PureITy Limited - Computer Services

IT Consultancy

PureITy Limited has 22 years experience within the IT industry. 12 years of which, has been within the Novell NetWare network operating system arena, together with many of Novell’s product range. PureITy has many years experience of server infrastructure management, including the management of clients using Novell’s ZENworks for Desktops. We believe the art of pro-active management of IT infrastructures is of paramount importance if clients are to get a near 24x7 uninterrupted service from their supported backend systems. To give you an idea of the experience PureITy has gained over time, below are 2 examples of system management experience.

1. The management of 120 NetWare 4.11 servers supporting a national multi-site 4000+ user base, using Novell’s Directory Services for network authentication. ZENworks for Desktops, for managing the clients/applications and Managewise 2.7 together with Compaq Insight Manager for managing the server infrastructure.

2. The management of 2 Storage Area Networks, each connected by fibre to 3 NetWare 5.1 Cluster Servers, along with 6 generic NetWare 5.1 servers supporting a large multi-campus college with a user base of over 17000 student accounts and 600 administration accounts, using Novell Directory Services. ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 for managing 2500 Windows 2000 Professional clients (including remote, across the wire imaging). Novell BorderManager 3.6 used for Internet connectivity.

Project Management

PureITy Limited has 26 years of project delivery experience, with 5 years of project management experience and therefore knows exactly what is required when it comes to project activities. PureITy can not only provide a first class Project Management service, but can also provide a Programme Management service. This service ensures that multi project activity is managed such that dependencies between the projects are not overlooked so that each project will run as smoothly as possible.

To give you an idea of the project management experience PureITy has gained over time, below are 2 examples of project management experiences.

1. Project Management for the design and implementation of 2 highly resilient, high availability Storage Area Networks (SAN’s), each having 3 NetWare 5.1 file servers running Novell Cluster Services. Each of the SAN’s data was backed up to a 25 slot tape library comprising 2 SDLT tape drives to give the necessary throughput to ensure backs completed within the backup window. All the hardware was Compaq rack mount systems, with Compaq Insight Manager implemented to pro-actively manage the hardware. This was a very successful project which delivered exactly to time and within budget.

2. Project Management for the migration from Windows 95 desktop to Windows 2000 Professional, managed in a NetWare server environment. This project was a two phase project. The first phase re-engineered the LAN and WAN topology and redesigned and merged 15 NDS trees into 1 tree. This work was necessary to ensure the benefits of managing 2500 Windows 2000 Professional clients from within the NDS, was achieved. The second phase implemented ZENworks for Desktop 3.2 within the NetWare server infrastructure to manage the Windows 2000 Pro clients. This software allows for delivery across the wire of the Windows 2000 Professional client images along with the necessary software packages appropriate for the location of each client, management of the client desktop by the use of policies, automated client inventory and client remote control. The project was very successful, allowing for the migration of approximately 1500 Windows 95 clients to Windows 2000 Pro over a period of just 7 days.