VikingAsia Consulting

       Bill Schell and associates are (mostly) ex-Motorolans who spent most of their professional lives designing, specifying, purchasing, installing, configuring and operating high-performance, high-availability TCP/IP based networks for engineering computing environments (like IC design and Software Development), in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

We specialize in both designing and building new implementations, as well as 'tuning-up' your existing LAN/WAN environment to get more from less (more productivity from existing equipment & network architectures).

• network infrastructure - we teach "THE" basics through basics &
  
• advanced concepts; we also teach the academic approach through real-world-practices of network design and operation
• security - train you and your staff in the concepts and practices to protect your company's information & assets
  
• audit - an approach that emphasizes people and their "ATTITUDES" more than technology
• documentation (hard-copy and electronic form); here is a 'brief' treatise on "Documentation Done Right"

• policy development - where none exists, create one and embed the model in your employees
• standards development - create, buy, beg, borrow and manipulate
• evaluate compliance with standards - how "close" is your organization to the standards you have set for it
• gap-analysis - where are the dis-connects and how to eliminate them with a concentration on people, policy and technology

Network Design: develop design and implementation plans for Local, Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks.

All networks should be designed, implemented and supported to achieve:

• security - does the network enhance the segregation, maintenance and backup of data
• productivity - does the network architecture 'add value' to the computer-user or is it an impediment to the business?
• scalability - will the network architecture 'grow painlessly' (time and dollars) with the growth of the business as well as the growth of technology-platform change(s)
• economy - does this network meet the business need(s) at a fair price?

We do not sell hardware, (either computers or networking equipment) nor software.  Basically we don' t have an 'axe to grind' in our recommendations to you or your organization.

What we do, more than anything, is to give you the benefit of our background, experience, training and wisdom, and then let you make a more informed decision about your computer(s) and networking environment.

How we work and how we charge:

Our 'normal' work-day is from 09:00 until 16:00, which we bill as an 8 hour day - some of that 8th hour is travel-time and some of it is documentation preparation time.  We normally eat lunch on-the-fly.

We normally drive to the work-site if it is within the south-Florida area (south of a line between Jacksonville to Cedar Key).  If we drive to your site (if it is within the south-Florida area) then our travel-costs are covered within the 'first' rates items listed below.  If we are required to stay over-night, then hotels and meals, air-travel and other such incidentals are charged at cost plus 12%, in addition to our labor rates, quoted below.

Less than one day's work (10 hours work plus travel or less) we charge by the hour, and only a phone-call is required to initiate a job. Additionally; for casual / less than a day's work - payment is required at the time the work is complete via either cash and/or US$ check, unless prior arrangements have been made.

rates: 1st hour: $165 - each additional hour - $125

More than a one-day-job; we require a signed / verified 'work request agreement', which is a one-page contract, that we can send to you, via e-mail, upon request.

rates:        1st day  $1,200;     each additional day - $1,000

•         a brief summary of work accomplished
•         a brief summary of suggested further activities
•         a brief list of items for 'request for quotation' if further activities include purchasing new items