CASE studyKRONE Australia Holdings Pty Limited 2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259 Phone: 02 4389 5000 Fax: 02 4388 4499 Help Desk: 1800 801 298 Email: kro
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KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: www.krone.com.au
Southern Cross Care selects KRONE HIGHBAND
When Southern Cross Care (Vic) established its new Central Office in Oakleigh it selected KRONE Australia’s Category 6
GLOBAL LEADER solution for its communications
Established in 1969, Southern Cross Care (Vic) is a
community-based organisation providing excellence
in quality care to over 2,000 seniors in metropolitan
Melbourne and regional Victoria
”We currently run a 1 Gigabit backbone and 100
Megabit to the workstation, the plan is for 1
Gigabit Ethernet to the desk-top within 5 years The
Network controls all of the financials, aged care
specific software, desk top publishing and all of the
standard Windows programs,” said Peter Hosking
IT Manager for SCC (Vic) “We selected Category 6
cabling infrastructure as it’s imperative that we
provide the best cabling infrastructure for our
future needs.”
Mr Hosking pointed out that SCC
(Vic) investigated various options
such as pair-managed and RJ45
solutions from KRONE and other
suppliers, and Patch-by-Exception
(PBE) solutions exclusive to KRONE
“We conducted extensive
research on the solutions available
and discovered that an RJ45
cross-connect solution could become
messy and unmanageable A PBE
solution, such as the HIGHBAND 25,
on the other hand, eliminates the
number of patch cords needed
-thus reducing the mess
“By utilising the off-cuts of the
horizontal cable for
cross-connecting, costs are kept a
minimum, clutter is minimised and
the cable can be cut to length,
which improves performance and
cable management
“Also, in selecting the HIGHBAND 25 solution we freed up valuable 19” rack space in the computer room,” said Mr Hosking
“We’re using KRONE’s PremisNET Category 6 GLOBAL LEADER solution of two 900pr KRONE HIGHBAND 25 verticals, connected to 200 KM8 outlets,” said Mr Hosking “The value of this part
of the project is around $30,000.”
An important consideration in the design of the installation was future expansion Three outlets were placed at each work area and were colour coded green for voice, blue for data and yellow for spare Colour coded label strips were used at the cross-connect for easy identification of the circuits
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KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Web: www.krone.com.au
Glen Johnston, Marketing and Product
Development Manager for KRONE Australia
explains, “The Patch-by-Exception (PBE)
methodology means SCC (Vic) can activate any
moves, additions or changes immediately by using a
patch cable in a simple plug and play operation.”
KRONE 15 year Endorsed Installer, Citywide
Electrical & Data P/L carried out the design and
installation Cengiz Kuyruk, Managing Director,
Citywide Electrical & Data said, “Whilst the original
specification called for an RJ cross-connect solution,
after discussions with Mr Hosking regarding the
research that SCC (Vic) had conducted and the new
technologies available, it was agreed that KRONE’s
HIGHBAND 25 pair-managed solution was the best
option.”
“Price was not a deciding factor in the final
decision”, said Mr Hosking, “It was all about
performance and functionality We were looking for
something that was future-proof The fact that the
HIGHBAND 25 was the latest technology and could
be easily upgraded made it very appealing
“With the HIGHBAND 25 the facility is there to hard wire Not having to patch provided advantages such as improved performance, neatness and improved cost effectiveness Another benefit of the KRONE solution was that KRONE offered a 15-year warranty on the cabling infrastructure.”
The installation is part of a $300,000 project which incorporates the communications infrastructure, building wiring, lighting automation, security, access control and electrical
“KRONE’s Victorian team, in particular Mark Blake, have worked closely with us to ensure we gain the maximum benefit from our PremisNET solution,” said Mr Hosking