Here is a list of some projects we've completed over the past few years.

Strategic Planning and Security

  A multi-national business services firm requested our help in the separation of its network from that of its former parent company.  We developed comprehensive systems testing and validation plans.  We also participated in the management of the cutover to the company's new MPLS network.  Sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Boston were successfully separated from the parent network in London with minimal downtime and full functionality.

  We partnered with another technology consulting firm to complete a security audit at a division of a major payroll and business services provider.  We analyzed the client's security practices, scanned the wired and wireless networks and analyzed the physical environment for potential weaknesses.  Together, we were able to provide our joint client with much needed advice on its network and business practices.

  We designed and managed the data and telecommunications portions of a corporate office move for a multi-state food processing client headquartered in Chicago. We coordinated all data and telephone circuit changes. We designed and implemented the new data center (network, telecom, security, power and HVAC) as well as the cabled and wireless networks for the new office. We then coordinated the movement of all equipment to the new office (servers, routers, firewall, RAS equipment and telephone system). The move was completed on budget and as planned with only overnight downtime.

Network Infrastructure Upgrades

  We recently completed an infrastructure upgrade for an industrial manufacturing client.  The work was in preparation for a company-wide VoIP rollout.  We configured and installed 25 new Cisco Catalyst switches and 38 Cisco 1240G wireless access points across three campuses in two states.  We also ran new copper and fiber optic network cabling in several areas to accommodate new and relocated equipment.  The new network is now more secure, more manageable and is smoothly transmitting data, VoIP and wireless VoIP services.

  A Midwest meat-packing firm recently asked us to assist in the repair of its network after a devastating natural disaster.  In addition to getting the operation back in service, we helped to leverage the situation into a much needed upgrade of the network infrastructure and the telephone system.  They now have a completely upgraded network environment that meets their increasing data needs and has also enabled the implementation of a new VoIP communications system.

  We were engaged to do a core network upgrade at a 200 seat law firm in the Washington D.C. area.  We re-designed the entire network in order to implement a new IP addressing scheme and to allow for efficient use of use of VLAN segregation.  We then installed and configured a Cisco 4500 series core switch along with several 3500 series edge switches.  We also installed a Cisco VPN concentrator and ACS server to streamline the company's remote access needs.  All of this was integrated into existing domain authentication services for a secure and flexible environment.

Software Development

  We were recently contacted by an Illinois plumbing fixture firm to help with its bar-coding systems.  The production and engineering groups were looking for an enhancement to the existing custom developed bar-code labeling system.  We were able to quickly and cost effectively provide an integrated Visual Basic solution that brought a previously manual process right out to the production line.

  A client in the meat-packing industry requested that we update an old, proprietary weighing system that had been in use for years.  We documented the existing system and provided a Visual Basic application that included all of the old functionality along with several much needed enhancements.  Now the company is able to weigh and label its products on the production line as well as track and report production data directly to SQL servers.