Managing IT

Many small and medium sized businesses find it uneconomic to employ their own IT staff and are obliged to rely upon their PC or software suppliers who may be operating in their own interests. This is where Fairey Consulting comes in.
Fairey Consulting provides independent personnel on an as-required basis acting as a part-time IT resource or IT manager.

We provide advice and expertise in helping to move your business forward in practical uses of IT. Our staff are also available when things go wrong, to get you operational as soon as possible.

Initially we prefer to audit all hardware, software, systems and procedures within the company as this helps us to get to know what systems you use and how you use them, so that we can make informed recommendations to improve system efficiency and reliability.

This can be cost-effective for you - avoiding employment of specialist full-time staff.
If new equipment is needed we can specify what is required and recommend where it can be sourced.

We also review network installations, implement Internet and email access, advise on network and Internet security and implement Firewall's and Anti-virus protection.

We also advise on the design, structure and creation of :-
Web Sites
Intranets
Extranets
E-commerce

Please go to our Web Design page for more details about our Internet related services.

An IT Checklist

Do you :-
have a fully working network?
have full use of the Internet?
have adequate email facilities?
have adequate backup facilities?
backup everyone's doc’s and email?
have backup procedures in place?
check that your backups are usable?
have off site storage of backups?
have emergency recovery procedures established?
have a replacement procedure in the event of theft?
have up-to-date anti-virus software?
regularly update your anti-virus software?
have a working Firewall?
have Licenses for all of the software you use?
Regularly review your IT to maximise profitability?
Regularly review the IT skill levels?

If you cannot say YES to all of the above maybe you should give us a call.