Why would I want or need a network?

• Share your files and documents with many people.
• Centralized printers allow groups of people or departments to print to them.
• Communicate with each other via e-mail and other communications programs.
• Allow everyone on the network to access the internet if you have an internet connection
• Your systems and information are much more secure when also utilizing servers.
• Administration and control can be centralized instead of the need to visit every computer.
• With special network designs, your systems can have a very high availability and reliability rate utilizing redundancy (backup systems) and load balancing (distributing the same applications and data across the network) techniques.
• There are many other possibilities.

All of these reasons lead to higher productivity, efficiency, innovation, competitiveness and ultimately cost savings.

Please take a look at some of the networking services we can offer you below.

If you don't see what you are looking for, or have any questions or ideas, please give us a call. We will be glad to help!

• New Network Installations - From design to the final tested implementation.
• Novell NetWare - Novell is highly recommended for network performance, security, ease of management, and more.
• Microsoft Windows Servers - Microsoft is highly recommended for high performance application serving.
• Upgrades - Want more speed? Need more computers added to the network? There are many upgrade options available today!
• Infrastructure updates and patches - Network hardware and software often needs maintenance and updates.

• Fault Location - Is your network down? or just a section of it? We can help pinpoint the problem.
• Performance Troubleshooting - Does your network seem slow? There could be physical or configuration problems, or it may need upgrading.
• Cable Production, Testing and Repair - We can make, test, and repair network cabling.

• Network Analysis - We can monitor and graph your network utilization to determine what areas of your network need improving.
• Recommendations - We can offer recommendations for performance improvements.

• Network Device Discovery - Utilizing network tools, we can discover most devices that are on your network. You'll be surprised at how many devices are found that you may not know about!
• Database - Utilizing the discovery data, we can create a database of your network resources for you.
• Network Maps and Diagrams - Using the data from above along with physical inspection, we can develop network maps and diagrams of your infrastructure.

• Network Monitoring - Using network probes to monitor your network, we can help determine problems before they happen.
• Trouble Notification and Paging - Implementing a system that notifies if any network devices fail is a good idea if you want to keep your network up and available as much as possible. Many solutions are available from phone, paging, e-mail, etc.
• Logging & Auditing - Implementing systems that maintain detailed logs of what is happening on your network can not only point you to what and where problems are, but also help track security issues.

• Wide Area Networks - Do you need to connect multiple sites to bring your entire business together?
• Remote Access - Do you have traveling salespersons or employees who need to work from home?
• Internet Connectivity - Would you like your business to be on the internet?
• Network-wide Internet Sharing - If you have an internet connection (even dial-up), do all of your employees have access to it?

• Network Management - Need help managing your users, groups, access rights, restrictions, and other tasks?
• Network Printing - We can implement a network print environment to fit your needs. We can also help with network printing problems.
• General Networking Consultation - Call us with any questions.