Berdan Technical Services Technical Writing ★ Programming ★ IT Consulting
 
We supply IT consulting in Central New York.  I have many years of technical experience, both as a developer and project leader, and can help you through the confusing and ever-changing maze of computer technology.
Does your business have in-house expertise to:
 
  1. •Evaluate your current computer technology?
  2. •Propose changes that are efficient and economical?
  3. •Take your ideas and produce successful proposals from these ideas?
  4. •Install, configure and customize software packages?
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  6. Use us for unbiased advice as to what to buy and where to buy it.
  7. Let us help you create specifications for your technical Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
  8. We can install and configure Open Source Software. Free yourself from expensive proprietary software that does a lot more than you need, and costs more than you need to pay.
     
IT Consulting
  1. We can analyze the state of your current IT systems and balance that against your needs, being fully aware of cost constraints.
  2. We can assess your software, hardware and networks against your current and future needs.
  3. If you have had software developed for your company, we can evaluate that software code for quality and security.
  4. If you are considering buying new software, we can provide an evaluation of that software and how that software will or will not suit your business and budget.
  5. We also provide MS Office integration and automation. We develop Excel spreadsheets and Word documents that integrate with your data.
  6. We have a great deal of experience in developing and writing successful proposals. I can help you identify and solidify your ideas as well as writing them.
  7. When purchasing new computer equipment, it is important to devise good, clear specifications. We can help you produce those specifications so that you end up with the technology and equipment that you need: no more, no less.  
 
 For further info, look at the consulting FAQ
 
IT Business Analysis Open Source Software
 
Small businesses may find a significant advantage to using Open Source Software.  Open Source is community-developed and many diverse companies will develop modules that can be used as part of an open source project. We can install and configure this software for your small business and train your people in its use. Some examples of Open Source are:
1. Linux
2. Sugar CRM (a client relationship management package).
3. Open Office (a viable option to the MS Office Suite)
4. MySQL (a small, efficient, robust and free database management system).
And others (wikipedia has a nice list of open source projects).