Our Services
- Computer utilisation analysis
- Hardware Sales
- Standalone or Distributed database management systems
- Complete networking solutions
- Web-site creation.
- Security Services
- Support and Maintenance
- Integration Services
- Digital Document Management
Computer Utilisation Analysis
Computer Utilisation Analysis is the performing of an in-depth appraisal of an organization to establish how best the company can benefit from computerisation. If the organization is already computerized, the analysis will attempt to show how to make the best use of what is on ground and what improvements can be made, if any.
Hardware Auditing
- Ensure optimum number of computers has been purchased for the company
- Identify the types of computers that need to be acquired (if any)?
- Standardize computers for flexibility i.e. most computers should be of similar same rating so as to be able to move jobs rounds.
- Check the kind of network in place or advise on which to get
Software Auditing.
- Confirm software packages do all they are intended to do and any other extra functions e.g. point of sale software should also perform as stock keeping.
- Find out if database is required and if it is already in place, how to make optimal use of it and increase the data retrieval speed.
- Perform security audits against external systems and provide a risk and impact assessment report.
Personnel Auditing
- Confirm that there is an optimum number of staff to make the best use of the installed systems
- Specialised training facilities can be recommended to staff, if necessary
Hardware Sales
NSL supplies and installs a wide range of PC's with tested and proven technology, and associated hardware that are renowned for operational resilience.
Workstation configurations
- Cost effective - Good quality at competitive price
- Enough memory to support all of-the-shelf applications
- Ability to act as stand alone PCs or dumb terminals
- Branded Names or Clones built In-House
Server Configurations
- RAID disks - for resilience
- SCSI disk drives for faster data access
- Secondary and tertiary disks for archiving and mirroring data
- Server specific partitioning
All supplied computers come, pre-loaded with the latest operating system and software applications and with UPS
Distributed and Standalone Databases
A database is a limitless collection of information, organised in a way as to make is easy and quick to retrieve stored data.
Any organisation that needs to automate business processes; keep track of sales, inventory or client list or print reports in any format would benefit from a database.
A database can help improve an organisation's productivity by:
- Identifying business trends and predicting future market inclinations
- Replacing old-fashioned paper based system
- Providing accurate information, that is easily, quickly and always accessible.
- Viewing and editing data in different formats and printing specified reports
- Facilitating e-business i.e. giving platform to move into the World Wide Web.
A distributed database management system (DBMS) uses the organisation's network or the Internet to enable users access the database across distances, giving a feel of actually being at the location of the database.
There are a number of advantages to using a distributed DBMS. These include
the following:
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Capacity and incremental growth
When adding a new node or new data location (e.g. new table), there's no need to re-configure the whole database - the new node automatically becomes a part of the global Database. -
Availability
Easy connectivity to data from various locations and/or Operating Systems and/or different hardware and software. -
Flexibility
Moving data from one place to another (due to management decisions) or changing the physical location of certain nodes requires no changes in the Database or its architecture. -
Sharing
Data can be shared by different users or branches of the same organisation or even different organisations, thus allowing efficient communication between distant users. -
Remote Monitoring
Ability to monitor sales, inventory or client list while not in the office. Helps to keep proper track of all activities in the company from any location.
Our distributed and standalone databases are resiliently designed to prevent data corruption and data loss.
Our databases can be created as client specific, which is where the database is completely created from foundation and all functions are specific to that organisation alone or industry specific, which is where our client chooses a database that performs very few tasks take are solely exclusive to their organisation.
The most popular databases are employee and payroll databases, which can be easy installed and used by any organisation irrespective of the industrial sector they belong. Some examples of what our industry specific database can do for an organisation in various sectors are:
Medical Database
- Make registration of new patients easy, quick and hassle free.
- Have complete historical records for each patient readily accessible, including all allergies, previous illness etc.
- Reduce considerable the time it takes for patients to see doctors by eliminating having to search for the patients file.
Institution Database
- o Greatly reduce fraud by making it very difficult for students to change their results.
- o Reduce the probability of students' results being misplaced.
- o Make creation of student documents such as transcripts, statement of results etc easy and quick.
- o Enable the reduction of the time and effort it takes to register students.
- o Provide ability for monitoring students' performance either by the teachers (lecturers) or parents via online connection.
Library Database
- o Facilitate proper cataloguing and monitoring of books
- o Get complete personal details about all members
- o Make great saving on the purchase of paper, folders and other office stationary
Manufacturing Company Database
- o Ability to accurately monitor production.
- o Enable more accurate estimation of future production trends by analysing past data.
- o Make it possible to quickly provide accurate information on the amount produced within a specified period.
- o Keep historical records, so production quantity movement can be followed easily.
Network Solution
NSL designs networks specifically tailored to suit the needs of various
organisations. Our networks are scalable and designed with ease of maintenance
in mind.
NSL designs networks for local intranets, remotely accessible networks, as
well as networks that provide gateways to the outside world via the Internet.
NSL provide various types of Local Area Networks ranging from the
- Ethernet star formation
- Token ring
- Bus Formation
- Hybrid combining any of the three types depending on the requirements of our client.
We design, dimension and install in association with our partners Municipal or Wide Area Networks (MAN or WAN) using Dedicated Telephone Lines, VSAT technology, Terrestrial Radio etc.
Some of the benefits derived by organisations using LAN, MAN or WAN include:
- · Mobility of data through files transfer
- · Reduction in the cost of telephoning by use of private network
- · Ability to acquire distributed database system
- · Increased work efficiency and speed
- · Ready access to the Internet via one point
- · Ability to use one peripheral device for many computers, saving costs e.g. one printer shared by numerous computers
- · Ability to share software amongst many users
Web Design and Creation
NSL offers comprehensive web design services. For those businesses and organisations that not only intend to have a mere presence on the web, but also intend to take full advantage of the business and advertising potentials thus maximising exposure.
NSL gives it customers the option of hosting their own website on in-house Unix or Windows based servers or alternatively provide efficient, high speed and cost effective web-site hosts.
Security Services
NSL security services are complementary to all our other services:
In terms of data security, three principles are paramount:
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Secrecy
Customer records and transaction details, student records, staff profiles are all data that will only be made available to a privileged few, with the customers' permission
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Integrity
There is the need to only guarantee that only authorised personnel are allowed to make changes to these data records and that such changes are traceable and recoverable.
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Availability
It is of great importance to guarantee the availability of business and mission critical data at all times.
Support and Maintenance
NSL aims to provide the best customer service in the industry and in order to achieve this objective, we use a team of support and post-sales analysts to ensure that our customers derive maximum value from our solutions.
We offer a range of post-system installation services including
- Provision of retainers for systems either installed by us or not
- Metamorphosis and realignment of the systems solution with the business objectives.
- Membership or our RSHC (Regular Support and Health Check) program; this enables NSL to closely monitor the state of all installations and implementations, provide support to problems as they occur as well as preventive regular maintenance.
NSL adopts the latest in CRM (Customer Relationship Management), a system that enables NSL to work with and understand each of our clients in order to correctly define and satisfy requirements as well as anticipate future expansion and areas of diversification.
Digital Document Management
Digital Document Management (DDM) is a procedure whereby all files and document in an organisation are scanned into a computer and stored in an ordered manner for easy retrieval.
The files are stored in a manner as to enable users find files based on projects. The scanned files are viewed on the computer screen as exact digital copies of the original hard copies.
Integration Services
By far the most powerful service we offer is the ability to integrate all our services into a single business solution.
One of the best advantages of our integration services is the ability to build our solutions on existing infrastructure and integrate with other applications. Thus, the feasibility merging of an NSL distributed database solution with an existing database installation, an existing web hosting service etc.
An Novira Solution Ltd. project work flow diagram
The project workflow may vary in accordance with the scope of the project.
