Technology Engineering

Whether you just need objective, independent advice on what PC to buy for your business someone to design and install a complete information technology solution for your business, Bruce Balent can help.  

We specialize in the most critical phases of any IT project:

• Problem Identification: accurately identifying the real problem (not the symptoms) you're trying to solve

• Requirements Analysis: comprehensively analyzing what are the requirements of a satisfactory solution to the problem at hand

• Solution Identification: identifying all the technically feasible and economically affordable solutions

• Solution Recommendation: recommending the "optimal" solution (i.e. the one which best meets all the requirements, including: price, functionality, usability, etc.)

• Specification: clearly and unambiguously specifying what the software or system is to do so that it meets the requirements and solves the problem.

• Implementation:  Whether the solution calls for new computers, networking, telecommunications or construction, we can serve as your project manager by soliciting bids, helping you select the best contractor, and then managing the contract to a successful conclusion, on-time and on-budget.  If the solution also calls for new Windows software, we can write the software program for you (please see Software Engineering), or help you contract with another company for its development.  

• Networking.  Bruce is also a superior network architect.  He can help you design, acquire, and install the network that's best suited to your unique requirements.  He has years of experience working with prime and subcontractors to insure they bid correctly and deliver and install what they promise.  For example, his architecture for a 6,000 user network at a top 20 rated engineering college has easily adapted to 15 years of explosive growth in traffic and usage with no recabling.  It also easily accommodated a five year dormitory remodeling program that required 1/5 of the students to relocate every year with no disruption in service with simple patch-panel changes and reprogramming the networks routers.
   
• Systems Engineering.  Bruce is particularly skilled at engineering solutions to complex, multidimensional problems requiring heterogeneous solutions.  These often include different types of computers, peripherals, operating systems, and networking topologies and protocols.  Solutions often involve different user communities with varying levels of computer experience and expertise.  Bruce can easily communicate with all the stakeholders and implementers to achieve success on-time and on-budget.  He also has extensive experience working with the construction trades, which means you won't be blind-sided by unexpected facilities changes or upgrades necessary to successfully complete your project.

Bruce can also design and build you the perfect PC workstation whether its for software programming, web development or multimedia content creation (e.g. video and audio creating and editing).  He'll design you a system that's perfectly matched to your requirements, both technical and financial; something you won't get from mail order or big box stores.

Because we're not a hardware or software vendor, we aren't tied to a particular product line; this enables us to give you the most independent and objective evaluation and recommendations for your project.  In other words, we'll recommend those products and service providers who can deliver the best value, which is the optimal balance between price and capabilities, for your particular project.