Services Overview

[Services]

Software Engineering

• Linux server automation
• BASH and KSH scripting
• Perl
• PHP
• Custom web applications

Web Site and Application Development

• Sites written from scratch — you own 100% of the code
• Sites incorporating open source frameworks such as WordPress or Drupal
• Database integration into new or existing web applications using MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase
• Cross-browser compatibility
• Performance tuning
• Site security

Server & network planning

• Proxmox virtual environment planning and implementation.
• Server needs analysis, capacity planning.
• Software licence review and recommendations.
• Security audit.
• Best practices audit.
• Design of stable 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 and administration

• Gentoo, Red Hat, Oracle, Arch, Artix, Ubuntu, Debian
• Configuration management with Puppet, Ansible, or custom tooling
• Automation scripts
• Software patch/update planning and implementation for enterprise production environments
• Software management, internal repositories
• Linux-Active Directory integration, Kerberos authentication
• Database migration from MS SQL to MySQL, MariaDB, PostegreSQL

IT project planning and management

• Project plan documentation
• Scope definition, problem analysis, requirements analysis, etc.

Other IT services

• Design and implementation of an ISP network
• Network security, planning, and implementation
• Installation of Internet servers and networks
• Systems analysis and design
• Web-based database application design
• Security and user-interface design
• Analysis of potential software including licence, support, hard and soft costs, ROI, etc.
• Interoperability of Linux and Windows systems
• Linux server installation, configuration, security hardening, trouble-shooting, and support, including:
  • Apache web server
  • PHP
  • Sendmail
  • Courier IMAP (auth, IMAP, and POP, including SSL)
  • DNS (BIND, dnsmasq)
  • Database servers (MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • Subversion or Git version control servers
  • Zabbix infrastructure monitoring
  • IPTables firewalls
  • Other Linux software — please contact us to discuss your requirements.
• Documentation of policies and procedures
• PCI Compliance preparation
• Addition of Internet services to existing infrastructure
• Server migration
• Facility changes
• Server hardware changes
• Network changes
• Windows to Linux
• Server disaster recovery: remote or on-site rebuilding and configuration
• Server management and hosting.