Being on the peak of the technology curve and being able to refresh and bring in new technologies and techniques to continue enhance the student experience is critical in our educational environment.
John Loyack
Chief Financial Officer
The Client
King’s College is Catholic institution of higher educated animated and guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross. King’s pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship through a rigorous core curriculum, major programs across the liberal arts and sciences, nationally accredited professional programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and personal attention to student formation in a nurturing community. King’s has been dedicated to the ideal of transforming minds and hearts with zeal in communities of hope.
Business Impact
Meridian upgraded their core network and phone system with Cisco VOIP. Moving from a capital model to an operating lease model has provided King’s College with a disciplined refresh program so that its students have a state-of-the-art learning environment.
With the help of Meridian and their creative leasing options, King’s College was also able to upgrade their entire workout facility with top-notch, state of the art equipment on a very limited budget.
It is really a full-service operation. Everything from getting the product here, to making sure it gets set up, monitoring it through its life, and then taking it away and replacing it with next cycle, Meridian does better than anyone that we’ve certainly done business with.
John Loyack
Chief Financial Officer
The Challenges
King’s College has a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy which allows IT to focus on network and application deployment. Paul Moran, the Chief Information Officer, was challenged with building a state-of-the-art, bullet-proof network on a fixed budget.
How Meridian Helped
King’s College turned to Meridian, their trusted partner, to support them with their challenges. The Meridian team analyzed the current environment to uncover how policies were structured, assessed the current configuration, and made recommendations on what needed to change for maximum security and performance. Meridian upgraded their networking core and phone system with Cisco VOIP. Moving from a capital-intensive model to an operating lease model has provided King’s College with a disciplined refresh program so that its students have a state-of-the-art learning environment.
I was challenged with coming up with a long-term plan that would guarantee that King’s College would be able to continue to support the IT requirements of our students, faculty and staff. By leasing, we can replace the entire campus infrastructure.
Paul Moran
Chief Information Officer
