Consulting basics

We think that the best example of what we can do when it comes to designing, building, and maintaining a network, is our own.

Cloud 9 operates a high-availability network serving thousands of customers, using a diverse mix of hardware and software. The network has to run smoothly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with as few performance problems or outages as possible. Whether you have 5 or 50 employees, we can still apply our industry experience to helping your business.

Local and wide-area networks

Cloud 9 designed, deployed, and maintains a wide area network for a customer with over 50 sites in the New York metro area. DSL was used to create a private (not connected to the Internet) network with a hardware VPN for added security. Some key sites connect back to the main office with T1s. This replaced a slower frame relay network, saving thousands of dollars a month. One-time costs to bring a site online were cut in half. Monitoring and reporting tools provide bandwidth utilization information across the network, and notifications when a site's connection is down or congested.

Microsoft Windows servers and networking

Cloud 9 installs, upgrades, and maintains all the various portions of the Microsoft Windows Server product family, including:

  • Windows Server 2003
  • Exchange Server 2000, 2003, 2007
  • SQL Server 2000, 2005
  • Built-in server components like IIS, Update Services, and Group Policy
  • Common third party add-ons like anti-virus, content filtering, and email for mobile devices
  • We can help with either a totally new setup, or helping to make sure a current Windows network is running smoothly.