Tactical Infrastructure Services
The following is a list of offerings that we classify as tactical and deliberate in nature for an organization as applied to Information Infrastructure Technologies.
Local, Metropolitan, and Wide-Area Networking
There are many reasons why you would need our network consulting. New builds or construction, office relocations, existing network/application upgrades/enhancements, mergers and acquisitions to name a few. We are familiar with and capable under all of these circumstances.
Planning, Design & Engineering
Many firms are experiencing unanticipated high rates of business growth, creating a need for more space, and larger and faster networks. Advanced network planning, design and engineering is the first step to ensure successful network builds that will support and allow your business to grow, yet remain flexible and scalable while meeting your current and long term demands.
We provide expert design and development of Network structures. Let us design one for you.
Configuration & Implementation
Configuration and implentation can be a stand alone service to deploy a plan you've already formulated or be the next step to implement the plan that we've worked on together. We can provide the expertise and teamwork required to have your network up and running, according to plan with minimal disruption to the organization.
Fault Tolerance & Load Balancing
Your network is only as good as your weekest link. In the event of a failure or bottleneck, the user experience degrades. Rest assured, failures and bottlenecks will occur - our goal is to ensure they are non-events and transparent.
We build fault tolerance into our designs, and can provide this service as a review of your current environment and/or plan.
Wireless Network (WLAN) Solutions
Wireless networking has been around for a while but not until now has offered speeds comparable to wired networks. These solutions can be implemented locally in place of traditional wired environments, or as a complement to your existing build. There are also building to building (line of site) applications that are available without requireing a FCC license.
Few subjects spark as much intrigue and panic as network security does. What was once strictly a computer professionals issue now makes the evening news.
Whether it's your connection to the Internet, Extranet for your market data or B2B connection, or internal resources, network security exists in one flavor or another. Or does it?
Whatever it is
that you fear - denial of service attacks, macro viruses, spoofing ...
Whatever
it is that you're considering - dmz's, digital certificates, hardware/software
firewalls, ...
We have the experience to plan, design and implement a plan to protect your resources.
Properly configured network operating systems/servers work hand in hand with your connectivity solutions to provide network resources for your user base, minimize downtime and allow efficient management of your network resources/assets.
Most of the time when a users refers to the "network" they are referring to services provided by your servers be it login/authentication, file sharing, printers, or a web site. Note, the server OS and it's configuration is really just the start, a prerequisite. It acts as a foundation for any and all applications that you need to run like messaging, SQL databases, or web hosting, to name a few.
We have a wealth of expertise and experience designing, configuring, optimizing, and building server solutions/environments for small, medium, and large enterprises.
As one of the most notable applications these days, e-mail has become a household word. It provides an open line of communication between people both internal and external to your organization. E-mail has grown from allowing people to exchange words and documents to a backbone service that organizations rely upon for much more.
We have a high-level of expertise with the standard based messaging methodologies as well as leading messaging and collaboration products from major manufacturers. Before deploying, enhancing or migrating one of your company's backbone technologies be sure to speak with us.
‘Net’ Technologies (Inter, Intra, Extra)
Behind all the hype about the Internet, Intranets and Extranets reside technologies that make it all work. Name resolution, web & ftp servers and network appliances (caching engines and proxies) are some of the players in this arena.
When it comes time for you to use these types of technologies to resolve some of your business problems, come and let us show you the most efficient and cost effective methods of getting it done.
Voice Over IP (VoIP) Solutions
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies are quickly gaining acceptance and being integrated into existing technologies to provide meaningful solutions for office communications, long distance, and customer service initiatives.
VoIP is being adopted by many companies as the internal office phone system, eliminating the need to maintain internal PBX switches and wiring. You’ve probably heard the claims made about ‘free’ long distance. If long distance calling is a significant expense for your business, regardless of your existing implementation method, you need to consider VoIP alternatives.
Does your website enable customers to speak directly with representatives? VoIP solutions can support customer access to do so while on your site. Let ISI show you how this key market differentiator can be implemented for you.
Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Thinking of using the public Internet to facilitate wide area connectivity? Although this is the most popular use of the technology, why stop there?
Sure, we can help you achieve this kind of connectivity if that's your interest. You can also contact us to find out how VPN's can help you achieve significant advantages in the areas of remote access and business to business applications.
The numbers indicate that each year more and more staff are working from remote locations. Clearly its imperative that this trend, as it applies to your company, be supported by sufficient remote access capabilities.
Is your sales function, marketing, distribution, or other remote staff lacking adequate remote access capabilities?
We can work with your staff to assess the issue and implement solutions which will relieve bottlenecks and shorten information transfer times by enabling appropriate access of key applications, data and knowledge bases. Shortening the transfer of product availability, inventory, etc., and making ‘knowledge’ available to remote users, enables better decision making, and results in higher sales revenue and increased customer satisfaction.