Onward Technologies is a business technical services company, specializing in law firms and small business technical support in the Chicago area.
I am engineer with the Network/Technical services group, and can give some info about what we do.
We have several groups at Onward:
NETWORK AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
This group does server, networking, and desktop support for small businesses around Chicago.
Server: We've done Windows server installations, Novell-to-Windows migrations and server maintenance (patches, user changes, break/fix for server problems.) We also do HP and Dell server installation, support, and troubleshooting, and are an authorized server center for HP/Compaq Proliant servers.
Desktop: We also do onsite desktop support for end users (PC installation, virus/spyware cleaning, file or connectivity problems, hardware repair.)
Networking: We deploy and maintaing networks and connectivty. We go Cisco routers, PIX and Catalyst switch support, Sonicwall firewalls and VPN's, and Checkpoint Firewall support.
Printers: We have several printer technicians on staff, and can to onsite laser printer repair for HP and other brands.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:
This group does Document Management system support, especially Hummingbird DM (a commond document management system for law firms). We have several experienced Hummingbird engineers on staff, and can do nation-wide deployments.
SALES:
Onward sells desktop PC's, software, servers, printers and networking equipment from HP, Microsoft, Dell, IBM, Cicso, Sonicwall and others.
We are pretty flexible about our clients needs. For some clients, we do everything (break/fix, desktop installation, adding users, server support, networking.) This is economical for a business with less and 50 people, where keeping a full time person on staff would be much more expensive. For other clients, we do specialized services, such as networking or security services. For example, one of our clients has their own IT staff for desktops and servers, but I to the Checkpoint firewall maintenance and troubleshooting if there is a problem.
We can even do temporary staffing. For example, I filled in for a CCIE at a trading company for a month when he took vacation to see his family in China. read more