The Solutions
White Design was starting from scratch and so needed completely new hardware. A well specified server was chosen that could be easily upgraded, although the spec would be suitable to take them to 30 staff members without an upgrade.
The desktops had to be of a high specification since they all needed to run AutoCAD on Windows XP Pro.
Files and printers were shared through Samba running on the server, Postfix/IMAP sorted their email and internet security was managed by a caching proxy server.
A web based contact management and job management system was implemented too so this required a web server and a database server (Apache and PostgreSQL respectively).
White Design also wanted on demand support, so they took advantage of remote support that Monasis offer which allows us to login to any of White Design's workstations.
In their words...
"Like most start-up companies we didn't have much capital to play with. We were actually very surprised by what could be done with software we didn't have to pay for. We have now got a system that is capable of growing with us and not only that, it's got the functionality which can match our competitors who are much bigger than us and have more financial clout. Monasis have a very down to earth approach and have done things how we wanted to the letter. As a company, we have to be IT literate - almost everything we do is done on a computer - but we wanted someone to look after the 'main bits' so we didn't have to worry about it. Monasis are highly recommended."
Kevin Unwin, Managing Director, White Design (UK) Ltd |
