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  • How to Protect Schools from Intruders

    July 15, 2021

    How to Protect Schools from Intruders

    Every school has a duty of care to provide a safe environment for students and educators. School is more than just a place to prepare you for a job, it’s a place for students to grow, interact with others, develop their skills, and get a real education. It’s for this reason schools must provide a safe working and learning environment for students, to help them achieve their best academically and develop socially. One of the many responsibilities of schools is to take the necessary preventative measures and protocols to protect students from intruders by implementing an efficient safety plan. Here are some ways your school can protect students and educators from potential dangers like intruders.

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  • Eastern DataComm New Website Launched

    March 29, 2021

    Eastern DataComm New Website Launched

    We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newly designed website. Visit us at https://easterndatacomm.com/ to see the new website. After four months of work and commitment, we are delighted to reveal our new website officially on March 23, 2021. We wanted to make the new website user-friendly, easy to navigate and align with …

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  • The Role of Technology in K-12 School Safety

    January 29, 2018

    The Role of Technology in K-12 School Safety

    Years ago, K-12 students had fire drills and “say no to drugs” programs. Some school districts also had students practice using emergency exits on buses. Today, there are lockdown drills to protect students against shooters and terrorists. There are extensive programs about bullying, sexual assault and weapons. Although serious violence is relatively rare, most schools …

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  • Video Surveillance Compression that Delivers Both Efficiency and Image Quality

    January 15, 2018

    Video Surveillance Compression that Delivers Both Efficiency and Image Quality

    Video surveillance consumes a ton of storage capacity and bandwidth. The higher the quality of the video, the more it consumes. For example, 1080 HD video requires as much as 10.5GB of storage per minute of video. This is why video data footage should be compressed. Compression reduces storage requirements by reducing the number of …

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  • Is It Time to Move Your Phone System to the Cloud?

    December 26, 2017

    Is It Time to Move Your Phone System to the Cloud?

    Many organizations are using the cloud for some of their communications and collaboration tools. The cloud reduces or eliminates capital costs for on-premises hardware, offers more flexibility, shifts management and maintenance responsibilities to the cloud service provider, and allows you to pay as you go for what you need. Organizations are also moving their phone …

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