Consulting Professionals, Inc.

CPI is an association of consultants. As such, we have tremendous flexibility and breadth of expertise. We focus mainly on Windows network administration, user and workstation support and training, but we also offer NetWare and UNIX administration, technical liaison services, and custom application programming

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It's about . . . Communication

Sometimes it's simple . . . you want your file server running again.  Other times, the desired results are specific to your business.  In either case, there are two imperatives:

• First, that we understand what you need.  This is primarily our responsibility.

• Second, that we document what we did.  Someone else may need to know what when wrong and how it was fixed or how that mail server is setup.

Your computers, your money, your business, your choice.

It's about . . . Consistency

Variation costs money.  It makes things harder to troubleshoot, harder to document and harder to manage.  Whether you have 2 PC's or 1000 servers, you can benefit from the efficiencies inherent in centralized management and standardized methods.

If you're PC's aren't running the same operating system or your routers aren't using the same protocol, or your servers don't have the same service packs, good luck trying to identify the problem.

It's about . . . Simplicity

The computer world is full of really cool new technologies.  Unfortunately, they don't always work.  It's called the bleeding edge.  Occasionally there is a true need for them; necessity is the mother of invention, after all.  But most of the time the stable, time-tested solution is the best value.

Many organizations lose sight of the fact that their information systems exist only to serve a business purpose.  A given system therefore becomes obsolete when the cost of maintaining the system exceeds its business value.  By that token, the brand new but unreliable system may be obsolete at its inception.