Modern applications and Web sites are so much more than the simple computer programs of yesterday.  They are complete systems that incorporate intuitive user interfaces, data stores, legacy data sources, disparate technologies and ultimately manage the overall flow of information.

To design such systems our team must versed in many technologies, not only in the traditional areas of data storage and manipulation.  Modern systems involve many different forms of communication.  Human interfaces now have to be immediately intuitive, and information must be presented in ways that satisfy fast-paced users.  Customer relations, graphical design elements and legal obligations are all critically important.  We understand all these aspects, and can guide you through a successful project.

The major aspects for network design involve the efficiency of moving data, the security of the data being moved, and scalability to allow for future growth.

We can assist you with a system designed from the ground up to allow for the critical placement of computers, file servers, and printers, especially if there is high-usage of database or graphics across the network.  We can segment your network to provide both efficiency and security.  And if your network is connected to the Internet we can provide the design for the high levels of protection required for your systems and data.

The design and configuration of a database is often requires more attention than most developers often give it.  A huge amount of inefficiency is inherent in any application which fails to use or even over-uses indexes on the data.

Many times we can reduce database requirements by an order of magnitude.  Together we will study the flow of information in our application to understand how it really is related and used.  From that we will build tables that represent the correct relationships between the data, and indexes that support how the data is accessed.  We also will look at the security of your data, and make sure it is protected even if an Internet application using it is compromised.

Communication standards are how the Internet functions, and we understand those standards.  We can establish secure radio-frequency wireless access for your network, laser links to connect buildings, and help with high-speed satellite communications to remote locations.

Convergent communications is taking a major step forward voice-over-internet-protocol, or VOIP.  We can integrate telephone communication  with your network, combining voice and e-mail services.  And we can place telephones at any location world-wide with the full functionality of any extension on your office phone system.

Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, explosions, fire, terrorism, theft, and even simple power outages can all be disasters to your operation.  Are you prepared?

We can help you perform a risk analysis of your systems, and determine what impact any type of disaster will have on your operation.  Is your data safeguarded?  Is it properly backed up?  Can you re-establish critical operations, either locally or remotely, after a disaster in minimal time?

Security officers wear many hats, including controlling access to information, protecting systems from tampering, physical access, and disaster preparedness.

We will assist you in examining all aspects of your security, from physical access to computers and media, through electronic safeguards authenticating access across the network, and to a risk analysis of the effects of a compromise of your data or a loss of operational capabilities.

If you have been comprimised, we help too.  We have the tools and experience to identify exactly what happened, what is affected, and to help back-track to find the intruders.

Are we good at what we do?  Not only do we practice it, we preach it!  Our consultants also work as instructors in their fields for companies like IBM and Hewlett-Packard, teaching application design, networks, databases, communications, disaster preparedness and security.

Just like you, these companies don't keep experts on their full-time staff to train their customers, they bring us in when they need help.  We can help you too, with free resources, on-site mentoring and training.