Cathedral School
Roll-out of HP desktops, laptops and SMART interactive whiteboards.
When Cathedral School needed to replace its ageing computers and whiteboards, it chose Total Computers to provide new devices through a three-year HP leasing deal. Total images and asset tags the machines, installs the whiteboards and has helped the school simplify life for its teachers by ensuring every classroom has identical equipment.
At a Glance
Cathedral School in Cardiff is an independent day school catering for boys and girls, aged 3-18 years. Founded more than a hundred years ago, originally to train choir boys for Llandaff Cathedral, former students include singer Charlotte Church, author Roald Dahl, ex-MP and Cabinet Minister Simon Hughes, and two recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Services Delivered
Technologies Deployed
Industry Sector
Business Driver
Challenge
When Cathedral School needed to replace its ageing computers and whiteboards, it chose Total Computers to provide new devices through a three-year HP leasing deal.
Solution
To address these issues, the school decided to replace its computers and whiteboards, standardising on HP laptops and desktops, and SMART whiteboards. It chose to work with Total Computers, based primarily on strong previous relationships, and on Total’s competitive pricing.
The upgrade was planned in three rollouts over three consecutive years, each to take place in the school summer holidays.
Outcome
Total images and asset tags the machines, installs the whiteboards and has helped the school simplify life for its teachers by ensuring every classroom has identical equipment.
Previously, the school had whiteboards that were different sizes, so the computer desktop appeared differently, and multiple versions of software. The PCs in the classrooms were of different ages, and had different profiles and boot-up times.
Taking Care of Technology
There's a greater demand than ever for businesses to utilise technology and we are here to make that process simple.
Nic Patterson
Head of ICT at Cathedral School
The imaging and asset tagging saves time for us and makes our life easier for the school.
Total manages the timing well of when to ship the equipment to us, and aligns costs with our budget timetable – they’ve always kept their promises.
We’re getting a very competitive price. We obtained multiple quotes, and researched costs, and Total came out best – the competitive pricing and the service on offer were factors we considered when deciding the company we were going to buy from.
We have an excellent relationship with Total, and when we have questions, they respond very quickly. Our Total account manager acts as a good link to HP and SMART helping those relationships run smoothly.
Total has never let us down, and they’ve done what they said they’d do. They talk to us like humans, not as if we were strangers.