. Many schools run OM1 and OM2 optic fibre cable which is restricted to 1gb. Here at ICTn we provide quality fibre optic cable installation plus infrastructure management services.
We are professionally accredited network installers and fibre optic technicians and can provide up to 25 year warranty.
Air Fibre
Where the installation of a physical cable is difficult, an air fibre solution may be a better option. This technology can provide fibre speeds but without the need to dig or install poles! We can offer solutions from multiple vendors that may best suit your needs.
Audio Visual
Visual impact is essential to the delivery of 21st curriculum.
Interactive Whiteboards
The abundance of on-line resources has made the Interactive Whiteboard an essential tool in the delivery of exciting and stimulating lessons.
ICTn supply Smart, Promethean, Hitachi.
Touchscreens
Increasingly touchscreens are seen as an affordable alternative to the IWB. We can talk you through the advantages and disadvantages and point you in the direction of alternatives such as the Murus from Learnpad.
Projectors
Still an important part of the classroom and hall. We have huge experience in supplying and fitting all leading brands, Sanyo, Casio, Epson etc. We can offer simple installations of short throw projectors or more complex large scale hall installs.
Digital Signage
Digital signage allows a school to deliver instant messages to parents, children, staff or visitors instantly. Solutions from Onelan, Samsung and Signage Live mean that ICTn can offer a solution which best fits the schools needs.
Onelan: Media Player based solution highly functional
Samsung Magic info: Plug and play.
Wireless for schools
Our technicians offer excellent on site and remote support, to make your wireless and networks infrastructure in education work better. Wireless is now an essential part of a well-functioning school. We at ICTn are experts in helping schools get the most out of wireless networks and related wireless technology. This allows you to make the most of;
•BYOD in classrooms for students and teachers
•wireless Wi-Fi Hotspots across your school
•Secure connectivity inside the classroom and across the campus
•Mobile device management (MDM) and security management
•wireless Wi-Fi for primary school
•your local area network made wireless – WLAN
Some nationally based providers use our installation and support services in schools, broadly across UK regions: we are a local bussiness, so enabling schools to use us directly – and take advantage of our skills, competence – and at a competitive price.
If you’re seeking a top quality school wireless supplier, look no further. Call us.
Our preferred Wi-Fi vendors for education are Meru and D-link. Each offer high quality Wi-Fi for schools. Meru offer a higher level of functionality for high density campus wide systems.
Meru
Meru technology is designed to maximize the benefits of 802.11ac Meru Networks’ “game changing” technology is now widely accepted as the wireless network infrastructure of choice in education. Applications demand more bandwidth that ever before, and end users carry multiple devices. 802.11ac is a new wireless networking standard that builds on the success of 802.11n to allow you to stay ahead of evolving education needs.
•Meet end users’ need for high capacity.
•Support high quality mobile real-time applications like voice and video.
•Make the most of the available spectrum with radio frequency virtualization and channel layering.
Great school ICT Hardware offers
We support many schools in the UK – especially at the peak holiday time – to provide hardware for immediate installation in school.
On special offer at the moment we have:
- HP Switches for school – delivering excellent network switching.
- Fujitsu Servers for schools – providing servers with capacity and systems for great service.
- Fujitsu Storage solutions – allowing the attachment of massive, reliable and inexpensive drive space.
- Epson Projectors – to create top quality, bright and reliable projection services for your school.
- Smart Whiteboards, or Promethean Whiteboards for excellent classroom interactions.
Our digital skills in schools, for items from networks through to digital whiteboards is second to none.
We use multiple suppliers – according to which products best meet your needs. Our favourite suppliers are HP for Switches, and Fujitsu for servers and storage – but others sometimes have great offers.
Talk to us and we can obtain excellent prices – as we are significant buyers from these organisations.
We have found that HP Switches are a very reliable solution for schools, offering a degree of robustness that really extends the life of technology.Other OEM manufacturers of switches may be as competitive, but in terms of whole life cost, HP are very good.
Over the years we have used Fujitsu as our main supplier for Servers, PCs and Storage solutions. Over recent years their manufacturing capability has dramatically improved, and they provide some of the best hardware for the prices strategy they adopt.
Our clients buy many whiteboards and projectors from us. We install and support the products that we sell, and we have found that Epson are among the best for projectors, and SMART and PROMETHEAN are the best for whiteboards.