rates

Home & Business Consulting Rates

We treat our little and big clients with fairness and a sense of equity...

Fees are lower on simplier networks with fewer devices. Mid-sized and larger networks, typically require more experienced consultants and higher rates apply.


Home*
one to ten

Small
Business
one to 20 IP's
Mid-Size Business
20 - 100 IP's
Corporate
Enterprise

over 100 IP's
Set-up fee $39.99 $39.99 $39.99 $39.99
On & Off-site Hourly Rate
$145 $165 - 175 $185 $205
Billing options check CC/check CC/check CC/check
Billing terms COD COD/net15 COD/net15 COD/net15
Round Trip Travel time
50%
of hourly
50%
of hourly
50%
of hourly
50%
of hourly
24/7 Available
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Min. TimeOnsite
1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 2 hours

On and Off-site Consulting Time is billed in quarter hour increments.
We do not mark-up hardware nor software.
We do charge time to research, locate and present our findings and recommendations. Expenses are billed as direct costs to clients.

In some cases, more complex systems on small networks may increase rates.

Round trip travel fees offset fuel, vehicle, maintenance, insurance and lost time associated with travel throughout
northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

*Home rates apply when paid with a personal check and
business/company systems are not involved.

If paid with business check, business rates apply.

 

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(ACSA) Apple Certified
System Administrator


(ACTC) Apple Certified
Technical Coordinator


(ACHDS) Apple Certified
Help Desk Specialist


Mac & PC Integrations
Connect Mac to PCs
Migrate Files to Mac
Access Exchange Services on Mac
Add Macs to PC Network
Add PCs to Mac Network
Move PC music to Mac
Bind Macs to Active Directory
Bind Windows to XServe
Replace Win Server with XServe
Macs print to PC Print Server
PCs print to XServe Print Server

Networks
LAN-WAN-VPN
Wireless

Airport Express Support
Airport Extreem Support
Broadband - Cable
Dial-up
Firewall Configuration
Gigaspeed - 1000BT
HighSpeed - DSL
Local Area - LAN
NAT Setup
Router Configuration
Secure Networks
Vitrual Private Networks - VPN
Wide Area - WAN
Wireless Networks for Mac & PC

Technology Planning
AC Load Projections
Budget & Resource Planning
Equipment Recommendations
Masters & Strategies
Network Design
Project Billing
Server Room Design
Small Business IT Planning
Systems Cooling
IT Administration
Total Cost Models

Organizational Solutions
Digital Asset Management
File Management Tactics
Custom Solutions & Training


Server Support
AD-AFP-LDAP-SMB

Active Directory - AD
Apple File Protocol - AFP
DHCP - Setup
DNS - BIND Setup
Domain Name Setup
FTP Access
Hosted - Home Directories
Kerberos Setup
Mail - POP - IMAP
OS X Server Support
Samba - SMB Access
Single Signon
Web Hosting
WebDav Access
Xserve Configuration
Xserve Deployments
XServe Raid Deployments
Xserve Win2K AD Interation

Security
Anti Virus
Firewall

All Mac Models
Firewall - Router Setup
Software Recommendations
System Hardening

Software Customizations
Applescript
Flash
HTML

Backup Solutions
Hard Disk Backup
CD-DVD Backup
On/-Off-Site Backup

Operating Systems
All Apple OS's

Windows (7, Vista, XP, ME, 2000, NT, 98, 95); DOS
Palm
Unix

Peripheral Support
iPhone
iPod
Application Support

Remote System Control
Citrix
Apple Remote Desktop
Go to My PC
Log Me In
Windows Remote Desktop

Upgrades & Migrations
Hard Drive
Memory
Operating Systems
Peripherals
Processor
Software


User Support & Training
Email Access
Network Connections
OS X Support
Printing
Setup & Configuration
Software Updates
Web Access

Seminars & Training
Applications
Graphic Essentials
Illustrator
Photoshop
QuarkXPress
OS X Essentials
OS X Server Essentials


Workstation Support
All Mac Models
G5 Upgrades
Intel Core Duo Upgrades
Intel Core 2 Duo Upgrades

Software Support
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Apple Utilities - All
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Flash
Microsoft Entourage
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Word
Nearly All Apple Products
Now Up-to-Date & Contact
QuarkXPress
QuickBooks Pros
Retrospect

Hardware Support
All Mac Models Including
Airport Extreem & Express
eMac
G3 Upgrades
G4 Upgrades
G5 Upgrades
iBook
iMac
iPod
iSight
Mac Mini
PowerBook
MacBook Pro
Xserve
Xserve RAID