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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.

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.

When eco-friendly digital signage technology was needed to finish construction of the YANMAR EVO//CENTER, Sharp Pro AV equipment was brought in to help communicate its messages to the public while saving energy.

As the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) — Idaho’s first medical school — was preparing to open its doors for its inaugural year, numerous large, sturdy monitors with high-quality images were needed to complete the state-of-the-art facility. Sharp commercial LCD displays proved to be perfect for the job, while remaining cost-effective for the school.

The Indianapolis Indians Minor League Baseball TM (MiLB) team decided to up its organizational game by replacing in-house printers with Sharp multifunctional printers (MFPs). This transformation helped increase corporate sales revenue by 150 percent.

The Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles, Ohio represents one of the best established retail destinations in the country. Operated by Cafaro, it offers a unique blend of amenities, going beyond retail to also offer corporate offices, three hotels, and close proximity to Eastwood baseball field. With help from SVT Technology Services and Solutions, CDW and Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, Cafaro set out to add an event space to the complex.

A top university must meet exceptionally high
expectations for its design and function. Students,
faculty, administrators and alumni expect world-class
campus facilities that include the latest technologies
– so when the University of Notre Dame initiated the
largest building project in its history, it required a
massive AV installation across multiple buildings and a
historically significant stadium.

Teaching, especially in higher education, has evolved dramatically since the rise of technology. Classrooms look very different than they did a decade or two ago, and students and educators alike are reaping the benefits of collaboration methods and visual aids that were not possible until recently.

So when a university in Philadelphia saw a way to enhance its healthcare and medical sciences education spaces by making them more interactive and collaborative, it turned to technology to make it happen.