Client Spotlight

Client Success in Action: Carousel Helps Town of Babylon Migrate to Cloud

Another state and local government organization has turned to Carousel to help it modernize its aging communications system in the name of improved capability, reliability, ease of use, and lower costs. The town of Babylon, NY (Long Island) has partnered with Carousel to replace its 15-year-old legacy, copper-based phone system to a fiber-optic, cloud-based system […]

04.02.2019

Client Spotlight

What’s Good for Clients is Good for Carousel

Carousel partners with a wide range of technology partners so that we can recommend solutions that make the most sense for answering each of our clients’ particular technology needs. As part of our exploration of the SD-WAN marketplace, we selected products and offers most relevant to our customer base and arrived at Viptela as one […]

08.30.2018

Client Spotlight

Surviving the IT Talent Deficit: Build a Bridge to Success

It’s long been documented that attracting, retaining, and nourishing IT talent is the biggest barrier to a CIO’s success. In fact, according to Gartner’s 2017 CIO report, CIOs across the board identify lack of skills and other human resources as their No. 1 barrier to success. The IT talent deficit is among the most pressing […]

05.22.2018

Announcements

Client Kudos: Oral Roberts University CIO Wins CIO 100 Award

Today we congratulate Carousel client and technology innovator, Michael Mathews, Oral Roberts University CIO and EVP of Innovation and Technology, for being, selected for the prestigious CIO 100 Award by CIO Magazine. For nearly three decades, CIO has celebrated the innovative use of technology to deliver genuine business value.  As Carousel clients, partners, and employees […]

05.01.2018

Client Spotlight

A Very IT School Vacation

Unlike some seeking R&R during school vacation week, I didn’t jet down to Florida to visit Mickey Mouse, binge watch Netflix, or tackle the ever-growing list of projects around the house. As district technology coordinator for South Amboy Public Schools, in South Amboy, NJ, I instead spent my break working with the fine folks at […]

04.19.2018

Client Spotlight

Taking it to the Cloud: Moving an Aging Phone System

Mark Barham, Director of Information Technology, City of Williamsburg was faced with an aging phone system—one that was nearly three decades old. The current phone system worked, but the City was unable to find reliable replacement parts when they needed them and the systems lacked modern features and functionality to best serve the City. After […]

02.13.2018

Client Spotlight

Build It and They Will Come: Creating a Town’s Own Internet Service

Nearly half of Greenfield, Massachusetts’s residents didn’t have access to internet service, and those that did found service unreliable and expensive. Comprised of 18,000 residents and 600 businesses, bringing every resident and business the bandwidth they need no matter where they are or which device they are using was no easy feat. Carousel helps organizations […]

08.30.2017

Client Spotlight

On the Clock: Discussing IT Adoption, Transformation with Care New England’s Suma Gaddam

IT can be the catalyst for change and transformation in many organizations. But unfortunately too many projects are abandoned, flounder or downright fail completely, missing the mark. When I think about change or transformation, I envision four zones that we must navigate through: Status Quo, Disruption, Adoption, and Transformation. I’ve long believed that where IT […]

06.01.2017