Clustered Networks - Services and Opensource Consulting

Thousands of companies including Google, Yahoo, Intuit, Apple all use opensource products. Why? Because they are inexpensive reliable and save them thousands of dollars per year, not to mention the licensing fees they save. Are you tired of continually upgrading your microsoft products, which require more and more horsepower to run the applications, not to mention trying to fight off the virus' suseptable to Microsoft products. Maybe you've been thinking about switching to Mac, but huge hardware costs can be the problem there.

Our consulting services will not only show you the options available to you, but can provide you support for your office. We will show you how opensouce solutions can save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year. The rates for our services are also flexible in a per hour / per workstation or even by purchasing a block of consulting services per month.

Consider Linux.

• Low cost: You don't need to spend time and money to obtain licenses since Linux and much of its software come with the GNU General Public License. You can start to work immediately without worrying that your software may stop working anytime because the free trial version expires. Additionally, there are large repositories from which you can freely download high quality software for almost any task you can think of.
• Stability: Linux doesn't need to be rebooted periodically to maintain performance levels. It doesn't freeze up or slow down over time due to memory leaks and such. Continuous up-times of hundreds of days (up to a year or more) are not uncommon.
• Performance: Linux provides persistent high performance on workstations and on networks. It can handle unusually large numbers of users simultaneously, and can make old computers sufficiently responsive to be useful again.
• Network friendliness: Linux was developed by a group of programmers over the Internet and has therefore strong support for network functionality; client and server systems can be easily set up on any computer running Linux. It can perform tasks such as network backups faster and more reliably than alternative systems.
• Flexibility: Linux can be used for high performance server applications, desktop applications, and embedded systems. You can save disk space by only installing the components needed for a particular use. You can restrict the use of specific computers by installing for example only selected office applications instead of the whole suite.
• Compatibility: It runs all common Unix software packages and can process all common file formats.
• Choice: The large number of Linux distributions gives you a choice. Each distribution is developed and supported by a different organization. You can pick the one you like best; the core functionalities are the same; most software runs on most distributions.
• Fast and easy installation: Most Linux distributions come with user-friendly installation and setup programs. Popular Linux distributions come with tools that make installation of additional software very user friendly as well.
• Full use of hard disk: Linux continues work well even when the hard disk is almost full.
• Multitasking: Linux is designed to do many things at the same time. e.g., a large printing job in the background won't slow down your other work.
• Security: Linux is one of the most secure operating systems. Walls and flexible file access permission systems prevent access by unwanted visitors or viruses. Linux users have to option to select and safely download software, free of charge, from online repositories containing thousands of high quality packages. No purchase transactions requiring credit card numbers or other sensitive personal information are necessary.
• Open Source: If you develop software that requires knowledge or modification of the operating system code, Linux's source code is at your fingertips. Most Linux applications are Open Source as well.

Linux and FreeBSD Consulting

We offer a number of Linux and FreeBSD consulting services. Whether you require a server setup and maintained or some shell scripts wrote. Our rates for consulting services are as follows.

• $80.00 per hour
• $650.00 (Time block of 10 hours)
• Weekly / Monthly / Hourly rates are negotiable

Internet ISP Consulting

Thinking about switching ISP's? We provide unbiased consuting services that will best suit your company. Don't be oversold by a smooth talking sales person that is trying to sell his services.

one of the common comments when moving ISP's is that your DNS will take 2 -3 days to propogate thought the Internet and you site may be down during that time. We provice consulting services that can elimate all downtime, even when moving large networks from city to city.

Small Business Communication Services Consulting

Thinking about starting a small business and require the most efficient way to setup your communication services. Phone, Fax, E-Mail and Website are the services everyone requires and can cost you up to $100 per month even for basic service. We can tell you how to get them all for less than $10 per month.

Our fee for this serice is a flat rate of $75.00 (one time fee)