IT Strategy
A well thought out IT strategy helps an organisation better utilise people, processes and technology. It prevents unnecessary IT expenditure and focuses resources where they can achieve the best commercial advantage. Nexus helps its clients identify any weaknesses in the current environment, where IT is misaligned to business outcomes, and assist develop a realistic blueprint for the future. This helps clients to:
Strategic thinking permeates all of Nexus’s engagements and contributes significantly to delivering long-term value from the IT systems we design and provision. Our clients consistently obtain better results for less expenditure.
Project Management
All Nexus projects, from small infrastructure refreshments through to large multisite application deployments, are conducted by a professional project manager to ensure they meet the stated deliverables and are completed on time and on budget. Nexus uses the internationally recognised PMBoK methodology.
Nexus also provides Project Management as a stand alone service for organisations undergoing change, such as relocating offices or deploying technology involving multiple parties.
Consulting
Commencing with the clarification of budget and business objectives, Nexus can produce or peer-review detailed technical designs for business IT projects. Our expertise encompasses:
Virtualisation
Advanced Storage
BURA (Backup, Recovery and Archive)
Networking
Security
Graphic Automation
Digital Asset Management
End-To-End Systems
Supplementary Services
Nexus can provide skilled engineers on a time and materials basis to assist organisations with special projects or overflow work. Supplementary services include, but are not limited to:
Active Directory
Advanced Networking
Bluecoat
Cisco WAN
EMC Avamar
EMC Replication Manager
EMC Replistore
EMC Unfiied Storage Configuration
Enterprise Hardware Configuration
Exchange Server 2003
Exchange Server 2007
Exinda
ISP Provisioning
Mac OSX
RedHat Enterprise Server
Symantec AV/End point protection
Symantec Backup exec
Symantec Enterprise Vault
Symantec Mail Security / PAS
VMware ESX Server
VMware Server
Watchguard Firewalls
Windows Server 2000
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Xen Enterprise Server
Managed Services
Nexus offers comprehensive Managed Services to lower the cost and improve the quality of IT support and maintenance. Automatic agents provide real-time monitoring and alerting of client’s networks and systems. Patches are systematically deployed and managed. Detailed software and hardware audits are maintained and desktop remote-control software enables support engineers to expedite the resolution of end-user problems.
Nexus Managed Services include: