NSMS Taking the stress out of IT

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NSMSTaking the stress out of IT
David Janes NSMS SysAdmin Networked Systems
Management Service
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Introduction

• Who Are NSMS?
• The Services We Offer
• Case Study
• Questions

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Who Are NSMS?
NSMS are part of OUCS and we are based at
OUCS. NSMS has 11 staff. Our small size means we
are fast flexible responsive. We provide IT
services to University Departments, associate
departments and Colleges and our services are
tailored to meet their needs. Our time is
charged either hourly and through annual support
contract options. We work to recover costs. We
discuss our customers requirements in complete
confidence. We work with both long term planning
and short term needs.
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Who Are NSMS?
Nick Barber Netware, ARCServe Backup, Windows
servers and workstations Jon Hutchings VMWare
services, Linux servers, Web servers, Netware
servers, Macs David Janes Windows Servers and
workstations, Sophos Enterprise Manager, Exchange
Server, Web Servers, SQL Server, Web servers,
Firewalls Peter Miklitz Windows Servers and
workstations, Sophos Antivirus, Exchange Server,
SQL and Oracle databases, Web servers, WSUS
servers Alex Mittell VMWare services, Windows
Servers and workstations, Sophos Antivirus,
Exchange Server, Web Servers, Firewalls
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Who Are NSMS?
Adrian Parks Windows Servers and workstations,
Linux, Security, Forensics, Firewalls Riaz
Khimji Windows Servers and workstations, ArcServe
Backup Aaron Wilson Systems developer and Linux
web manager Zahra Tekin Purchasing and finance
administrator James Partridge Foremost
University MAC expert, antivirus support Wylie
Horn Team manager
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What Services Do We Offer?

• Centralised Purchasing
• For software and hardware
• Workstation Setup and Management
• File Print Servers
• Installed, configured monitored
• Shared Calendaring and Contacts System
• Based on Exchange Server 2003
• Remote PDA sync etc
• Web Site Hosting
• Windows and Linux servers
• CGI Perl, PHP, SSI, FrontPage, MySQL,
  ColdFusion, phpMyAdmin, BBSs etc

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What Services Do We Offer?

• Centralised / Automated Antivirus Services
• Holiday Cover for IT officers
• Security audits and configuration, licenses and
  assets for servers and workstations
• Firewalls
• Purchased, installed, configured and maintained
• Test servers web space
• Many of our services run in a Virtual Environment
  on VMWare
• Servers for rent monthly or annual)
• Great for short term test servers
• Servers brought online FAST
• Main server hosting
• Phone support

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Case Study

• Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OXCIS)
• 4 servers, 37 workstations, 7 network printers
• New servers specified purchased installed
• Upgraded domain from Windows NT to Windows 2003
• Workstations migrated smoothly from NT to XP
• New network printers installed
• Backup regime installed and managed (ARCServe 11)
• Roaming profiles configured
• Automated Sophos push to clients

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Summing Up

• NSMS are a part of Oxford University a service
  provided and managed by OUCS.
• We are highly skilled IT professionals who aim to
  understand and implement our customers IT needs.
• We are flexible and accessible.
• The services we offer are almost unlimited.

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Any Questions?

• Further details from www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/nsms
• Phone [phone]