Windows Servers are the backbone for most businesses today. It’s best not to try to answer these without the help of experts. A server purchase is probably the biggest technology investment that you will make, something you’ll live with for the next half decade.

At Hi-Tech Digital, we provide the Windows Server expertise necessary to answer these tough questions and ensure that they invest resources wisely now and in the future.

As a Dell Partner, we truly understand hardware requirements associated with a Windows Server technology. We are all Microsoft Certified, having individually proven to Microsoft that we are experts at deploying and managing their software solutions for small businesses.

With this knowledge, we help you evaluate the effectiveness your existing investments, assess your current and future needs and explain your options in detail before recommending any type of new investment. For example, companies that have already invested in Windows Server 2003 may decide it’s most cost-effective to upgrade and maintain their existing server environment for another year or so before considering a complete upgrade. Others that have not yet invested may decide the time is right to move away from an individual PC or workgroup solution to a centralized Windows server infrastructure. We understand the idiosyncrasies of all these environments and are able to support and advise businesses with any server installation.

Once deployed, maintaining a Windows Server environment is vitally important. We ensure that you keep patched, protected, and backed-up on a regular basis. We leverage innovative management software to quickly and seamlessly perform these tasks, making sure everything from e-mail to critical business applications run smoothly. This server management is just another part of our ongoing monthly IT services and support.

Linux/Unix Servers

Your business and technical needs may go beyond the standard Windows Server environment. Finding an IT services and support team with expertise in both Windows and Linux—one that can truly support a heterogeneous environment—is a challenge. We’re proud to offer a team of IT professionals who have ample experience installing and supporting both platforms.

We help you maintain and support installations of Bugzilla, Sendmail, SFTP servers, TWIKI and many other Unix-based environments, and we cover your full infrastructure, from your ISP’s modem all the way out to your desktops.

Virtual Severs

Once the domain of big enterprise with deep pockets, virtualization is now a useful and increasingly common tool for small- to medium-sized businesses. Companies of any size have access to inexpensive or free virtualization packages and powerful computing resources that support this cutting-edge technology. At Hi-Tech Digital,  we are well versed in how to effectively implement low-cost virtual solutions for SMBs.

First, we help you evaluate if virtualization in right for your business. We consider how your current physical resources are being utilized. Do you have a number of different servers doing different tasks? Are these same services spending significant time sitting idle? Are you concerned with the current cost, efficiency and time spent supporting and maintaining your existing server environment?

We also look at future needs. Do you anticipate finite periods of increased demand on your server environment in the coming year? Are you looking for ways to more effectively test and deploy new applications and software? Do you need more data storage or want to increase the frequency of back-ups for more seamless recovery during outages and disasters?

Once we’ve evaluated the need, we work with you to navigate the plethora of free and open source virtualization implementations that are available to companies of your size. We help you select the right solution for your business and deploy your virtualization environment with ease.