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With technology progressing so quickly, it is often difficult to maintain flexible, cost effective communications and information networks. These changes, combined with changes in the business environment, make a flexible technology plan essential. From intelligent, active systems to passive ones such as cable systems, the TechKnowledge team works closely with our clients to develop a broad, flexible plan that involves the following technologies:
IP Networks
For most corporate headquarters, the local and wide area networks are a delicate balance of many components and have varying degrees of excellence. The TechKnowledge team can assess the IP Network assets and develop a cohesive network migration plan, maximizing the use of existing assets yet positioning your organization for the future. IP Network planning is an essential component of a successful VoIP rollout. Perhaps a VoIP readiness assessment would be a good first step towards VoIP.
Audio / Visual Technologies
Telepresence. Flat Panel TV’s. Videoconferencing. 3D Visualizations. Real-Time Collaboration. Once considered avant garde, Audio Visual technologies are a standard part of most businesses today. Most of these devices are now endpoints on the corporate IP network, requiring a thorough planning effort by technology professionals, and close coordination with architects to integrate these components into space plans.
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Wireless Networks
Wireless standards are evolving as fast as new technology is born. TechKnowledge brings the experience and knowledge to ensure the deployment of a wireless solution to meet your organization’s current requirements, and will adapt with future standards and integrate with other technologies. And as the workplace becomes more mobile, wireless includes both in- building solutions and takes the communications outside the workplace. We stand ready to inform you on the wireless options available and how they can impact productivity and foster collaboration.
Telecommunications
Traditional PBX’s have given way to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) designs, and new innovations are brought to market daily. These offerings present many intriguing opportunities, yet most of us have heard at least one horror story about a VoIP deployment gone bad. TechKnowledge’s Voice Practice team can help select the optimum technologies, acquire them with favorable terms and pricing, and ensure telephone service is transitioned without disruption. We will also distinguish the “nice to have” from the offerings that truly streamline communications.
Cabling Infrastructure Design
The proliferation of IP Network has put a tremendous strain on many existing infrastructures. And some of the newer, higher speed systems will simply not work with older cable types. New cabling solutions can be expensive and poor choices are not easily reversed. Worse still, bad installation practices can eliminate the value of world class components. High performance wireless networks add a new wrinkle – what should be wired and what can be wireless? If you wish to connect "anything anywhere" the technology experts at TechKnowledge can make it happen.
With multiple RCDD’s on staff, our team is well equipped to prepare detailed drawings of technology spaces consistent with industry best practices and BICSI standards. TechKnowledge will also design a cabling infrastructure consisting of the optimal mix of copper and fiber optic technologies. Our drawings will include but not be limited to: cable plant design; distribution and management to include risers; Intermediate Distribution Frames (IDF’s); grounding plans; rack layouts; Main Distribution Frame (MDF) elevations and raceway designs, clearly documenting the desired outcome.
Specifications & Acquisitions
In order to acquire equipment and services in the most cost effective fashion, TechKnowledge documents the client's functional requirements in a Request for Proposal (RFP) document, distributes them to qualified firms, and evaluates the proposed offerings.
Our team evaluates technology proposals worth tens of millions of dollars every year. With our market knowledge and negotiating skills, TechKnowledge can typically achieve favorable terms and pricing otherwise not attainable. Our clients reap the cost savings associated with competitive bidding without devoting extensive time to document preparation. Many of our clients report savings greater than 20%.
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