Expertise, Experience, Efficient and Exceptional (SM)
Over Thirty Five Years of Client Support!
Why no stock photos of models holding computers and other clip art on our site?
...We're computer consultants, not web site designers.
FinePeter Consulting Inc. can provide strategic planning and solutions for the individual and the large or small company , covering all aspects of system integration, networking design and maintenance, and on-site support. We work with you from the initial purchase to final installation. Our Crash Avoidance Strategies (SM) help create a conservative and safe environment to be productive. We can coordinate with either your own or our outside contractors to take care of most needs including reliable sources to purchase your equipment.
Our web site reflects our sensibilities which are to try and keep as much as we can simple and direct. We feel it is the best way to communicate the often complex nature of technology consulting.
We work closely with a network of other consultants around the country extending our coverage when needed yet tightly integrated as desired.
Department Setup and Support - M.I.S./I.T. **
Started in 1987 as a Macintosh computer consulting firm, we have added PC support which is best suited to the needs of a cross-platform office environment.
FinePeter Consulting Inc. can act as an affordable "M.I.S./I.T. Department" for those companies who do not or can not have a full time on-staff presence by providing weekly or monthly "check ups", data back up implementation and technology support monitoring. We have had much success in supplemental coverage to those companies who already have M.I.S./I.T. Departments but lack either the man-power or experience to handle the specific needs of Macintosh computers. We can help you set up your own permanent department.
While we do not believe in mindlessly updating the OS or major third party software, since updates can impact you negatively, we can provide you with remote support to keep your software current and your operating systems "cautiously compatible" . We prefer our clients to not be part of the industry guinea pigs who just run all updates because they are released. You are not their beta testers.
Remote Support for Desktops and Servers
We offer REMOTE monitoring of
your Mac Servers as well as Data Back Up monitoring and
Retrospect scripting as we are a Retrospect Partner.
We also offer REMOTE DESKTOP SUPPORT FOR YOUR STAFF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD as long as they have an internet or wireless mobile connection. We
offer similar services for Windows Servers and desktop computers
Click for details about our PC Support. Click for details about Remote Support.
Rates can be hourly, long term or project based depending on situation.
FinePeter Consulting's Computer Services Introduction. In preparing for the first appointment with FinePeter Consulting, we would like to share this information in a PDF document. We are always happy to provide guidance and discussion on any of the points but it should be understood that on-site consulting fees might be wasted unless you, the client, are also prepared for our visit.
FinePeter Consulting's Contingency and Disaster Recovery Planning.
** M.I.S. stands for Management of Information Systems and I.T. is Information Technology. Both these abbreviations generally refer to the departments in companies that handle computer installation, support and standards of use.
COMPUTER SPECIALIZATIONS
MACINTOSH - Crash Avoidance Specialists(SM). Development Outsourcing and Technology Strategies from purchase to installation, networking, extensive knowledge of diagnostics, remote network access systems solutions and familiarity with graphics software and telecommunications. Strong organization and corporate skills. Data back up implementation.
Apple Mac Desktop & Server Support, Adobe Creative Cloud applications and Team Accounts, Desktop publishing, Font Management
PC/WINDOWS
- Cross Platform interconnectivity. Our consultants have expertise with all flavors of Windows, with Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange. We support smart phone devices on most platforms and we provide remote PC support services too.
Click for PC Support Details
EXPERIENCE
Support for small to large corporate environments as well as
many individual clientele.
Often supervises on-premises staff working together as a cohesive
department.
One of our clients had offices in four, far apart cities in the United States. The task was to upgrade all offices to same Mac OSX but due to the fact that all offices had their own timetable to coordinate in all locations to be using the same versions of all Desktop Publishing software at weekend's end.
The complexity of the project centered around finding the right time in each office based on their own production schedules along with available time for our consultants in each city and this proved to be a logistics nightmare. However, it was completed on schedule with all office users coming in on a Monday to find their machines upgraded and capable of working on the same versions of all software.
In addition, all desktop users in all locations can now be remotely configured and software upgraded from the main office in New York as well as our own remote capabilities.
A example of a long term project: We took a company, over the course of three years, from six Macs in a single room to a network of one hundred machines. This covered multiple floors on a major corporate backbone network and all were connected to file servers, an email server, an event/contact management server and a remote access system network. We helped formulate operational policies and guided their technology needs for many years.
Clients - Click for References
Many clients are Fortune Magazine listed as well as established long
term relationships.
As a matter of fact, many of our clients, had been with us for over TWENTY years!
Partial listing of current and past clientele :
Age Group Ltd - Essential Brands Inc - Clothing Manufacturer -
since 1998
Barlow-Hartman - Public Relations - PC Support
Brooklyn Museum of Art - Creative Departments
in Art Gallery
Carpenter Group - Brand Marketing - 1998 - 2018
Coral Holdings - Real Estate
Colgate-Palmolive Co.- Product Manufacturer
Charles Lauster Architect - 1998 - 2017
Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP- Law Firm - 1999 - 2012
Envirosell - Research Firm - 1999 -2022 - Mac and PC Support
Human Worldwide - Mac and PC Support
Jessica Weber Design - Design
Firm - 2009 - 2022
Lauster & Radu Architects
Lovett Productions, Inc. - Film Editing and
Production
Insurance Services Office - Business Firm - since 1998
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc) - Business Firm
Morgan Stanley - Investment Firm
One Step Up - Clothing Manufacturer -
1999 - 2013
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.- Investment Firm - 1997 - 2013
Oxford University Press - Book Publishers
Publishing Group of America/American Profile - NY Office - Magazine Publishers
Roche Laboratories, Inc. - Pharmaceutical Manufacturer - 1998 - 2013 (office closed)
Scott Rudin Productions, Inc. - Film Production
- 1998 - 2009
Simmons-Boardman Publishers - Magazine Publishers
- since 1998 - Mac and PC Support
West Point Stevens - Fabric Manufacturer
W.H. Freeman & Co. - Book
Publishers
Addison-Wesley/Harper Collins Publishers
- Consultant/Supervisor, Technical Support Group, 1993 - 1997
FCB HealthCare Advertising - Director of
Technology, 1992 - 1996
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Details Provided At Your Request
Published Articles and Public Events :
MacWorld.com article interview - online:
"Mac Pro Users Clamor for Hardware Upgrade", March 15, 2012
click here to get as a pdf
Seminars:
"NYMUG's Question & Answer Forum", MacWorld
Expo, NYC, 07/98
"Telecommuting with Your Mac", MacWorld Expos, San Francisco,
1/95 & Boston 08/94
"Online Resources for Computer Arts", ImageWorld Expo,
NYC, 09/94
Appearances:
MetroMac's Question & Answer session at all General Meetings, 2001
NYMUG's Question & Answer session at all General Meetings, 1991 thru 2001
National Public Radio/WNYC's "New York and Company"
radio show 1995
Manhattan Cable's "ComputerLinks" TVshow 1995
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