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Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library (HAM-TMC) (Houston, TX.)
Date: 04-11-2005
Category: Network and Security Services
Request: Provide Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Content Filtering, Anti-Virus, PPTP tunnels, VPN, LDAP authentication, One to Many and Many to Many NAT, and multiple DMZ subnet services and configurations. Must provide within small installation window, with zero to minimal Library guest services downtime.
Solution: Provided a security appliance and software combination solution for; Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Content Filtering, Anti-Virus, PPTP tunnels, VPN, LDAP authentication, and One-to-Many and Many-to-Many NATs. Solution provided secured connectivity to multiple subnets or networks. Installed physical equipment, and converted network on a weekend. 5 Hours downtime.
Nodes: Unknown (very large!) |
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InterContinental Hotels Group - (Atlanta, GA.)
Date: 7-2004 to 05-2006
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Relocate network data centers to alternate locations, for 289+ hotels nationwide. New network data center location to include new infrastructure, and to be managed and documented with minimal hotel operations downtime.
Solution: Relocated the network data centers to new areas of Hotel. Knowledge of multiple hotel systems, including Micros/Fidelio, Opera, Encore, Holidex, Tesa, Landmark,
Lodgenet, Guest Tek, Wayport, etc. Cognetic teams to shutdown, disconnect, re-wire, and re-connect with minimal to no Hotel operational problems. Average downtime is from 12-24 hours, based on the complexity of hotel.
Nodes: Hotel Sites 289+ (USA, Canada)
Images: Available Online (unable to post all images. please contact a cognetic rep, for additional images.) |
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Crowne Plaza Hotel (Addission, TX.)
Date: 10-25-2004 to Present
Category: Network and Security Services
Request: Convert hotel technology from corporate to franchise. Provide
security
and network services, with minimal guest services downtime. Provide yearly technical and maintenance support, beyond conversion.
Solution: Converted Hotel's technology infrastructure from corporate flag to a franchise flag. Configured VSAT uplink to IHG corporate services. Installed and configured T3, firewall and IPS gateway level services, for administrative and guest internet services. Migrated servers from corporate domain architecture, to local domain and architecture, with minimal to zero guest and administrative downtime. Currently providing network services on an on-call / outsourced basis for the past 2+ years.
Nodes: Unknown (estimated 40+) |
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Montebello Condominium Owner Assn., Inc.- (Houston, TX.)
Date: 03-18-2004 to Present
Category: Network Services
Request: Preventative maintenance and network services
Solution: Provide network services on an on-call / outsourced basis for the past 2+ years.
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Interfin Holdings, LP - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 06-10-2004
Category: Network Services
Request: Preventative maintenance and network services
Solution: Provide network services on an on-call / outsourced basis for the past 2 years.
Nodes: 25+
Testimonial:
Cognetic Networks provides us with exceptional computer support. I would recommend them whole heartedly to anyone.
- Melissa R. Suman
- The Interfin Companies |
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Schoeller Bleckmann Sales - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 01-03-2003
Category: Network Services
Request: Preventative maintenance and network services
Solution: Provide network services on an on-call / outsourced basis for the past 7 years.
Nodes: 15+
Testimonial:
Excellent service / very knowledgeable and courteous.
- Manel Perera
- Schoeller Bleckmann Sales Co.
- manel@sbsaleshouston.com |
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Lark Technologies - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 01-2003
Category: Custom Software and Web Development
Request: Create online ordering process for Lark services.
Solution: Created .asp web based forms to submit online orders. Forms contain over 24k+ lines of custom code to automate online ordering process. Forms contain, cookie, field validation and cdo email support. Form intelligence based on selections and parameters supplied.
Nodes: 70+ |
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Society for the Performing Arts - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 12-09-2002
Category: Network Services
Request: Needs to provide a cost effective remote ticketing service solution, prior to the Wortham performance.
Solution: Installed DSL service at Wortham Center's remote ticketing site. Configured existing cisco firewall Windows 2k server, and remote workstations for remote terminal services. Configured network to provide real-time backup and disaster recovery options during performances.
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Jake's Finer Foods - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 09-30-2002
Category: Network and Security Services
Request: Secure network and provide gateway virus protection.
Solution: Installed and configured Sonicwall internet security appliance to provide a defense against internet security threats. Installed and configured Mcafee Webshield e250 ASap appliance to provide a network perimeter / gateway anti-virus protection.
Nodes: 40+ |
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OYO Geospace - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 08-22-2002
Category: Network and Security Services
Request: Provide gateway virus protection.
Solution: Installed and configured Mcafee Webshield e250 ASap appliance to provide a network perimeter / gateway anti-virus protection.
Nodes: Unknown
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The Regis School - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 03-08-2002
Category: Network and Security Services
Request: Install firewall and secure network.
Solution: Installed and configured Sonciwall products to provide stateful firewall protection, secure vpn services, content filtering, and web analysis reporting.
Nodes: Unknown
Testimonial:
Cognetic Networks is excellent, knowledgeable, personal, fair with pricing and will not leave the job until it's completed.
- David Molina, IT Director
- The Regis Schoool
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PAST ARCHIVED PROJECTS |
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Wal-Mart and Sams Club - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 11-2001 to 07-2002
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Provide network and cabling services to Wal-Mart and Sams Club stores.
Solution: Provide misc network and cabling services to south central texas based Wal-Mart and Sams Club stores. Typical service requests: price readers not working, audio stations not working, registers not working, administrative office machines not working. Provide solutions to requests.
Nodes: Unknown
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The Sunshine Kids - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 04-2002 to Present
Category: Web Development Services
Request: Re-design and develop sunshinekids.org web site.
Solution: Provide web development project management process. Agreed to specific concept design, and are currently working on development process.
Nodes: N/A
Other: url: sunshinekids.org. |
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Lark Technologies - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 04-2002
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Install new server to support new confidential equipment and other services. Provide solutions for remote users that need secured access to data and email. Also need to provide solutions for anti-virus, vpn, backup and email. Re-cable patch panels and install new server rack to accommodate new server. Needs to be FDA GLP compliant.
Solution: Installed a Windows 2000 Active Directory - Dell Poweredge series server. Exchange 2000 server to provide email solutions. GFFS tape rotation scheme for backup solution. Network Associates - Mcafee Active Virus Defense for virus protection. Re-cabled patch panel and installed new 7' standard 19" rack, with wire managers, for new server.
Nodes: 70+
Images: Available Online
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Hotel Inter-Continental - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 03-30-2002 to 03-31-2002 (Easter Weekend)
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Cable, install and configure internet-ready set-top boxes to all suites and parlors. Re-Install previous set-top boxes installed by other vender, that were in-correctly installed. Emergency Installation. 0 notice. Easter Weekend.
Solution: Pulled an emergency 5 member team together and Installed internet-ready set-top boxes to suites and parlors. Re-cabled incorrectly installed set-top boxes (see pictures). Installed, cabled, tested and reported.
Nodes: 485+
Images: Available Online
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Levcor, Inc.- (Houston, TX.)
Date: 03-2002
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Moving to new offices. Move network and LAN to new location. Install, build and configure new server room to accommodate network servers and related.
Solution: Moved servers, hubs, firewalls, etc. to new office location. Installed new racks with wire management, to server room.
Nodes: 25+
Images: Available Online
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Cognetic Networks, Inc.- (Houston, TX.)
Date: 12-31-2001 to 01-02-2002
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Move Cognetic equipment to new offices.
Solution: Moved server racks, servers, switches, hubs, phone system, etc. to new offices.
Nodes: 40+
Images: Available Online
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Boyden Executive Search - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 12-2001
Category: Network Services (New Installation)
Request: Replace entire local area network with new technology. Design around executive search software. Provide solutions for remote users that need secured access to executive search software as well as data. Also need to provide solutions for Internet connectivity, internet security, anti-virus, vpn, backup and email. Need to implement with zero downtime.
Solution: Replaced existing Hewlett Packard equipment with Dell servers and workstations. Customized server to accommodate executive search software. Installed a sonicwall product to provide internet firewalling security and vpn solutions. Installed Network Associates, Inc. - Mcafee Active Virus Defense for server, workstation, and e-mail virus protection. Converted data successfully from old equipment to new servers and workstations. Installed a GFFS backup tape rotation scheme to provide detailed data protection. XO communications provided T1 internet connectivity solution.
Nodes: 15+ |
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American First National Bank - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 12-2001
Category: Network Vulnerability Assessment
Request: Evaluate network security posture and report.
Solution: Provided security consultations and performed misc vulnerability, exploit and penetration tests. Provided a detailed report with results.
Results: Confidential
Nodes: Confidential |
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Tindall Collins Design - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 10-22-2001
Category: Network Services
Request: Provide new LAN Installation and configuration. Need to also provide security, backup, virus-protection, etc.
Solution: Installed Dell Poweredge series Windows 2000 active directory server. Installed Sonicwall internet appliance, network associates - mcafee active virus defense, veritas backup-exec, gffs tape rotation, etc..
Nodes: 10+ |
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Houston Symphony - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 09-2001
Category: Network Services
Request: Connect 2 offices via a secure VPN Internet connection.
Solution: Installed a secured VPN internet hardware based connection via Sonicwall PRO Internet Appliances. Provided security consultations and configured internet monitoring / reporting, for bandwidth usage, web page access, click histories, etc..
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Pagecorp Direct of Texas, Inc. - ebtrades.com - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 05-25-2001 to 10-2001
Category: Web Development / Web Hosting Services
Request: Transfer ebtrades.com existing web content to Cognetic Networks, Web Hosting Servers. Modify / Add / change web content per client request. Provide web, email, and remote management connectivity solutions.
Solution: Transferred ebtrades.com domain, registrant, web content, and databases to Cognetic web servers. Created email accounts, management pages, and ftp remote connectivity solutions. Converted existing Frontpage scripts to manual .asp code, to eliminate frontpage server extension needs.
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Additional: Currently building online Cellular Repair Center for business to business transactions, using .asp, vpscript, SQL 2000, and dynamic html content.
Testimonial:
It is good to know there are still companies around that put the interest and well being of their clients before their own. Cognetic Networks has been that company for us. In time of need, they were anxious and persistent to get us up and running as soon as they possibly could(sometimes even more so than ourselves). It is a comforting thought to know that there is a person, and a company, who cares about the importance of the daily operations of our business as much as we do!
- Clay Moradi, President, CEO
- Pagecorp Direct of Texas, Inc.
- cmoradi@pagecorp.net
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Vanguard Venture Partners - (Houston, Tx.)
Date: 05-15-2001
Category: Network Services
Request: Upgrade existing network to Windows 2000 Server and Exchange 2000 and configure Active Directory to provide unified network management and control for both locations. Provide firewall security, remote VPN connectivity for traveling partners, and a VPN tunnel to the Palo Alto office LAN for shared file access and database connectivity using FileMaker Pro.
Solution: Upgraded existing NT servers, over WAN, to Windows 2000 Server into Palo Alto Active Directory. Upgraded Exchange 5.5 server to Exchange 2000 with AD support and replication methods. Provided firewall and remote connectivity solutions via Sonicwall hardware.
Nodes: 5 in Houston & 15 in Palo Alto |
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Lark Technologies - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 03-2001 to 05-2001
Category: Software Development
Request: Design custom software to automate excel spreadsheet calculations and reporting. Manual process took approx. 2 to 4 weeks to complete and produced human error.
Solution: Developed custom software to automate complex and time consuming excel routines and calculations. Custom software time to process: 20 to 30 seconds to complete with 0 errors.
Nodes: 48+
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Bates Southwest - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 01-2001 to 06-2001
Category: Network Services
Request: Novell Netware 5.1 to Microsoft Windows 2000 migration and hardware technology upgrades with 0 downtime.
Solution: Performed Windows 2000 professional upgrade to approx. 100 Dell workstations within a mixed Microsoft Windows NT, Novell Netware 5.1 environment with 0 downtime. Retained local application support, profile, print services, tcpip, group policy configurations, etc. New fiber Internet 10mbs backbone installation; Cisco PIX 515 firewall and Cisco 2500 series configuration and support.
Nodes: 125
Additional: 4th Quarter 2001 for Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP Server migration and NAS solutions.
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Vanguard Venture Partners - (Houston, Tx.)
Date: 05-15-2001
Category: Network Services
Request: Upgrade existing network to Windows 2000 Server and Exchange 2000 and configure Active Directory to provide unified network management and control for both locations. Provide firewall security, remote VPN connectivity for traveling partners, and a VPN tunnel to the Palo Alto office LAN for shared file access and database connectivity using FileMaker Pro.
Solution: Upgraded existing NT servers, over WAN, to Windows 2000 Server into Palo Alto Active Directory. Upgraded Exchange 5.5 server to Exchange 2000 with AD support and replication methods. Provided firewall and remote connectivity solutions via Sonicwall hardware.
Nodes: 5 in Houston & 15 in Palo Alto |
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Loewenstein & Associates - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 05-10-2001
Category: Network Services
Request: Upgrade existing workstations and server with new DELL hardware for new accounting system upgrade. Provide firewall security, remote connectivity, and backup solutions. Allowable network downtime, 24 hours.
Solution: Installed new DELL optiplex workstations to replace old workstations. Upgraded existing DELL Poweredge server. Installed Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 with agents to solve backup concerns. Sonicwall internet security appliances to provide firewall and remote connectivity solutions. Total network downtime 11 hours.
Nodes: 10 |
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FCA Corp - (Houston TX.)
Date: 11-2000
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Server room management, backup strategies methods, immediate Internet services and security solutions.
Solution: Installed an additional 19 inch chatsworth rack, ladders, braces, shelves, keyboard tray, rack mount power modules, and other misc. wire management hardware. Repositioned equipment within racks for optimum management and scalability Created a GF-F-S tape rotation scheme to solve backup needs. Installed fiber Internet connection via ARC communications. Fiber termination to cisco switch. Installed and configured a sonicwall Internet firewall to accommodate security concerns.
Nodes: 40+
Images: Before and After Available |
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Crowne Plaza Hotel - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 08-2000 to 11-2000
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Corporate network infrastructure move from Atlanta, Georgia to Houston, TX.
Solution: Network server collocations - installations and configurations. New Microsoft Windows NT / MS Exchange server installation and support (Compaq Proliant Series). Cisco 2500 series WAN installation and support. Workstation configurations. New cabling to new build out server room and misc. office moves. Re-cabling services from all nodes and IDF rooms. New installation of new 19 inch server racks, shelving, and wire management. Cable testing and verification. Multilevel floor riser and plenum solutions.
Nodes: 75+
Images: Before and After Available
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Flagship Properties - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 7-2000
Category: Software Development
Request: Create a front end application to programmatically obtain data from accounting system and import into Microsoft outlook for e-mail distribution, to corporate office. Created an extensive DOS based,error trapping, backup software solution for local PC. Both need to be automated with very little user intervention.
Solution: Created a custom application to export data from btrieve database and to create an API outlook outgoing mail call, insert the accounting data and distribute to corporate office, with a single click of a button. Also wrote error trapping and verification routines to confirm user or program error. Created a custom backup application to backup the local PC to external media, to generate log files, to verify data integrity and notify if errors in process.
Nodes: Unknown
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Lark Technologies - (Houston, TX.)
Date: 1-2000
Category: Network and Cabling Services
Request: Move technology infrastructure to new company location. Complete Novell Netware migration to Microsoft Windows NT Server.
Solution: Move included server and workstation moves, new DSL line installation and configurations. Transferred all data and services from Netware servers to Microsoft Windows NT servers.
Nodes: 48+
Images: Available Online
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Archon Management Services - (Dallas, TX.)
Date: 08-10-1999 to 10-4-1999
Category: Network Services and Software Development
Request: Major Property rollout/upgrade. Updated approx.. 150+ workstations nationwide to windows 98se. Maintain existing data and applications, to electronically secure PC's before leaving site. To perform approx.. 3 property upgrades in a day.
Solution: Created a standard Microsoft Windows 98se and misc. application configuration. Used software technologies along with custom application and hardware technologies to perform intense upgrade. Install logistics led to traveling to 3 states in one day. Properties were upgraded successfully within time frame given.
Nodes: Unknown (100+)
Testimonial:
Another AWESOME job by Cognetic. Brian and his team are the greatest!!!!
- Terri Rammell
Archon Management Sevices
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