IT Infrastructure
Servers/Storage
Servers process your applications and data, storage holds your data
Servers and data storage are the the heart of business infrastructure, which menas that it is critically important that they are provisioned properly by role, with the unique needs of the business in mind. Regardless of the manufacturer, we assist our clients in choosing what makes the most sense for their business and implement them by role according to best practices for redundancy, speed, recovery and efficiency.
Server Virtualization
Buying a server for each server role is a thing of the past
Server virtualization is a time proven technology that significantly cuts the costs of buying and maintaining a server farm, and increases the scalabilty, efficiency and speed of provisioning servers. It essentially means that you can have multiple server roles, such as an email server, file server, application server, etc running on a single piece of server hardware but all running individually inside their own server operating system. This provides many benefits, including the following:
- Ability to add server roles in separately installed operating systems, such as email server, file server, application server, etc to the same piece of hardware
- Keeps the business from bearing the cost of purchasing a new hardware server each time the business adds an application or other functionality
- Consumes the power of a single server rather than a rack full of servers
- Takes up a fraction of the space of multiple servers but with all the benefits of multiple servers
LAN/WAN
Connectivity - How computers talk to one another
Executives and employees can only work as quickly as applications and data are presented to them. Along with servers, a healthy, properly configured network is critical and essential to the business. We provide the expertise to ensure that your computers and servers talk to one another in the most efficient and fast way possible. Not only do we work with Local Area Networks, but Wide Area Networks as well using technologies such as MPLS that allow us to prioritize critical business traffic so that key applications don't slow down between your remote offices.
Wireless LAN (wi-fi) and Building to Building Wireless
We enable you to roam, and connect buildings within close proximity without costly hard lines
We're all mobile now with our laptops, smartphones and tablets, because business requires us to be flexible and not bound to a desk. We incorporate the fastest wi-fi available with the ability to roam throughout the building without losing connection. It's secure, flexible, fast and can even provide controlled guest access in addition to staff access.
Many businesses occupy more than one building in an area, such as having an administrative office across the street from a warehouse. In the past, the only options were to lease expensive high-speed lines from the phone company or trench under the street to run a hard wire. Our high-speed wireless point to point solutions enable us to establish a greater-than-LAN speed connection between 2 or more buildings in an affordable, one time cost project. Our wireless is completely unaffected by weather, and is a viable and secure alternative to land-based connectivity options.
Internet Firewalls
Internet Firewalls perform many different functions
An Internet firewall is a device that sits between your secure network and the unsecure Internet. Business-grade firewalls are a requirement for any business that is connected to the Internet
Firewalls allow your employees and business partners to remotely connect to your business via Virtual Private Networking, keep hackers from entering your network, provide insight into where your employees may be browsing on the Internet and where they are going and serve as the first line of defense that blocks SPAM, viruses and mal-ware from getting to your workstations and servers. We can provide insight into the right level of firewall security your business needs based on traffic flows, Internet speed and the need for remote access.
