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Elwyn Chooses Carousel Industries for Extensive Communications Deployment
EXETER, R.I., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Carousel Industries, a national
technology integrator, announced today that it had entered into an agreement
withElwyn, a non-profit human services organization located inElwyn, PA, to
completely update their Voice, Data and Network Services as well as modernize
their physical infrastructure to meet power and cooling requirements. The new
system will be designed, installed, serviced and maintained by Carousel. This
project represents a multi-million dollar investment in improvements forElwyn
and its branch locations. The project will integrateElwyn's communications
environment to increase interoperability, features, applications, scalability,
and reliability for all users. These enhancements will allow teachers and case
workers to spend more time with the mentally challenged adults and children
they support.
Elwyn is recognized nationally and internationally as experts in the
education and care of individuals with special needs and disadvantages.
Founded in 1852,Elwyn is a leading provider of services for people with
special needs of all ages.
Carousel Industries is a leading telecommunications integrator and one of
the largest Value-Added Resellers in the country. Headquartered inExeter,
Rhode Island, the company provides full service communications, data, video,
and software solutions to some of the largest organizations in the country
including Reebok, Monster.com and Bank of America.
The new telecommunications system being provided by Carousel is designed
around a platform from Avaya, the leading provider of IP Telephony products
and software. The hub is located at a downtown co-location facility for
robustness and disaster recovery purposes.Elwyn's main campus and 19 other
branch locations will be tied together with Avaya S8300 media servers and 1000
IP, digital and analog handsets. The main campus will also have an Avaya
S8500 media server for secondary call control. The entire network will be
connected via a meshed AT&T MPLS network for data and internal calls across
the network, with local PRI's for least cost routing.
Carousel was chosen primarily for its proven ability to provide a full
service, turn-key solution of this size and scope. The largest beneficiary
will be the mentally challenged children and adults thatElwyn serves. The
Avaya Solution provided by Carousel will:
-- Improve efficiency by consolidating communication assets and reducing
overall system management costs
-- Enhance mobility for users by providing access to communications
applications from any location
-- Provide a virtual organization where resources throughout the
enterprise can be leveraged
-- Simplify and enhance user experience and reduce training/support
requirements through uniform deployment of enterprise-wide features and dial
plan
-- ImproveElwyn's intake time by reducing the time needed to do daily
tasks via unified messaging and mobility. This will result in "soft" ROI by
significantly increasing the timeElwyn care providers are able to spend
providing quality care and assistance to their clients.
About Carousel Industries:
Carousel Industries is a premiere technology solutions provider; designing,
implementing and maintaining powerful converged communication networks for
enterprise customers nationwide. Utilizing a single source approach, Carousel
offers a full range of solutions including VoIP, Data Infrastructure, Unified
Communications, Power and Cooling, IVR, Video, Wireless, Security, Speech
Applications and much more. Carousel provides a complete range of services:
Design Engineering, Installation, Project Management, Repair, Remote
Monitoring, Support Agreements and Financing.
For news about Carousel Industries contact Joseph Rog, Director of
Marketing, at 866-838-9565 or jrog@carouselindustries.com .
SOURCE Carousel Industries
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