Services

System administration

Need a hand administering your servers? I will help you administer even a single server. I can offer you long term contracts or work as needed. You'll get a document of what was done and how it was done. You will never be held hostage.

Security audits

Feeling vulnerable? I will help you evaluate your infrastructure, policies and procedures to identify weaknesses. No security is perfect but you can lesson your risk.

Performance tuning

Do you have a server or service that is under performing? Don't invest money on more hardware until you are certain this will help. Performance problems can be caused by many things that often do not involve hardware. I will identify and fix bottlenecks.

Server and service deployment

Need a new server or service but don't have the time or the experience to do it in house? Let me do it for you. I will set things up to your specifications. If you are not sure what specifications you need I will help you define them. I will define what you need, document, plan and execute it. I will even document how the new service works. I will never hold you hostage.

Network Monitoring

Network monitoring can help I.T. detect problems before customers, saving embarrassment. I will help you identify what needs to be monitored and help you choose the right monitoring tool for you. You might be surprised out how economical monitoring can be.

Configuration Management

Configuration management allows an organization to tackle host migration, audit compliance, security compliance, self healing systems and disaster recovery all under a single solution.

Configuration management is way to define the state of a running host or service. This definition is stored centrally on your network. Configuration management software (e.g. Cfengine) uses this definition to ensure that each host is in compliance with its definition.

Need more convincing? Consider this white paper on the advantages of configuration management.

What you end up with is a blue print for your servers and server based services that is stored in one place, has history and is backed up. This blue print can be used again and again to replace or deploy new servers and server based services with minimal repetition.

My Cfengine cookbook whitepaper.

Automation

Tired of wasting money doing things by hand? I can help you save money by automating your daily tasks. We'll document how we did it and even give you the source code.

Disaster recovery

What if the worst happens? What will you do? I will help you to create step by step procedures to prepare your infrastructure for disaster recovery. If the worst does happen just open the manual and follow the instructions. Panic not required.