We have a long history of successfully utilizing open source software to build, deploy, optimize, secure, and maintain a wide variety of projects. This allows our customers to keep costs low while operating quality solutions that pass PCI-DSS and SAS-70 Type II audits.
We specialize in remote system administration and tune ups of existing infrastructure. If your company has no qualified system administration resources, you're plagued by system glitches, or you don't understand why you struggle with the same issues, we can step in and assist or take responsibility.
Cloud Migrations
If you're running on dated physical hardware, or simply want to reduce your monthly expenses by migrating away from a physical co-location, we can help. We've worked extensively with Rackspace Cloud, Amazon EC2, and even smaller virtual hosting providers to help cut our clients' costs. We can advise, deploy, monitor, secure, and maintain as you require. For most scenarios, we recommend the same thing we use ourselves - the rackspace cloud.
Operations
Does your company struggle with the same issues over and over? Does it take too long to deploy a server, configure backups, setup monitoring? Written policies and procedures might seem like unnecessary overhead for small companies, but we've learned that they actually reduce time spent on routine tasks while helping to ensure the tasks are done with a higher degree of quality.
With decades of experience in Information Technology, we've experienced both ends of the spectrum - from heavy-handed corporate environments that stifle productivity to the chaotic nature of early stage startups. We know the appropriate operational solutions lie somewhere in between and vary from environment to environment. Our team has prepared and successfully taken companies through both PCI-DSS and SAS-70 Type II audits. Proper procedures enable a company to produce repeatable high quality work without superhuman effort or heroic effort by a few individuals.
The next step beyond that is automating your deployments - from server provisioning to application deployment, automation is the key to reducing errors and overhead. We use open source provisioning and build management tools to ensure low cost smooth operation.
In addition to procedures, the foundation for sound technical infrastructure depends heavily on proper monitoring, sound backup strategies, and potentially disaster recovery preparation. Our experience in these areas heavily involve low cost open source solutions rather than expensive proprietary products.
Security
Many small companies still don't take security seriously enough. Are your firewalls properly configured? Do your routers filter the right traffic? How often are your operating system patches updated? Is your sensitive data encrypted properly?
If you don't know the answers to these and related security questions, it's likely that you have problems we can help with.
Hosting
If you have a small website or application you need to host, but are reluctant to entrust its deployment, monitoring, or maintenance to one of the large faceless budget hosts, we can offer reasonable rates to do as little or as much as you need.
Root Cause Analysis
With broad experience spanning both development and information technology, we excel in debugging and resolving problems where many others fail.
Audit Preparation
We've been handling PCI-DSS audits since 2005. We can answer many questions, walk you through the requirements, perform a preliminary audit, and advise you on how to prepare for PCI.