In an era where smart technology has reshaped education, Wilkes County Schools in North Carolina took a proactive journey to address budgetary constraints without sacrificing the learning experience of 9,000 students across its 22 schools. Teachers were utilizing projectors in tandem with interactive whiteboards,
but this two-pronged solution was cumbersome to maintain. Sharp, the school district’s longtime provider for its copier and printer fleet, recommended an AQUOS BOARD collaboration display as an all-in-one, cost-effective replacement.
As a leading office equipment supplier, Smile Business Products was used to supplying organizations with the products they needed to enhance their IT services across the board. However, Smile realized they needed their own solutions when they noticed their primary meeting room’s technology was no longer serving their needs. Through its partnership with Sharp, Smile was able to introduce a new technology system in their meeting room to ease frustrations and reduce the need to rely on the help desk staff.
Tri-Cities Skin and Cancer, a state-of-the-art dermatology center with a full surgical facility and cosmetic laser center in Tennessee, underwent a technological shift, transitioning from using a popular brand of tablets to Dynabook laptops throughout its practice. After years of teaming up with Sharp for its office equipment needs, the dermatology group turned to Sharp for this strategic switch which has resulted in positive user satisfaction among its doctors, nurses and staff.
Sluss + Padgett LLC, a growing commercial HVAC general contractor in Norcross, GA employs a national workforce of over 100 employees. After modernizing its operations with a hybrid model, the company required upgrades to three conference rooms and its training room as well as a solution to foster camaraderie among its on-site workforce.
NetApp has a portfolio of leading data, application, and storage solutions that help organizations manage applications and data everywhere across hybrid environments. Bart Saunders, Multimedia Specialist for NetApp, turned to Sharp to ensure the new facility was built with leading, innovative displays in mind, and installed four direct view indoor 137” LED video walls in the new headquarters’ conference center. The team worked hand-inhand with Creation Networks, Inc., which was key to the success of this installation.
As a leader in the commercial audio-visual industry, CCS prides itself on operating as a trusted resource for stellar AV products and cutting-edge audio video integration. To reflect their AV expertise and passion for tech, CCS enlisted Sharp to design the lobby of their national headquarters' main feature, an unusual 90-degree wraparound dvLED wall. With a detailed vision in mind, Sharp got to work, collaborating with CCS and design agency, OpenEye Global, to bring the lobby to life using two LED walls and stunning imagery.
Macon County Schools, located in southwestern North Carolina near the Appalachian Trail, serves over 4,400 students across 11 accredited K-12 schools. After years of unreliable service and a copier down for over three months, the school district decided to place its trust in Sharp to turn things around.
The Utah Department of Transportation’s Traffic Operations Center is responsible for the behind-the-scenes tech that allows for safe and reliable transportation across the Beehive State. UDOT’s Brent Parker, Project Manager, enlisted the expertise of Dalton Parker, Chief Technology Officer for TVS Pro, to design and install a replacement of 3 rear projection screens. TVS Pro found the functionality, flexibility and customization they needed in NEC displays.
Wilkerson, Jones & Wilkerson (WJW), a personal injury law practice in Rock Hill, SC, faced challenges related to its print devices. With a substantial caseload, the firm required reliable office technology to manage its extensive printing needs.
A leading global metal supply & distribution company turned to Sharp for a solution to reconfigure its multifunction printer (MFP) fleet and implement a solution to expand its global Square 9® workflows, all without raising costs.
Intellis, an e4 company, is a health information management consulting firm that contracts with hospitals and health systems to help them with documentation, coding and auditing of medical records. Sharp's HIPAA/HITECH compliance assessment showed Intellis that its current IT vendor had lost track of the locations and quantity of laptops and other supporting equipment in the field. Intellis enlisted the help of Sharp to craft a full work-from-home technology kit and ordering system to get employees up and running.
Originally built in the 1940s, The Rio Theatre is the only movie theater in the rural town of Sweet Home, Oregon. In 2019, they added an additional, smaller auditorium and selected the NEC NC1000C for the screen projector. Beyond being easy to operate, extremely user-friendly and requiring minimal maintenance, the NEC projectors make the owner’s life much easier in other ways as well. From the installation of the first NEC projector in 2019 to 2023, the number of customers coming into The Rio Theatre has doubled.
With upwards of 85 offices located throughout the southeast, a leading dental service organization needed a solution to better engage staff at all their different offices at once. Each office had meetings but did not have a way to easily collaborate with other offices and rarely used the essential employee intranet. By installing Sharp's NEC displays, with the soundbar and cameras, all offices are now able to have daily morning meetings with each office to talk about the cases coming in for that day.
The University of Louisiana Monroe is a public university with almost 8,000 undergraduate students. In 2021, ULM began construction on an $11.6 million contemporary student center with five dining options, a small market, meeting areas, group seating, and more. ULM wanted an eye-catching and impressive signage display capable of displaying campus signage, communicating relevant school news, and streaming sports games. NEC’s outdoor digital display has become a central platform for school signage and news – as well as a place for students to check in on their favorite sports teams between classes.
The pandemic brewed a perfect storm of worldwide supply chain issues and computer chip shortages. At that time, a prominent healthcare analytics company had pivoted to a full-on remote work environment and acquired a new company. With more than 5,000 employees working from home and onboarding new employees, it was in dire need of powerful laptops.
When a Tennessee manufacturing company’s phone system went down during its busiest time of the year, executives began the search for a new IT company with solutions that could handle increased call volumes and provide timely reporting and support.
When a leading school district in New Mexico suffered a ransomware attack causing lost data and vulnerability, it turned to Sharp Business Systems for a managed IT solution to reengineer its network, firewall, active directory and server resources.
Today, college esports, which is competitive video game play, sits front and center for new recruitment programs, coupled with lucrative funding opportunities for student-athletes. The University of Southern California had a vision to not only throw its weight behind esports, but to also create an entirely new space that is engineered to harness the creative potential of any student on campus. It was out of the desire to tap into the technology and opportunities of the future that the Digital Creative Lab was born.
LaMACCHIA Group and Vivalociti is a full-service strategic consultative, design-build, and data solutions partner firm that works exclusively with financial institutions. In 2022, LaMACCHIA began deploying NaViSense from Sharp in various client locations. NaViSense helped clients analyze data and insights they couldn’t rely on before and allowed each branch to elevate the customer experience.
Hospitals and health centers are constantly striving to enhance patient care, improve documentation and maximize efficiencies. A critical piece of the puzzle is their Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. Intellis, an e4 company, is a health information management consulting firm that contracts with hospitals and health systems to help them with documentation, coding and auditing of medical records.
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When COVID-19 hit, Orange Unified School District, located in Orange County California, needed a remote learning solution for its students. Within 60 days, Dynabook worked with its partners to set up and deploy approximately 16,000 laptops to students throughout the school district. Features such as high-quality web cams and voice cancellation kept students communicating and collaborating, both inside and outside of the classroom. Learn more about Dynabook laptops.
When the West Allegheny school district in Pennsylvania needed a technology upgrade for their classrooms, they turned to Sharp dealer, The Wilson Group, for a wireless universal platform as a solution. Nearly 170 AQUOS BOARD interactive displays were installed to facilitate collaboration.
Aspen Properties is a boutique real estate company that owns and manages 3.8 million square feet of commercial office space in downtown Calgary and Edmonton. After purchasing The Ampersand, an A-class office complex comprised of three identical towers, Aspen looked to modernize its key spaces, with the atrium as a top priority. The goal for The Ampersand was to offer the type of amenity-rich and positive office environment that is in high demand by today’s workforce.
When Army Athletics’ information technology infrastructure didn’t have the bandwidth needed to support the hundreds of high-power users, including media, coaches and administrative personnel, the Army Athletics Association (AAA) sought a reliable solution that would allow for secure, uninterrupted, highspeed Wi-Fi, that was scalable and came with powerful management tools. AAA engaged Sharp for their information technology upgrade to improve the athletic department’s overall network performance and efficiency.
Penn Hills School District is a mid-sized, K-12 public school district located in Pittsburgh. The school had seen a major decline in enrollment over the past 10 years mostly due to socioeconomic factors and a shifting demographic, which cost them three million dollars annually. When the pandemic struck, the schools faced the added challenge of creating a hybrid learning environment with outdated technology.
When a state-of-the-art health plan provider in New York needed to relay pertinent information to patients and visitors upon entry and throughout their offices, Sharp displays from EOS Technologies were the right solution to improve visibility and communication.
When a commercial real estate firm was looking to save money on their printers and copiers, it contacted Sharp dealer Vision Office Systems for their help to provide quality products with outstanding service at a fraction of its current costs.
Founded in 1847, Otterbein University has a rich legacy of educating generations of learners, but found that their visual technology, such as projectors and large screen displays, was falling short. Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America helped Franklin and the team outfit more than 125 learning spaces with NEC projectors and displays that will serve the University for many years to come.
When Rosemont College was looking to upgrade their classrooms with the latest in learning technology, the college engaged Haverford Systems to provide a turnkey hybrid learning package that included Sharp interactive whiteboards and PTZOptics broadcast, pan, tilt and zoom video cameras.
The recent pandemic transformed how educators at Brooks Academies of Texas teach. Laptops became a pivotal gateway to reach students, but the school laptops were not configured to meet the complexity of remote and hybrid instruction. The IT director teamed up with Sharp to customize a laptop that could empower educators to teach effectively.