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Bancroft's School
Bancroft's School is an independent mixed gender school of 1,000 7-18 year olds located in Essex.
What we did
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"From initial bidding, through installations to after care support, BT Business Direct is always a pleasure to deal with. Bancroft's School have dealt with BT Business Direct for nine years now (myself in post for 4 years). Our IT Specialist at BTBD is always attentive to our needs and, communication is on a regular basis to keep abreast of upcoming projects and technologies we’re interested in trialling or deploying. We’re always kept informed of any upcoming promotions and they’re very competitive on pricing. During implementation they handle the "middle man" part of any negotiations impeccably and we’re always kept up to date with the progress or orders and projects. From initial bidding processes, through to installations, and then liaisons with after care support, BT Business Direct is always a pleasure to deal with."
Daniel Siggins | IT Manager
Case study: Imperial College London
e-Procurement Punchout is the easily, scalable way to purchase hardware
'Imperial College London is a science-based university with almost 10,000 students enrolled. Their international reputation for teaching and research means they have diverse IT requirements. Imperial needed a purchasing solution that was flexible, trackable and scalable, they chose BT's e-Procurement Punchout.'
“We implemented BT punchout to give our users a seamless shopping experience. We use both Punchout and XML sending which makes the whole ordering process electronic from end-to-end and minimizes human error. Punchout allows users to see prices inclusive of our negotiated discount, without the hassle of having to manually enter discounted prices. It also provides real-time availability. The feedback from our users is that the experience is quick, convenient, and hassle free”
Darran Hickey | P2P Helpdesk Supervisor
Imperial College
Case study: Harlow College
Harlow College’s phone system was holding them back. We provided a solution that not only improved collaboration, but halved their costs too.
'By moving over to SIP trunks, Harlow College gained a fully-inclusive call package for a set monthly fee. We used ISDN30 lines for back-up, and standard exchange lines connected lifts, alarms and emergency phones. The system uses business broadband for CCTV and other operations, while BTnet leased lines gave the college fast and reliable internet access.'
“The new solution has brought our communications facilities right up-to-date. SIP trunking is an innovation. Voice quality is perfect and it’s much more cost effective. Our ongoing costs have halved, exactly as BT said they would.”
Dave Higgs | Senior Infrastructure Engineer,
Harlow College
Case study: GFM Academies
With four academies in their multi-academy trust, GFM needed connectivity within each, but were restricted by the costs of the technology their local authority provided.
'Working with BT and their network architect, Ross Evans, GFM took on a BTnet leased line to one of the academies and used a Short Haul Data Service (SHDS) networking solution to connect the others.'
“We did a comparison of how much we were paying and what we were getting, compared with what we could pay and what we could get. BT were ten times as fast for half the price.”
Ross Evans | Network architect on behalf of
GFM Academies
Case study: Treviglas Community College
'Treviglas Community College have always strived to help every student achieve their best. They needed a new firewall solution for keeping students safe online and a network and phone system that could support parent and supplier relationships. With BTnet and IP Office, plus Smoothwall, they found their solution.'
“BT delivered when they needed to – they went above and beyond. The engineers that came in really knew their stuff.”
Lorraine Hill | Finance Director
Treviglas Community College
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BT has a dedicated team of education specialists. We're here to support you with all aspects of your school, college or university's technology strategy across network, devices and apps. Just tell us how we can help and we'll have one of our education specialists call you back with free, no obligation advice.