Professional Technology Assistance

Business Workflow Automation - Helping our clients do more with less!

Put your focus where it's needed most

Whether you are a company executive, a business leader, a front-line manager or an in-the-trenches star performer for your organization; there's always something else that needs your attention. At Technology Ranger, a Chicago-based IT solutions provider, we are sensitive to our client's need for business workflow automation to help them do much more with their limited time and resources.

And that's why we are a Silver Partner of Parker Software. This enabled us to become advanced business workflow and email automation solutions provider, to enable you to automate workflows across your organization.

• Automatically process email messages,
• update database records,
• parse Twitter feeds,
• Read and process web pages,
• monitor RSS feeds,
• Process Excel spreadsheets...
• and similar information from multiple sources

Then, automatically extract relevant information from these sources and trigger automated responses/processes to address the needs emanating from the inbound messages. While you focus on what needs your attention the most, our business workflow automation service solutions will deal with the rest! Companies like Cisco.

Our Business Workflow Automation Services Offerings

Email2DB is an integrated email and electronic message parser, message automation server and email server - all wrapped into a single solution. As an Authorized Silver Partner for Email2DB, our experts deliver innovative business workflow automation solutions to our clients for a range of applications, including:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft Azure
• Salesforce
• AutoTask
• Twitter
• Email Parsing
• Email to Database
• Email Migration
• Monitoring DBS Changes
• Monitoring Web Changes
• Auto Responder
• Processing Web Forms

Whether you are looking for an Enterprise solution, a Data Center application or a Hosted automation solution, Technology Ranger has the expertise to provide you exactly what you need.

Sample Use Cases

Automate the migration of any IMAP or POP3 mailbox to Exchange or Office 365

Parsing e-mail orders for e-Commerce Automation

Created Automatic tickets in AutoTask

In some cases VPN or other types of connections are impossible due to policy or geography, operating system incompatibility, database type difference, hardware type etc.  We can solve this problem by developing advanced automation to update two or more computer systems via email.

Convert email leads from any source to a record in the CRM

Send SMS automated message on certain events

Create automated  PDF purchase order receipts.

Make outbound call on select events using Twilio API

Adding Value to Our Clients & Partners

Consider this fact:

A "typical" Sales Rep uses 12% of his/her time on Order Processing, and 23% on Administration. Other industries might have higher percentages of time dedicated to "non value added" activities. What if even half of that time could be clawed back and put into core revenue-generating activities?

Our business workflow automation service is all about helping our clients take normally routine tasks away from their teams, through intelligent business process automation, and allowing additional time to be put into core business tasks. The result:

• Client teams have more time to focus on value-added processes/tasks
• Less time is wasted chasing and monitoring emails and other message feeds
• Chances of errors and omissions (due to the mundane nature of routine tasks) are dramatically reduced
• Workflow automation enhances overall workforce motivation

Cloud Services - Consulting for dedicated server hosting, virtual server hosting, and cloud hosting 

THE CLOUD OF OPPORTUNITY 

Since early 2009 cloud computing has been on the horizon, but has recently entered mainstream IT as a viable alternate to conventional hosted servers and data exchanges. By embracing the cloud, businesses stand to gain from:  

• infrastructure cost savings by avoiding the need to deploy, maintain and manage e-mail and file servers across the company
• simplification of application software management, licensing and upgrading by moving to centrally hosted application hosting
• "any time", "anywhere" availability of IT applications, infrastructure and data
• IT payroll cost reduction by eliminating the need for large in-house IT support teams

 Taking advantage of advancements in internet, storage and communications technologies, Technology Ranger - a Chicago-based IT Services and Solutions provider - helps its clients leverage cloud services to reap all of these benefits and much more. 

OUR CLOUD SERVICES OFFERINGS

Technology Ranger offers a wide array of cloud services to its clients in the Chicago area and beyond, including Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs), cloud hosting providers and cloud service providers. Our expertise in this domain includes designing, scoping, implementing and managing services such as:

• Software-as-a-Service (Saas)
• Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
• Dedicated vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS)
• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Virtual Datacenter (VDC)

Based on a personalized needs assessment, our professionals can also recommend optional hybrid cloud solutions where clients get the best of both worlds - on-demand local access and control of their data, with the assurance of data backups to the cloud. 

ADDING VALUE TO OUR CLIENTS & PARTNERS

For many of Technology Rangers' clients, cloud services are a relatively new concept. While it may take them a while to fully comprehend the tremendous opportunities it offers, our experts can get them to a flying start TODAY.  

The value proposition that Technology Rangers offers includes:

• an uncompromising focus on high-quality, personalized consulting
• a dedicated team of trained and experienced cloud services experts
• a jump-start on leveraging and exploiting cloud computing for competitive advantage
• the ability to tap our professional services on an "as and when needed" basis

Professional IT Consulting That Delivers Value!

Our Consulting Philosophy

Dynamic and approachable, Technology Ranger (TR) is an IT consulting company serving the Chicago area, which strives to differentiate ourselves through our service delivery. Our specialization is in helping companies with various profiles, including:

• business start-ups
• recently merged or acquired entities
• or businesses experiencing robust growth...

…to fully leverage the new paradigm of Cloud Computing power.

Our Services

When it comes to offering our services, Technology Rangers' mission is to be seen as the technology consulting partner of choice by our clients in the Chicago area.  And to meet that objective, we have assembled a diverse range of consulting services that our clients can benefit from, including:

• IT  Project Planning & Scoping
• Strategic IT Resource Reviews
• Startup/Small Business IT consulting
• IT Systems and Process Planning/Reviews
• IT infrastructure planning, design and implementation for high-availability applications
• Consulting on solutions for mixed-vendor network infrastructure (Cisco and Juniper, ESX Clustering and Virtualization, vCHS, Load Balancing and Security)
• Technology Roadmap Reviews
• IT Procurement
• IT Services Delivery Planning/Organizing
• IT Project Management

 We realize that no consulting firm can ever "do it all alone!" And in the spirit of offering our clients a full range of consulting services, we have developed strategic partnerships with a number of like-minded Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to offer value-added services to our clients. While our clients still see us as their single point of contact throughout the engagement, they also benefit from us being a one-stop, full-service IT consulting company! 

Information Security - Your Oft Forgotten Mandate! 

What "mandate"?

Your company depends on data, and as that's your most valuable asset, data security should be your number one mandate. It is also often mandated by government, legislated by judiciaries and enforced by law.

There are so many threats to fend off, including:

• Denial Of Service (DoS) attacks
• Cyber attacks
• Phishing schemes
• Malware and Virus infections
• Web Application assaults

Your networking security can comes under attack from a diverse range of sources, including from Customers, Suppliers, Vendors, Business Partners, Hackers, and more increasingly from internal sources - your own employees!

Unfortunately, securing your networks and the data that travels over them isn't always easy.

And that's why more businesses than ever before are turning to information system security experts like Chicago’s Technology Ranger to help them fulfill this crucial mandate.

OUR IT SECURITY SERVICES

As an experienced Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), Technology Ranger delivers exceptional value to its clients by shielding them from the challenges that come with data security.  Our clients  may have a perfectly capable team in-house, but need regular external support to supplement those capabilities. Alternately, outside experts may be required to handle special, one-off information systems security situations.

Technology Ranger has therefore structured its service offerings to deal with a variety of networking, data and information security needs. Our list of services includes:

• Information and Data Asset Inventories
• IT Security Compliance Consultations
• Data/Network Security Architecture Design
• Data Security & Data Access Policy and Process Reviews/Consulting
• Information Systems Security Audits
• Data Asset Threat & Vulnerability Assessments
• Penetration/Intrusion Testing
• Designing Information Security Frameworks

 We  can be called upon to offer these services (and many others, in collaboration with our network of preferred partners) either on a long-term, short-term or as-needed basis - and within the Chicago area, or with teams further afield. 

ADDING VALUE TO OUR CLIENTS & PARTNERS

Through our vast experience in the field, we understand information systems and information system security intimately, and are able to deliver a value proposition that our clients appreciate. And that value comes from:

• Our personalized approach to reviewing client's networks, information and data resources
• Our consultative approach to deciding the most practical approaches to securing those resources
• Our end-to-end approach to data security - from the point of inception to final destruction/disposal

 At Technology Ranger we believe that this holistic approach to service delivery is the only way that our clients can receive true value for their investment in security. 

 Application Development - Delivering high-performance applications through agility and precision 

 Creating Competitive advantage

At Technology Ranger, we believe that application development can present huge opportunities for delivering competitive advantage - not just for established organizations but also for business start-ups.  But the key to unlocking those opportunities lie in following a tried and tested application development methodology.

Our team of application developers have the knowledge and experience to offer application solutions that: 

• leverage leading-edge application development tools and technologies
• use highly effective project management skills such as Agile, Waterfall  and blended approaches
• bring knowledge of Lean Start-up methodology,
• are based on a "total solution" approach as opposed to "application delivery" approach

Whether it's a conventional desk-top application, an n-Tier/Client-Server solution, or a cloud-hosted SaaS solution, Technology Ranger has all the expertise needed to ensure the quality and reliability of the application.

Our Application Development Services Offerings

Technology Ranger offers a wide range of application development services, not just for business clients but also to application service providers and application hosting companies.  Our services include:

• web application development and integration
• Client-server applications development and integration
• Cloud-based application development and integration
• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions
• producing Mobile and mobile-enabled apps and applications

 Our competitive advantage lies in our highly effective project management skills that we bring to every development assignment. From methodologies like SDLC to Lean Startup to Agile, our experts know how to bring in a project on time, quality and within budget - every time! 

Adding Value to Our Clients & Partners

Application development has developed into an art as well as a science over the past decade or so. But not every company can afford to staff itself with scientists and artists for the entire duration of a development project.

The value proposition that Technology Rangers offers includes:

• familiarity with business processes, technology challenges and people/end-user requirements
• extensive expertise with the latest application development tools and technologies
• deep knowledge of a broad range of development environments
• solid experience in successfully monitoring and managing application development projects using effective project management methodologies

IT Solutions Architecture - Solutions for success

Architecting Your Success

A well thought out and strategically planned IT Solutions Architecture can be the foundation stone for the long-term sustainability of a company. Whether you are:

• a relatively recent business start-up
• an established business that's experiencing phenomenal growth
• a market-leader in your niche who has recently acquired a new business
• a forward-looking enterprise with ambitions to leverage the power of cloud computing,

...you need to architect your future, and that of your clients, with precision and foresight. Without that, existing IT Solutions could soon evolve into a great collection of patch-worked fixes that hinder, instead of facilitating, future success.

Many of Chicago-based Technology Ranger's clients are therefore turning to us to provide them dynamic IT Solutions Architecture services that support their long-term visions for success.

OUR IT SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTURE SERVICES

We, at Technology Ranger, help ensure your future success today, by designing, developing and deploying reliable high-trafficked, scalable, highly available, secure architectures for IT solutions architecture for cloud computing environments and datacenter network infrastructure of tomorrow.

Some of our expertise centers on:

• proposing architecture revisions after analysing network and resource usage
• researching and evaluating business directions and technical trends in support of appropriate IT architecture
• helping with implementation and maintenance of corporate architectural models
• planning critical multi-site and multi-partner networks in a 99.9% uptime environment
• evaluating existing and future technologies to identify and architect commercial network road maps
• designing of HA (High Availability) IT solutions architecture for hosting and supporting your critical application requirements
• planning and designing DMZ's, Backbone's and Core architecture with no single point of failure
• technically scoping out and proposing architecture for infrastructure and cloud based solutions

Technology Ranger is ideally placed to support business leaders and application, service and infrastructure solutions providers within the Chicago area and beyond, in delivering these and a whole slate of architectural services.

ADDING VALUE TO OUR CLIENTS & PARTNERS

The job of an IT solutions architecture expert is never done. Technology Ranger provides continuous value to its clients and business partners, in industry, service delivery and consulting sector, by offering them the flexibility to ramp-up or draw-down critical yet scarce expertise:

• tap into our experience to service your clients on an "as needed" basis
• let us help you with specialized knowledge on SaaS and Cloud computing projects
• let us serve as an independent adviser on your team for "one off" IT architecture projects

Our depth of knowledge and personalized service delivery model are two pillars that set us apart from the rest of our peers. And that's just one way we bring value to the table!