Technology Resources
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When you prefer to outsmart your competition without outspending them, simplify IT operations and management with Agosto’s Technology Resources. |
Technology. Successful businesses can’t live without it, and successful IT can’t exist without human capital. In other words, technology must be applied thoughtfully, skillfully, and efficiently—from strategic planning through execution.
Discovery
Understanding your IT infrastructure assets and their interdependencies is the first step to becoming your trusted advisor. In order to understand your IT landscape, we conduct an infrastructure assessment that provides a clear picture of all of your network components and how they interact. This baseline assessment often unmasks deficiencies that may be sabotaging your network’s performance, as well as vulnerabilities that may be threatening your network’s security.
Project Services
Projects come in different shapes and sizes, requiring a variety of resources—from the simple to the complex, from design to management. Agosto’s engineers have the experience in IT infrastructure design, deployment, and management to provide each project with a unique blend of expertise that precisely fits your needs without overkill. In addition, our unique Enlightened IT process aligns specific business objectives with all infrastructure project work and delivers pre-defined results—ROI, strategic positioning/alignment, cost-avoidance, and/or lower the total cost of ownership.
Skills Augmentation
We share our breadth of technical and business experience with clients requiring short-term and/or long-term assistance on a variety of levels—from executive to administrative. No matter what responsibilities we undertake on your behalf, our first priority is to deliver exceptional results by performing beyond expectations. Read more...
Project Management
Agosto members are part of your IT team—at any and all levels. We roll up our sleeves to support successful project outcomes. As project managers, we oversee progress and protect the integrity of projects to minimize variance and negative twists and turns that could delay completion. Read more...
Project Execution
Network/Communications
It all starts here. Wide-area network (WAN) connectivity is the critical link for your business to the outside world. Communication services often comprise the largest operationally related business expense. Agosto monitors your mission-critical connectivity services, troubleshoots problems, and automatically escalates issues to ensure minimum downtime and eliminate unnecessary communication costs. We can also help you implement Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure to integrate your business communications for cost reduction and improved efficiency. Read more...
Messaging/Collaboration
Email and collaboration forge a cornerstone for business communication. We also have deep expertise in traditional messaging platforms, such as Microsoft. Additionally, Agosto helps you tap into and navigate emerging technologies such as Google Apps, which is changing the way business views email. Email and collaboration tools should be a utility—always on, easily accessible, and fully maintained. You should only pay for what you need. Users could access, share, and edit documents online, in real time, from anywhere—without additional hardware or software to install and maintain. Read more...
Systems/Storage
The data in your organization and the systems that access that data are integral to your business’ success. Our expert engineers create and/or deploy scalable, flexible systems and storage solutions for our customers. We leverage best-of-breed technologies that enhance business outcomes without choking the budget. Read more...
Server Virtualization/Consolidation
Agosto helps your IT infrastructure keep up with your business growth. We recognize that growth typically requires additional computing capacity—new servers with disparate operating environments. In turn, this server sprawl requires additional capital and support costs, and further drains facility resources such as power and space.
That’s where Server Virtualization/Consolidation shines. This flexible, affordable approach drives unprecedented levels of efficiency.
Virtual infrastructure integrates well with existing system management software, improves ROI in shared storage environments, and offers these additional advantages:
• Reduces hardware acquisition/maintenance costs
• Consolidates idle system resources to maximize resources
• Minimizes carbon footprint and energy expenses
• Boosts operational efficiency
• Creates a consistent production environment
Pre-Paid Services
Agosto offers a pre-emptive strategy for preventing unanticipated IT needs from undermining your budget. Pre-payment enables you to create a “slush fund” of sorts to handle those special, unplanned projects that seem to crop up. Perhaps there’s an emerging technology that can dramatically improve productivity or support that’s needed for a new business initiative that leverages an emerging opportunity. There’s no need to delay with pre-payment paving the way.