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ISP Limited provides consulting and programming services to help businesses implement Linux servers and maximise their technical effectiveness in terms of security and speed.

What we do

  • Consulting
    • Design and implementation of an ISP network
    • Security hardening, planning, establishment and documentation of policies and procedures
    • PCI Compliance preparation
    • Addition of ISP services to existing infrastructure
    • Installation of Internet servers and networks
    • Upgrading existing servers
    • Migration from hosted servers to in-house servers or vice-versa
    • Migration from one hosted service to another
    • Migration from Windows to Linux
    • Migration from Exchange to Linux with Sendmail or Exim
    • Rapid server disaster recovery: remote or on-site rebuilding and configuration (not data recovery)
  • Programming
    • Web applications using PHP (with secondary emphasis on Perl)
    • Database integration into new or existing web applications using MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL
    • Database migration from the costly MS SQL licence to the free licence of a MySQL or PostegreSQL environment (you have read Microsoft's licence terms, right?)
    • Command-line utilities using Perl, AWK, and BASH
    • Cross-browser compatibility and bandwidth efficiency for maximum effectiveness of existing infrastructure
  • Server & network engineering
    • Design of extremely reliable economical or high-performance servers, with a track record of servers in harsh environments (in Africa) running after seven years of continuous operation.
    • Network planning, upgrades, and implementation
    • Operating system optimisation for security and performance
    • Expert assistance with configuring, upgrading, and/or securing Apache, Sendmail, Squid, BIND (DNS), DHCP, NTP (time), and FTP servers
    • Linux server configuration, specialising in Gentoo (also skilled in Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat, Macintosh Xserve)
    • The Internet's original ISP How-To
      • First released in 1999, the ISP How-To has been expanded and turned into a wiki that permits others to participate in the sharing of information. The How-To is available for free, under the Creative Commons non-commercial licence, for those who have substantial knowledge and want to do build and configure a network of Linux servers themselves.
    • Web content filtering for ISPs who wish to offer a Christian or family-oriented service.