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“Network & Security Technologies manages your program to insure
that it is completed on time, as promised and within budget.”
Building the Impossible
The great pyramid of Cheops weighs an amazing six million tons, yet was
built entirely by hand. Some would say that this is impossible. However,
standing at the base of its 482 feet proves, without a doubt, that it is
possible. How?
Some of the details of the techniques used by the people who built the
pyramids remain a mystery. Nonetheless, the most important tools have
endured: Project planning.
No single person could have moved a single stone, but thousands could
cooperate to move them all. Yet, these people could not have created the
final structure without planning. A veritable convoy of 2½-ton
blocks had to move higher and higher up, along with food, water, and the
workers themselves. One slip and the whole process could stop for days, or
even weeks. Yet, it is known that the work was completed over a mere 2 to
3 decades, and part-time at that. Clearly, the early Egyptians were
extremely skilled at running an incredibly efficient operation.
Triple Constraint:
Modern Complexities
These days, the world is a much more complex place. While we possess
the heavy machinery that would enable us to build the pyramids, we are
faced with a different set of challenges. Finding a place to build the
pyramid was easy for Cheops—13 acres in the middle of town. Today,
running a diminutive fiber-optic cable down a street requires hours of
negotiation, planning, and engineering to avoid the many obstructions in
its way. Improving an enterprise’s security requires coordination of
many skillful hands to install and configure firewalls, VPNs, IDS, and
other controls across a wide geography. Poor planning can cause these
projects to overrun their budgets and schedules.
Facing Down the Triple Constraint
In order to get the job done we must tackle the project triangle: time,
cost, and quality. Each element acts in opposition to the other two.
Optimization requires knowledge and experience. For both of these
requirements, clients turn to Network & Security Technologies
Network & Security Technologies has network and security consultants
who are subject matter experts in their fields. They posses a broad range
of skills and expertise acquired from extensive training and years of
experience building some of the largest communications infrastructures in
the world. And, they can bring these capabilities to bear on the complex
task of implementing yours. Implementation will succeed because our
consultants know, first hand, what works. Their hands-on expertise ensures
the job is done properly.
Staying on Task
The other critical ingredient to a successful deployment is management.
The Egyptians had taskmasters who understood both the requirements of
their task and the capabilities of their crew. They had to keep things
moving, not through harsh punishment, but by careful and methodical
handling of the skills at their disposal and coordination with others.
Likewise, Network & Security Technologies’ project managers know
how to build secure networks. Network & Security Technologies will
take responsibility for:
- Development of a detailed deployment plan
- Procurement of equipment, software, and managed services, including the
entire RFP process
- Identification and supervision of personnel resources
- Scheduling of staging, testing, installation, configuration, and integration activities
- Reporting of progress including funds expended to date, estimated cost to
complete, and quality standards met
Many of Network & Security Technologies’ project managers have
received PMI certification. They have significant relevant experience
deploying large, complex network and security infrastructures. This kind
of experience leads to a project that is in budget, on time, and high
quality.
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