STS | 2009 News Archive

November 2009

We are delighted to announce that Chris Wood has joined our team as UK Business Development Manager.

Chris has many years’ experience gained from within the Telecommunications and Information Technology and Services industry.  His wealth of knowledge spans the construction, channel and end user environments and with expertise in structured cabling in office and data centre environments he is a great asset to our team.

November 2009

Rob Pritchard, Operations Director at STS, has completed his first marathon in Italy to raise over £2,200 for the charity Pancreatic Cancer UK. 

Rob ran the 42km Florence Marathon in memory of a close friend who died from pancreatic cancer.  He ran the race just day’s after his 50th birthday and claims he “wasn’t quite the oldest person to cross the line!”.  Well done Rob!

October 2009

Andrew Walker, Technical Services Director of Structured Technology Services joined global leaders from the Information Transport System (ITS) Industry to speak about video compression standards at this year's BICSI European Conference together with Nick Platt-Higgins of Axis Communications. 

They reviewed existing network video compression standards and considered why existing technologies (Motion-JPEG and MPEG-4) are a barrier to widespread network video adoption. H.264 is the latest and most efficient video compression standard which will provide greater efficiencies across all industries including video surveillance and telecommunications, and will be used in Blue-ray, iPod, YouTube, Xbox, PlayStation 3 and mobile devices.  The standard presents opportunities to companies utilising video surveillance as it can significantly reduce bandwidth and storage consumption delivering 80% more compression than Motion JPEG and 30% more than MPEG-4 Part 2 without sacrificing image quality.

H.264 format is becoming more broadly available in network cameras, video encoders and video management software.  To take full advantage of H.264 technology, companies should ensure that all parts of their network video surveillance solution will support the H.264 standard.

June 2009

STS has reaffirmed their position as one of the market leading Commscope SYSTIMAX Partners by being the first in the UK to be accredited by SYSTIMAX by their new accreditation iPatch program as a Certified iPatch® Solution BusinessPartner.

"The iPatch® System is an intelligent infrastructure solution that consists of passive hardware components, active electronics and management software and is deployed in many diverse corporate network environments. Therefore, the iPatch System requires a wide skill set to properly install, implement and support the system, which Structured Technology Services has clearly demonstrated in becoming a Certified iPatch Solution BusinessPartner." John McCarthy, Managing Director Northern Europe, CommScope.

May 2009

Directors from STS have been invited to take part in a 'Dragon's Den' type event being organised by Leicestershire Education Business Company (LEBC).

Lions Lair, which follows the same format as the popular television series, Dragons Den involves 14-15 year old students. Working as an effective workforce they must develop an idea, pitch their proposal to a panel of Lions and encourage them to invest. School children from the Leicester area will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges on 3rd July at De Lisle Catholic Science College.  

January 2009

SYSTIMAX Solutions and Anixter, a global distribution company have recognised Structured Technology Services for their commitment to SYSTIMAX with a dual award.  In honouring STS with Business Partner of the Year and promoting the company to Prestige Business Partner, CommScope has set the company apart.

STS have been recognised for their knowledge and expertise of SYSTIMAX Structured Connectivity Technology and the design and installation of a significant number of SYSTIMAX networks to levels of high quality and customer satisfaction.  “CommScope recognises that STS has achieved great success in promoting and installing the latest SYSTIMAX technologies to both new and existing customers, while providing the highest standard of service and support.” Jerry Pattison, CommScope Channel Account Manager.