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An outline of services and skills are detailed in the areas below. Click on a title to show the detail for that section.

 
Expand    Corporate Technologies   (Click To Expand...)

  • Security Auditing / Penetration Testing
    A thorough investigation if your IT infrastructure to analyse any potential weaknesses and threats that could compromise your business or its data. Such testing strives to identify known vulnerabilities, both within the organisation and the hardware/software environment used. Security Audits are an essential practice to ensure security principles and practices are being followed and that the organisation is operating in a secure and effective IT environment.
    Penetration testing (aka pen-testing) is a highly specialised area of the security audit (often confused as the same thing) that will offer an attempt to “do as hackers do” and attempt to compromise your security infrastructure and penetrate the corporate network. This will help identify weaknesses in the security mechanisms in place, ultimately meaning they can be patched/reinforced or removed altogether. Penetration testing can be a narrowly focused exercise (for example on only an Internet facing Web server) or a more generic set of tests (e.g. across all servers and network entry points).

    Every security audit is fully tailored to the clients working environment to assess both known industry-wide vulnerabilities and assess adherence to current security policies in place. Full assistance can be provided both with the establishment and refinement of security policies where necessary.
  • Windows 2003 / Active Directory Administration & Configuration
    Windows Server 2003 is the best-established and most widely used server operating system in the corporate workplace today. When combined with Active Directory (LDAP directory services implementation integrated into Windows server 2003) and supported clients (typically but not exclusively Windows XP Professional) an organisation can centrally manage users, resources and computing assets, as well as maintain an enterprise-wide computing policy from one or more Windows Server 2003 servers. Consultation or Installation can be provided of a Windows 2003 domain controller along with the sharing and deployment of key IT resources with an effective security centric design. Please get in touch for further detail and to discuss how Windows2003 can work for you.
  • Microsoft Exchange 2003 Administration
    Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaboration package from the Microsoft Server line for the effective utilisation of email and other shared collaborative resources A popular and widely used tool, Exchange offers complex and highly specialised facilities for electronic mail (email), public folders, Mobile/Remote access (such as OWA), shared calendars/contacts/tasks and so forth. If you would like a consultation on how an exchange 2003 implementation can enhance your organisation, make sure you get in touch!
  • Custom Software Development and client-centric software solutions
    Individually tailored software analysis and design solutions in a range of cutting edge development languages including C#, ASP.Net, VB.Net and associated database driven technologies. Solutions can be devised and deployed to meet all business needs, including new standalone application systems or software solutions to interface with your existing IT infrastructure.


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  • Standards Compliant Web Design
    Ever wanted a usable, attractive, standards-compliant website?
    If the Internet is a mystery and HTML stranger than fiction then the time has come to contract out your web design needs today! Standards compliant development techniques such as XHTML & CSS help to provide accessible websites that offer a consistent look across all devices and platforms. By integrating database technologies (where necessary), simple static web pages can be evolved into dynamic, data-driven, content-management systems that will alleviate the need for complex maintenance and completely forego the requirement for any technical knowledge whatsoever. With the right solution, you can be easily updating and maintaining a fully standards compliant website without typing a single line of code! Every step is taken care of, from the availability and purchasing of a domain name, right through to the implementation, acceptance and sign-off of a completed website. Together the web site you have always wanted is only a few clicks away.
  • ASP.net & Ajax
    Active Server Pages (ASP) is an increasingly popular server-side web engine, which, when combined with an appropriate programming language (such as C# or VB for example) allows capable programmers to harness the power to create dynamically generated, feature rich web sites and services.
    When combined with the AJAX technologies (formerly known as ATLAS), a greater level of interactivity can be achieved to provide websites that look and feel much like familiar application software. By autonomously communicating between client and server, AJAX pages can provide a seamless web experience – giving interactivity, speed, and usability benefits.
    Combining ASP and AJAX in a Microsoft IIS environment provides the opportunity to create fantastically flexible web applications and services that can enhance almost every business or organisation in one way or another.


Desktop    Desktop Technologies   (Click To Expand...)

  • Windows support and maintenance
    Experiencing problems with your desktop PC? Slow boot times, crashes or other irrational behaviour? Viruses, Spyware and other Malware causing you headaches? Want to get more out of your PC, maybe networking and sharing files or distributing media throughout the house/office? Whatever the problem or whatever it is you wish you could do with your PC, get in touch for a solution! All versions of Office & Windows fully supported...
    • Viruses, Trojan, Spyware and all types of Malware removed
    • System hangs, application crashes, boot failures diagnosed and fixed
    • Windows Maintenance and optimisation
  • Linux Desktop Support
    If Windows isn’t your thing, or Microsoft Licensing costs are proving prohibitive, many now feel Linux to be a viable alternative desktop operating system. While now certainly becoming a mature and expansive OS, Linux offers a steep learning curve to those engrained in the “Redmond way” of doing things. If you would like to replace your existing operating system with a Linux flavour, want to add Linux to your machine (in a dual-boot configuration) or want to add machines into a home or office environment at no additional software costs then Linux may be the answer to your questions.
  • PC Hardware fault diagnosis, repairs and upgrades
    Is your PC feeling its age? Maybe a few upgrades could increase productivity or allow you to run the latest demanding Operating Systems, applications and games? Is your machine failing to boot or offering a hardware related persistent or intermittent problem? Whatever the issue, hardware upgrades are a great way to increase the power at your fingertips. However, poorly chosen upgrades could mean wasted cash and little or no performance gain ; thus choosing the right components is critical
    Whatever your hardware needs, assistance can be provided in analysing, advising, selecting and installing your new hardware to ensure the maximum performance gain and provide the best value for money. It’s good to talk, so get in touch now...

Furthermore, a combination of the above skills can be combined to provide user-centric, highly-customised personal or business solutions to meet almost any need.