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Boston Networks feature as Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) supplier of the month.

Boston Networks is one of the UK’s leading companies in the design, delivery and maintenance of high performance wireless network infrastructures. The company successfully won a contract though Public Contracts Scotland (PCS), to provide a Wireless local area network (LAN) for Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service.

Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service manages 17 stations in the Central Scotland area, which is home to the giant petro-chemical complex at Grangemouth as well as docks and timber yards, making it one of the largest fire risk areas in Scotland.

Boston Networks designed, installed, and currently maintains a fully managed Wireless LAN solution for Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service.

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The University of Aberdeen’s £57m ‘glow in the dark’ library building opened last month. Spanning 7 floors, with over 13km of shelves to house over half a million books, the library provides a learning environment of the highest quality that is light spacious and elegant. The facade of the building will shimmer in daylight and glow in the evening and has been heralded as a beacon of light for the city.

The new library buildings credentials have been rated as ‘excellent’ under BREEAM and the building has been recognised for maximising energy efficiency and providing the highest standards of sustainability, material choices and safety and security.

Boston Networks worked with the University’s Architect and Electrical contractor to supply and install a structured cabling infrastructure, to meet the detailed design requirements of the impressive building.

As part of the extensive project, the Boston team installed the Category 6 structured cabling from the existing under floor consolidation boxes, routing them efficiently to precisely match the library’s newly installed desk modules; thus creating over 1000 usable workstations. The students can now access the University’s extensive library archives, networks, media databases and the internet directly from all of the aforementioned workstations.

Boston Networks also worked with the University to design and commission a state of the art IP Network Video Surveillance system which has been seamlessly integrated with the University’s existing system and deployed throughout the new library building. Encompassing over 45 IP cameras, all of which are run over the University’s network, the system is centrally managed by intelligent video management software, allowing the university to simply retrieve, review and export video footage.

Boston Networks is thrilled to announce it is one of only five companies to be awarded supplier status within the UK Structured Cabling Framework Agreement from The Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC).

The Structured Cabling Framework Agreement is made up of two lots. Due to the massive transformation of Salford University, lot one is solely dedicated to works being carried out for the University and Lot two encompasses contracts for all other UK CPC member organisations.

The Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is owned by and run on behalf of the Further Education Sector and is committed to providing its members with a first class procurement service, which provides excellent value for money from contracted supplies and services.  With over 1000 members spanning Further Education, Academies, Private Schools and Museums, CPC is the only “FE focused” purchasing consortium in the UK.

As one of the awarded suppliers, Boston Networks has unrivalled expertise in the design and installation of network cabling infrastructures, using BICSI accredited building systems designers and working with world leading technology partners.  Boston Networks provide future proof and scalable solutions to guarantee high speed connectivity and facilitate the integration of data, voice and video, as well as emerging IP building services such as network video surveillance, access control and environmental monitoring systems.

Commenting on the award, Scott McEwan, Managing Director, Boston Networks states, “With unrivalled expertise in the Education market, deploying cabling services, wireless solutions and emerging network technologies, Boston Networks is thrilled to be awarded supplier status by CPC.

With over 116 suppliers expressing interest in the framework and for Boston Networks to be one of only five suppliers awarded is a great testament to the growth of the business as well as our nationwide capabilities. We look forward to working with CPC and continuing to shape the future of technology in Education.”

Boston Networks is pleased to announce the launch of its new corporate branding and website.

Over the past six months Boston Networks has embarked on a journey to improve its service offering, enhance its team of specialist pre-sales and sales teams and spread its geographical reach, via the acquisition of several new offices. So what better way to showcase these developments than with a completely new look?

What’s new?
The team at Boston has been working internally to evolve and improve the way we work with our clients.  Here are just a few of our improvements:

• Enhanced services and support provision underpinned by our Network Operations Centre,  which now has the capability to offer 24/7 remote network monitoring
• Bespoke consultation  from our in-house team of pre-sales technical specialists, including radio planning, specialist network upgrades and network video surveillance migration
• New permanent offices in the East Coast of Scotland as well as the North East and North West of England
• Advanced technology offerings, including RFID Asset tracking
• CSR overview to attain the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard and set up a fully integrated and effective Environmental Management System (EMS) to streamline operations and reduce our carbon footprint

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Boston Networks strengthens sales team with the appointment of Richard Watson

With a strategic focus on business development across Scotland and the North of England, Boston Networks has once again strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Richard Watson.

With over 20 years industry experience, Richard will add significant value to the growing team at Boston with his combination of excellent account management and unrivalled understanding of emerging technology. With a sound knowledge of the Scottish marketplace, Richard will predominantly target the east coast of Scotland and will be based from Boston’s new office in Edinburgh.

Richard has a number of career achievements to date, including, heading up the team responsible for the design, deployment and support of one of Scotland’s largest Metropolitan Area Networks, from which he will continue to draw expertise from to deliver tangible benefits across Boston’s diverse client portfolio.

Boston Networks is thrilled to announce it will be one of the few exhibitors at this year’s National CCTV Conference and Exhibition.

Being held on Monday 24 October 2011, at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow, the conference is being organised by the Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) in conjunction with the Scottish CCTV Practitioners’ Group, the Scottish Government and the National CCTV & Digital Image Steering Group.

Aimed at public space CCTV system operators, partner agencies and their senior staff, the conference will act as a platform for industry experts to engage with delegates and debate the benefits of emerging technologies, as well as the increasing demand for both private and public space CCTV.

Boston Networks has experience in gradually migrating large estates as well as the rapid deployment of new technologies to deliver a compelling return on investment, unrivalled image quality and video analytics.

If you are planning to migrate from a more traditional analogue system to IP, come and meet the Boston team and discover how we can help your organisation.

Boston Networks has begun the installation of a cutting edge, category 6A structured cabling and blowlite fibre optic backbone system at the Southern General Hospitals new lab facility.

Selected for being a recognised innovator and market-leader in the structured cabling arena and a company able to meet the challenging deliverables of this groundbreaking development, from the outset Boston Networks has worked closely with our client Mercury Engineering, the world class solutions provider within the construction industry.

The Labs Building is just one part of the £842 million publicly funded Southern General Hospital project and will house the laboratory specialities of biochemistry, haematology, blood transfusion, microbiology, genetics and pathology services. In addition, the Glasgow city mortuary will also be transferring to the new facility together with facilities management for the whole New South Glasgow Hospitals Campus site.

The super-hospital will be built on the site of the existing Southern General Hospital in the South West of the city. Scheduled for completion in 2015, the development will give Glasgow one of the most advanced adult acute services hospitals in the UK and will be the biggest critical care complex in Scotland.

The state of the art Boston Networks cabling infrastructure will incorporate over 7,000 Brand-Rex shielded Cat6A U/FTP outlets and deliver a highly secure and intelligent network throughout the truly gold standard campus.

With the project estimated to create around 2,500 jobs, Boston Networks has ensured that the local community and economy will benefit. As part of the Glasgow Regeneration recruitment scheme, Boston has ensured the employment of a number of local engineers with a wide range of experience who will assist in the delivery of this challenging construction project.

Conscious of the carbon footprint of such a huge project, Boston has focused on its supply chain to minimise both carbon emissions and waste wherever possible. In addition to sourcing local labour, as aforementioned, Boston Networks has worked closely with its suppliers to store all the materials for the project within a 4 mile radius of the site as well as returning all of the cabling drums directly to the manufactures Glenrothes site, so that they can be quickly re-used and sent back into circulation.

Commenting on the project, Scott McEwan, Managing Director, Boston Networks states; ‘Boston Networks is thrilled to be working alongside Mercury Engineering as part of this landmark project. To meet the evolving needs of the super-hospital, the cabling infrastructure demands a cutting edge, scalable and robust solution. As market leaders in high-performance Wireless and Intelligent Building Systems I believe Boston Networks add real value to the project. Moreover, due to the locality of the project it’s rewarding for Boston Networks to be able to contribute to the sustainability of our local economy, via the creation of employment opportunities.’

Brand-Rex Value Added Reseller, Boston Networks has recently been chosen to install Brand-Rex Cat6Plus and OM3 solutions at the new Dormy Club House at the Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder.

The world famous resort, set in 850 acres of Perthshire countryside, has a wide range of leisure activities and is home to three of the top Scottish Championship Golf Courses, one of which will host the prestigious Ryder Cup in 2014.

The Dormy Clubhouse is located next to the Kings and Queens 18th holes with fantastic views of the course. As part of the clubhouse refurbishment, Boston Networks installed the Cat6Plus solution to support voice, data and video requirements with an OM3 fibre optic backbone to support 10Gigabit Ethernet across the campus.

With a strong focus on the emerging IP CCTV market, Boston Networks is delighted to welcome Mark Doyle to the team as its dedicated IP CCTV Specialist.

A natural problem solver, Mark has accumulated over 18 years industry experience in network related solutions encompassing IP CCTV solution design, VoIP installation & maintenance, network infrastructure and environmental monitoring installation & support.

A real expert in his field, Mark has achieved both an Axis Communications Advanced Academy Accreditation and Milestone Systems Advanced Accreditation.

Working closely with the sales, pre-sales and engineering teams, Mark increases the capabilities of both the Boston Networks team and our evolving solution offering.