Washington County Public Schools selects Altura to implement VoIP
Hagerstown, MD - Aprl 17, 2008 - Washington County Public Schools (WCPS) tackled head on an issue that many similar school districts face today. With an aging telephony infrastructure, how do we within our budget, seamlessly migrate to a new technology like IP Telephony while still preserving our investment?
With Fujitsu PBX at the Central Office which is over 14 years old, replacing their aging telephone systems in the schools before a communication failure became a priority. The key challenge involved changing out the PBX systems in a managed transition without disruption to their mission critical communication network.
"Selecting Altura and Avaya was an easy decision for us." says David Mundey, Manager of Telecom and Network Services for WCPS. "We were looking for one direct relationship that could help us integrate VoIP for all of our schools; while preserving our existing WAN for toll-bypass voice and migrating Fujitsu to VoIP over a period of time that we managed. Only Altura and Avaya with their interoperability software solution could satisfy these requirements."
"We didn't want to forklift out our existing systems. Altura stood out amongst the rest. Our 14 year relationship with Altura has been really good. They never said no to any of our requests and their day to day service response has been excellent." Mundey said.
"The combination of our unique software interoperability solution along with our customized service offerings provides the best solution for Fujitsu customer's moving to IP Telephony. Our service approach simplifies operations for the end user, reduces support costs and provides peace of mind that all of their service issues will be addressed and promptly resolved." says Bob Blazek, CEO and President of Altura Communication Solutions. "By providing the best IP telephony solution with Avaya's Communication Manager, coupled with the recognized best service organization 8 years running in Altura, we offer a value proposition to customers unparalleled in our industry."
About Washington County Public Schools
Washington County Public Schools (WCPS) oversees 42 elementary, middle and high schools in and around Hagerstown, Maryland which is located in Washington County Maryland. WCPS has over 21,000 students and about 2600 employees within the school system.
About Altura Communication Solutions
Headquartered in Fullerton, California, Altura Communication Solutions sells and services a variety of products, including voice over IP switching systems, unified communication systems, contact centers, multi media conferencing systems, network system management tools, data switching and routing products. The company has nationwide service capabilities and an enterprise customer base of more than 2,500 companies in the financial, education, healthcare and government markets. To learn more about Altura's solutions and service capabilities, please visit the corporate website at:
www.alturacs.com or call Altura toll free at: (800) 654-0715.
