Products & Services


Schmidt Consulting is a general technology consultancy for small-to-medium business. We provide a single point of contact for navigating and negotiating the complex technical needs essential in doing business today, and planning for business tomorrow. We offer a wide array of common services directly to our clients at competitive rates, and have strong relationships with reliable vendors for services we don't offer directly.

A sampling of our services:

Technical Support & Consulting
Networking & Systems Administration
Groupware/Collaboration (E-Mail, Calendaring & Addressing)
Security Auditing
VoIP/Internet Telephone Implementations
Retail & Point of Sale (POS)
Website Development
Information Architecture & Database Development

Fee Schedule
Areas Served



Technical Support & Consulting

Apple Certified Technicians setup, configure, troubleshoot, and repair your laptop or desktop computer(s) at your location.

Consultants can advise you as to the best use of your investment in selecting new workstations, network equipment and servers, and ensuring interoperability and ideal performance for your needs.

Migrating from a PC environment to a Mac environment is an increasingly popular and viable option for small-to-medium businesses, and Schmidt Consulting can advise you as to the benefits and potential pitfalls of migrating your office (or single workstation).



Networking and Systems Administration



Planning and deployment of high-speed ethernet networks, secure wireless networks, fibre-channel SAN networks and clustered computing environments for business and education customers.

Administration of Mac OS X Servers for file,database, and network services. Administration of Linux servers as supplemental, task-specific (ie, firewalls, network intrusion systems, phone systems, etc) devices.

Implementation of comprehensive network backup solutions.

Remote access solutions with hard and software based VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). VPNs allow secure access to your office network from anywhere in the world. Access file servers, databases, and secure e-mail.

Groupware & Collaboration Solutions


Creating an environment where your information is accessible securely by any authorized user is the goal of groupware and collaboration software. Schmidt Consulting will evaluate your needs and deploy a solution for you. On the Mac platform, this often means keeping your employee's iCal and Address Books in sync. We can deploy Microsoft Exchange servers even in primarily or exclusively Mac environments (or ensure that your Mac users are able to take full advantage of existing Exchange servers).

As an alternative, Schmidt Consulting can deploy OS X native Kerio collaboration solutions, or the hosted open-source Zimbra collaboration suite.


Features of Zimbra collaboration solution:

• E-mail, synchronized and available from multiple workstations and over the web.
• Shared calendars throughout your organization.
• Shared documents via the web.
• Over-the-air synchronization of handhelds (eg, Treo or Blackberry devices).
• Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal & Address Book, Linux, and web based access to all calendars and addresses.
  
  

Security Auditing & Compliance

Without the assistance of full time network administrators, many small businesses are left exposed to a dizzying array of threats and internet based attacks. Internet hacks and unauthorized access to digital assets are frequent occurrences and often go completely unrealized by staff and management.

A comprehensive security audit can bring potentially threatening oversights to your attention, preventing security breaches as well as ensuring your organization's compliance with applicable local laws governing the safeguarding of information.

Host and network based intrusion detection systems may be deployed using the open-source solution Snort.

Broadband and VoIP Telephony


Schmidt Consulting is a Speakeasy Certified VoIP Support and Sales partner. Speakeasy is a Seattle based provider of broadband and VoIP services, and is recommended exclusively by Schmidt Consulting in the New York City area as a reliable internet service provider (ISP).

Speakeasy offers superior broadband connections (DSL, T1s, and bonded T1s) and support that is renowned among IT professionals and pro consumers.

Speakeasy also offers complete office VoIP telephone solutions, which can be coordinated, procured, installed, and supported by Schmidt Consulting.




Website Development

Schmidt Consulting has developed websites for a growing list of New York Times bestselling authors.

If you're considering re-developing or setting up a new website, Schmidt Consulting can advise you and analyze your needs, factoring current trends and capabilities with your needs, desire, and budget.

Schmidt Consulting designs, builds, and hosts websites for individuals and small businesses. For larger and more technically advanced projects (ie, heavy use of server applications, advanced animation in Flash, etc), Schmidt Consulting can work with you to find vendors to produce, program, and host your site.

Retails & Point-Of Sale

Mac based retail, dining, and spa/boutique services using Christian James Pay-Go software. This is a FileMaker Pro based system.

Information Architecture & Database Development



Information architecture and database development typically consists of (at least in the small-medium business market) transforming inefficient processes (such as collecting information on written forms or inputting data into Excel Spreadsheets as a means of organizing information) into efficient computer-based processes - basically taking information that is either written or scattered across different computer files, and organizing in one "system"

Different types of businesses store different types of information. For example, an art gallery might store information about different artworks - who created them, who owns them, where they are located, how their value has increased, etc. A boutique might store information about their inventory, customers, and sales. A creative production studio might store information about the components and vendors they use for their projects - and the estimates they produce for their clients.

There are a number of off-the-shelf software packages for managing the day-to-day functions of your average business. However, Schmidt Consulting does not typically deal in the goings-on of the "average" business - no primarily Mac shop could (and still be a Mac shop!). We deal with your business.

You've likely developed methods of working (or, in some cases, coping) with the information side of things of running your business. At Schmidt Consulting, instead of implementing a software solution where you learn how to adapt what you do to the particulars of that given program- we custom-build software to the way you work.

We provide software the tracks exactly what you want it to, in exactly the way you want it to. You'll gain new insight into your information, having it all instantly accessible from anywhere in the world.

Schmidt Consulting has developed custom databases for a range of industries, including: Art Asset Management (Contact/Inventory/Invoicing), -Moving and Storage of Fine Art (Inventory, Status, and Billing), -Literary Agency Management & Automation (Deals, Titles & Materials, Rights, Submissions, Contacts), Creative Studio Production (Estimating & Project Management).

We can frequently use core-components from these solutions in creating a custom solution for you, bringing overall development time and cost down drastically from a "from scratch" custom database.

If you are interested in learning how a customized database can streamline your workflow, consolidate and share your information assets among multiple users, contact us.