Lexicon Consulting provides high-end design, analysis and troubleshooting of networking, data communications and data processing systems. Our areas of expertise include most of today’s strategic platforms as well as many legacy mainframe and midrange systems. Our extensive experience in a diverse variety of production environments allows us to assist our customers in the recommendation, deployment and support of these systems in solutions geared to the workgroup, department or enterprise levels.
Enterprise Network Design and Analysis
From 100 nodes to 10,000 nodes, we can design
the network that best meets your business requirements as well as your budget. Although we
have strong relationships with several vendors, we have no ‘exclusive
agreements’ so we can recommend the products that best fit your needs, regardless of
manufacturer. Our experience with network design and analysis as well as network
management will help you build a network that you can support, without adding head count
to your IS staff.
Network Troubleshooting
Our experience with almost every topology, our
thorough understanding of most protocol suites and our intimate knowledge of most
operating systems allow us to apply the highest level of expertise to help you find the
trickiest of problems. With advanced tools such as protocol analyzers, datascopes and
cable scanners, we can isolate and address the problem quickly, reducing downtime and lost
revenue.
Internet Services
We have been working with the Internet for over
15 years (long before it became a household word) and strive to stay abreast of the latest
products and technologies. We have extensive experience in designing and deploying
Internet firewalls, intrusion detection systems, web sites, messaging solutions and Internet-enabled applications.
Whether you want to rely on your Internet Service Provider or use your own facilities, we
can help you design a secure and functional Internet presence.
Enterprise Messaging
We have years of experience with multiple
Electronic Mail systems and have had great success in interconnecting most platforms to
provide message transfer (with file attachments) as well as directory synchronization.
We also have extensive experience with SPAM and virus control to ensure the
integrity of your messaging system. If
you are considering implementation of a new messaging system or upgrading/augmenting an
existing system, let us help you make an informed decision and plan a smooth deployment.
Project Management
We have years of experience managing and coordinating large projects, completing them on
time and within budget. Our level of participation can vary according to your needs,
including:
Providing assistance in developing the plan
Preparation of RFP/RFQ and analysis of responses
Performing proof-of-concept testing
Managing the project using your internal resources
Partnering with a systems integrator to take complete
responsibility for the project
Example projects include:
Large-scale (50+ sites)
frame relay & MPLS WAN rollouts
Data Center relocations
Multi-campus LAN redesigns
and retrofits
Large directory services
(10,000+ object) designs and deployments
ASP startups
Compliance
We have extensive experience with IS controls
and compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA. We can
help you develop or fine-tune your policies and procedures or implement systems
to monitor compliance.
Certifications
Lexicon Consulting enjoys close relationships with the leading
of vendors of networking products and maintains high levels of skill with these products.
We work with new products during the beta and release candidate stage to insure that we
have the proficiency to deploy and support these products as soon as they are available.
Product certifications we maintain include:
Microsoft Certified Product
Specialist
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Novell Certified NetWare Engineer
Novell Certified NetWare 4 Engineer
Novell Certified GroupWare Engineer
Bay Networks Hub Specialist and Hub Expert
Bay Networks Router Specialist and Router Expert
Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (In progress)
Citrix WinView Certification
Citrix WinFrame Certification
Check Point Certified Systems Engineer
Areas of Expertise
Technologies and product with which we have
strong experience include:
Local Area Networking and Wide Area Networking
Technologies
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI,
ArcNet, LocalTalk
Routers, bridges, switches,
hubs, repeaters, media converters
MPLS, Frame Relay, T1/Fractional T1,
DS3, OC3, OC12, ATM, SONET, SMDS, ISDN, X.25,
DSL, IPSEC VPN
Protocol Planning and Analysis
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, SNA, AppleTalk, DECNet, OSI,
NetBEUI/NetBIOS, XNS, Vines
X.500, LDAP, Novell NDS/eDirectory,
or Microsoft Active Directory
Desktop, Network, and Host Operating Systems
MS-DOS, Windows v3.x, Windows 9x, Windows NT/2000/XP, OS/2, MacOS
Unix (BSD, Mach, System V and derivatives), VMS/OpenVMS,
OS/400, MVS, VM
NetWare v2.X/3.X/4.X,/5.X/6.X Windows NT/2000/2003 Server, LAN Server/LAN
Manager, NFS, AppleShare
Management and Diagnostic Tools
HP Open View, IBM LAN
Manager, IBM Netview, IBM Netview/AIX, Sun Net Manager
Bay Networks Optivity,
CiscoWorks, 3Com Transcend, Cabletron Spectrum, Visual UpTime
NAI Sniffer, Novell
LANAlyzer, Network Observer
