Network And Security Services

The Network is the lifeblood of a company. The pieces needed to make it work are widely different and are available in many flavors. Servers may include unique features. Networking software platforms are not equivalent. Security concerns are different for wireless, internal, inter-office, Intranets, Virtual Private Networks, or Internet connected networks. Routers, hubs, and switches will have different requirements, configurations, and expansion capabilities.

Your connectivity to the internet comes in many flavors, prices, and availability. Even the simple wiring can be an issue once you consider building code requirements, distances between the different parts of the network, speed requirements, convergence of data and voice, and security.

Let's do simple math. Assume you only have 10 internet connectivity options, 10 internal wiring options, 10 server options, 10 security options, and 10 options for routers and switches. Do you know which one of the 100,000 combinations is reasonably close to your needs both in capability, vendor support, Total Cost of Ownership? Oh, and its has to fit into and progressively upgrade your existing infrastructure.

Security is a trickier proposition:

Threats are very personal to the nature of your business. For example, if you maintain customer credit card numbers for e-commerce based transactions, you have a different threat level and potential sources than a patent attorney involved in clients' corporate secrets. That is why threats and solutions cannot be commodity treated. The question is not simply whether to provide security or not, but the true question is: what are anticipated threats, and what level of response to mount?

Diligent offsite backups and virus protection software are a good start. But we have just closed the bedroom window. The front door, back door, living room door, the garage door, and all other windows are still open.

Thus, it is important to determine the level of desirable security to deter these individualized threats. We will help you define the main areas of threat to your business, and we can help define an appropriate cost/value based solution.