TECHNOLOGY & ACT! CONSULTING

Drawing from over 38 years of experience in technology related endeavours, NewFX can provide your organization with sound technical guidance in this fast-pased, ever changing "electronic" world. With so many choices and directions to choose from, it is not easy for today's small businesses make intelligent, common-sense choices. With our help, you can rest assured that the alternatives presented to you will be custom tailored to your particular business needs and focused on economy and sustainability.

These services can be delivered in a variety of formats including one-on-one sessions or group workshops. Each consulting engagement will be tailored specifically to meet your specific needs, As an overview, NewFX provides consulting in the following areas:

Business Start-up

When starting a new business it is critical to make intellignet choices when choosing technology products and services to launch and grow your business. Knowing what choices are best suited to your needs is no small task and shouldn't be under estimated or made with haste. Be assured that a trip to your favorite computer retailer isn't in your best interest. A lot of time, a lot of money and a ton of frustration can be avoided by knowing what choices to make. We can help you do that.

System and Application Software

Word processing, spreadsheets, databases, customer lists, graphics, internet software - there are literaly thousands of products to choose from. Which products address your needs? Which products work together? What are the hardware requirments? How can you evaluate a product before you purchase it? What kind of support do you get? What kind of maintenance is required to support certain products? What kind of training will you need? What about licensing? These are all questions that need solid answers before making software product purchases. Making the wrong choices can cost money, drastically hinder your effectiveness and productivity and negatively impact employee morale - for starters. And, there are more wrong choices than there are best choices. Let us help you make the best choices.

ACT! Contact Management Software

ACT!, the best-selling contact manager, is used by millions and praised by experts around the world! From managing your contacts and schedule to producing correspondence and reports to working with all the latest devices. Let NewFX customize ACT! to best meet your contact management needs. Using some 28 years of experience automating Sales Forces, we can work with you and your organization to build ACT! into a powerful and productive sales tool.

Computer Hardware

Once the best software choices have been made, what kind of hardware is required to run all that software - and run it efficiently at optimum performance levels? Purchasing hardware before making the right software choices is clearly "putting the cart before the horse." How many computers do you need? Who will need one? What components should it have? How much memory? Hard drive space? How fast should it be? Will an "off-the-shelf", pre-configured system from the local computer "super-store" be the better choice? Probably not. Let NewFX evaluate your specific needs and recommend systems that are custom-built and configured to exactly match those needs - nothing more, nothing less.

Networks

Virtually every business, at some capacity, needs computer networking. Even with one computer, access to the Internet or other on-line service requires networking. Sharing data amoung computers requires networking and, of course, putting your business on the Internet requires networking. Do you need peer-to-peer or server based networking? What kind and level of security is required to adequately protect your data? Who should have access to what? What types of additional hardware and software will you need to implement networking. What kind of cabling do you need, or is a wireless solution the better choice? How will you administer network access? Who should you use for your Internet access and what kind do you need? You probably have more questions than you have answers. Let NewFX, with its on-staff Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, answer your questions - including the questions you don't know you don't know.

Content Hosting & eCommerce

The three most important things in real estate are "location, location and location." Today, it seens that the three most important things for any business is "Internet, Internet and Internet." Is that the case for your business? It may be, it may not be. If not, why not? If it is, exactly in what capacity can the Internet help? Using the Internet to market your business and/or your products and services will cost your organization money. How can those Internet dollars be spent to provide you the best possible return on your investment? How can that return be measured? Can it be measured? What is eCommerce and should it be offered to your organizations prospective and existing clientele? What kind of content should you make available and where will you get it? How will you maintain it? What is the best way for you to reach and interact with your customers? Again, more questions. Let NewFX help by providing your organization with a custom-tailored content hosting and eCommerce stratgy.