Warrington Wolves retain the cup in 2010

Warrington Wolves retain the Carnegie Challenge Cup…. Well done.

The Halliwell Jones Stadium home of Warrington Wolves contains a state of the art Wireless Solution from Extricom, expertly installed by Solutions House.

For more information see our official case study at:-http://www.solutionshouse.ltd.uk/2010/08/19/case-studies/ warrington wolves

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Enhanced Disclosure CRB Checked Engineers

Solutions House are pleased to announce and confirm that all our engineers are Enhanced Disclosure CRB Checked.

In addition to being checked on the National Police Database, they have also been checked on each individual police database.

http://www.solutionshouse.ltd.uk/services-wireless-cabling-mobile/cabling/

With web-based central management, self-configuring adaptive mesh routing, integrated features, and a disruptively low cost, Meraki is the perfect platform to connect students, employees and the public.

More details to follow soon…

Extricom Case Studies:-

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Stadium Case Studies:-

Warington Wolves Case Study

Education Case Studies:-

Essa Academy, Bolton – The largest single blanket 802.11n WLAN in a UK school – website link

essa-case-study – pdf download

case-study-edensor -pdf download

case-study-moat – pdf download

case-study-upton – pdf download

case-study-st john rigby college – An Excellence Gateway Case Study – website link

Stokepark pdf download

Case-study-St Catherine’s Primary, Bolton comming soon see recent comments:-

I would like to take the opportunity to express my gratitude to all those at Solutions House who have made, and continue to make, the installation of our wireless solution such a success.

It is obvious that Solutions House aim to provide the highest quality service and I have been very impressed with the way in which communication and support has always been honest, reliable and effective.  From sales through to technical support, the service provided by all representatives has been outstanding.

As a teacher embarking on significant IT development in a primary school, it has been a pleasure to deal with such conscientious and genuine professionals.  As a result I have absolute confidence that our solution will continue to be delivered and supported effectively and that we are obviously ‘in the very best hands’.

I am aware that Solutions House are hoping to establish links with other schools in Bolton and I would have no hesitation in making the very highest recommendation on your behalf.  I have already begun, and will continue to, sing the praises of Solutions House to other colleagues across the authority.

Kevin Roberts – St Catherine’s School, Horwich, Bolton

Thank you for reading our case studies section.

Innovative Financing for Primary School Laptops

Getting Laptops in front of Key Stage 1 & 2 primary students can be a huge financial challenge for schools and local authorities. However, with the Fizzbook series of education focused laptops, Solutions House is able to offer a range of financing techniques that could change the face of technology usage across teaching and learning in Primary Schools.

• Parental Purchase
• Parental or PTA Leasing
• Leasing
• Leasing with delayed initial payment
• Ordinary Purchase
• Ideal for Primary education

Parental Purchase for Primary Schools

Solutions House can offer a scheme whereby parents can purchase a Fizzbook for their child through your school, and their purchase will count to a pool of credits which will subsidise any further Fizzbook or Wireless purchases you place with Solutions House. This system can allow you to concentrate capital spending on students that require more financial help, whilst getting more of your students access to a standardised and education focused laptop.

Solutions House will provide help, text images and materials to help with promoting the Fizzbook to parents and are more than happy to provide on-site demonstrations at PTA events or Parents Evenings.

Parental or PTA Leasing

For this scheme the school, Solutions House and a leasing company join forces to make the most of community support for the school.

Casio XJ-A130 Projector

Explore the Revolution… New from Casio

First mercury-free projector with up to 3,000 ANSI lumens by Casio

New revolutionary light source with Mercury-free lighting technology by Casio
20,000 hours without lamp change
2 x optical zoom
USB port for presentations without a PC
WLAN capability with USB models
HDMI interface

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The Extricom Advantage in 5GHz Wireless N

Wireless N

Although the 5GHz band offers multiple 40MHz-wide channels for wireless networking, the reality is that many deployment scenarios will require some form of cell-planning, which presents a challenge given the unpredictable coverage caused by MIMO. The figure below shows how a cell-based solution is prevented from creating a predictable coverage environment. Each AP will have sporadic and changing coverage, which will inevitably impact other APs using the same channel in the wireless network.

mimo cell planning

Extricom is the only WLAN technology immune to cell-induced problems and variability of MIMO coverage. In fact, because MIMO improvements are opportunistic, the Extricom architecture actually improves MIMO performance by providing the “best” MIMO path on a packet-by-packet basis to a wireless network client, thus adding robustness and stability to a highly variable technology.

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Digital Signage Offer…

Free digital signage demonstration at your location…

… and if you wish to progress further

… we also carry out a free site survey for you.

We have a comprehensive range of digital signage products designed to cater for all of your needs. From single screen stand-alone systems (Vision LITE) through multi-screen single-user (Vision LITE+) to multi-screen, multi-user systems (Vision Pro). We are also able to cater for signage that has already been deployed and uses Flash concepts, enabling users to benefit from our Enterprise, User and Manager content creation and deployment tools.

Add to this RoomMate, our bespoke Room Management System and you have all the products you need for a professional signage solution. Please check the links above to find out more about our range of products. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us or use the forum.

call sales now on 01928 515600

email: sales1@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

Vision website: http://www.vision-ds.co.uk

Digital Signage for education, business and public sector

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12 Months Deferred Payments on Education IT Equipment Leasing…

Solutions House have now launched their new Education Leasing schemes to existing customers. The schemes are also open to new customers subject to status. Options include a deferred payment period up to a maximum of 12 months.

For further leasing information please call us on 01928 515600 or email solutions@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

RSC NW Annual Event 2010

Thank you to all our customers and customers to be that visited our stand at the RSC Northwest Annual Event at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton on 22nd June. We look forward to working with you over the coming months and years.

For our ‘Excellence Gateway Case Study’ click here http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=265265

The much-anticipated launch of the Apple iPad in January 2010 was met with a mixture of cheers and groans from the technology media. But however well it may do in the consumer marketplace, the iPad is already attracting immense, and largely positive, attention among those who cover the world of education and IT.

Most commentators think the iPad will make immediate inroads in the education market, an arena where Apple already holds considerable market- and mind-share.

A strong determining factor in the iPad’s education market penetration is wireless LAN, which will be critical infrastructure for making it a viable classroom technology. This means the WLAN must be able to support the greatly increased demand for network resources that will come from iPad users.

In Extricom’s latest Technology Brief, The iPad, Wireless LAN, and Education, Extricom delves into issues that affect integrators and ICT administrators alike, providing an overview of the iPad’s potential as an education tool, discussing its potential impact on wireless LANs in schools and universities, and detailing how WLAN architecture can make a difference in handling the coming wave of iPads.

You can download the Technology Brief here:

The ipad, Wireless LAN and Education – Making Sure Your Environment is ‘Tablet-Ready’

or

www.extricom.com/content/microsite/ipad

SMART board SMARTY pants

At Solutions House we do not just ship the SMART product range, we know so much about it we consider ourselves to be real SMARTY Pants. Whether your needs are educational or corporate we pride ourselves on the getting the cleverest use out of the SMART products for your budget. To find out what our SMARTY pants can do for you please follow [Education][Corporate]

A SMART board installation from Solutions House comes with the following advantages:

We have our own engineers

Solutions House engineers are CRB checked

We can do all of the electrical installation

Solutions House can deliver specialist installs, such as adjustable height board systems for smaller or less able SMART board users

We are very flexible in terms of installation hours and schedule, fully taking into account the school or working day

We can offer a wide range of product choice, and if you are not completely sure of SMART, we can compare, contrast and install a number of alternatives

Solutions House are a network infrastructure specialist, so full network and device integration comes as a standard part of our expertise

We deliver the SMART collaboration solutions, however as a Microsoft Gold Partner in Unified Communications, Solutions House can let you explore all you collaborative working options.

We are real SMARTY pants

To find out more about how SMART and Solutions House can benefit your organisation please ring 01928 515 600 or email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

Groundbreaking architectural thinking gives you a solution that is fully IEEE 802.11-compliant, but changes all of the paradigms about the Wi-Fi experience.

Solutions House have installed the Extricom Beta Firmware version 4.4 which gives a number of new features at Stoke Park School & Community Technology College.

Stokepark pdf download

Most commentators think the iPad will make immediate inroads in the education market, an arena where Apple already holds considerable market- and mind-share.

A strong determining factor in the iPad’s education market penetration is wireless LAN, which will be critical infrastructure for making it a viable classroom technology. This means the WLAN must be able to support the greatly increased demand for network resources that will come from iPad users.

In Extricom’s latest Technology Brief, The iPad, Wireless LAN, and Education, Extricom delves into issues that affect integrators and ICT administrators alike, providing an overview of the iPad’s potential as an education tool, discussing its potential impact on wireless LANs in schools and universities, and detailing how WLAN architecture can make a difference in handling the coming wave of iPads.

You can download the Technology Brief here:

The ipad, Wireless LAN and Education – Making Sure Your Environment is ‘Tablet-Ready’

or

www.extricom.com/content/microsite/ipad