Eastern DataComm Upgrades Bring Park Ridge School District's Phone System Into 21st Century

Online, October 28, 2009 (Newswire.com) - HACKENSACK, N.J., Eastern DataComm announced today that it has upgraded the Park Ridge School District's antiquated and multiple location phone systems to a single ShoreTel platform. ShoreTel is the provider of brilliantly simple Unified Communication (UC) solutions based on its award-winning IP business phone system. The new ShoreTel system will allow the three remote schools to communicate seamlessly, add superior functionality and ease of system management.

"The ShoreTel solution satisfied our current telecommunication needs with room for future growth." said Dr. Patricia Johnson, Superintendent, Park Ridge School District. "The impact of this upgrade will enable Park Ridge School District to make the technological leap into the 21st century without the hidden charges or additional feature or training costs associated with previous vendors."

During the ShoreTel installation, Eastern DataComm uncovered the need for a paging system that gave enhanced intercom ability to individual classrooms. Using ShoreTel classroom phones, the paging system and phones were easily tied together on ShoreTel's flexible system enabling them to run on one platform.

"Eastern DataComm is a specialist in enabling school districts to communicate more effectively while meeting their growing and changing needs," said Al Harnisch, President of Eastern DataComm. "The ShoreTel system is an asset to school systems because it eliminates the need to contact a vendor for adds, moves and changes, is easy to manage, and greatly increases the level of communication throughout the school district."

About Eastern DataComm
Eastern DataComm is a full service communications firm specializing in deploying voice, data and video networking solutions to commercial businesses. Since 1988, the firm has mastered the techniques necessary to bring together the best technology for each customer in an affordable and practical manner. Eastern DataComm has considerable expertise in both local and wide area data networking, an essential foundation for building today's IP based communications solutions. The company provides reliable, best-in-class solutions for communication needs such as VoIP telephony, inter-office data networks, and high definition video conferencing solutions, to name a few. Eastern DataComm has earned its trustworthy reputation by supplying solutions that work as advertised, at a reasonable cost, delivered on time, and coupled with turnkey professional installation and post sales support that will exceed customer expectations. For more information, visit www.easterndatacomm.com.

About Park Ridge School District
The Park Ridge School District, located in northern Bergen County, is comprised of three buildings including two elementary schools and one middle / high school. All schools in the district are high performing as defined by NCLB and the Department of Education. The district has just celebrated its bicentennial with the first school in Park Ridge being founded in 1808.
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