A Private School
This school’s small Macintosh lab accessed the
Internet via ISDN line, which they found slow and
expensive. No other computer on the campus was networked.
We designed a network that allowed for a computer in every
classroom, plus multiple computers in the main office and
the computer lab. Next, we established a cable modem
connection in the computer lab, which included fifteen
Macintosh computers and a teacher's station.
With the network in place, each of the classroom and main
office computers could also access the Internet. Switching
to the cable modem provided the lab with Internet access
for less than half the cost of the ISDN line. We also set
up multiple networked printers to enable printing from any
station, along with the ability to transfer files.
A Model Railroad Store
We approached the store owner about launching a Web site.
While not exactly a technophobe, he was resistant to
exploring the Internet as a marketing tool.
After much discussion, revision, and some hand-holding, we
got his go-ahead. We designed a site that uses a custom
script that allows him to upload current inventory data
from his store’s Point of Sale program with a single
keystroke. He can update his site anytime, day or night, so
his customers can find out immediately whether the item
they’re searching for is available.
An Advertising Agency
This company has been with us since their first Macintosh
purchase in mid 1994. They have since grown to a network of
fifteen Macintoshes and five PCs on a 100 baseT network,
sharing files across platforms and using a file server.
We also created a DSL connection that utilizes an Internet
gateway with a cable modem backup connection. We’ve
written custom software that enables them to track their
advertising jobs and quickly determine what stage a job is
in, who made what change last, and so on.
As they land more Internet marketing assignments,
we’re handling custom scripting for their Web site
designs and hosting, including shopping carts.
A Clothing Manufacturer’s Advertising
Department
Although this company has its own Information Services
Department, the Advertising Department needed someone to
service and maintain its computers on
a much more attentive level. We’re slowly shifting
them into a self-contained network which will be able to
share across the company network.
We have redesigned the way the staff works with graphic
files and established a system for backing up files
—something they didn’t have at all until we
arrived!
An Entertainment Marketing Company
We took over the redesign of the custom database this firm
needed to track and calculate product placement in movies,
TV shows, commercials and more.
While it will bein-house, the company’s clients will
have limited access via the
firm’s Web site, where they can log on with a name
and password and see their current status in real time.
A Copywriter
We took this full-time freelancer from an old Performa
using a 14,400 modem to an iMac and PowerBook with DSL,
scanner, fax modem and wireless AirPort networking. No
longer chained to her home office, she can now access her
files and the Internet from anywhere on her property, and
transfer finished products directly to her clients via the
Internet.
A Manufacturer
This company is the world's leading manufacturer and
supplier of plastic scale model parts for every facet of
miniature scale model building, from hobby applications to
engineering/architectural, special effects and educational
uses. We assisted them in writing a custom database of
records for over 10,000 parts, accessible via the Internet
from their Web site.
