Richard Thomas Consulting

Email is one of the most business critical applications for many organizations. For the most part, it just works and sits there ticking over in the background. When it stops working, people notice. Deals get delayed or missed entirely, important information goes astray, things just don't happen on time and money is lost.

Keep your email system in good shape. We can help you with upgrades, maintenance, backups and filtering and, when it comes to the crunch, we can troubleshoot your system and get things working again.

Not sure if your email system is up to the task anymore? An expanding employee base or even just increased business interest can tax an email system that was performing admirably previously. We can audit your system and help you plan for the future.

Spam getting you down? We can help with proven filtering technologies. Don't be looking for a needle in a haystack for those important business emails.

Using generic email addresses like @comcast.com or @yahoo.com and want to move to something more relevant to your business? We can help with that too. In many cases, we can help make sure you receive email to your old addresses at the new one or just direct email from the new address to your generic if you prefer the interface.

Need a website? Need a new website? Have a website you already like but not sure how best to maintain it? We can help.

We can work with you on every aspect of web services. From the system your web server is running on, through the web server software, to the web application and site itself.

How is your web server system's health? Are the logs being rotated? Do you have regular backups? Do you know what you'll do when a hard-drive fails? We can help ensure your system remains in good shape against the inevitable unexpected occurrences. If you need to install a new system from scratch, we are there for you.

Need to expand your existing website? Need new functionality? Have a static website you want to have customers interact with? Need a site from scratch? We can work with you to implement these things. If you want to move into secure certificates and encrypted web pages, we have experience in implementing this. We can handle the DNS and all aspects of implementation. Be as hands-off or hands-on as you like

A computer that's not networked is a lonely computer. Besides access to the internet, there are many great reasons to network computers including centralized file storage, online backups and media sharing. We have extensive knowledge of networking, both wired and wireless.

Of course, the internet has its hazards, we can help you be protected against them with firewall and filtering technologies.

We may not think it sometimes but computers are there to make life and work easier. Software is the key to making things work. Need to make something and not sure how to do it? Call us. We have experience in many languages and technologies. We'll work with you to provide a solution that fits your needs using technologies that suit your pockets.

Whether you need bespoke software solutions or want to work with something off-the shelf, we can help you get what you need.

Computers. Not everyone's into them but if you're running a business, sooner or later, you'll need to make decisions involving them. New technologies are emerging all the time and if you're not familiar with the concepts and terms, it can be a daunting thing. Richard Thomas Consulting understands this and that's why we offer a mentoring service.

We can come sit with you and answer your technology questions and offer impartial advice to help you with your decisions. Draw on over 20 years of experience with computers and computing technologies. We won't talk down to you but will explain things in plain language if you need concepts explaining in more direct terms, that's not a problem. Our aim is to help you with your needs. You're paying for the mentoring, not a sales pitch so we won't try and sell you our products and services.

We may not think it sometimes but computers are there to make life and work easier. Software is the key to making things work. Need to make something and not sure how to do it? Call us. We have experience in many languages and technologies. We'll work with you to provide a solution that fits your needs using technologies that suit your pockets.

Whether you need bespoke software solutions or want to work with something off-the shelf, we can help you get what you need.

We have extensive experience working with interfacing with database software. So if you need data transferred to access your data in a more natural or simpler way or to generate reports, we can help you with that.