Network Engineering Services

We make it our business to understand every aspect of the technology. While we have great relationships with leading vendors, we're not tied to any particular product, medium or technology. As a result, we can lead you to the optimum solution for your network requirements-present and future.
Why Hire a Consultant?

• Why should any company consider retaining a consultant?
• Can't internal company staff and/or vendors do what needs to be done?
• Couldn't the money spent on consultants be better utilized for other purposes?

Perhaps internal staff and/or vendors can successfully do the work that needs to be done. Maybe the cost of a third-party consultant is unnecessary. The answer lies in the identification and evaluation of a number of variables that exist within every company for every project contemplated.

• How large and complex is the project going to be?
• What impact does the project have on company operations, revenues, profits, customer service, image, etc.?
• What is the available of internal staff resources experienced in projects of similar scope and magnitude?
• Can internal staff successfully complete necessary project tasks in the timeframe required?
• Is there confidence that prospective (and/or incumbent) vendors can be totally relied upon to identify needs accurately, evaluate alternatives objectively, design systems optimally, and implement them effectively?

The larger and more complex the project, the greater the degree of sophistication of user applications, the more limited the availability of internal staff experienced in projects of the magnitude being undertaken, and the greater the concern about vendor objectivity and effective system design/implementation, the greater the need for expert, experienced consulting support. We obviously believe that the decision to utilize independent third-party consultants can be a prudent one-one that can provide significant tangible value to a company.

Consultants can provide:

• Specialized expertise and experience
• Incremental staff resource and eliminate time constraints
• A single point of project responsibility
• Independent, impartial, and confidential perspective
• Reduce (and manage) project costs
• Minimize business risks

Network Design

Ready Technologies will provide complete documentation of your networking system, evaluate its efficiencies and inequities, and provide recommendations for system enhancements.
We start this design phase with detailed baseline. This baseline will enable you to understand your network infrastructure, its components and the information systems that reside on your network.
We provide you with detailed diagrams of the current system and help you establish plans for future growth.

Included in every baseline is an evaluation of the following:

• Analysis of the network architecture and components
• Operating systems
• User applications
• Network security
• Disaster recovery capabilities

Network Administration:

Ready Technologies' designs, installs, integrates, and manages Local and Wide Area Networks for all types of businesses. From a single PC to an enterprise-wide infrastructure, Ready Technologies has the experience and capabilities necessary to meet all of your networking needs.

Ready Technologies offers the following service agreements for your needs:

• Maintenance service agreements
• Hourly technical support
• Project defined support
• Premium outsourcing support agreements
• Backup network administration
• Telephone support agreement
• Emergency, weekend, and holiday support

Network Consulting:

Our consultants plan, manage, design, develop, test, and deploy various technologies. They have expertise in a variety of technical disciplines including project management, application design and development, database design and development, and client server migration.

They support a wide variety of programming languages, operating environments, and database including the following:

• Java
• Delphi
• AS/400 RPG/ILE
• Oracle
• Visual Basic
• SQL
• C++ / C
• Cobol
• Lotus Notes
• Sybase
• Informix

Networking Environments:

Our network services include the design, development, management, and security of networks. Typically these involve the design or installation of local or wide-area networks as well as Internet connectivity.

We provide solutions in many environments including:

• Microsoft NT/ MS 2000
• Novell NetWare
• Unix/Linux
• Cisco, Bay, 3Com
• Internet / Intranet