If you have made a decision to invest money into your Information Communication Technology platform then this investment will cover not only the hardware you choose, but the configuration choices that are made. Lorentzen Limited offer a proven professional service regardless of the size of your company and we pride ourselves in offering coherant information to aid in those critical decisions.

Using Microsoft Windows technologies we create secure, flexible computer network platforms. We offer a wide range of services from single workstation setup to full scale server/workstation deployment scenarios.

Server platforms are used to centralise resources and provide a single point of administration for desktops, end users and network provisions.

Microsoft Platform Deployment

We work with all sizes if client and this broad scope of work has enabled us to develop in depth understanding of numerous network technologies and the menu on the right showcases some of the projects we have been involved with.

Windows Server Standard 2003 has been a staple platform and hinge in modern networks due to the broad scope of applications this server is capable of supporting. Wide Area Network (WAN) connections as branch office solutions, role based internal network configuration such as file servers and dedicated domain controllers responsible for Dynamic Host Control Protocal (DHCP) address and Domain Name System (DNS) management.

As with all areas of ICT, the product life cycle continues and we are now moving to native 2008 server deployments as well as Exchange 2007 (Exchange 2010).
Desktop enviroments are moving through natural upgrades from either Windows XP or Windows Vista to the latest client operating system release Windows 7.

It is key that the products used can be justified by outlining the benefits of software upgrades, absorbing new features and ensuring that additional investment serves to increase productivity.

Network Hardware Design

Are you going to use NETGEAR or Cisco? Where are the benefits that you will gain from favouring one brand of technology over another? How many switches will you need? These are the sorts of questions that will need to be addressed at the very first phase of the network deployment process because it is these sorts of questions that will identify what the real goal of this new investment will be. Ulitimately, it is our belief that a common ideal is to improve the efficiency of the work output and by improving not only the performance of the hardware that end users rely on daily, but to also improve the way they can share information thus creating a more informed decision process throughout the team.

By looking at switch configurations and reducing network data bottlenecks a more responsive infrastructure can be achieved. Ensuring the server hardware will meet demands through determined hardware specifications such as disk speed, disk array configuration options and memory requirements is also crucial in obtaining the best possible performance from the hardware.

Windows Servers

We use Windows Server products for network management because they offer a wide range of configuration options that can be scaled from small through to large enterprise company deployments. The strength of the platform lies in the ability to achieve granular control of access rights, user security groups and machine configuration. All this is possible through using Active Directory, a single point of installation that allows for user and computer policy deployment to achieve exact configuration requirements. On top of this powerful solution is the fact this platform integrates seemlessly with other proven Microsoft technologies such as Exchange Server and Sharepoint solutions.