Staff members at the Shore School, based on Sydney’s lower North Shore, are enjoying the benefits of a Cisco IP Telephony system which was rolled out to 70 teacher desks.

The school needed to expand its phone system; adding on a Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express system to the school’s local network was deemed the best way of doing this cost effectively, whilst ensuring an easy migration path to a larger system in the future.

Charlie Thomlinson, Account Manager, IMC Communications oversaw the roll out in close consultation with the school’s ICT Manager, Richard Jones.

‘Our Head of Network Services, Daniel Szmandiuk, designed a system for Shore School that involved integration with its current PABX system, whilst considering future growth and developments of the school and budgets. Nick Rettenbeck, Lead Cisco Engineer, then worked with the school’s IT team to ensure that the system was implemented during the Easter Break and up and running for when the teachers returned,’ said Thomlinson.

Richard Jones was extremely pleased with the implementation of the system.

‘The Project Manager did everything right to make my role in this a lot easier. The IMC Communications team anticipated our needs, worked well with other suppliers and made the project as smooth as possible.

‘The team thought through everything we needed, only coming to me to make the decisions. They provided a service beyond my expectations,’ said Jones.