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FinePeter Consulting Inc. can provide strategic planning and solutions for the individual and the large or small company , covering all aspects of system integration, networking design and maintenance, and on-site support. We work with you from the initial purchase to final installation. Our Crash Avoidance Strategies (SM) help create a conservative and safe environment to be productive. We can coordinate with either your own or our outside contractors to take care of most needs including reliable sources to purchase your equipment. We can make specific recommendations for a comprehensive training program and offer imaging expertise and pre press support as well as FileMaker Pro database development.

We have associates in other cities like Chicago and Omaha to name just two who cover some of our clients' offices in those locales. We also work closely with a larger network of other consultants around the country extending coverage nationally as needed yet integrated as desired.

Department Setup and Support - M.I.S./I.T. **

We started almost twenty years ago as a Macintosh computer consulting firm. Since then we have added PC and Windows support which is perfectly suited to the needs of a cross-platform office environment as well as FileMaker Pro Database, Photo Imaging Design and Web Development services.

FinePeter Consulting Inc. can act as an affordable "M.I.S./I.T. Department" for those companies who do not or can not have a full time on-staff presence by providing weekly or monthly "check ups", data back up implementation and technology support monitoring. We have had much success in supplemental coverage to those companies who already have M.I.S./I.T. Departments but lack either the man-power or experience to handle the specific needs of Macintosh or Windows computers. In our capacity as management consultants, we can help you set up your own permanent department if you wish.

Our "keep current approach" scours the Internet and other resources for the latest in updaters, new versions of publicly distributable software as well as information on the most recent commercial software releases and provides you with monthly visits to keep your software current and operating compatibly.

Remote Support for Desktops and Servers

We offer REMOTE monitoring (via high speed internet connection or dial up modem) of your Mac OSX Servers as well as Data Back Up monitoring and Retrospect scripting since we are a EMC Dantz Solution Provider. We now offer REMOTE DESKTOP SUPPORT FOR YOUR STAFF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD via our personalized Mac HelpMate software as long as they have an internet connection. We also offer similar services for Exchange Servers and PC desktop computers as well as older Mac OS9 systems. Click for details about our PC Support.  Click for details about Remote Support.

Rates can be hourly, long term or project based depending on situation.

FinePeter Consulting's Computer Services Introduction. In preparing for the first appointment with FinePeter Consulting, we would like to share this information in a PDF document. We are always happy to provide guidance and discussion on any of the points but it should be understood that on-site consulting fees might be wasted unless you, the client, are also prepared for our visit. (HELP in downloading or using Acrobat PDF files - click to bottom of page)

FinePeter Consulting's Contingency and Disaster Recovery Planning. A brief PDF document that asks questions that any company should be thinking about in these times. (HELP in downloading or using Acrobat PDF files - click to bottom of page)

** M.I.S. stands for Management of Information Systems and I.T. is Information Technology. Both these abbreviations generally refer to the departments in companies that handle computer installation, support and standards of use.

COMPUTER SPECIALIZATIONS

MACINTOSH - Crash Avoidance Specialists(SM). Development Outsourcing and Technology Strategies from purchase to installation, networking, extensive knowledge of diagnostics, remote network access systems solutions and familiarity with graphics software and telecommunications. Strong organization and corporate skills. Data back up implementation.

Apple Mac OSX File Server, Apple Remote Desktop, EMC/Dantz Retrospect, FileMaker Pro Database Development (Mac & PC), Now Up-to-Date & Now Contact, Netopia's Timbuktu Pro, AppleShare OS9 Server, Kerio Mail Server, Adobe Acrobat PDF technology and PalmOS, BlackBerry PDAs. High End Imaging and Retouching - Production and Design and PhotoShop Training.

PC/WINDOWS - Windows 95/98, NT, 2000, XP, Microsoft Exchange Server, Backup solutions and basic Novell support. Cross Platform interconnectivity Remote Support of your PC computers is also possible. Click for more PC Support Details

EXPERIENCE

Support for small to large corporate environments as well as many individual clientele since 1989.
Often supervises on-premises staff working together as a cohesive department.

One of our clients has offices in four, far apart cities in the United States. The task was to upgrade all offices to Mac OSX but due to the fact that all offices will use Quark Xpress 6.x, which only runs under OSX, the upgrade timetable had to coordinate in all locales to be using the same version of Quark within a day of each other since Quark does not offer full backward compatibility.

The complexity of the project centered around finding the right time in each office based on their own production schedules along with available time for our consultants in each city and this proved to be a logistics nightmare. However, it was completed on schedule with all office users coming in on a Monday to find their machines upgraded and capable of working on the same version of Quark.

In addition, all desktop users at all locations can now be remotely configured and software upgraded from the main office in New York as well as our own remote capabilities.

A example of a long term project: We took a company, over the course of three years, from six Macs in a single room to a network of one hundred machines. This covered multiple floors on a major corporate backbone network and all were connected to file servers, an email server, an event/contact management server and a remote access system network. We helped formulate operational policies and guided their technology needs for many years.

HAPPY CLIENTS

Many clients are Fortune Magazine listed as well as established long term relationships. As a matter of fact, more than 75% of our current clients, have been with us for over a decade! Here is a partial listing of some current and past clientele :

Age Group Ltd. - Clothing Manufacturer - since 1998
Barlow-Hartman - Public Relations - PC Support
Brooklyn Museum of Art - Creative Departments in Art Gallery
Colgate-Palmolive Co.- Product Manufacturer
Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP- Law Firm - since 1999
Lauster & Radu Architects - Architectural Firm
Lovett Productions, Inc. - Film Editing and Production - since 2000
Insurance Services Office - Business Firm - since 1998
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc) - Business Firm
Morgan Stanley - Investment Firm
One Step Up - Clothing Manufacturer - since 1999
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.- Investment Firm - since 1997
Oxford University Press - Book Publishers
Publishing Group of America/American Profile - NY Office - Magazine Publishers - since 2003
Roche Laboratories, Inc. - Pharmaceutical Manufacturer - since 1998
Scott Rudin Productions, Inc. - Film Production - since 1998
Simmons-Boardman Publishers - Magazine Publishers - since 1998 - Mac and PC Support
West Point Stevens - Fabric Manufacturer
W.H. Freeman & Co. - Book Publishers - 1998 - 2004

Addison-Wesley/Harper Collins Publishers - Consultant/Supervisor, Technical Support Group, 1993 - 1997
FCB HealthCare Advertising - Director of Technology, 1992 - 1996

Seminars:

"NYMUG's Question & Answer Forum", MacWorld Expo, NYC, 7/98
"Telecommuting with Your Mac", MacWorld Expos, San Francisco, 1/95 & Boston 8/94
"Online Resources for Computer Arts", ImageWorld Expo, NYC, 9/94

Appearances:

MetroMac's Question & Answer session at all General Meetings, 2001 to present

NYMUG's Question & Answer session at all General Meetings, 1991 thru 2001

National Public Radio/WNYC's "New York and Company" radio show 1995
Manhattan Cable's "ComputerLinks" tv show 1995

Beta Testing:

Apple Computer, EMC/Dantz, Mac HelpMate, MicroMat, NowUptoDate and Contact, Qualcomm and others

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