NS Optimum

NS Optimum - ICT solutions provider to schools

Customer experiences


Elm Tree Middle School – Suffolk - Andy Graham, Network Manager
“In 2004 we had a mountain to climb with outdated, unreliable IT facilities and a limited budget. Working in partnership with NS Optimum, we are now in sight of the summit.”

"At Elm Tree Middle, we have a world class vision for our school network, and working with NS Optimum has enabled us to make massive strides towards achieving this ambitious aim, within budget and on time.”


Bromsgrove School – Worcestershire - Group Captain John Rogers, Bursar
“One of the best decisions I have ever made was to appoint NS Optimum as the ICT contractor for our £1M network and hardware infrastructure project. The work was completed to an extremely high standard, was on time, within budget and caused minimal disruption to staff and pupils. I was so impressed by their drive for quality and high standards that I extended the contract to include the management and maintenance of the system; this was the second best decision I have made.”

Northampton School for Boys – Northampton - Oliver Harris, Deputy Head Teacher
“I have not found a better provider of value-for-money services. Their works is timely, efficient and no-nonsense.”

“NS Optimum have proved to be invaluable in working with us to plan and implement a major modernisation of the school network.”

Harrow School – Middlesex
An NS Optimum customer for over a decade – supplying, installing and supporting their data cabling, servers, IP security (CCTV) system, switching infrastructure and wireless networks.

The Piggott School - Reading - James Fisher, Network Manager
“We at The Piggott School have been using NS Optimum as our main supplier of computer and AV equipment for several years. They have helped our network grow from a humble Windows 98 system with 200 client machines to a network consisting of 9 servers and over 500 clients. The initial assistance with setting up our Windows 2003 infrastructure was invaluable and has led us to implementing our own thin client system, VPN and hosting our own websites.”

“Despite how hard we have tried, they have as yet been unbeatable on value-for-money and their sales staff have proved very well informed about the latest products and services available.”

Uppingham School - Rutland - Dr A. M. Winston, IT Manager
“NS Optimum carried out the installation in a professional and pleasant manner, they were very helpful and courteous in all their dealings with the school at all times, coping with the many difficulties that an installation which encompassed many varied types of buildings, including Grade II listing. It was a pleasure to work with them.”

The John Lyon School - Middlesex - Roger Freeborn, Computer Manager
“The disruption to the land was minimised and professionally restored immediately afterwards.”
“...it was all carried out very professionally and we hardly noticed their presence.”
“...the planning was perfect and the job was completed within a fortnight.”
“...the NS Optimum staff were very helpful and competent in the advice given and the project management.”

Bilton Grange School - Warwickshire
Since 2005 NS Optimum have been providing Bilton Grange School with a fully managed ICT service for their 150 station ICT network which includes a full time onsite NS Optimum Network Manager. The school have had their network taken campus-wide with a gigabit fibre optic data network backbone connecting all the areas of their school campus. The school has a highly developed ICT system including interactive whiteboards and a state-of-the-art wireless system.

Supplying & supporting ICT in schools for nearly 2 decades.

CALL 01926 745608 - Email info@nsoptimum.co.uk - or visit NS Optimum website for details and more NS Optimum customer experiences

NS OPTIMUM SELECTED AS AN APPROVED SUPPLIER FOR THE GOVERNMENT’S HOME ACCESS PROGRAMME

NS OPTIMUM SELECTED AS AN APPROVED SUPPLIER FOR THE GOVERNMENT’S HOME ACCESS PROGRAMME

NS Optimum, a leading schools’ ICT supplier, has passed the stringent tests and mobilisation process to be one of the few approved suppliers for the Government’s Home Access programme.

The Home Access programme provides eligible low-income families with children in school years 3-9 in state-maintained education in England (typically aged between 7 and 14 years), and children being looked after by their local authority, with a one-off grant of up to £528 to buy a compliant computer and/or broadband internet access.
Recent evidence has suggested that having a computer at home associates with a 2 grade improvement in one subject at GCSE. This means that a pupil who would have got a D, could, with the effective use of technology at home, now get a B at GCSE.

NS Optimum is delighted to be listed as an approved supplier to the Home Access programme as it further reinforces the part they play in addressing inequalities in access to computers and the internet, and helping all people to realise their full potential.

The grants will entitle eligible families to acquire a package worth up to £528, including:
- a computer built to a pre-defined specification
- 12 months’ fixed or mobile broadband access
- spreadsheet and word processing software
- wraparound package of support, warranty and product all in a box
- internet filtering/parental controls, anti-virus and Assistive Technology software
- the Windows Live suite, including Messenger and Photo Gallery
- Microsoft Movie Maker and Microsoft Media Player
- a range of online services
- Microsoft Learning Essentials
- comprehensive hotline support and warranty for one year
- help, advice & training on getting started on the internet
- helpdesk staffed from 8am – 9pm, 7 days a week.

More information about NS Optimum can be found at www.homeaccess4.me
text HOME to 80809.
or call 01926 880300*.

For more information on eligibility and applying for a grant, go to www.homeaccess.org.uk or call 0333 200 1004** to contact the Home Access helpline directly.

Call charges:
*All calls charged at BT standard rate
** Calls may be monitored or recorded to maintain high levels of security and quality of service. Calls to this number cost no more than a call to
a 01 or 02 number and count towards inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. These rules apply to calls from any type of line
including mobile, BT, other fixed line or payphone.

Notes to editors

About NS Optimum (http://www.nsoptimum.co.uk/)
NS Optimum recently received an award for Corporate Social Responsibility for their donation programme to the emerging market in the Dominican Republic. In 2007, NS Optimum began to recondition used, serviceable computers that schools and other customers decided to replace, and donated them to schools on the Caribbean island. The team continue to co-ordinate a sustained project to refurbish used computers, servers, other hardware and networking equipment for supply to the island’s schools.

About Home Access (http://www.homeaccess.org.uk)
The Home Access programme provides grants to eligible families with children in full-time education in England. The grant enables them to buy a computer and internet access to support learning from home. The programme aims to benefit more than 270,000 households that currently lack access by March 2011 and is being managed for the Government by Becta.

About Becta (www.becta.org.uk)
Becta is the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective use of technology through learning. It is Becta's ambition to use the benefits of technology to create a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for learners of all ages and abilities, enabling them to achieve their potential.

Home Access Computers

Home Access Computers - www.homeaccess4.me

Been given your government grant and want your FREE computer, laptop and/or broadband?

Visit NS Optimum, a BECTa approved Home Access supplier, and get your equipment today http://www.homeaccess4.me

Alternatively you can text the word 'home' to 80809 to get a call back

or you can call the Home Access team directly on 01926 745608

Get your Home Access package today.

NS Optimum 'N' Managed Wireless Solutions

NS Optimum, ICT Partner with Schools & Colleges - Wireless Networks

NS Optimum will survey your school, design your wireless network and provide you with extremely competetive quotations free of charge.

As a national ICT reseller to schools and colleges and not being tied down to one single manufacturer, NS Optimum can offer you the best solution for your school, chosen from all manufacturers and all technologies. NS Optimum use all in-house engineer teams and do not sub-contract out work to make sure that all staff both on and off-site are trained appropriately and qualified to the necessary levels. NS Optimum will provide you with a total solution from installing the data and electrical cabling, through installation and ongoing support and advice for the school.

NS Optimum have customer references the length and bredth of the UK who are more than happy to pass on the word of our good work and are willing to speak to new customers about their experiences with NS Optimum and the advice, equipment and support that they recieve. Please ask and we will send you some relevant customer reference details.

Please call NS Optimum on 01926 745608 or email info@nsoptimum.co.uk if you would like more information on the solutions that we offer and how NS Optimum can help you.

NS Optimum - School ICT Network Provider & Partner

NS Optimum will help & advise your school with its future ICT developments from the planning & design stage through installation and configuration and will support the schools ICT into the future. As well as ICT network design, NS Optimum can supply, install and support:

Network Domain Servers, Exchange Servers, Fileservers, ISA servers, Storage Servers, Rackmounted, Pedestal or Virtual Servers.

Curriculum, Teacher & Media PC's, Laptops, Netbooks, Mini ITX PC's, All-In-One PC's

Microsoft Software, Curriculum Software, Blackcat, Granada, Sherston Software (such as Supertools, Tizzy's Toolbox, 2Simple Education software & much more)

Interactive Whitebaords & Projectors, Smartboards, Promethean Hitachi & Interwrite boards - Fully installed solutions with audio and all required electric sockets installed by NS Optimum in-house NIC:EIC electricians.

NS Optimum Digital Signage Screens - large format screens for displaying pupils work, noticeboards, lunch menu's, wet breaks etc. All fully installed with software to manage all of your screens from a central controlling PC.

Full installation of all ICT equipment, software and network management tools onto your schools network by a CRB checked, Microsoft qualified technical engineer.

NS Optimum work with schools all across the UK and therefore are used to working around children and classes during term time. NS Optimum pride ourselves on our flexibility and therefore we can work late into the evenings, early in the mornings, over weekends and certainly through the school holidays to ensure your school receives the installation & staff ICT training within the desired timescales.

Following on from your schools ICT network installation, NS Optimum will support your network into the future. NS Optimum basic support includes FREE technical telephone support & 3 year onsite hardware server warranty, on top of this, you can then choose from a selection of NS Optimum support add-ons such as:
NS Optimum Remote Diagnostic Support
Rent'a'Techie Regular Onsite Engineer Visits - 1 day per month, fortnight or week
NS Optimum Managed Service Support - part-time or full time onsite Engineers or Technicians.

You will have a dedicated NS Optimum Account Manager throughout the whole process, from design, through installation and post installation into future development. Your dedicated Account Manager will be your point of contact should you need any further advice, have any questions or need to discuss support issues.

Please call NS Optimum on 01926 745608 to arrange a meeting or discuss your requirements.
Alternatively you can email the sales department on sales@nsoptimum.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you http://www.nsoptimum.co.uk

NS Optimum

NS Optimum - Total ICT Provider to schools & colleges in the UK - http://www.nsoptimum.co.uk

NS OPTIMUM SELECTED AS A PROVISIONAL ‘APPROVED SUPPLIER’ FOR THE GOVERNMENT’S HOME ACCESS PROGRAMME.

http://www.nsoptimum.co.uk/company/NewsPressReleases.htm


Leading ICT schools’ computer provider, NS Optimum, is delighted to have been awarded provisional Approved Supplier status for the Government’s £300 million Home Access programme which was launched in January 2010.

The programme provides eligible low-income families with children in school years 3-9 in state-maintained education in England (typically aged between 7 and 14 years), and children being looked after by their local authority, with a one-off grant of up to £528 to buy a compliant computer and/or broadband internet access.

It is part of the Government’s efforts to give all learners an equal opportunity to get on in school. This will not only have benefits for the learners but also improve IT skills and assist the economy in the long term by allowing children to boost their education and life skills. It will also provide many social and economic benefits for the whole family through being connected to the internet.

Schools’ Secretary Ed Balls said there had been "a fantastic response from families to the ground-breaking offer we've made". He said that “computers are as essential as books, pens and paper to help children learn.” Recent evidence has suggested that having a computer at home associates with a 2 grade improvement in one subject at GCSE. This means that a pupil who would have got a D, could, with the effective use of technology at home, now get a B at GCSE.
NS Optimum is delighted to be listed as a provisional Approved Supplier to the Home Access programme as it further reinforces the part they play in addressing inequalities in access to computers and the internet, and helping all people to realise their full potential.

The grants will entitle eligible families to acquire a package worth up to £528, including:
- A computer built to a pre-defined specification
- 12 months’ fixed or mobile broadband access
- Spreadsheet and word processing software
- Wraparound package of support, warranty and product all in a box
- Internet filtering/parental controls, anti-virus and Assistive Technology software
- The Windows Live suite, including Messenger and Photo Gallery
- Microsoft Movie Maker and Microsoft Media Player
- A range of online services
- Microsoft Learning Essentials
- Comprehensive hot-line support and warranty for one year
- Help, advice & training on getting started on the internet
- Helpdesk staffed from 8am – 9pm
More information about NS Optimum can be found at www.nsoptimum.co.uk
or call 01926 880300.

For more information on eligibility and applying for a grant go to www.homeaccess.org.uk or call 0333 200 1004 to contact the Home Access Grant Administration Service directly.
Notes to editors

About NS Optimum
NS Optimum recently received an award for Corporate Social Responsibility for their donation programme to the emerging market in the Dominican Republic. In 2007, NS Optimum began to recondition used, serviceable computers that schools and other customers decided to replace, and donated them to schools on the Caribbean island. The team continue to co-ordinate a sustained project to refurbish used computers, servers, other hardware and networking equipment for supply to the island’s schools.

About Home Access (www.homeaccess.org.uk)

The Home Access programme provides grants to eligible families with children in full-time education in England. The grant enables them to buy a computer and/or internet access to support learning from home. The programme aims to benefit more than 270,000 households that currently lack access by March 2011 and is being managed for the Government by Becta.
About Becta (www.becta.org.uk)

Becta is the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective use of technology through learning. It is Becta's ambition to use the benefits of technology to create a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for learners of all ages and abilities, enabling them to achieve their potential.