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is
a Technology
Infrastructure? |
A
technology infrastructure is
the underlying framework of
copper & fiber facilities,
wireless spectrum, network
hardware & firmware, and
network protocols that are
used to interconnect
end-users to business
applications and databases.
In today’s web-based and
cloud-based business
computing paradigms, the
technology infrastructure
interconnects one or more
local area networks to the
Global Internet, and enables
a variety of wired and
wireless end-point devices
to securely exchange
information with business
applications and databases
located on the local area
network or anywhere in the
world. The basic
architecture of a technology
infrastructure is the same
regardless of whether it is
installed at a mom and pop
sized home-office, a
small-business with twenty
or more employees, or a
Fortune 1000 Company with
thousands of employees.
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The JHB&A
Small-Business Technology
Infrastructure |
JHB&A has re-engineered the
basic technology
infrastructure and optimized
it for small businesses with
less than one hundred
employees. This new
Small-Business Technology
Infrastructure
supports open standards such
as the Internet Protocol
(IP) and this enables new,
off-the-shelf networking
components to be seamlessly
integrated into the
infrastructure anytime
business requirements
change. Additionally, it
supports all end-point
devices that have either an
internal or external IP
adapter. This enables PCs
and MACs (as well as iPads
and tablets) to access both
web-based and cloud-based
business applications
located anywhere in the
world.
Secondly, it supports all
end-point devices that have
either an internal or
external IP adapter.
Today's
small-business technology
infrastructure must be
capable of
supporting:
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legacy applications
and databases attached
to the LAN,
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websites on Internet and
Intranet web servers, and;
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cloud
computing
applications and databases
residing on Cloud
Service Provider (CSP)
server farms.
It must also be
capable of supporting back-office
and financial applications,
and providing secure access
to third-party providers of
Email, IM, and social
network services.
The technology infrastructure is sub-divided into the
following three general
categories:
Please click here to see a
network diagram that depicts
the components of a typical small-business technology
infrastructure.
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small up-front setup
fee and small
monthly recurring
fee, we will manage
your complete technology
infrastructure. |
The management services, which is
referred to as the
Small-Business Technology
Infrastructure Management
Services,
includes remote management
services for all
your infrastructure components
including the
Global Internet WAN, Local
Area
Networks (LANs),
and End-Point
Devices. The
following is a list of the
components that can be
managed by using our
Technology Infrastructure
Management Console (TIMC):
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Global Internet
Backbone
- We provide
infrastructure
management services for
your Internet-based Wide Area Network (WAN)
connections
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Local
Area Network (LAN)
Services - "The
LAN is the central
nervous system of
all small
businesses!" We support LAN
components from all major
vendors, and will
ensure
that your LAN
is:
secure, flexible, and
extensible; and is
always
performing at the
highest level possible.
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End-Point
Networking Support
- Our support
for your end-point devices
is limited to the
company-owned
wired and Wi-Fi access
to applications and
databases on your CSP
servers, Internet web
server, Intranet
servers, and your legacy
applications and
databases running behind
LAN Firewall.
Click here to see an A/V
presentation that
illustrates how the above components
are dipicted in the JHB&A
Small-Business Technology
Infrastructure Model.
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Greatest
Security
Risk to
Cloud
Computing:
"The
proliferation
of
employee-owned
of Bring
Your Own
Device
(BYOD)
End-Points!" |
One of the greatest
security exposures
in the
new web and cloud
computing
environments is
allowing Wi-Fi and 3G/4G
end-point devices
such as iPhones and
other smartphones to access business-critical
applications and
databases.png)
from
remote locations.
This exposure is
even greater when
the specified
end-point devices
are owned by
individuals and not
by the company.
These end-point
devices are known as
Bring Your Owned
Device (BYOD) type
end-points, such as
the iPhone and other
smartphones. Many
of these devices
have the processing
power,
memory, and storage
capacity of some
personal computers,
and thus should be
treated as such. Our
Small-Business
Technology Infrastructure
can provide limited,
unsecured support for employee-owned BYOD
end-points, however, these devices
should only be allowed
to access
unsecured business applications such
as Email and IM; and social networks
such as Facebook and
Twitter. (No
exception to this
access policy will
be allowed without
management
approval.) These
restrictions are
necessary to ensure
that if these BYOD
end-points are lost,
stolen, or
compromised in any
way, the potential
exposure to the
company will be
minimum.
| Who
is J. H. BARNES
& ASSOCIATES
LLC and how
can they help
your company
become More
Profitable? |
J. H. BARNES &
ASSOCIATES (JHB&A) is a LLC
based in the Phoenix
metro area. We have
been in business since
1997, and has strategic
Business-Partner
relationships with a
number of
industry-leading
corporations including
Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco
Systems. Our strategic
partnership with these
industry-leaders provides us
with the
leading-edge networking
technologies, network
software, and
state-of-the-art
infrastructure
management tools that we
use to manage the
technology
infrastructures of small
businesses. This
includes installing,
configuring, and
monitoring the
complex web-based and
cloud-based networking
components required to
support your business.
"Let us
be your exclusive provider
of technology
infrastructure
management services, and
this will enable you and
your staff to
concentrate on the
core business initiatives
and processes that
will help make your company
more efficient, more
productive, and ultimately, more
profitable."
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"Your New
Technology
Infrastructure
Management
Services (TIMS)
Database!". |
Although computers
and network
components are
the underpinning of
most small
businesses, very few
of these businesses have an accurate
inventory of these
valuable technology
assets.
As part of our
initial technology
infrastructure
assessment of your
small business,
we will create a
Technology
Infrastructure
Management Services (TIMS) database
that includes a
complete portfolio
of all end-point devices
such as PCs, MACs
and tablets; and the
networking
components included
in your current Local Area
Network (LAN)
environment. This
database will be
used by our TIMC to
accurately manage
and monitor your
technology
infrastructure, and
to ensure that only
end-point devices
owned by your
company have access
to your
business-critical
applications and
databases.
The TIMS Database
will also be an
invaluable tool that
can be used by your
operations,
accounting, and
facilities
management
departments. We will
provide you with
either a printed or
machine-readable
copy of the TIM
database on a monthly,
quarterly, or
on-demand basis.
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The
JHB&A Technology Infrastructure
Management
Console©
(TIMC)
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The
Technology
Infrastructure
Management
Console (TIMC) enables us
to provide
real-time
management and monitoring
for your
complete
technology
infrastructure. The
TIMC not
only allows us
to proactively
monitor and
trouble-shoot
performance
problems and
bottlenecks,
it also enables
us to
track employee
web usage
patterns, and to detect potential
security
breaches and
intrusion
attempts.
(Click here to
read more about
the TIMC and the
TIMS Database.)
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"Our
Technology
Infrastructure
can support all
of your PC and
MAC End-Point
Devices!" |
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Today's
small businesses
must be able to
use a variety of
end-point
devices such as
PCs, MACs,
iPads, and
PC-compatible
tablets. The
only thing
required by
these end-point
devices is a
wired or
wireless network
adapter that
supports the
IPv4/IPv6
protocol, and a
standard web
browser such as
IE, Firefox,
Safari or
Chrome. In this
new plug-n-play
infrastructure,
it does not
matter what type
of hardware,
software, or
operating system
is being used on
the specified
end-point
device. As long
as it has a
compliant
network adapter
and a standard
web browser, it
will be able to
access business
applications
located on the
LAN, WAN, and
Cloud. |
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Like to hear
more about the
JHB&A Technology
Infrastructure
Management? |
If you would like to
hear more, please call 623-979-5934
or 602-478-4778.
You can also click
here
to request more
information or a free,
no-obligation quote.
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JHB&A on
Facebook,
Twitter, and
LinkedIn at
jhbarnes.com. |
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