WOOLWICH MEMORIAL CENTRE NOW LINKED TO TOWNSHIP OFFICES
WOOLWICH, ON – A seamless high-speed optical fibre network from Atria Networks has successfully linked Woolwich Township with the recently-opened Woolwich Memorial Centre.
Said Brian Detzler, Woolwich Township Facilities Manager and Project Manager for the new $23 million multi-purpose complex, “This Centre’s optical fibre network allows for the integration of our digital phone and data network services. The speed and quality of this network connection effectively forms one ‘virtual building’ for voice and data communication despite their physical separation.”
Woolwich Township’s project planning and management team worked with Xenium I.T. Corp., contractor for the IT component of the Memorial Centre project, to carefully examine all available possibilities for integrating the new Memorial Centre with the Township’s voice and data system. …
…The results? “The Voice Over IP (VOIP) telephone service over the Atria Network is excellent,” said Detzler….
“High-Speed” Project Completion
Woolwich Township chose Xenium I.T. Corporation to look after the Township’s I.T. services and infrastructure. Xenium President Frank Kuschmierz was I.T. Project Manager for the Township of Woolwich on the Memorial Centre Project and worked with Brian Detzler to ensure that the network component of the project was successfully brought in on time and on specification, for all I.T. services related to the new facilities.
Barry Gerth was Xenium’s on-site Technical Specialist for the Memorial Centre project, who worked with Atria on the optical fibre connection. For Gerth, the project “was an enjoyable and successful baptism of fire,” since it was one of his biggest projects since joining Xenium. According to Gerth, “I joined Xenium about 16 months ago,” and as the Memorial Centre project geared up, we and the Township had to hammer out needs and expectations.
“The main requirement was to attach the new Memorial Centre facility directly to the data and software applications at the Township’s Administration Office,” says Gerth. The existing Township offices’ voice phone system allowed four-digit dialing, and the goal was to make the voice and data connection between the Township and the Centre as fast and reliable as possible.
“Discussions (between the Township and Xenium with Atria) got serious at the beginning of 2009, and the technical decisions were made in the late Spring and early Summer of 2009… which meant the implementation had to be pushed as fast as possible… a bit of a crunch, but we got it done,” says Gerth. “The VLAN configuration was based on specific hardware to manage traffic, and since the Centre’s opening there’s been no down time.”
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