Controlling IT costs.
I can help you cut the costs of your:
- hardware by
- designing a cost effective architecture,
- correctly sizing system components,
- ensuring good performance from your servers,
- optimising your network architecture,
- integrating your legacy systems with new technology and
low oost platforms where appropriate.
- software by
- using UNIX standard tools,
- using public domain software
where the technology is proven effective and robust
- providing robusti, proven and well documented scripts to combine
software tools and automate processes.
- technical support by
- providing a stable systems administration structure which is well
documented and requires little or no maintenance.
- providing timely and effetive remote or on site support when it
is needed.
- trouble shooting and firefighting by
- providing consistent, stable services such as DNS, E-mail and directory
services across wide area and local networks,
- implementing effective change control which does is flexible enough
to meet the needs of development,
- and putting in place self correcting configuration systems which
restore harmony automatically should unauthorised changes be made.
- security breaches and recovery by
- ensuring a high level of internal and external systems security,
- implementing an intrusion detection system which enables clear
identification of any unauthorised changes,
- setting up backup and disaster recovery procedures which do not
require down time and do not flood your production or development
networks,
- and ensuring that an audit trail exists for all user activity
including that of those with super user privileges.
- user training and help desk support by
- providing consistent cross platform interfaces and software
configuration,
- implementing thin and ultra thin (zero maintenance) solutions.