Technology | Unified Communications | Staffing – Ideal System Solutions, Inc. Minnesota http://www.idealssi.com SDB, WBE, MBE Certified Company Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Four Steps to Planning Your Wireless Network http://www.idealssi.com/four-steps-to-planning-your-wireless-network/ http://www.idealssi.com/four-steps-to-planning-your-wireless-network/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:19:14 +0000 admin http://www.idealssi.com/?p=939

1.  Know your environment

Do you have a brick wall or sheetrock between you and your signal?  In order to start planning for your wireless deployment start with the blueprint of your building.  Whatever is between the user and the signal is going to affect the signal’s strength. So if you have concrete, chalkboards, uranium or a basket full of monkeys a good deployment will plan for penetration through these obstacles.

2.  Measure your density

Their ability to receive the wireless signal is all the user really cares about!  Don’t guess at your signal strength…measure it.  The best heat map is one that can combine both your blueprint and a measurement of signal strength through your environment.

3.  Plan for more users

While it is obvious to consider the number of possible users on the wireless it is also worth considering (or measuring) what kind of traffic those users produce.  Do your users stream Pandora?  Drag CAD files?  Upload video? These types of streaming media create the largest bandwidth utilization.  If you are a school district plan maybe plan for a middle school building.  If you’re a manufacturer, plan for a warehouse expansion.  As your environment grows so should your Wi-Fi architecture. By the way never plan for one device per person.  Think about your own wireless needs, between your cell, laptop, pc, and Dick Tracey wrist watch that’s a several devices per person.

4.  Create your criteria

Poor selection decisions can be costly!  Creating a list of goals or features that are most important to you and your organization are paramount.  End users are the ones that will benefit first and will complain the loudest if the Wi-Fi solution stinks, so make sure to include them in creating your selection criteria.

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Unified Communications – presence-enabled communications that integrates telephone, desktop and business applications to deliver a unified user experience and to streamline desktop and business processes.

Benefits of UC

  • Enhanced workforce productivity through accelerated communications
  • Enhanced workflow productivity
  • Enhanced customer service through improved responsiveness
  • Improved collaboration
    • Increase collaboration and productivity among employees, customers, suppliers
    • Improve customer service
    • Increase employee mobility
    • Consistent user experience across locations/devices
    • Reduce costs (ROI)
    • Reduce business travel and improved environmentalism

    • Reasons to Deploy

 

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Scott Regan, Senior Marketing Manager
Everything Channel
508.416.1186
scott.regan@ec.ubm.com

Minneapolis, MN, July 25, 2011 – Ideal System Solutions, Inc. today announced that Elise Hernandez,
President, has been recognized as a Power 100 Woman of the Channel by CRN Magazine. The “Who’s Who”
list recognizes female executives for their accomplishments over the past year, based on their achievements as
executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. This year’s Women of the
Channel were chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine from a field of vendor channel organizations,
distributors and solution providers.

“This year’s Power 100 Women of the Channel list honors the most successful and influential women in the IT
channel – a traditionally male-centric industry. The Power 100 list is an elite subset of our annual Women of
the Channel list, which recognizes the 100 most influential women of the channel based on their overall
achievements, and their influence in the technology industry,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director,
Everything Channel.

The Power 100 Women of the Channel will be listed on CRN.com. The overall Women of the Channel list
appeared in the July 2011 issue of CRN Magazine.

About Ideal System Solutions, Inc.
Founded in 1997, Ideal System Solutions, Inc. has become a trusted technology advisor to government,
education and commercial organizations nationwide by providing “best-in-class” technology products,
professional services and enterprise solutions to meet our customer’s dynamic business needs. To learn more
about Ideal System Solutions, Inc. visit us at http://www.idealssi.com. Follow us on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/#!/Idealssi and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Idealssi.

About Everything Channel
Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and
sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the
unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner
recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything
Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at
http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

About UBM plc
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world’s buyers and
sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business
successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers,
from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more
than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do
business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com

]]> http://www.idealssi.com/ideal%e2%80%99s-president-named-to-crn%e2%80%99s-most-powerful-women-in-the-channel-2/feed/ 0 5 Ways to Save Money With Technology Solutions http://www.idealssi.com/5-ways-to-save-money-with-technology-solutions/ http://www.idealssi.com/5-ways-to-save-money-with-technology-solutions/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:39:09 +0000 admin http://www.idealssi.com/?p=489 As yearly budgets are being spent, we are all looking for ways to save money. These money saving services allow for less work and more time for you to focus on your core business.

1. Flat rate I.T. services:

  • Support and maintain your entire Organization Remotely
  • Phone Support
  • Remote Assistance (Desktop Sharing)
  • Live Meeting (Online Collaboration)

2. Managed Services:

  • 24x7x365 Network Monitoring
  • Over 255 Events/Services Monitored
  • Critical Services Automatically Restarted
  • Ensures Maximum Uptime for Critical Equipment

3. Vendor Management:

  • Manage all Vendor Relationships
    – Phone and Internet Service and Providers
  • All Voice or Data Network-Connected Equipment
    – Phone Systems
    – Faxes
    – Scanners
    – Copiers
    – Proprietary Software Applications

4. Professional services:

  • Technology Solution Design and Development
  • Proof-of-Concept Lab Testing
  • Onsite Implementation
  • Project Management
  • Disaster Recovery Planning and Response
  • Intrusion Detection and Security Testing

5. Software and Application Development:

  • Custom Database Design and Maintenance
  • Custom Application Development
  • Web-Enabling Application Services
  • Legacy Application Rewrites
  • Custom Report Generation
  • Hosting Services for High Availability

To learn more about the technology solutions that Ideal System Solutions, Inc. offers, click here.

 

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Why choose VoIP:

  • VoIP unites an organization’s many locations, including mobile workers, into a single converged communications network and provides a range of support services and features.
  • More than one phone call can be transmitted on the same broadband phone line.
  • Features that are usually charged extra by telecommunication companies, such as call forwarding, caller ID or automatic redialing, are simple with voice over IP technology.
  • Unified communications are secured with voice over IP technology, as it allows integration with other services available on the internet such as video conversation, messaging, etc.
  • VoIP is a lower cost alternative to traditional telecommunication systems.
  • Integration with CRM solutions.
  • Provides rich features that optimize collaboration, increase data access and boost productivity among employees, customers, and suppliers.

A free network assessment might be in order – CHECK IT OUT!

]]> http://www.idealssi.com/voip-benefits/feed/ 0 What’s all the hype about WLAN and should my business consider it? http://www.idealssi.com/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-hype-about-wlan-and-should-my-business-consider-it/ http://www.idealssi.com/what%e2%80%99s-all-the-hype-about-wlan-and-should-my-business-consider-it/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 19:30:51 +0000 admin http://cp2.worldpath.net/~ideal/?p=210 WLAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network which is a local network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances – uses ethernet protocol – where a mobile user can connect to the local area network (LAN) through the wireless connection.

Wireless technology is still relatively new in the networking world and companies are pondering whether they should invest the time and money to adopt this newer technology into their infrastructure. There’s the fear of rocking the boat.

The allocation of high-bandwidth is allowing for relatively low-cost wiring of businesses and organizations throughout the country making installation of LAN systems desirable and economically feasible. Should your company go wireless?

Where are applications being deployed?

  • Hospitals
  • Retail environments
  • Manufacturing and distribution
  • Education
  • Government
  • Offices
  • Conference rooms

What are some of the challenges to consider?

  • Installation
  • Performance
  • Security
  • Management
  • Support

Wireless networking standards defined. Which one is right for your business?

What Are the Top 10 Things CIOs Need to Know About Virtualized Wireless LANs?
White Paper Download

Further information on WLAN solutions

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1. Availability
A small to medium-sized organization probably doesn’t have datacenters with superfluous internet connections, power, and a dedicated 24/7 IT staff. Purchasing a hosted solution may be just what a company needs to ensure that all staff can access their e-mail no matter when it is that they need it.

2. Care Free Maintenance
What’s the saying? “Time is money and money is time”; A company running their own email servers requires a certain overhead in terms of maintenance and management. Unfortunately this maintenance is simply not optional, therefore costing you a lot of time and loads of money. Hosted Exchange allows companies to have virtually no maintenance and the IT staff for a fraction of the cost. This is certainly an important factor for small and medium-sized organizations that do not have their own dedicated IT staff to maintain on-premise servers.

3. Scalability
As your business increases, you want to make sure your company can scale with this growth. It is common for growing companies to feel caged in by one or more of their IT systems. Hosted Exchange allows for numerous solutions for scaling beyond the single server many organizations start with, including separating functions into multiple servers.

4. Built-in Antivirus
Professional Exchange hosting companies offer you a safe environment for your data and network by performing automatic virus scans on your incoming messages and their attachments. Exchange hosting companies are also keeping up on the latest security holes used by hackers therefore ensuring you that your data is protected. Hosted Exchange offers ‘bullet proof’ anti-virus and spam filtering. With the right hosted Exchange provider your email will be secure as ever because it’s protected by security experts.

5. Creating a Virtual Office
A hosted Exchange account can be accessed via Microsoft Outlook on Windows, Microsoft Entourage on the Mac, and from any major internet browser. This gives users access to their email, calendar, tasks, address lists, Exchange public folders, and other content and data sources from virtually any desktop, laptop, netbook, or other platform. In addition, an Exchange account can also be accessed from any POP or IMAP client, including Yahoo!’s Zimbra Desktop. These features make it possible for employees to work remotely.

6. Add-on Applications
Hosted Exchange providers allow for add-on applications such as SharePoint and Office Communications Server, which are both important options that you would want available. This allows for document collaboration through a document repository that is accessible online by everyone in your company. Therefore creating increased productivity for your business through secure instant messaging, file sharing, and archiving.

7. Mobile Access
In today’s mobile and social world it is important that a hosted Exchange account can also be accessed using Windows Mobile, which is supported by the majority of mid-sized, and large businesses; as well as the majority of smartphones (such as BlackBerry devices, Android phones, and iPhones). This is a vital component for many companies, since a large and growing number of email users consider their mobile platform to be a primary source for their email access. This is especially true for employees who work/check their email after business hours.

8. The Savings are Significant
According to ‘The Case for Hosted Exchange’ whitepaper by Osterman Research “a 100-seat deployment of Exchange will result in greater cost savings compared to its 1,000-seat counterpart. Specifically, hosted Exchange will result in a 64% cost savings compared to on-premises Exchange for 100 seats, and a 55% reduction in the cost of ownership for a 1,000-seat organization. It is also important to note that much of the cost savings for hosted Exchange comes from the significant IT labor cost savings available when using a hosted model. For example, the labor component for 100 seats represents 70% of the cost of ownership for an on-premises Exchange deployment; for 1,000 seats, labor represents 58% of the cost of ownership.” Hosed Exchange allows for a predictable cost; there are no service fees like there are when using Exchange on-premise.

For more information on hosted exchange and other managed services visit Ideal System Solutions, Inc. online!

]]> http://www.idealssi.com/hello-world/feed/ 0 Ideal Receives Prestigious Department of Energy Award http://www.idealssi.com/ideal-receives-prestigious-department-of-energy-award/ http://www.idealssi.com/ideal-receives-prestigious-department-of-energy-award/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:20:14 +0000 admin http://www.idealssi.com/?p=1396 Released today, Ideal System Solutions, Inc. has been named as the recipient of the Department of Energy (DOE) HUBZone Small Business of the Year Award. The award was presented to President, Elise Hernandez, at an awards ceremony during the 12th DOE Annual Small Business Conference & Expo in Kansas City, Missouri.

Read more

]]> http://www.idealssi.com/ideal-receives-prestigious-department-of-energy-award/feed/ 0 Ideal’s President named to CRN’s Most Powerful Women in the Channel http://www.idealssi.com/ideal%e2%80%99s-president-named-to-crn%e2%80%99s-most-powerful-women-in-the-channel/ http://www.idealssi.com/ideal%e2%80%99s-president-named-to-crn%e2%80%99s-most-powerful-women-in-the-channel/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:17:40 +0000 admin http://www.idealssi.com/?p=1392 Each year, Everything Channel (CRN) names 100 of the most influential women in the channel to their very exclusive list of who’s who in the IT channel space. CRN’s “Women Of The Channel” list honors female executives who epitomize success within the IT channel. In addition, they recognize the top 100 women of the channel that have reached the highest levels of the corporate ladder based on their achievements and the amount of influence they wield over the technology industry.

Ideal’s President, Elise Hernandez, has been named to this list.

This year’s list will be prominently featured in a cover story in the July issue of CRN magazine, and online on CRN.com.

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Announcement and listing published in the June 2010 issue.

 

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