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Brief Introduction toNTS Information Technologies & ToolsM a r c h 2 0 1 2
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NASDAQ: NTSC $144 MM
Revenue (FY2011)
25 Locations Worldwide
Corporate HQ Calabasas, CA
1000+ Employees
Founded 1961
Company Profile
ServingMultiple Markets
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ERP: Microsoft Dynamics (Benefits)• Replace 30 year old system.• Single system for Enterprise• Integration of Sales, Quoting, Finance, Production and Support Services• Ability to attract and integrate new acquisitions• Improved revenue and margin forecasting • Gross Margin Increase ( > 1%) due to:
• Improved quoting/proposal processes• Increased visibility of data• Improved project management (visibility and accountability)• Real-time data for better decision-making
• Better Cash Flow and Financial Management• Quicker and more frequent invoicing• Improved invoicing and collections processes• Reduce month-end close from weeks to days
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ERP: Microsoft Dynamics (Challenges)• Significant development was needed for quoting tool• Sales commission reporting associated with Sales
Revitalization• Schedule constraints associated with year-end financial
processes• Balancing this project priorities with all the other initiatives and
day-to-day requirements• Employee Development:
• Financial Project Management Literacy• Computer Literacy• Training, Training, Training
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Information Systems Risk Management• Redundancy (Financial, Email, WAN)• Monitoring• Standard Processes
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Redundancy (Financial, Email, WAN)
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Solarwinds Orion Real time monitoring of all IT endpoints
NTS utilizes Cisco Security Appliances with Intrusion Prevention Cisco ASA IPS & Cisco IOS Firewall Real time monitoring with Cisco IPS Manager & Solarwinds Orion
Postini Email filtering
McAfee Endpoint Security with Encryption McAfee malware protection deployed to all systems Encryption is being deployed to all laptops
Monitoring
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Information Systems: Standard Processes
Standard procedures reduce risk by establishing control over how IT services are delivered. Changes to Information Systems must be handled in a well defined process that considers the full impact to the business units that use them.
Standard Configuration for Servers, Switches, and RoutersReduced configurations for Laptops and WorkstationsStandard user maintenance proceduresStandard support proceduresISO 20000 and ITIL is being used as framework for deploying a quality system for IT services.
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NTS Data Center Disaster Recovery
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Infrastructure Major Projects
• Wide Area Network Upgrade 50Mbps Primary Data Center 20Mbps Backup Data Center 3Mbps minimum at all remote locations
• Wide Area Network Optimization – Riverbed Enhance throughput and performance over WAN traffic. Not faster bandwidth, just less traffic
• Enterprise Messaging Upgrade Upgrade existing Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 environment Provide full high availability & DR solution Allow users to have bigger mailbox Eliminate manual archive
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