MergeWire Consulting
- Lakeville, MN 55044 (map)
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I'm consulting for cloud-based services to ween companies off of legacy applications that are no longer efficient to use. – Jun 17, 2010 at 5:45 pm
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MergeWire Consulting • Lakeville, MN • $55-100 per hour
- You'll be asked a few quick questions that will help describe your needs.
- You'll be asked to provide your contact information so that Bobby Armstrong will be able to get in touch with you.
- You'll have the option to get competing quotes from other qualified service professionals, saving you time and money.
I'm a professional network engineer in the twin cities area raising the bar for computer support options for individuals and small businesses in Minnesota. I'm a certified professional in Cisco and Microsoft technologies, in both engineering and business management, skills which I extend to help you should you choose to take advantage of my services.
You'll find me a great resource for your home and/or office to resolve any computer problems you may have or will have. I specialize in network security, data backup and restoration, virtualization technologies and connectivity (VPN, remote desktop). All this means is that I can secure your home or office network without impacting performance. I can make sure you never lose an important file again, even if you deleted it on purpose and need it back.
I can make sure you're able to access your office and home even when you're away from your office and home. And if you're trying to reduce hardware costs while maintaining the ability to use legacy applications that haven't yet been updated, won't be updated, or applications that can't be updated, I can make sure you're still able to use those applications, without needing the old hardware (which costs money to power it and maintain it).
If you've tried others who can't do what you need, or you think you are paying way too much for outsourced IT or you are simply looking for more options, then please contact me and together, we can set up a free survey and consultation where you can have your most important questions answered, to provide valuable advice or insight for what you may want to do immediately or in the near future.
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Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. Learn more about the technology you're using or plan to use even if you don't want to. This way you'll be more aware of who can actually help you when looking to employ an IT employee or outsource to contractors and companies.
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. If I were a customer, I'd wish to know the truth about my options in technology. For instance, because of virtualization and the growth in browser capabilities, it is possible to have a business run without a single in-house server. This cuts so many costs without loss in functionality whatsoever. In many cases functionality is improved.
Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?
A. I do believe in constantly educating yourself in this field of work, however, formal education is much too slow. By the time you finish a semester of formal schooling, you're already behind. The best thing you can do is read, read, read. Magazines, blogs, whitepapers, etc. Anything that will keep you aware of changes in the industry and give you the ability to see what is coming.
Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?
A. Experiment, then experiment some more. Once you've built a skillset from actually using the technology you're learning about, you'll be much more inclined to want to be in IT.
