Architel is Hiring
Our client's user base had remained relatively flat since 2008, but that began to change earlier this year. More and more of our clients have been adding employees and that means we have had to grow our own staff. In the past 30 days we have brought on seven new employees and plan to bring on an equal number over the next six months. If we are going to meet our hiring goals we are going to need your help. We are looking for engineers who have 2-5 years of experience supporting Microsoft and Cisco network and telecom equipment. Email ...
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Data Center Migration, Done!
Moving a data center is a LOT of work. We began planning for our move months ago and this weekend all of that planning came to fruition. Despite how much planning you do there are always unexpected hiccups. Over the past year lots of ISPs have scaled back their support teams and as a result [...]
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New NOC Progress Report
Many of you are aware that we are building a new facility to house Architel and our NOC. Here is a video of our old NOC and facility. I thought I would share with you the plans for the new NOC (26 seats) as well as give you a sneak peek at the custom NOC [...]
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The results are in!
Each year Microsoft contacts their Gold Partner’s customers to determine how well they are doing. We received our scores this week: The industry average is 67.42 while we managed to score a 100. Thanks to those customers who responded to Microsoft’s queries – we appreciate your support.
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ITIL Procurement Management
Our transformation from our Architel 1.0 offering to our Architel 2.0 offering is well under way. The team is getting bigger and more organized, but there are some growing pains. We have followed a single set of rules and procedures for a decade and change is difficult. Perhaps the most difficult, but needed change is [...]
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New Hire at Architel: Jeff Rothell
We are pleased to announce Jeff Rothell is joining Architel as our new Chief Operating Officer. On the eve of our tenth anniversary, we have recruited Jeff to help us reach our lofty goal of doubling our revenue in the next eighteen months (I suggested 12, but he wanted to give himself a cushion). Jeff [...]
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Architel gets Cisco
With more and more of our clients moving to Cisco’s voice platform we have been busy ensuring our team has enough Cisco talent to succeed. In just the last two weeks we have gone from two Cisco certifications to more than eight ten! Please congratulate our newest team members with Cisco’s CCNA: Andrew, Kristine, Jay, [...]
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Updated Scanner Kit SDK 4.0 Available
Just a quick note about the Big in Japan team’s latest milestone. Yesterday they released the iOS4 compatible barcode scanner SDK for developers. If you are a developer who has already used our SDK in your app to scan barcodes or you are a developer thinking about using our SDK in your app – please [...]
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Startup Happy Hour Sponsors Wanted!
For two years we have hosted and sponsored Dallas’ premier entrepreneurial event: The Startup Happy Hour. Over 2,500 entrepreneurs from the North Texas area have joined us for a few drinks and a lot of networking. Starting in October we are changing the venue and the format. Moving from the High Tech Bar to our [...]
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Ten years later, time for Architel 2.0
In September we will celebrate our tenth year in business. When we first began we decided that we would do one thing really well – managed services for small companies. Over the years our business has evolved, but we stuck to our core mission of providing managed services to companies with between 20 and 200 [...]
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Update Office Plan
Just a quick programming note regarding our new office. The lease has been signed and we should have construction drawings submitted next week – still on target for our October 1st move in date. Here is the most recent space plan:
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Our next managed offering: Managed Surveillance
Managed Video Surveillance For many companies, managed video surveillance is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. Just as your email, web and file servers are managed – your video surveillance needs the regular monitoring and management our managed services team can provide. Most businesses can leverage our 8 or 16 camera system to provide [...]
