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Design
Build / Deploy
Support (TMP)
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Audio Visual
Meeting Rooms
Huddle Spaces
Event Spaces
Digital Signage
Training Rooms
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Sound Masking
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One-on-One with Dr. Michael Rossi
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Lumio by SMART is enhancing the way students interact with their lessons and with each other.
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An all-in-one communication platform from 8×8
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9 New Features in Microsoft Teams (September 2021)
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Zoom flexes the capabilities of their new Zoom Events Conference
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Enhance your virtual and hybrid on-boarding process
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Zoom’s live captioning & more from Zoomtopia
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A Single-Source Solution Provider for All Your SD-WAN Service Needs
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How is your workforce optimizing chat?
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Vicom celebrates 20 years! (Video Slideshow)
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Top 10 New Features in Microsoft Teams (August 2021)
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What are Zoom Apps and why would you use them?
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Is the Conference Room still relevant?
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5 Features in Microsoft Teams that make getting back to school easier and more effective
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Digital Signage in the return to the workplace (& Free Covid-19 Digital Signage Templates)
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UCC is transforming AV
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Zoom introduces new features for July 2021
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Microsoft – Collaboration that is built for Hybrid Work
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Zoom introduces new features for July 2021
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Microsoft – Collaboration that is built for Hybrid Work
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Conference Room Cost Estimator
Room size (sq ft)
Tip: Huddle <150, Small 150–300, Medium 300–500, Large 500–800, XL >800
Participants
Mode
Video + Audio
Audio-only
Interactivity
None / Screen share
Touch display
Advanced collaboration
This is a planning estimate for typical rooms. Site conditions, infrastructure, and platform choices can affect final pricing.
Estimated Range
$— to $—
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Digital Signage Budget Calculator
Content type
Static / basic rotation
Dynamic / data-driven
Dynamic = dayparting, feeds, dashboards, menu boards, scheduling rules
Lobby displays
Cafeteria displays
Classroom/other displays
Total displays:
1
Planning estimate. Electrical/carpentry, union/site rules, lift rentals, and specialty enclosures can affect price.
One-time project estimate
$— to $—
Monthly recurring (licenses + mgmt)
$— to $—
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Soundmasking ROI Calculator
Employees affected
Average salary ($/yr)
Office size (sq ft to mask)
Exclude stairwells, bathrooms, mechanical rooms
% of time lost to distractions
Steelcase/Ipsos & other studies show ~4% typical; higher in noisy opens.
Recovery factor of lost time
Conservative (20%)
Typical (25%)
Optimized (35%)
Share of lost time recovered by sound masking
Planning estimate only. Final pricing depends on layout, ceiling, cabling paths, paging integration, & tuning.
Estimated project cost
$— to $—
Annual productivity gain
$—
Simple payback
— months
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Screen Guide for Event Spaces
Room length (ft)
Room width (ft)
Ceiling height (ft)
Stage height (ft)
Nearest viewer to screen (ft)
Farthest viewer from screen (ft)
Ambient light
Low / controlled
Medium
High (bright)
Screen type
Projection screen
LED wall
Aspect ratio
16:9
16:10
Seating style
Theater
Classroom
Banquet
Planner-friendly guidance only. We’ll verify on site (lighting, throw paths, rigging, code clearances).
Screen & Brightness
Screen: —
Projector: —
LED: —
Lens / Throw & Sightlines
Lens: —
Sightlines: —
Capacity & Budget
Capacity: —
Project budget: —
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Training Room Layout & Capacity Planner
Room length (ft)
Room width (ft)
Ceiling height (ft)
Seating style
Classroom (tables + chairs)
Pods (collaboration tables)
Theater (chairs only)
U-shape
Desk/table depth (in)
Ignored for Theater
Aisle preference
Standard (serviceable)
Generous (accessibility / instructor walk-through)
Instructor zone
Front of room
Side wall
Whiteboard location
Front wall
Side wall
Front + side
Display type
Projection
98" Flat Panel
Dual 98" Panels
Accessibility buffer
Normal
Generous
Estimates use planner-friendly heuristics. We’ll validate on site (egress, code, lighting, rigging, electrical).
Capacity & Layout
Capacity: —
Layout: —
Aisles: —
Screens & Viewing
Screens: —
Viewing: —
Cameras, Mics & Speakers
Cameras: —
Mics: —
Speakers: —
Starter Budget
Project budget: —
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Video Wall Sizing & Pixel-Pitch Advisor
Room length (ft)
Room width (ft)
Ceiling height (ft)
Front row to wall (ft)
Farthest operator (ft)
Content emphasis
Video / situational
Dashboards / maps (default)
Fine text / analytics
Sets viewing rule: 10H / 8H / 6H
Ambient light
Low (controlled)
Medium (typical)
High (bright)
Can you dim lights?
Yes
No
Aspect
16:9
32:9 (ultrawide)
Custom
Custom aspect (W:H)
:
Duty cycle
8/5
16/5
24/7
Redundancy
None
N+1 (recommended)
Full hot-standby
Heuristics use AVIXA-style viewing rules (10H / 8H / 6H) and common LED specs. We’ll validate onsite for power, structure, and NVX/SDVoE/processor fit.
Wall Size & Viewing
Size: —
Viewing: —
Pixel Pitch & Brightness
Pixel pitch: —
Brightness: —
Processor & Serviceability
Processor: —
Serviceability: —
Power/Thermal & Budget
Power: —
Starter budget: —
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Cloud vs. On-Prem TCO & Break-Even
Users now
Annual growth (%)
Compounded monthly
Locations
Term
12 months
36 months
60 months
Current carrier spend ($/mo)
PRIs/SIP/DIDs/toll-free
Current PBX maintenance ($/mo)
% desk phones (vs. softphone)
Remaining users assumed softphone-only
Handset refresh cycle (yrs)
UCaaS license tier
Basic
Standard
Premium (QM/AI)
Compliance recording
No
Yes
Redundancy
None
PSTN failover + dual WAN
Enhanced (per-site LTE/5G + dual SBC)
Heuristics use typical market ranges for UCaaS/PBX costs. We’ll validate provider promos, E911, taxes/fees, and any contact-center licenses during quoting.
Totals for Selected Term
UCaaS: —
New On-Prem PBX: —
Status Quo (keep current): —
Break-Even & Monthly Delta
UCaaS vs Status Quo: —
On-Prem vs Status Quo: —
Avg monthly delta (UCaaS vs Status Quo): —
Notes
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UC Platform Fit & License Optimizer
Executives
Knowledge workers
Contact center agents
Frontline / field
Must-have features
Meeting recording
Breakout rooms
Room scheduler integration
SIP/H.323 interop
VDI optimization
Webinar / broadcast mode
Compliance & IT
HIPAA
FINRA
SSO required
MDM required
Existing suite subscriptions
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Rooms needing a room license
Huddle/meeting rooms that will run native room software
Estimates use vendor-agnostic price bands and common add-ons. Taxes/fees, promotions, and contact center specifics vary and will be validated in a proposal.
Good / Better / Best Fit
Good: —
Better: —
Best: —
Estimated Cost (Monthly / Annual)
Good: —
Better: —
Best: —
Notes
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Downtime Cost & SLA ROI Calculator
Employees (total)
Avg loaded wage ($/yr)
Fully-loaded (salary + benefits)
Revenue per hour (org-wide)
Set 0 if not revenue-driven
% workforce dependent on core apps
Who’s blocked when key apps are down?
% revenue impacted during outage
Incidents per month (major)
Avg incident duration (hours)
Target SLA (response/restore)
4 hours
2 hours
1 hour
Higher tier = faster restoration
Backup RTO (hrs)
Backup RPO (hrs)
Compare against Managed Services (optional)
Endpoints (Windows/Mac)
Servers (physical/VM)
Sites (for network gear)
Or enter MRR directly ($)
Leave 0 to auto-estimate
Potential hotspots
Single firewall (no HA)
Single ISP (no failover)
No EDR/MDR
No MFA for admin/O365
No centralized patching
Estimates are planning numbers. Real outcomes depend on stack maturity, architecture, and incident mix.
Annual Downtime Cost
Current:
$—
With target SLA + proactive:
$—
Annual savings:
$—
ROI vs. Managed Services
Estimated MRR:
$—/mo
Payback:
— months
Findings & Suggestions
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Wi-Fi Coverage & AP Planner
Building type
Office
Warehouse
Education
Healthcare
Area (sq ft)
Ceiling height (ft)
Wall material mix
Mostly drywall
Glass partitions
Block/concrete
Device density
Low (1–2 per user)
Medium (3–4 per user)
High (5+ per user / IoT)
Roaming requirement
Low (desks)
High (mobile, scanners, VoIP)
Voice/Video QoS
No
Yes
Recommended AP count
—
Starter project cost (APs + PoE + install)
$—
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Network Health Scorecard
Sites
Core switch age (yrs avg)
Edge switch age (yrs avg)
Firmware cadence (months)
Peak WAN utilization (%)
Peak LAN uplink (%)
WAN/ISP redundancy
None (single ISP)
Single ISP + backup/failover
Dual diverse ISPs
Firewall HA pair
No
Yes (HA pair)
Backup RPO target (hours)
Recovery time (RTO hours)
Monitoring coverage
None / ad-hoc
Partial (core/WAN only)
Full stack (WAN/LAN/APs/endpoints)
Change windows & process
Ad-hoc
Weekly window
Bi-weekly with approvals
Performance
—
Reliability
—
Security
—
Lifecycle
—
Overall
—
Suggested Managed Tier:
—
Estimated Monthly (all sites):
$—
Range varies by fleet size, 24×7 needs, and compliance.
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Security Posture Score & Gap Mapper
User count
Device mix
Mostly managed endpoints
Mixed managed & BYOD
Mostly unmanaged / BYOD
MFA coverage
All users & admins
Some users / admins
Rarely / never
Endpoint security
EDR/XDR deployed
Traditional AV only
No consistent protection
Patch cadence
Monthly or better
Quarterly
Ad-hoc / irregular
Email security
ATP / secure gateway
Basic spam filter
Minimal / none
Backups (RPO/RTO)
RPO ≤ 12h / RTO ≤ 24h
RPO 1–3d / RTO 2–5d
Longer / untested
Admin controls
MFA + SSO enforced
MFA but no SSO
No MFA / SSO
Logging & SIEM
Central logging + SIEM/SOC
Basic log retention only
None / ad-hoc
Incident response playbooks
Documented & tested
Draft / untested
None
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