IT Services

Past Projects Include:

Design, plan and implement a wide range of business solutions for customers, including integration and migration of operating systems, network topologies and applications i.e. Storage Solutions, Backup Solutions, Messaging and Email solutions, WAN solutions, Faxing Solutions, File & Print sharing solutions, Remote Access Solutions, Internet hosting solutions, Securities solutions and Directory Services solutions.

Design, plan and implement logical network layout and directory services for large organizations in various sectors i.e.: BoE – Financial, Juta & Co – Publishing, Rex Trueform Clothing Company – Retail, and Saatchi & Saatchi – Advertising. Design, plan and implement Microsoft Exchange server at corporate and SME level.

Design, plan, implement, and project manage desktop management solutions for corporate clients creating “self healing” applications, electronic software distribution, remote control, complete workstation inventory and reporting for asset tagging and desktop policy control.

Design, plan, implement, and project manage operating system and application upgrades on a national scale for corporate and SME Clients. Including Novell NetWare version upgrades, Lotus Notes version upgrades, Windows NT version upgrades and application upgrades.

Plan, implement, and document server monitoring and management systems for corporate clients. Using products like IBM Netfinity Manager, Compaq Insight Manager, 3Com Transcend, Novell Managewise, MS SMS, and McAffee Netsniffer Pro.

Design and implement remote access solutions. Including ISDN dialup, ACE and RADIUS authentication, ADSL VPN Solutions, Citrix and Terminal Server.

Project managed and implemented mixed protocol environment migration to a pure IP environment, involving creating DNS, DHCP, SLP subsystems, changing router software, server, desktop and application supported protocols.

Research, develop and document a single sign on solution for a 35 site WAN, including NT domains, NT workgroups, Lotus Notes clients, 3Com Total Control RAS, and NDS.

Implement automatic printer driver installation and distribution to 1000 user mixed environment network.

Migrate and integrate email and messaging systems. Including Lotus Notes to MS Exchange, MS Exchange to GroupWise migration and intergration.

Plan and implement firewall and network security solutions to enable user auditing, application proxies, NAT, and packet filtering.

Design and implement disaster recovery procedures. Including backup solutions, server and switch fault tolerance reviews. Power and generator deployment.

Design, facilitate, project manage, and implement a distributed 500 User 7 Site 50 Application, Global access Citrix server farm solution.

Design and develop backend database for Internet Advertising Company, Project Manage and assisted implementation of ASP website. Project Managed HTML, ASP and graphical design work. Implemented server infrastructure and securities solution for this Internet Advertising Company. Assisted with internal company systems i.e. debtors, creditors, and sales cycles.

Hardware Experience:

Tristar engineers and technicians have experience with most brands of hardware including: 3Com, Compaq, Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM ( platform), ICL Fujitsu, DEC (Intel & Alpha platform), Intel, IBM (Intel & RS/6000 platform), Lucent, Bay Networks, and Cisco to name a few.

Advanced (14+ years profesionally qualified) troubleshooting and configuration experience with peripherals and all major types of computing components ranging from basic pc workstation components to multi-processor RAID 5 high-end SAN attached systems and virtual server systems.

Tristar Technologies consultants, engineers and technicians have advanced experience with the following systems:

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