About Us
It seems business as usual in today's economy are for most businesses to find more and more ways to do
less work and charge more. Ever increasingly you try to find a company to help you and all
you can find are companies trying to sell you what they want versus trying to provide you
with what's most important to your business. We firmly believe that a Technology
partner is more than just setting up servers, routers and workstations to only provide you email and
internet access. From a software standpoint you shouldn't settle for a company that is feeling you out just
trying to get your money. It's just as important that your software be as flexible and maintainable
a year down the road as the day it's first finished.
It's important for your Technology company to have an interest in learning what it is you do in your business.
It's important that your IT company understands the things in your environment that cost you and your employees a lot of time.
Then be able to take that information come up with ways to address those problems allowing you to increase
efficiency and overal ROI on your IT investment
Networking\Hardware
If you are in the market for a Technology company to help you with your IT needs, you most likely have a need for a
network. However, that doesn't always mean that setting up a server and costly applications such as
an internal exchange server are always in your best interest. When searching for a technology company, make
sure you're dealing with a company that's going to explain that there are hosted options that may be a
better alternative for you. For example an Exchange server is a large cost. You've got backup and maintenance,
spyware, anti-virus, making sure your server doesn't get black listed etc. Most cases an internal Exchange server
doesn't make sense unless you are large enough to have a full time IT professional on staff. However, there are
IT companies out there with the main goal of selling you on Exchange because they know that will generate a lot of
revenue for them whether it's in your best interest or not.
Make sure you are getting a company that has your best interests in mind. If you're not sure, please feel free to
give us a call. We'll be glad to offer you phone consultation whether you end up using us or not.
Software
Hardware and your network are just the infrastructure to get things started. Software is one of the most
important things that utilizes the hardware and makes your company run. Most IT companies do not
employee experienced developers on staff. You may wonder why this would matter. Quite simply,
when trying to decide what software to purchase in your business, it's extremely important in most cases
to try and find products that not only do what you need to do now but also are flexible customize
as your needs change down the road.
Another important criteria for choosing software is integration. IT companies with no developer experience
won't always know the importance of planning for an architecture where applications integrate with each,
versus just recommended a bunch of different applications that don't have the ability to integrate
with each other. For example, you need an accounting package, then you need a CRM package and you end up
with two disparate products with no integration capabilities. What this means is now you have two different
applications you have to enter in duplicate information. This means your spending more time on your technology than
you are focusing on what makes your company money.
We also feel it's important to have a passion in what you do. You can check out our online .Net community at
www.dotnetpatterns.net