Synos Technologies

Managed Information Technology - Infrastructure

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:28:31 -0800

The most valuable asset to any business that rely on computers to operate and run their business is their hardware infrastructure. This ranges from hardware routers, switches, workstations, servers, printers, etc. without the proper placement, configuration, and monitoring any one point of failure could be catastrophic to business operations.

When planning your infrastructure you need to plan for network growth so if your a startup business with a modem, router, and a workstation. How can you plan?

Example of a typical startup (Modem, Router, Workstation)

1. When looking at for an ISP do they provide scalable network connections (5 Mbps, 10 Mbps, 25 Mbps) on your current modem, ...

2. When looking at a router does it allow for both wired and wireless connections, can you add more than one subnet, does it have multi-wan capabilities, ....

3. When looking at a workstation most can easily be converted to a server using either Windows, Linux, or BSD. You could add more RAM and use it as a Virtual Server which in turn could run all of the above, ...

So even a simple network can be built upon there are many factors involved and near limitless layouts that can be done to the above that will increase your current network infrastructure.

Creating IT Harmony

Managed Information Technology

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:29:37 -0800

Over the next few weeks I will be talking more in depth how IT is structured in relation to business.

Business Software

Collaborative Software (Blogs, Forums, Instant Messaging, Conferencing)

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Custom Applications (Accounting, Point of Sale, Specialized)

General Software

Workstation (Office Productivity, Collaboration Software)

Data Management (Data/Databases, Backup, Recovery)

Security (Firewall, Antivirus, Intrusion Detection)

Systems Management (Configuration, Administration, Monitoring)

Development (Visual, API, SDK)

Infrastructure

Hardware (Routers, Switches, Servers, Workstations, Printers)

Data/Voice (WAN, LAN, Wireless, VoIP, PBX)

Creating IT Harmony

Welcome

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:07:07 -0800

This is our company blog for everything related to IT, Hardware, Networking, Security, Data, and Programming.

Creating IT Harmony