Computer and Communications Technologies

Organizational Philosophies

Computer and Communications Technologies (CCTec) is a consultancy formed to meet the strategic communications needs of our clients. We strive to provide total business solutions with a commitment to total quality.

CCTec has a wealth of experience pertaining to systems implementation. The network is viewed as an ever evolving system which should be proactively managed. Emphasized to our clients is the concept of managed change with control over the infrastructure. CCTec believes strongly in standards based implementations and providing solutions that answer the needs of our clients.

CCTec is capable of providing the following services:

Strategic Planning

CCTec is very familiar with the current trends in the industry, always revising our stands on technology to reflect the most current solid investment, independent of media hype. CCTec is capable of analyzing your existing communications systems, both hardware and software, and making recommendations on long term migration strategies. CCTec applies what is best for the customer independent of media influence.

Needs Analysis

At the beginning of each project lies the Needs Analysis. CCTec will analyze the functional requirements of the system, independent of specific solutions. CCTec focuses on what needs to be accomplished, what is currently installed and if the two can converge to solve the problem. The goal of the Needs Analysis is to define the problem and then progress to the solution, not define the solution and then define the problem around it.

System Design

CCTec is capable of designing a total network solution for your environment. CCTec is familiar with all aspects of networking technology, from physical cabling, internetworking devices and wide area links, to network operating system software, application level gateways, training and third party services. CCTec has the breadth and depth to fulfill all of your system design needs.

System Implementation

The engineers at CCTec have significant experience in System Implementation. CCTec can take the System Design and provide full implementation services including infrastructure installation such as fiber and LAN cabling, network operating system and application installation and configuration, and custom application development on a variety of platforms. At every stage of the implementation, CCTec believes in extensive client communications including project plans, daily status reports and weekly update meetings. CCTec will apprise the client of all facets of the installation and work with them to insure a successful installation.

Standards, Policies and Procedures Development

At the heart of smooth operation of any significant communications environment are standards. CCTec has extensive experience developing customized standards, policies and procedures for installation and operation of networks. By ensuring consistency and conforming to corporate standards, the environment becomes significantly more manageable and supportable. CCTec also has significant knowledge of de facto industry standards such as the Internet Requests for Comments and strives to incorporate them whenever possible into an organizations standards.

Custom Application Development

While striving to address all client needs with off the shelf products, occasions will arise where there simply is no commercial solution. CCTec has the experience and ability to forsee such circumstances and apply their development skills to solution of such problems. Whether development of a custom electronic mail gateway, custom database solution or application intregration, CCTec can deliver a total solution that is supportable and addresses all of the system requirements.

Hardware Selection

CCTec is very familiar with current industry trends and can assist in selection of hardware solutions which address the system requirements within the defined budget. CCTec has experience with a variety of devices including superservers, high performance bridges and routers and high performance workstations.

Service and Support

CCTec has the depth of experience to provide complete Service and Support to your communications system. The engineers of CCTec have the knowledge and experience to diagnose where the problem lies and the skills to communicate and exact a solution from the vendor. CCTec is also a firm believer in preventive maintenance and can offer services whereby standards and updates to system configurations are propagated when the core technologies are updated.

Training

CCTec believes firmly in empowerment of network management staff via education. The engineers at CCTec are capable of providing education on a variety of issues such as administration of mainstream network operating systems, cross platform intregration and technology transfer of such current trends as Internet connectivity. CCTec engineers are experts in their field and demonstrate this via effective communication via education

Cross Infrastructure Integration

Together with our business partners, CCTec can provide Cross Infrastructure Integration of seemingly disparate technologies such as cable TV, telephony and LAN data transmission. This is becoming increasingly important with the emergence of the initiatives of the National Information Infrastructure. Whatever your needs, CCTec can deliver innovative solutions which leverage installed and emerging technologies for the maximum benefit of the client.

Internet and Intranet Development

CCTec has broad experience in design and implementation of sites which are integrated with or utilize existing Internet Technologies. Our strengths include dynamic Web sites, Web database integration, virtual domain hosting and business process re-engineering around this evolving communications medium.