Services InfraNet Solutions Provides
What's it like managing IT for your company?
Do you have an unlimited budget that allows you to throw dollars at your networking needs?
Do you have several weeks' worth of free time to search for, interview, and train talented network technicians?
Do you enjoy visiting each and every workstation in your organization every time you install or update software?
Does your company supply each satellite office and every field sales person with its own dedicated IT staff?
Do you have the day-to-day operations under control but can't seem to ever find the time to begin those long-term strategic planning projects?
Do you have the confidence that your network is securely protected against both internal and external attacks?
Do you wonder how responsibility for implementing and maintaining your corporate website fell under your job description?
Do you have the patience required to contact, collect, and compare quotes from vendors, such as Internet Service Providers?
Do you have any desire to be supporting your IT department while you're vacationing in Bermuda?
Do wish that you had connections with several industry-leading manufacturers and software vendors?
Do you wish that you could reduce your overhead that comes with having a high turnover rate of salaried IT staff?
Do you wish that your company weren't constrained by a wired network or that you had the freedom to work on your laptop anywhere in your building?
Even the biggest companies with unlimited resources - both staffing and financial, have a difficult time trying to stay on top of their information technology needs. Imagine how small to medium-sized business manage, with less than unlimited resources and no time to handle the continual turnover in the IT department or person's chair. Given the rapidly evolving world of technology, the hot job market, and the escalating salaries of technical staff, it's a wonder that IT Directors get any sleep!
Many people have actually fallen into the role of the company's computer guru. It's true, one day they volunteered to fix someone's printing issues, the next day they became a legend, and the rest was history. No one knows how this happened, but often times, the new responsibilities are on top of the old ones, rather than in their place. InfraNet Solutions can help you get a handle on the technical responsibilities, whether through outsourcing the entire IT function, consulting on individual projects, or scheduling periodic service calls to tackle systems punch lists. If you like your new role, we can help you succeed. If you don't like your new responsibilities, we can take those off your plate without dropping the ball.
But what if you like being the computer guru? Maybe it's the day-to-day end user issues that are weighing you down, keeping you from implementing the latest firewall or networking satellite offices. We can take charge of your so-called "grunt work," so that you can move on to the more glamorous projects. Just consider us your help desk.
Throw dollars at the right target. InfraNet's clients have faced problems similar to yours. Let us draw from our past experiences to help you properly allocate your limited financial resources. Whether your network requires a complete overhaul, or just minor tweaks, we can customize a solution appropriate to your needs and budget. InfraNet Solutions is an authorized reseller of Cisco, Compaq, and IBM products, just to name a few manufacturers. We work hard to get you the hardware you need at the price you want at the time you need it most. For a complete list of our authorized reseller partnerships, click here.
If it's software you need, we partner with many different vendors across the country in order to get you competitive pricing along with shipments to meet your timeframe. We can even recommend scaleable software solutions, thus limiting your future expenditures while also saving you time and energy. For a complete list of our authorized reseller partnerships, click here.
InfraNet proudly partners with the following manufacturers and software vendors to deliver you high quality products at a reasonable price when you need them: Compaq, IBM, Intel/Xircom, Citrix, Microsoft, Cisco, Novell, Hewlett Packard, Computer Associates, Palm, and NetScreen.
Search for, interview and train new hires in the most cost-effective manner. Here at InfraNet, we already know how difficult it is to find and keep talented people. Let us help you fill your IT departmental gaps. We have helped clients of all sizes and budgets conduct staffing searches, all while ensuring zero down time for their networks. Call on us for everything from interviewing to hiring recommendations to training if you have some vacancies. We can even supply staff for the short-term until the permanent candidate is on board.
One inexpensive alternative to hiring salaried staff is outsourcing. Just think, you could avoid all that costly overhead that comes with bringing more people on board. You could also have a responsible, experienced staff person who is backed by a whole team of people dedicated to serving you. How's that for reducing stress? InfraNet works to provide knowledgeable, courteous, and helpful technical staff to handle your IT needs. Whether you need to network 10 new users, fix a printing problem, install a new server, or run the latest antivirus software updates, we can help.
Install or update software. What if you could install software for the entire company from one location, at one time? Or update the standard corporate desktop without visiting each user's workstation? InfraNet works to make software implementation as efficient as possible. So you don't have to continue breaking your back as you install Office 2000 on each one of 300 workstations.
Do you have the day-to-day operations under control but can't seem to ever find the time to begin those long-term strategic planning projects?
Remote Access/Monitoring. What if you could monitor network activity and support/resolve user issues for your entire building without ever leaving your desk? Or help someone in the West Coast office by taking control of their user session and showing them how to fix the problem should it recur. Again, from your home office - without having to buy a plane ticket. So much for accruing those frequent flier miles.
Just suppose for a second that you have absolutely no interest, and certainly no time, to support those remote offices, even via telephone. What if you could farm this work out to another vendor? InfraNet works to support multiple offices in multiple geographic locations so you can remain in one place at a time. And keep your sanity.
Do you wonder how responsibility for implementing and maintaining your corporate website fell under your job description?
Website design. When you accepted the role of network administrator, did you realize that graphics design, HTML programming, and consumer marketing experience were hidden prerequisites for the job? InfraNet works to help your organization establish its web presence. We have both the internal and external resources to help implement your web strategy, or even develop a strategy. From hanging a single page to launching full-blown e-commerce site, we can help. So you can stop attending those one-day HTML courses, and get back to those courses that you really enjoy. You know, the fun ones that focus on preventing network attacks.
Long-term strategic planning never seems to get the time or attention it deserves. That's because the day-to-day business already takes up all of your resources and energy. InfraNet works on your planning projects to finally get them off the ground. Whether you want to map out the IT department's organization chart for the next few years, calculate the systems network associated-costs with your company doubling in size, or brainstorm how using the internet can help your organization operate more cost-effectively, we can tackle these projects for you.
Do you have the patience required to contact, collect, and compare quotes from vendors such as Internet Service Providers?
Is your network securely protected? How can you be sure? Do your colleagues have Internet access? What have they been downloading? Have they been sharing passwords with friends and family? Does anyone telecommute? Which files are they sending over their Internet connections? Are they spreading viruses throughout your network every time they open personal emails? When employees no longer work for your organization, are their user rights terminated? Does your competition know your URL?
The information residing on your network is important. And sensitive. And extremely attractive to your competitors or disgruntled employees. Network attacks can come from anywhere and at anytime, and you should have the confidence knowing you've done everything possible to protect your information. Security is an IT priority, not something to think about after it's already too late. It should be one of the first line items on your departmental budget. But if you're going to spend money on security measures, you need to ensure that your internal security policies and procedures work in conjunction with your firewalls. The most elaborate, expensive security software will be rendered useless if employees share passwords. Or if you don't require usernames to access corporate information. InfraNet works with you to evaluate your current security precautions and implement appropriate solutions to increase your overall security. So you can once again sleep at night.
Contact, collect, and compare quotes from vendors. This is what you live for. Okay, maybe you enjoy listening to all of those telephone solicitations from Internet Service Providers, and Long Distance Carriers, and Web Hosting vendors, AND hardware/software resellers. Unfortunately, keeping up to speed with technology does requires talking to vendors. A lot of them. And it requires that you listen to these vendors so you can understand what they're trying to sell you. Or at least understand what your current vendors can't do for you. But do you really have time to sit down with every Internet Service Provider in your area? When you select an ISP, do you have the time or energy to chase them down when they miss your deadlines?
InfraNet works with vendors like ISPs, phone companies, electricians, and software and hardware manufacturers every day. Some of the same vendors that you are currently using, along with some of those vendors that keep calling wanting to set up meetings. We can translate the acronyms those vendors throw around in everyday conversation. We understand why their product solutions may or may not work. We know how to collect quotes so that apples are compared to apples. And we can work directly with these vendors to ensure that your network is secure and experiences minimal, if any, downtime. We'll even find your ISP when your connection's down. And talk to the phone company when the ISP says the poor connection's the phone company's fault. To put it more simply, we'll make sure you can get back to more important things - like work.
Vacationing without your co-workers knowing how to reach you when they forget their passwords. Resting easy knowing that if your network has problems in the middle of the night, there's someone you can call who can help. The stuff that dreams are made of...Whether you need vacation, emergency, or temporary coverage, InfraNet works for you. We can supply people on site or accessible by phone while you're out of town, thus eliminating calls to you while you're working on your suntan. We can also set up emergency coverage with you for when your systems experience problems at 2 a.m. On the weekend. On Christmas Eve. If you've finally gotten that office move going, or that file transfer started, and one of your technical staff has a family emergency, we can step in to help then as well. Just remember to send us a postcard from Tahiti as a thank you.
Imagine being able to take your laptop anywhere in your building with the ability to access your company’s network and the Internet. With wireless networking, this indeed is a possibility. InfraNet provides consulting, site surveys, design, integration, installation, project management services and product procurement for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructures and Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint connectivity for customers looking for an alternative to the standard cabled network solution. Before performing a site survey, InfraNet will look closely at your network to make sure that all wireless components will integrate with your current network infrastructure. Wireless networks offer several benefits, including: mobility, installation speed and simplicity, installation flexibility, reduced cost of ownership, and scalability. Wireless networks provide the functionality of wired LANs, without the physical constraints of the wire itself.