Consulting Services

• Semaphore's solutions consulting is fueled by the limitless potential of cutting-edge technology and tempered by a realistic sense of what the network can bear.
  
  Semaphore brings unequalled expertise in networking design, development and deployment to help your organization wield the power of networking safely, quickly and profitably. Sure, we know the technology inside and out. But more important, Semaphore understands the unique challenges facing networks today.
  
  That's because we've helped scores of organizations, from dot-com startups to established companies expanding online, navigate these complexities with success. With each, we offer counsel in strategy, technology and systems management for a single-source network deployment solution tailored to their precise needs. Take a closer look at the various components of Semaphore's end-to-end consulting services.

• Strategic Consulting

  Our ultimate task is to make your vision a reality. Often, this begins by helping to better define that vision, clearly assessing and analyzing key development and networking issues within your business model before creating a solid blueprint that guides all facets of the project.
  
  Semaphore's Network Strategy Consultants can accelerate the return on your network investment by leveraging the ideas and methods pioneered by successful businesses. Semaphore's disciplined consulting process provides clear thinking for operational modeling and analysis to help your company:
  • Formulate a development and networking strategy that effectively complements your business plan and is consistent with your operational processes, organization and IT infrastructure.
  • Optimize profitability across various development, deployment and management strategies.
  • Prioritize current and future network initiatives within a benchmarked implementation plan.
  • Ensure effective scalability and viability of the operational model over time and through growth.
  Semaphore can also validate your existing strategy to help you minimize risk and target resources for optimum returns. And once in place, we provide all the services to set your plan in motion.

• Network Consulting

  As an end-to-end network resource, Semaphore not only enables your data assets - we also design the networks that put them in the hands of your customers, employees and business partners. Our network consulting team includes certified specialists, intimately familiar with the technologies we use to create some the most sophisticated networking systems in business today.
  
  Whether your company is launching an Internet or Intranet solution, we can help you understand your current and future networking needs and formulate a network strategy that includes:
  • Security solutions for any size or need
  • Multi-protocol LAN and WAN solutions for enterprise environments (IP, IPX, DEC, IBM, etc.)
  • Corporate quality bandwidth service for mission-critical operations
  • Server and network load balancing strategies
  • Colocation and other network outsourcing solutions
  Additionally, Semaphore consults with organizations to design fully managed private networks that integrate voice, video and data in one seamless system. Our experience in multiple-carrier, convergence technology solutions makes Semaphore one of the most well-informed resources for comprehensive network planning and design.

• Planning for the Future

  Last, but not least, our strategic planning services encompass all areas of network management, ensuring a scalable, sustainable future for your business. Depending on your company's internal resources and needs, we can design a completely outsourced solution, or create an "a la carte" strategy of network services.
  
  Most important, we work closely with you to determine the specific requirements of your business, and the level of comfort, capability and capital your enterprise can bring to support network systems over time and through growth. Informed by our years of network management experience, Semaphore helps you make prudent decisions on critical issues such as:
  • Server management/system upgrades
  • Back-up and recovery strategies
  • Monitoring and reporting
  • Performance trend analysis
  • Remote monitoring
  • Proactive problem resolution

• Your Foundation for Success

  While every consulting project is unique in scope and nature, the final outcome is the same: Semaphore provides your company with a detailed and comprehensive Requirements Document, a blueprint for the development and deployment of your network.