Website Development | Media Agency Partnership

Always looking to provide better services for our customers, Aerovision IT have partnered with Ministry, an award-winning new media agency.

With clients ranging from Oxfam and UNICEF to local and international law firms, they’re an excellent extension to Aerovision IT’s services.

Penetration Testing | Security Auditing

Well this year looks to be very busy with Penetration Testing. Already since the start of the year we have conducted several tests, largely web server based but a couple of on-site visits have been carried out.

More investment has been set aside to support this part of the business, various new tools have been acquired for us to "play" with, allowing for a more efficent service.

However you still can't beat the satisfaction of a good social engineering attack "Hi, it's...erm..John Smith from IT, can I have your username and password please?"

Ok maybe it's not quite that simple but you get the idea!

Network Upgrade | Cisco Routers and Wireless

Finally completed another network upgrade, as usual we have used Cisco devices throughout to ensure the power of the companies network is maximised.

The new network infrastructure includes a Public Wifi Hotspot, Secured VLANs and VOIP.

The network also needs to support an internal security camera system, this is now being developed and rolled out.

News Roundup for June | Outsourced IT Support

We really must keep these news pages up to date, been a while since we posted anything. So with that in mind here's a quick news roundup of what's been happening since April.

Essentially we've been quite busy, several more businesses are benefitting from our Outsourced IT Support Services, specifically Microsoft Server and Cisco Networking support.

We are working on a number of Microsoft and Cisco projects, primarily dealing with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning. We are also still cabling, a relatively large company requires quite an extensive upgrade and so we have been laying meters and meters of it.

Some new websites have also been developed, these include a Garden Centre Online Shop, a local Beautician and a Wine Shop;

• Brechin Castle Centre
• Blossom Beauty
• Luvians Wine Shop

All of these sites are now managed with ongoing SEO and Content Support.

With all of this additional information to process we have decided that we need to offer a more efficient service for our customers and have now decided to extend our in-house hosting services.

We have extended the office premises and are currently in the process of installing new equipment, we will soon be able to centralise more of our hosting services, including Web, Email Forefront Security, Off-site Backups and Virtual Servers. But more on that later when it's all ready.

Microsoft Exchange Organisation | Windows Server 2008

After some extensive project planning, we have now launched a new Windows Server backend infrastructure for a Fife based company.

A large part of the time was actually taken up designing the Exchange Organisation, creating a system of Distribution Groups, Address Books and Public Folders.

The whole network is managed with Active Directory, divided up into manageable Organisational Units and secured by Group Policy.

The company originally utilised a workgroup network, so switching to Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange has been a slight learning curve as they get used to many new features, but with plenty of desktop training we have aided a smooth transition.

New Website Launched | Hospitalfield Centre for Art and Culture

After a couple of months in development we have finally launched a new website for Hospitalfield, the Centre for Art and Culture, based in Arbroath, Scotland.

Hospitalfield has been dedicated to the arts for over 100 years and provides artist from all over the world with a tranquil, peaceful and historical place to be inspired.

With this in mind we felt the best approach for their new website would be to keep it clean and simple, acting as a canvas for the various images and photography of artwork.

A large amount of events are to be held at Hospitalfield this year and so the website also needs to be an information portal for anyone wishing to attend.

For more information, take a look at the Hospitalfield Website.

Networking | Cabling, New Routers and Switches, Wireless

Been a while since we posted some news, been a bit busy over the festive season dealing with networking.

One of our current projects involves quite a bit of networking, but right from the basics, not just slotting some new kit into a shiny comms rack, but working "outside" laying cables around two large areas, then interconnecting them with a point to point wireless link (this also involves determining Fresnel Zone Clearance, ten points to anyone who can tell me what that is!) (without googling it!).

Once all that's done we can get back to the shiny comms racks and install some kit.

The project is essentially quite a large expansion of a current companies infrastructure into new premises, whilst upgrading the Networking Kit, Servers and Workstations. Although some good network designs have been produced for the infrastructure, we've had to re-work a few things on the fly.

The network should be ready within the next two weeks, so we'll publish a bit more detail later.