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Consulting
The Technology Consulting Division of Furry Hippo, Inc. offers clients full-service solutions from the ground-up. Whether you are starting over, starting from scratch, or need to integrate new technology into your current environment we are there to guide you through the entire process. After we evaluate your technology needs, we determine how much of the work we will do ourselves, and how much needs to be performed by 3rd parties...and we do all the project planning and leg work to make sure that the third party solutions will meet the technical requirements as well as your unique business needs.
It is difficult to quantify or narrow down our services to a short bulleted list, because when we meet with new clients, our approach is to evaluate each unique situation-regardless of whether or not we've seen it before, and decide if we have the time, resources, and skill-sets needed to accomplish the project. When the scope exceeds our service offering, we work with outside vendors to obtain quotes and present you with an overall project plan with all costs broken down for all vendors involved so that you can easily evaluate the entire solution for your technology infrastructure.  We pride ourselves on our ability to analyze a client's unique technology needs and carefully craft a reliable, simple solution. Although many of our clients are businesses, we often scale down our solutions for high-end residential clients who demand the latest and greatest technology to serve their home entertainment and automation needs.  In some cases our high-end residential clients can afford to have better technology infrastructure than most small-medium sized businesses.

Here are some of the services we provide:

Network & Systems Design & Integration
Primarily Gigabit Ethernet Networks, Cisco Firewalls, Cisco Aironet Wireless Access points, Cisco & Linksys Switches

Server Solutions
Primarily Microsoft Windows 2003 Servers

Messaging Solutions
Primarily Microsoft Exchange

Backup Solutions
Primarily Symantec /Veritas Backup Exec & Netbackup using SDLT tape backup solutions

Document Management

AntiVirus, AntiSpam, AntiSpyware
Eset NOD32, Trend Micro, Symantec, McAfee, Microsoft Windows Defender

Workstation Imaging
Acronis TrueImage, Symantec Ghost

Software & Hardware Support
Laptops, Desktops, Servers, PDA's, Smartphones, Printers, BlackBerry Handhelds, Label Printers, Scanners, Network Copier/Printer/Scanners, Tape Libraries, VOIP devices, Firewalls, Routers, Switches, etc.

Project Management
Planning and managing technology roll-outs and deployments.

Business Processes & Workflow Analysis and Streamlining
Analyzing day to day tasks and developing simpler methods to accomplish those tasks using less software and less time.

Cross-Platform Solutions
Apple Macintosh or IBM PC based workstation solutions including Macintosh computers that run Windows XP and OSX including the ability to run Windows applications from a window within OSX!

The Technology Consulting division defies the standard system integrator/IT company model.  We bring a broad range of Technology Consulting knowledge and insights to the table, but we also speak English and have the capacity to determine what you want to achieve, and develop a solution that doesn't require that you have a degree in Computer Science to manage after the solution is implemented.  We also have a very strong background in creative services due in large part to our continuing involvement with the entertainment industry.  As a result we can relate to the needs of artists and creative minds that don't understand or want to understand the IT guy's vernacular.  We also work with an array of artists and provide a broad range of graphic design and web development services to our clients who need websites, newsletters, logos , posters , etc.  We can also provide marketing support to help improve your search engine placement and performance.  We have the tools and expertise to help develop your business and unify your marketing practices.

For more information about our Technology Consulting services or about the products and technologies we work with please contact us .
 
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