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important investment - make sure they pay off. Don�t let poor choices in product, protocol and design hamper the success of your network and your bottom line. Today�s businesses cannot succeed without a solid network, and to create the best foundation you need the best help from the outset. NSS Consultancy Services has a team of highly qualified consultants dedicated exclusively to network services, to bring you the best possible solution to your IT problems, from network design and Year 2000 compliance testing to Internet connectivity and security. Who are NSS Consultancy Services? Founded in 1991, NSS Consultancy Services (part of The NSS Group) provides consultancy at all levels to corporate and Times 2000 customers. Based in Bedford, England, and with additional offices in France, the company services a wide range of corporate clients throughout the UK, Europe, and the United States. NSS Consultancy Services has a team of highly qualified consultants dedicated exclusively to network services, to bring you the best possible solution to your IT problems. Our consultants have many years of practical experience is designing, implementing and managing networking solutions throughout the enterprise, in any size of organisation from 10 to 10,000 PC�s. NSS Consultancy Services can provide advice on strategy, design, implementation and management of all aspects of the networking environment. NSS is thus the perfect partner for your business when it comes to planning, migrating or integrating your networking solutions. By calling in the experts at the design stage, you can save yourself a lot of trouble further down the line. At NSS Consultancy Services we can help with the following issues :
How secure is your system? Whether or not you have an Internet connection, you need to be on guard against attacks on your network. Sometimes the "attack" is not even deliberate - a badly configured client could allow access to critical system files, where an ill-informed user could wreak havoc. Let NSS' subsidiary Network Security Services ensure that your network defences are adequate.
On January 1, 2000, many computer-based systems are going to stop working � or at least stop working properly, and the impact on business could be catastrophic. Without your computer systems, how can you ship your goods? How can you invoice your customers? How long can your business survive without the ability to sell your product or bill for your services? According to Kevin Schick, research director for the Gartner Group, "the alternative to addressing the Year 2000 will be going out of business." His is not a lone voice, either, and all companies, no matter how large or small, need to take the threat seriously. However, with adequate preparation (and even starting right now doesn�t leave much time) the effects of the variously named "Year 2000 Problem" or "Millennium Time Bomb" can be minimised, or even completely eliminated. Call us now to discuss your requirements. We can provide education and training (one day seminars at your own premises), consultancy, systems audits, or network and PC scanning (with fully automated non-destructive BIOS patching). You can also obtain a FREE copy of our Year 2000 White Paper, which covers all the issues in simple, easy-to-understand terms. To receive your copy, simply send an e-mail to [email protected] with the phrase Year 2000 in the subject line, or visit our library.
With the wealth of new technologies appearing seemingly every day, keeping abreast of new changes is proving increasingly difficult. When these changes are occurring in strategic areas - such as network infrastructure or operating systems - then the result of an incorrect choice could certainly be detrimental to your job prospects in the short term, and perhaps even to your company�s chances of survival in the long term. No matter what your size of network, you need to give some thought to the future with every hardware purchase you make. You may only require 10Base-T now, but in five years time you could be ready for ATM, and you need to be able to make such a move without completely abandoning your existing hardware investment. To ensure that your network - as well as your career - has a bright future, it is wise to have some sort of strategy in mind. This can take the form of a detailed technical document, or a simple A4 sheet with notes on general direction. Either way, NSS Consultancy Services can help you make sure that your future purchases are trouble free.
For those who have no network, or those who wish to expand an existing network, NSS Consultancy Services offers a complete planning and design service. A recent study by the Yankee Group has revealed significant weaknesses in how most organisations manage network design. Sub-optimal design processes can result in problematic implementation, unnecessary reliability and maintenance problems and, of course, poor performance. Our consultants will spend time getting to know your organisation and establishing typical work patterns before recommending the best means of implementing your basic network infrastructure. Where wide area links are necessary, we will advise you on the most appropriate communications medium in order to provide the optimum balance between performance, cost and resilience.
The thought of designing a NDS or Active Directory tree from scratch is one of the biggest deterrents for those looking to upgrade their network. Implementing an effective tree design can make things simpler and more flexible for both users and managers in their day to day operations, as well as allowing you to implement more effective security. We can work with your staff to model your existing organisational or network infrastructure. We will determine the best method of structuring your tree, as well as the most secure and efficient means of partitioning and replication given your available hardware resources. Finally, for those with wide area links, we can help you tune NDS or Active Directory to ensure that Directory Services traffic is kept to a minimum, thus ensuring that expensive bandwidth is not being hogged by the operating system.
Within the extensively equipped labs of our sister company - NSS Network Testing Laboratories - we are capable of stress-testing any piece of network hardware and software. We can take all the items on your short-list, put them through their paces and provide you with a detailed and completely independent report on the outcome.
The Internet is becoming entrenched in our culture, and is changing the way people communicate and do business world-wide. Many organisations are already using the Internet for e-mail, on-line news services and browsing the World Wide Web - but that is as far as they go. What would it take to be a more active participant on the Internet? How could you put something up on the World Wide Web for other people - including potential customers - to look at? How could you utilise a "private Internet" - known as an "Intranet" - to improve communications within your organisation? The process of setting up Internet servers is complex. NSS Consultancy Services can walk you through the key tasks :
We will also provide informed advice on potential applications for your Internet/Intranet Web site, including the viability of conducting business over the Internet. Even if your company is not yet ready for Internet commerce, you should be developing a strategy now - can you afford to let your competitors get the jump on you in this dynamic new business opportunity?
Not everything to do with networking is at the server or infrastructure level, of course. There are many other key areas which are just as likely to cause you problems, and with which NSS Consultancy Services would be only too happy to help. Mistakes in network design and product selection can be very costly - both financially, and in time wasted on unnecessary support problems. Make sure you get the best of help at every stage of your networking project. Listed below are a few of the companies which have taken advantage of the expertise offered by NSS Consultancy Services. Why not contact us now so that we can discuss your next project?
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