Technology Assessments

Assess Your Current Environment

Before considering the impact of a technology enhancement to your organization, it is prudent to assess your current environment and identify the areas where technology can have the greatest impact. The knowledge and experience at Computer Service Partners offer a unique opportunity for businesses to hire an expert for a short-term engagement to provide an independent assessment of various technology specialties. The tools and resources at our disposal are rarely available to most businesses. Having Computer Service Partners engaged to assess your IT environment is like having a specialist on your staff to assist you with your technology decisions. Below are few of the assessments that Computer Service Partners offers on a regular basis. These assessments are based upon industry best practices, and utilize specialized tools and resources. CSP can also provide customized assessments based upon your set of unique requirements.

Technology Assessment Profile – A comprehensive assessment, which indentifies strengths and weaknesses of your current IT environment. It also provides a prioritized summary of recommended initiatives to assist your company with planning and budgeting for the future. Information is gathered through conventional on-site engineering surveys as well as interviews with key company personnel. Key areas focuses include business applications, hardware, software, network design, security, communications, storage infrastructure, business continuity, administration, internet, and life cycle planning.

Security Assessment Profile – A comprehensive evaluation of your security posture. The results of this assessment report on network infrastructure vulnerabilities, gaps in policy, and compliance issues that provide a basis for a clear understanding and a specific action plan to improve overall security. Penetration testing of your current network’s security systems is also available.

IP Telephony / Voice Over IP ROI Analysis – Designed for businesses with greater than 50 phones or multiple locations. Calculates your current telecom costs and potential savings of migrating to VoIP technology.

Server and Storage Consolidation Assessment – Designed for businesses with greater than 10 servers or 1 terabyte of total storage. Calculates the cost savings of consolidating servers and storage.

Managed Services ROI Analysis – Designed for businesses with 10-1000 users. Calculates your current IT support costs and potential benefits of a Managed Services agreement.

Wireless Site Survey Analysis – Designed for businesses wanting to deploy a new wireless LAN or troubleshoot an existing WLAN. Analyzes wireless access point coverage, signal strength, interference, and signal to noise distribution.