NS Optimum Reviews & Customer Experiences

NS Optimum Reviews and Customer Experiences

Central Bedfordshire College – Bedfordshire - Dharit Patel, Network Manager

NS Optimums partnership with Central Bedfordshire College (CBC) started back in 2010 when the college were looking to procure a large number of wireless laptops along with suitable charge & storage solutions. After working closely with the college IT Dept to understand their exact needs and negotiating some very competitive pricing, NS Optimum were awarded the contract. Being impressed with our work and our 'no problem, no hassle' approach to our installation work, Central Bedfordshire College looked towards NS Optimum for the supply and installation of audio-visual systems throughout the college. The project started with a single Smartboard and projector installation to show that NS Optimums audio-visual systems are installed to a high standard, and this was soon followed by larger orders to kit out many of the colleges teaching rooms with ultra-short-throw systems and large format installations in the reception & halls. In the 4 years following the initial contract with CBC, NS Optimum has supplied & installed over 75 x audio-visual systems throughout the college and has supplied over 400 computer systems ranging from NS Optimum PC’s, Lenovo Tiny PC’s, Lenovo laptops & Android tablet devices.I n 2015 NS Optimum, working in partnership with the building contractors, supplied and installed 30 additional Epson interactive projectors into the colleges new building on the Dunstable Campus.

NS Optimum Customer Review

"Central Bedfordshire College have used the services of NS Optimum for a number of years because of their competitive pricing, installation expertise, knowledge and understanding of products being sought and by far the most important factor is the after sales service.  Any concerns are dealt with in a professional and timely manner and the personnel at NS Optimum have a great approach to customer service."

"The recent install of 25 Epson Interactive Projectors and Anti-Glare boards were installed to a very high standard and the onsite engineers engaged fully with the IT team to ensure smooth completion of the project."



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NS Optimum Reviews & Customer Experiences

NS Optimum Reviews and Customer Experiences

Myton School – Warwickshire - Tom Brocklehurst, Network Manager
NS Optimum started working with Myton School in 2012 when they installed the fibre optic and CAT6 structured data cable into the new classroom blocks. The work was carried out to a high standard with minimal disruption and due to this good experience we invited NS Optimum back in 2013 to discuss the upgrade of the schools 900 workstation curriculum network to Windows 7 Professional and Server 2012 with Hyper-V along with Intel based SAN storage systems and a 10GB backbone.

Following a review of the schools existing infrastructure and some in-depth discussions, we came up with a solution that gave the school a fast and reliable 10GB core server and switch infrastructure and we proceeded to carry out the installation of the 8 x server upgrade & school-wide network reimage during the 2013 summer holidays. To ensure the smooth operation of the new network we supplied an NS Optimum Technician for 1 day per week for the first term and the network is also supported with a ‘Silver’ onsite and remote emergency support. Our partnership with Myton School continues to develop and NS Optimum has supplied Windows 8 tablets and iPads as well as the rolling replacement of PC workstations.

The upgrade to a Server 2012 Hyper-V server configuration & Windows 7 Pro workstations saw NS Optimum replace the server hardware. Three Virtual Hosts and two 10TB SAN storage servers with 900GB SAS drives and SSD cachecade with battery backup on the RAID cards, were supplied and installed giving ultra-high performance storage. A new admin server and domain controller were installed and utilising Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM), we provided a constant trickle backup to a new DPM backup server in a remote location within the campus. All is connected together using its own dedicated 10GB blade in the HP core switch giving full wirespeed data transfer at 10GB on a high performance back plane. 

NS Optimum Customer Review

"A large part of the success of the project was, I am certain, down to the excellent technical resource that NS Optimum were able to provide. This was important during the planning phase and equally instrumental in ensuring timely completion. ...I would have no hesitation in recommending them."

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NS Optimum Reviews & Customer Experiences

NS Optimum Reviews and Customer Experiences

Grove School – Birmingham - Susan Shaw - School Business Manager
NS Optimums review of the schools IT network back in 2012 saw an upgrade to the curriculum and admin core servers and switch infrastructure to give the school a more reliable IT network. This was followed with an upgrade to laptops and NS Optimum computer hardware across the curriculum and admin networks. A review of schools IT support led to NS Optimum providing school tech support in the form of a regular onsite technician service backup up with remote & onsite emergency IT support. The good experience of NS Optimum support throughout the school sees this agreement still in place today with an annual review carried out annually. 

in 2014 a review of the schools classroom audio visual and teaching requirements was carried out and after much research the school awarded the contract to NS Optimum to install 28 x Clevertouch interactive LED Screens into classrooms throughout the school. This project also saw the deployment of over 300 x iPad and Learnpad Android tablet devices to year groups across the school and has since led to NS Optimum installing a Ruckus AC managed wireless system throughout the school to cope with the increasing demand on the old Extricom system. Full training provided by NS Optimum meant that the new technology was integrated into lessons immediately with minimal problems, we had great feedback from the teachers and pupils.

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