Area 04 · Infrastructure and support

IT infrastructure

Very few plan their estate in advance. Usually it accretes in layers: a machine bought here, a domestic router plugged in there because something was urgent. We take those layers apart and turn them into a diagram showing what rests on what and what the failure of each node would mean.

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5 days

for the survey

0 ₸

a pre-start audit

Diagram

stays with you

VDI

workplaces from anywhere

What the area consists of

Five services arranged in sequence: first understand what you have, then remove the constraints, and only then open up working from anywhere.

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Core IT infrastructure

The full starter set: cabling, your own machine or rented resources, mailboxes, file shares, accounts and permission structure.

Infrastructure survey

An inventory of hardware and subscriptions, a diagram of the dependencies and a list of risks in descending order of severity. We hand the result over as a document and do not push for follow-on work.

System performance tuning

We find the real cause of the slowdown: the drive, a shortage of memory, a narrow link or a badly written query. The conclusion is by no means always to buy more powerful hardware.

Remote workplaces and VDI

The employee's environment sits on a server rather than inside a laptop. Lose the device and the data is still there, and underpowered hardware no longer slows the work down.

Setting up remote work

A secure connection to the accounting system and internal resources from home or a trip, without exposing equipment directly to the internet.

How the survey works

One working week and almost no distraction for your staff. The outcome is a document you can already build a budget from.

We gather the data

We count the workstations, servers, active equipment and subscriptions. We mark what is in use and what is sitting idle.

We map the dependencies

We map the dependencies. As a rule this is the step at which it emerges that the whole organisation rests on a single ancient box in the corner.

We weigh the risks

We rate every finding by how likely it is and what the consequences would cost: what needs acting on now and what can wait until the next financial year.

We hand over the report

We hand over the diagram, the list of risks and a costed programme of work. The document stays with you whether you continue with us or not.

Your own machine or a server

Server-hosted desktops do not suit everyone. Below is an honest comparison so the choice is made deliberately rather than following a trend.

Option 1

Local workplaces

The familiar option: both the working environment and the files sit on the computer itself.

Cost to start

Cheaper, the hardware is already bought

A lost laptop

Data can leak

A new employee

Buy and configure a machine

Working without the internet

Possible

Heavy graphics and CAD

Carries on as normal

Option 2

VDI

Everything is computed on the server and the device serves only as a screen and keyboard.

Cost to start

More expensive, a server is needed

A lost laptop

The files stayed on the server

A new employee

Access is granted in minutes

Working without the internet

Not possible

Heavy graphics and CAD

A separate option is needed

Result

What to choose

The options coexist happily: some people move to virtual desktops while others stay on their own machines.

Local workplaces

A small office with a stable team

VDI

High staff turnover, branches, working from home

A mixed setup

Designers on their own machines, everyone else on the server

An undocumented estate exists only in one person's head. The difference is not felt until the day they go on holiday and the machine refuses to start.

Questions and answers

Yes, if it is an ordinary office and you are open in principle to working together afterwards. The document with the diagram stays with you whatever happens. With several addresses the effort rises considerably and the survey is priced separately.

Not necessarily. For organisations of up to twenty staff without large databases it is usually cheaper to rent resources and do without a dedicated room altogether. The decision comes down to data storage requirements, the response speed you need and whether you have someone able to look after the equipment.

For a team of fifteen to thirty people it takes from two weeks to a month, counting from when the premises are ready: cabling, hardware, accounts, permissions. The longest wait is not for us but for the provider to run the line and for the hardware to arrive.

That is what most people do. Those handling confidential data or changing frequently are moved to server-hosted desktops, while designers and engineers stay on their own machines.

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Area 03 System administration Who supports the estate after handover Area 05 Networks and telecom Cabling and links for it Area 07 Cloud services and hosting Rented resources instead of your own room Area 17 Consulting and audit An analysis of the setup from a business point of view

We will work out what you already have

За рабочую неделю сложим общую картину и передадим чертёж вместе с перечнем угроз. Очерёдность действий определяете вы сами.

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Almaty, Bukhar Zhyrau boulevard, 62B

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