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May is National Electrical Safety Month Electrical safety is important year-round, but it's highlighted during the month of May with a campaign spearheaded by the Electrical Safety Foundation International. May 1, 2018 PITTSBURGH — May is recognized as National Electrical Safety Month . ​ Electrical safety is important year-round, but it’s highlighted during the month of May with a campaign spearheaded by the Electrical Safety Foundation International , a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting electrical safety in the home, school and workplace. ​ The campaign looks to educate key audiences in an effort to reduce the number of electrically-related fires, fatalities, injuries and property loss. ​ On its website , the ESFI has as wealth of resources, including fact sheets, safety tips, templates and tools, to help facilitate an effective electrical safety awareness campaign for your community, organization, school or family. ​ In addition, ESFI has launched its fifth installment of its National Electrical Safety Month publication, Electrical Safety Illustrated. This year’s theme is “Understanding the Code that Keeps Us Safe ” and it focuses on the importance of the National Electrical Code and its 3-year cycle. ​ ESFI@ESFIdotorg ​ May is National Electrical Safety Month! ESFI's 2018 NESM resources promote "Understanding the Code that Keeps Us Safe," and focus on the importance of the National Electrical Code and its three year cycle. Learn more: http://ow.ly/DXEM30jHwnx #NESM #NESM2018 ​ ​ Distributor Graybar is hosting a webinar at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 4 with ESFI President Brett C. Brenner. Attendees will learn about resources available this year, how to promote safety in the workplace and some of the biggest concerns with electrical safety today. ​ ​ The National Electrical Contractors Association has events listed on its website for ways the entire industry can get involved this month. ​ Construction safety is week is the first full week in May, May 7-11, and NECA has its annual safety professionals conference at the end of the month. ​ Read more about National Electrical Safety Month and how you can keep your home, family and business safe at esfi.org . Now Read These!

Dagostino Electronic Services now Genetec Unified Elite Partner DES is now a Genetec Unified Elite Partner, recognized for proactively promoting and selling Genetec's suite of solutions. May 8, 2018 PITTSBURGH — Dagostino Electronic Services has achieved Genetec Unified Elite Partner status , the only reseller in the region to earn this designation. ​ As a Unified Elite Partner, DES leads with Genetec whenever possible, proactively promoting and selling the company’s suite of security and access control solutions . ​ “I think it really just shows that we’re committed to Genetec and they know that we’re committed and have dedicated resources,” DES Security Manager Mark Gillenberger said of the designation. There are only about 60 Genetec Unified Elite partners in the country. They have proven experience implementing and supporting Genetec’s products and receive additional privileges by successfully completing training classes, providing business strategy updates and demonstrating exceptional business performance. ​ DES began selling Genetec just three years ago so becoming the only Unified Partner in the region is quite an accomplishment. ​ “We’re confident that when we recommend Genetec to a customer it’s going to meet their current and future needs,” Gillenberger said, adding, “Because it is unified, everything is there. They just need to activate different modules as they expand and grow.” ​ Genetec Security Center , Genetec’s unified platform, is one of DES’ fastest growing lines. Security Center also recently received anti-terrorism designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Now Read These! New PCCD Grant Update: $100,000 Instant Funding for School Safety READ PCCD Grant Deadline: Plan for School Emergency Alerts Ahead of Alyssa’s Law READ Alyssa's Law: Strengthening Emergency Response in Pennsylvania Schools READ

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DES awarded Alcatel-Lucent's Customer Satisfaction Partner of the Year Dagostino Electronic Services was awarded Alcatel-Lucent's Customer Satisfaction Partner of the Year for 2012. This is the second consecutive year DES has been awarded this honor. Mar 21, 2013 Dagostino Electronic Services was awarded Alcatel-Lucent’s Customer Satisfaction Partner of the Year for 2012. This is the second consecutive year DES has been awarded this honor. ​ The award is a prestigious national customer service award presented to one partner that delivers the highest level of customer service both for installation and post-support of telephony and network infrastructure. ​ “Dagostino Electronic Services has received this award for two consecutive years. Their investment in maintaining a highly technically competent support team and their dedication to deliver on what they promise, results in happy and loyal customers who continue to buy from them year after year.” – Lee Runion, Alcatel-Lucent Channel Sales Manager Now Read These! DES Ranks as Top Workplace in Pittsburgh READ Genetec honors DES for cloud sales achievement READ DES honored with service excellence award from Great Service Forums READ

Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Eliminates Cellular Dead Zones Learn how CCAC deployed a distributed antenna solution to provide consistent cellular service. May 20, 2024 The Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) is the second largest community college in Pennsylvania, offering 130 programs and serving approximately 30,000 students across multiple campuses. CCAC is committed to providing its students with modern and innovative learning environments, which includes ensuring access to reliable cellular connectivity for students, faculty and staff. As is the case with many older buildings in the city of Pittsburgh, the construction materials and design of these structures, including foot-thick concrete stairwells, interfered with cellular signals and created dead zones. In today’s lifestyle, particularly on a college campus, having consistent and continuous cellular coverage is a necessity. Students depend on their phones not just for academic purposes, but for an overall enjoyable campus experience. As students walk to class, or chill on campus, they want to stay connected — and waiting for playlists or movies to buffer is downright annoying! Factor in the public safety quotient, where first responders need reliable radio communication, CCAC had a challenge that they needed to solve. Nextivity: A Hybrid Distributed Antenna Solution To address these challenges, DES partnered with Nextivity , an FCC-approved, hybrid distributed antenna solution (DAS). It’s referred to as a hybrid solution because you can increase the cellular signal and also include AT&T FirstNet and a private LTE on the same system. Additionally, it’s designed as a distributed antenna solution which differs from a cellular regeneration solution: Whereas the latter bundles together the cellular traffic onto a wideband antenna, a DAS is laser-focused on each cellular carrier separately and splits out each carrier on a narrowband antenna. The output is a cellular signal that is cleaner and has less interference of noise. In terms of solution implementation, first, DES engineers conducted a comprehensive site survey to identify the areas of the campus buildings that required improved connectivity. Then, donor antennas were installed on the roof of the buildings and precisely oriented to maximize signals from national carriers Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. The signal gets channelized through standardized data cabling and reaches booster antennas which distribute enhanced signal strength to all those poorly-serviced zones. Finally, remote testing ensured that signal strength was optimized throughout the corridors and stairwells. Full Signal in Concrete Stairwells Following the implementation of Nextivity's solution, students and faculty experienced a significant improvement in cellular connectivity. Dead zones were eliminated—there was zero attenuation or loss of signal strength—and signal strength was consistently strong throughout the campus. This enhanced connectivity allowed students to access online resources and get connected with greater ease. The improved cellular connectivity also augmented public safety. First responders are now able to maintain reliable radio communication throughout the buildings. This improvement in communication capabilities is crucial for coordinating response efforts and ensuring the safety of students and staff. “DAS’s versatile solution provides CCAC with reliable cellular connectivity in any environment. The final outcomes have enhanced the safety and productivity of our students, faculty and staff by ensuring uninterrupted connectivity” commented Megan Rice , Director of ITS Client Services at CCAC. By addressing both the academic and safety needs of its students, CCAC has demonstrated its commitment to providing an accessible and supportive learning environment. Now Read These! Hear the Difference: Transform Your Hybrid Meetings READ DES Audiovisual Enlivens Duquesne’s New School of Osteopathic Medicine READ Streamlining Procurement: How to Utilize PEPPM to Save on the Bid Process READ

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End-of-December Checklist for When the Office Gets Really Quiet Do the final two weeks of December get very quiet in your office? Here's a list of operational and strategic suggestions that you can whip through and get done in less than a morning. Dec 14, 2023 Do the final two weeks of December get very quiet in your office? Here's a list of operational and strategic suggestions that you can whip through and get done in less than a morning. Presenting your End-of-December Checklist to close out the year and start 2024 right! Check batteries and UPSes, test as appropriate. This is one of those tasks that often falls through the cracks, and then we find out the hard way that our batteries are past their useful lives. If you have a DES Maintenance Agreement with equipment coverage, your battery-powered systems will be in good shape. Check on your software agreements and expiration dates. Granted, this is a morning of busy work, but you’ll thank us later. Mark those expiration dates on your 2024 calendar, before the new year and new budget begins, and you won’t be blindsided by expired licenses and costs for upgrades. Compare your lists of system users with your list of active employees. If your user lists aren’t governed by Active Directory or another integrated management system, you will undoubtedly catch and remove terminated employees from your systems. As you manually cross-reference your systems, you can craft the business case that, from a security posture and time management perspective, an integrated directory system should be on your 2024 wish list. Look back at your energy usage and set goals for the new year. Energy costs remain high, and still, not every company has really investigated their energy usage. Your 2024 budgets might look better if you can save some cash on electricity, natural gas and other resources. If you’re not sure how to do this, let’s talk about IoT . Has it been six months since you did a cybersecurity diagnostic? Vulnerabilities aren’t static – otherwise we’d catch them once and for all and call it a day. If you aren’t already doing a systematic review of your network security, we can provide a free cybersecurity threat assessment . It takes 7 days of monitoring after which we give you a report outlining malware on your systems and a breakdown of networking usage. Patch, patch, patch! Check to ensure you are receiving and applying all software and firmware patches from your various technology manufacturers. If you’ve lost track of how all of these updates are disseminated, check in with DES Support , or your sales representative, and schedule a checkup. Now Read These! FCC Launches Cybersecurity Pilot for K-12: What You Need to Know READ FRIDAY15: AI-Driven Location Services with Juniper Networks READ Cybersecurity Toolbox READ

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Morgan State University Enhances Student Life with Wi-Fi 6 What do students want more than anything else on a college campus? Highspeed, low-latency connectivity. Feb 22, 2022 What do students want more than anything else on a college campus? Is it to learn classical logic from the works of Aristotle and Plato? Not exactly… Is it to make lifelong friends and reach their career goals? Definitely closer to the truth… But the real answer is connectivity. Highspeed, low-latency connectivity. Today’s students want to check social wherever they are on campus, livestream the game from the stadium, and video chat in their dorm rooms. It does not matter how outstanding the academics, if a college cannot provide connectivity, they lose the competitive edge. Morgan State University (MSU), a high research college situated in Baltimore, factored admissions when they made the decision to upgrade their network. With a student body of 7,700, the public, historically black school competes with neighboring State schools for students seeking academic rigor. Intent on maximizing their operational excellence and increasing overall institutional capacity, MSU made campus-wide infrastructure a priority. Over the past 5 years, MSU has steadily replaced their network with Alcatel Lucent’s line of OmniAccess wireless access points. Singled out by Gartner for their best-of-breed stability and performance, the Omni series dynamically adapts and prioritizes bandwidth for optimal connectivity. The latest phase of the network upgrade included the deployment of Wi-Fi 6 at the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management. The specs of Omni AP555 access point are eye-watering. Each AP can service up to 2,048 clients with speeds of up to 5Gbs. Whereas legacy systems must split the bandwidth between each client, with Wi-Fi 6, density has much less impact on bandwidth. A networking upgrade this extensive required the migration of the legacy system to the new network architecture. Jeff Wirtz, DES network engineer, sifted through 4,000 lines of code to ensure a flawless migration from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6. DES further ensured cost-savings with the mobility master that halves the licensing registration for all 2,050 access points. Along with Magothy Technology, our Strategic Partner who handles Network Infrastructure and is the Primary Contractor at Morgan State, DES has serviced MSU’s voice and wireless network since 2016. As MSU embarks on their 2030 strategic plan, further upgrades are imminently planned, with three more campus buildings scheduled for Spring 2022. Now Read These! Hear the Difference: Transform Your Hybrid Meetings READ 5G Scores in the Steel City READ Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Eliminates Cellular Dead Zones READ