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Say Hello to New Managed Services Engineer, Brandon Silva
Brandon is based in the Mooresville/Charlotte area and brings with him MSP experience in end-user support, Google administration, and Active Directory & Microsoft 365 maintenance.
Read MoreCloudVoice Team Leadership Changes Announced
We’ve got some exciting news from our CloudVoice team!
Read MoreWelcome Riley McIntosh, Our New TN & Western NC Account Executive
Before coming aboard, Riley was a long-time partner of ours at ScanSource where he’s done it all; while most recently he was involved in business development for Cisco, during his 21-year tenure in technology distribution at ScanSource he also worked alongside IT.
Read MoreSecond Emergency Connectivity Funds (ECF) Filing Window to Open
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made $7.17 billion available to schools and libraries for the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), a program designed to secure tools and services for remote teaching and learning during the pandemic.
Read MoreThe Post-Pandemic Classroom
“Flexibility.” It is the word that seems to pop up in every conversation that I have with teachers, it’s in every article and blog post I read about this school year; it seems to be everywhere. I understand why that seems to be the word tied to teachers, students, parents, and even learning itself right now. The past eighteen months haven’t been easy, but we didn’t break, and we did, in fact, adapt.
Read MoreEmployee Highlight: Project Coordinator Nichole Liles
Next month marks 12 years of being part of the Encore family for Nichole Liles, one of our hard-working Project Coordinators.
Read MoreEmployee Highlight: Purchasing Manager Pam Dodd
Pam Dodd, Encore’s Purchasing Manager, has been with our company since its inception in 2013 and before that she worked with our predecessor, CSI Technologies.
Read MoreMeet Our New Partner Liason & Marketing Coordinator, Cassie Owens
Cassie comes to Encore with a background in advertising and marketing, having most recently lead a team in promoting a local all-women’s fitness studio.
Read MoreTogether At Last
amily had come together—and did we ever have reasons to celebrate! Our team had one of their busiest E-Rate seasons to date, ensuring schools across the Southeast are outfitted to overcome challenges presented by the pandemic. For many attendees, it was their first time visiting our new headquarters in Easley, where we moved Encore operations in January of 2020.
Read MoreNew Emergency Educational Connectivity Funding
Earlier this year, Congress signed off on the American Rescue Plan, which allocated 7.1 billion dollars to schools and community libraries to support internet connectivity and connected devices. Headed by the FCC, the legislation states that all E-Rate participants are eligible for this the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) and although similar measures, rules, and processes will be used to streamline and leverage existing infrastructure, the program will be administrated separately.
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