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Infrastructure & Architecture Assessments
- Are
your applications architected to operate effectively
within your data center?
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Is your network both secure and performance optimized?
- Is
your database being replicated and/or backed up securely?
- Are
your data center operational costs too high?
- Are
you looking for a consolidation strategy?
Neovera
has successfully performed strategic infrastructure,
application and
architecture assessments for a full range of clients. Depending
on the scope of work, initial IT assessments generally take
anywhere from
2-8 weeks depending on areas covered and complexity of the
organization. A full assessment report with prioritized
remediation plans is a core component of our final
deliverable. This report often becomes the basis for a
company's strategic IT plan in moving forward.
Click here to download our assessment
brochure.
Click here to see a quick
overview of our standard IT assessment methodology.
General
Infrastructure Consulting and Setup Services
- Are
your Unix and Windows servers being patched regularly?
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Are software builds being distributed out to these servers
efficiently?
- Are
your load balancers really working when a failover situation
takes place?
- Do
you have adequate power to keep your environment stable?
Neovera
offers a range of services to fit your data center infrastructure
needs. We can provide general consulting services to help
your staff or our experienced staff can perform the work
for you either remotely or on location. See our unique
Virtual
CTO program for more details.
An illustrative list of the services that Neovera performs include:
- Application
Architecture Assessments
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Infrastructure Performance Assessments and Tuning
- Hardware
Patch Management
- Network/Security
Device setup and Patch Management
- Virus
Protection Deployment
- Automated
Software Deployment
- Firewall/VPN
Setup and Ongoing Maintenance
- Load
Balancer Setup and Ongoing Maintenance
- Veritas
Backup an Clustering Architecture Support
- Database
Administration and Tuning
- Monitoring
Services
Database
Management & Backup and Recovery Services
- Is your
database server(s) performing optimally?
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Do you have real time data replication in place in case
of a device failure?
- Do
you have adequate processes in place around data backup
and recovery?
- Is
your data secure from external and internal threats?
Neovera
offers a full range of Database Administration, Tuning and
Backup/Recovery services. Our expertise includes most major
databases - especially Oracle. We can provide High-Availability
architectures and our engineers are experts in data replication
tools such as Veritas, Legato and XOSoft.
In
addition, we have extensive experience across a variety
of hardware data storage SAN and NAS platforms including
EMC Symmetrix, EMC Clarion, EMC Centerra (MSAR), Storage
Networks, Network Appliances, ADIC, HP and Dell. We have
provided solutions as simple as setting up a database RAID
storage device and as complex as setting up EMC direct fiber
SRDF replication between data centers. So whatever help
your need - application, database management system, replication/recovery
software or support with the data storage devices themselves,
Neovera has the solution. We are a full service, single
source company that can meet all your IT needs ensuring
that your data is always accessible and secure.
Disaster Recovery Planning and Setup
- Do
you have a BCP/DR plan?
It's
surprising how many organizations do not have a BCP/DR plan
that works or that they test regularly. Nearly 75% of all
U.S. businesses have experienced a business interruption
at some point. These interruptions were a result of power
outages, hardware problems, telecommunications failures,
environmental related outages, terrorism and/or software
problems. Businesses today are taking a critical look at
their vulnerability:
- What
level of tolerance/risk is acceptable?
- What
can be done to preclude an unacceptable level of business
interruption?
Today, organizations MUST have a Business Continuity
and Disaster Recovery Plan.
Neovera
provides complete Disaster Recovery planning and services.
We help clients build and test their own DR strategy and
execution plan or utilize our
outsourced
DR managed services. Solutions range from simply backing
up core database and email servers to full environment hot
site replication. We can also offer clients creative drop
ship programs so that they do not need to bear the entire
cost of a fully replicated DR site if they are willing to
live with a higher threshold of downtime.
Click here to download our
Disaster Recovery brochure.
Network/Security Assessments and General Consulting
- Is
your network and data really secure from outside threats?
- If
you have one firewall in place is that enough to really
protect your core systems and data?
- Is
your network performing adequately?
- Is
your data center network so complex that any change
risks shutting down business applications?
- Do
you have the right internal password and procedures
in place to secure access to your systems and data?
Neovera
specializes in helping client’s set-up and maintain
their internal network and security infrastructure. We have
extensive experience with products from companies like CISCO,
Checkpoint, Level 3 and F5 and with all the components you
need including switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, SSL accelerators,
secure id devices and load balancers. In addition, we help
client’s set-up Network and Host Intrusion monitoring
solutions.
Vulnerability
Assessments and Penetration Testing
- You
finally have all the firewalls, monitoring and procedures
in place, but are you secure?
Today,
companies are utilizing vulnerability assessments to help
them identify potential weaknesses in their current infrastructure
set-up or, possibly, the security procedures themselves.
Neovera
performs comprehensive vulnerability assessments and penetration
testing for our clients. If we are involved in the vulnerability
assessment phase or generally have any detailed awareness
of a client's internal infrastructure, we work with partner
providers to execute the actual penetration testing part
of the project. Detailed assessment reports are provided
at the completion of all assessments and penetration testing
projects.
Systems
and Network Intrusion Monitoring Consulting and Setup
- How
much does a minute of downtime cost you?
- What
is the impact of downtime on your customers and revenue?
- Are
you prepared for external network intrusion?
- Can
you effectively track internal changes to your host
infrastructure?
Applications,
Systems and Network Intrusion Monitoring can help you avoid
costly outages, minimize the risk of application downtime
and help ensure that your network and data remain safe.
Monitoring can also provide ongoing performance metrics,
reporting of the capacity utilization and performance of
your infrastructure.
Neovera
provides consulting expertise and installation support for
customers looking to create automated infrastructure monitoring
agents and administration consoles within their environment.
We have experience in setting up monitoring at all infrastructure
levels including operating systems, network devices, security
devices, servers, software components, databases as well
as at the business application level. Plus, we have the
ability to set-up SMTP/SMS notification services to email
addresses, pagers and cell phones.
- Are
you capturing historical data on your system?
Because
of recent Sarbanes-Oxley compliance regulations, having
access to historical systems audit data is quickly becoming
a "must have" requirement for
any moderately sized operation's environment. At Neovera,
we have expertise across a variety of monitoring solutions
ranging from high-end enterprise offerings such as
Micromuse
Netcool to more cost effective open source
offerings like
Nagios.
We can help you architect and build a simple solution that
gets the job done in a cost effective manner. Or, we can
offer a more robust industrial-strength solution. Or, we
can provide managed services to get you up and running quickly
by using our existing infrastructure, if that is all you
require.
Data Center Management and Staff Augmentation
- Maybe
you have strong technical resources, but who is adequately
overseeing their work?
- Maybe
you have adequate management and skilled staff, but
are you missing certain elements (e.g. firewall management)?
- Or,
do you just need to provide backfill for core staff
when they are on vacation?
Neovera
can help organizations who need IT infrastructure management
or engineering support on either a retainer or T&M basis.
For more information on these services, please see our
Virtual
CTO program.
Data
Center Migration
- Are
you faced with having to migrate your data center operations
to a new location?
- Do
you need to consolidate existing data center facilities?
- Would
you like to reduce costs associated with an existing
hosting provider?
- Do
you need to migrate, but can't afford extensive service
downtime?
Data
Center Migration can be an extremely challenging task, especially
when you cannot afford unplanned service downtime and/or
unstable operations post migration. Neovera has performed
numerous successful data center migrations for many of its
clients. Given the complexities involved, having a proven
provider is a sound investment We have the expertise and
skills needed to effectively plan the migration as well
as to help with the actual move itself.
Custom Application Development and Integration
- Are
you faced with having to migrate your data center operations
to a new location?
- Do
you need to consolidate existing data center facilities?
- Would
you like to reduce costs associated with an existing
hosting provider?
- Do
you need to migrate, but can't afford extensive service
downtime?
Neovera has top-level development staff and project managers
with extensive experience in architecting and developing
large-scale solutions for a wide range of clients. We offer
expertise in key development languages like Java J2EE as
well as many of the necessary infrastructure elements such
as BEA Weblogic, Citrix and IBM Websphere MQ.
Installation and Migration Support
- Are
you a small organization looking for help with installing
or migrating to Microsoft Active Directory and/or Exchange?
- Are
you a larger organization looking for more comprehensive
assistance?
Neovera
has the extensive integration expertise needed to provide
the hardware and software solutions you need to get your
projects completed, large or small, quickly and effectively.
We provide consulting services for the following brief list
of primary solutions:
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Mail: Microsoft Exchange, Notes, Sendmail,
Qmail, Postfix, Exim and others
- Network
Directory: Microsoft Active Directory (AD),
LDAP
- Operating
Systems: Windows, Unix (all variants)
- Database:
Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2
- Data
Storage: EMC, Hitachi, Network Appliance, StorageTek,
ADIC
- Backup/Storage
Management: Veritas, Legato, XOSoft
- Remote
Access: Citrix / Terminal Server, VPN Solutions,
Secure Id
- Application
Software: IBM Websphere/MQ, BEA Weblogic, Filenet
and many others
Software as a Service (SaaS) Consulting and
Migrations
- Are
you a software provider seeking to create a SaaS based
delivery model?
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Is
your
software constructed to run in a scalable multi-tenant,
multi-instance architecture that is designed for
high-availability, high-security and automatic failover?
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Does your staff understand how to leverage today's infrastructure
advancements such as virtualization technology to reduce
your overall IT operating costs?
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Are you
able to effectively establish and meet the typical
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) required in the
industry?
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Are
you prepared to run your operations on a 24x7x365 basis
or looking for a qualified service provider to take over
this function?
Whether you term it ASP, SaaS or something else, creating
a software services based business model can produce a lucrative
reoccurring revenue stream. Just look at the recent
successes of companies like Salesforce.com to see how accretive
to earnings this type of business model can be. If you are not
already
considering running your software as a service then you are
not only risking lost revenue potential but you could be
jeopardizing the long-term viability of your business.
According to a 2005 IDC SaaS Adoption Study, 79% of
companies are either considering or currently using a SaaS
solution.
Neovera is uniquely qualified to help with all aspects of
working with organizations to migrate their business to a
SaaS processing model. From helping companies analyze and
convert their software applications to run in a scalable
multi-tenant, multi-instance processing model to helping
them design their infrastructure to run in a 24x7
processing model built for high-availability.
Neovera has helped architect and manage
data center operations for a variety of SaaS client
deployments. For a real world global Banking ASP example read more on our
Proponix success
story. If you are looking for an innovative, experienced
solution provider to help you build, manage and grow your
SaaS business, Neovera is an ideal partner for
consideration.
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