Computer Networking: connecting your business

Many small businesses think that connecting their Computers together in a secure environment and allowing staff to connect to that environment from anywhere in the world is prohibitively expensive. They feel that only large companies can afford such connectivity and, as a result, they settle for little or no computer networking solutions.

While high speed connections at multiple locations can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, small businesses can enjoy the benefits of networking at surprisingly low cost. Zandolie’s creative team can find networking solutions for even very modest budgets. In many instances, we can utilize pre-existing hardware and software without having the customer shell out dollars for the latest and greatest. At Zandolie, we believe that the customer should not invest in technology for technology’s sake and that the benefits of any technology should be greater than its cost. Technology should only be implemented if it would provide real productivity gain. Networks can allow the customer to accomplish things as simple as sharing a printer or an Internet connection to more complex activity such as hosting your own e-Mail and Web Servers.
 

At Zandolie Networking, we design, implement and administer both:

  • Local Area Networks (LANs) and  

  • Wide Area Networks (WANs).   

Further, we can set it up so that you can "remote access" your office network from almost any where in the world either through normal telephone dial-up or the Internet.

Zandolie can structure your network around the Microsoft Windows® Model or the Open Source Linux Model or a hybrid mixture of both.

The Microsoft Windows® model consists of Active Directory Domains based on either the Windows 2000 Server or Server 2003 platforms.  The Windows Server System allows for a completely controlled and secure desktop environment coupled with enterprise-class server services. Windows networking is the most popular Client/Server network model in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider world. However, it is a proprietary network operating system and the software and client connections are paid for by licenses.

The Linux model, on the other hand, is based on an Open Source operating system and is covered by GPL (General Public Licences) which may be almost free. However, due to the many different distributions and software compatibility issues, the use of Linux has been presently relegated to stand-alone server services like Web hosting.