Architectural Planning
Whether configuring new PCs, reconfiguring existing PCs, or simply looking for a standard, consistent approach to workstation configuration, TroCor can help. Let TroCor evaluate your needs and applications to provide your organization with an expert assessment of your current environment and a proposal for the ideal environment of the future.
Workstation Hardware and Software Evaluation and Selection
Cost effective hardware and software selection often seems an unreachable goal. Most corporations turn to vendors for recommendations of required hardware and software. Vendors will often follow their own agenda. TroCor can provide your organization with a realistic set of specifications and manufacturers.
Centralized Workstation Configuration Management Implementation and Configuration
Through standards and tools, centrally managing configurations of a distributed set of PCs can more efficiently utilize a limited support staff, and minimizing end user downtime, thus increasing productivity. TroCor has experience with a variety of configuration management philosophies and tool sets and can deploy a fully functional system to your organization tailored to your needs.
System Evaluation and Documentation
Corporations seldom have a firm understanding of what computing assets your corporation has and where those assets are located? Once the number and locations of standalone printers has been identified, often many can be replaced with fewer, higher performance, networked printers? Often many workstations have standalone applications installed. In the instances where the installed application is in violation of license agreements, the corporation is exposed to fines and legal repercussions. In the instances where the software is 'legal', networking the application can result in lower maintenance costs and reduced license requirements. Let TroCor assess and document your existing environment, offer recommendations, and provide a means to continue accurate inventory of your existing system.
Software Metering Implementation and Configuration
Can your company accurately claim that it is in compliance with all software licensing requirements? Can your organization benefit from enterprise licensing agreements? Let TroCor implement a software audit and/or metering package in your environment.
Architectural Planning
Whether moving away from standalone workstations to shared fileservers, enhancing the capabilities of current fileservers, or augmenting the network to address growth, TroCor can provide you with exactly the systems and support you require. Let TroCor perform an evaluation of your system to determine the best system for your needs.
Network Hardware and Software Evaluation and Selection
An organization is always exploring new hardware and new applications. Whether replacing existing servers, adding new hardware, or considering client server applications or the latest office automation suite of software, let TroCor determine the most appropriate hardware and software to meet your needs in the most cost effective fashion. For corporations currently using a variety of word processors, spreadsheets, business graphics applications and databases, TroCor can work towards a single word processor, spreadsheet, graphics package, and database, thus reducing maintenance, upgrade costs, support costs and confusion.
Capacity Planning
For as many companies servers that are too undersized to meet business needs, there are just as many that have far more capacity than required. It is not always the most appropriate solution to simply add more and more servers as time goes by. Often server consolidation and more efficient use of existing resources can provide a more manageable and more predictable server environment. Let TroCor provide the expertise and the tools to build a more flexible, scaleable, and easily managed server infrastructure that will service your corporation for years to come.
System Evaluation and Documentation
Does anyone know the administrative passwords for your server resources? How about which users use which servers and printers? Are your fileservers equipped with all the latest maintenance patches? In the event of a hardware failure, could you determine what needs to be replaced? System documentation is an animal as rare as the unicorn. Let TroCor review your system, identify potential problems, and properly document your systems current configuration. It is a lot simpler to find out what lies ahead if you are looking at a map.
Configuration Management
Your various resources are most probably configured differently. How many of those differences are required and not simply a result of a lack of standards and management tools? Probably less than you think. Templates simplify installations, assure consistency, and minimize the opportunity for human error. Management tools provide for central administration and resolution of all but the most major system failures. Let TroCor develop templates and provide the tools well suited for your configuration.
Backup and Virus Protection
Network data backups address two major functions, disaster recovery and version retrieval. Every backup package will backup, but is it properly installed and configured to restore when needed? Many backup schemes leave holes in coverage that could result in lost data in the event of a problem. Off-site vaulting of backups address other exposure. Let a TroCor engineer review your configuration and offer you a comprehensive backup solution.
In the past, viruses were less of a threat in a networked environment because programs were usually secure from infection by a normal user. With the advent of more sophisticated word processing packages with the capability to run macros, viruses could suddenly be transmitted through E-Mail, shared documents, etc. Suddenly server based virus protection found itself in the limelight. Many corporations are not clear on the complexities and capabilities of a server virus protection solution. TroCor Engineers are familiar with a variety of protection packages, and can assist in protecting your network from the ravages of a virus.
Directory Services Design and Implementation
In current releases of NetWare and WindowsNT/2000/XP, all network resource information is stored in a single distributed database. Correct configuration of the database can mean the difference between a highly efficient network of shared resources, and a slow cumbersome, unreliable mess. Poorly designed directory service "trees" have resulted in long and costly outages in even the most well supported of corporations. Let TroCor assist in the correct configuration and replication of your directory services database.
Novell NetWare Engineering and Administration
TroCor Engineers and Administrators possess a unique mix of training and real world exposure to NetWare. Let TroCor Engineers and Administrators assist in the configuration and day to day maintenance of your Novell network.
Microsoft NT/2000/XP... Server Engineering and Administration
TroCor Engineers and Administrators are familiar with the Microsoft family of server products. Let TroCor Engineers and Administrators assist in the configuration and day to day maintenance of your Microsoft network.
Centralized Management System Implementation and Configuration
By centralizing network management and configuration, the need for a large, distributed administration staff is diminished. Let TroCor establish a centralized management solution to increase response time, shorten the time to problem resolution, and free up skilled resources for other, more rewarding projects.
Peer-to-Peer Networking
Smaller locations may not have a need for the high-powered networking solutions of NetWare and Microsoft Server. For these sites, TroCor can assist in the design and implementation of a peer-to-peer networking solution. Avoid the pitfalls of peer-to-peer through efficient workstation configuration.
Network Printing Configuration
One of the single largest cost benefits to a networked environment is the ability to share costly printing resources between a number of users. Proper configuration and management of these printing resources is essential to assure productivity. TroCor can help with initial installation and printing problem diagnosis.
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