Ahead is a complete source of IT hardware and software, but it's our expert counsel that sets us apart. With
extensive experience across a spectrum of competencies, our team is always prepared to help your integrate
and align IT requirements and strategies with your business objectives.
Two notable strengths are our disciplined project management (including detailed monitoring and reporting)
and proven staff augmentation. We provide service on a residency or project-by-project basis - whatever it
takes to ensure a sucessful execution.
Whether you're looking for a basic Level 1 service or a comprehensive custom plan, Ahead offers expert
consultation and aggressive project management with every task we undertake.
Disaster Recovery
Seasoned consultants work with you to solve the critical challenges of maintaining datacenters (including
effective management of remote Data Replication, failover and failback) so you can count on fast,
predictable recovery times even following a major failure. We can provide downtime cost analysis on
lost productivity and revenue and address issues like speed recovery times and simplify day-to-day
operations.
Network Optimization
Ahead can help you maximize return on investment in WAN bandwidth, often avoiding the need for costly
bandwidth upgrades. This is essential if you’re planning to add additional bandwidth, want to enhance
application performance for your remote users, or want to accommodate backup and replication traffic over
your existing WAN link.
Security Consultation
Upon request, Ahead can implement strategies regarding issues like security event management, authentication,
identity and access management, public key infrastructure and encryption. We take a proactive approach to
security, aiming to prevent threats before they materialize so as to avoid disaster recovery efforts whenever
possible.
Consolidation & Migration Services
Our team helps you consolidate and migrate your data across multiple platforms with seamless execution. It
begin with meticulous planning to optimize productivity and time, then we utilize proven processes for the
safe migration of your data across operating systems, networks and disparate storage platform. The end goal
is to improve service levels while reducing risks.
LAN/WAN Infrastructure Services
Ahead provides start-to-finish LAN/WAN infrastructure services, from design and implementation to ongoing
management. We provide router and switch installations and upgrades; manage connectivity; deploy and upgrade
desktop/server technology; install and upgrade network equipment; and implement installations, moves, adds
and changes (IMAC) and break-fix services to maintain their infrastructure.
Vendor Maintenance
IT departments with multiple hardware and software maintenance contracts recognize the challenge of
effectively managing maintenance contract data. Ahead can help you manage these arrangements by streamlining
and automating contract management process, auditing current maintenance contracts, and eliminate unnecessary
support fees ensuring you only pay for what you need.