Managed Services

Managed services breaks the traditional role providers played in the past by monitoring your devices and proactively fixing issues before they become serious problems. Our technology gives us deep vision into your environment, allowing us to often repair errors before they become full-blown failures. Whereas in the past a service provider was compensated when something goes wrong, Managed Services is precisely the opposite. We're compensated if things run as smoothly as possible, avoiding catastrophic failures before the occur. We feel the benefits are obvious.

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Please review the table below which outlines all of the services included with our Basic and Enhanced management options. Clicking on the service will expand the listing for more detail.

BASIC MONITORING
24x7 Workstation Monitoring
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will monitor your Windows workstations and laptops for system health and performance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We monitor dozens of performance related parameters on each system. Any detected issues will alert our support engineers.
24x7 Server Monitoring
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will monitor your Windows and Linux servers for system health and performance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We monitor dozens of performance related parameters on each system. We fully support manufacturer supplied systems management tools from Dell, HP, IBM, and Lenovo. Any detected issues will alert our support engineers.
Software License Reporting
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will generate reports that show you the numbers of installed software licenses, to make it easier to insure that you are in compliance. This service can also help you detect pirated or unapproved software installed by employees.
Security Patch Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will monitor your software vendors for information regarding bugfixes and Microsoft security updates.* After testing these updates in our lab, we silently deploy them to your workstations and servers, and then verify the success of all deployments. We also monitor for new security vulnerabilities and will take steps to work around any newly discovered vulnerabilities to help to protect you until the software vendor issues a fix.

*Please contact us for a current list of supported 3rd party applications
Disk Usage and Health Monitoring
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES monitors both internal disk diagnostic systems and manufacturer supplied tools to help identify hard disk failures before they happen.
Anti-Virus Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will monitor your software vendors for information regarding bugfixes and security updates. After testing these updates in our lab, we silently deploy them to your workstations and servers, and then verify the success of all deployments. We also monitor for new security vulnerabilities and will take steps to work around any newly discovered vulnerabilities to help to protect you until the software vendor issues a fix.
ENHANCED MONITORING (includes all Basic Monitoring Services)
Anti-Spyware Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES ensures all covered workstations and servers are running up-to-date anti-spyware software. We will monitor and update any currently installed product, or if none is installed and you’ve elected to not purchase our Trend Micro Security Suite, we will install a no-cost “freeware” product like Spybot. NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES monitors and initiates periodic scans to ensure that spyware is detected and removed.
Green Power Management
Most service providers require that clients leave their PCs on and active all night to perform their regular maintenance and testing. NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES is able to take advantage of two energy saving technologies (Wake On LAN and V-Pro) to enable you to turn your PCs off at the end of your work day while we power the machines on only long enough to run our scans and maintenance.
Remote Control for Support
Thanks to remote access technology, NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES is able to solve many computer problems without having to dispatch a support engineer to your location. This enables us to more rapidly resolve your computer issues and gets you back to your business.
User Account Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will setup and manage all user accounts. This includes disabling accounts in the event of employee termination. New user setup requires one business day advance notice.
System Inventory Reporting
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES maintains, and can provide, a detailed inventory of managed equipment on your network, to help you better plan upgrades and replacement cycles.
Printer Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will manage and monitor any network-enabled printer. We maintain relationships with printer specialists in the event that you require printer hardware maintenance or troubleshooting.
Firewall Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will manage and monitor your firewalls including setup, configuration and policy. We currently support Cisco, Juniper, Netgear, Sonicwall and Watchguard firewall devices.
Hardware Firmware Management
Almost every component or network enabled device runs internal software called firmware. Manufacturers periodically issue updates that will fix flaws or improve performance. NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will track available firmware updates for all your devices and, if beneficial, install them for you.
Critical Service Monitoring
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will monitor critical network services to ensure that they are running at all times (as defined by a service agreement).
Event Log Monitoring
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES monitors your systems event logs for all Warnings and Errors, which will alert our support engineers to any issues.
Backup Monitoring
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES monitors your backup solution to ensure that your backups are complete according to your established backup schedule, within the backup windows, and without error.
Client Network Configuration Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will conduct a detailed initial survey to generate an “as built” network map. We will also provide documentation outlining the IP address allocation of your network and keep these documents updated.
User Policy Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will assist you in determining your company’s Computer Use Policies and implement the technical controls to keep your users on task, and productive.
Periodic Test Restores of Backups
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will test your backups to ensure they are functional and reliable
Quarterly Technology Information Sessions
We’ll meet with you once a quarter to make sure that you’re using your IT to its fullest extent possible and to share any new innovations that may make your life easier
Vendor Management
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will act as your agent and go-between with your software vendors, hardware vendors, copier vendors, telephony and phone system vendors, and internet service providers. Simply open a support ticket with us and we’ll take care of the rest.
Annual Update of Security and Incident Response Policies
If your business your business currently has security or incident response polices we will work with you on an annual basis to review and recommend changes. If you currently have no policies, we can help you develop those at the discounted project management rate.
Annual Update of Disaster Recovery Plan
If your business currently has a disaster recovery plan we will work with you on an annual basis to review and recommend changes. We can help you develop a plan at the discounted project management rate if you current have none.
Annual Vulnerability Assessment
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will conduct a quarterly internal and external network vulnerability assessment and develop a remediation plan to address any deficiencies found.
Annual Security Audit
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES will conduct an annual Information Security Audit to validate that your Information Security policies are being followed and implemented as designed.
Discounted Hourly Support
All customers under a service plan will receive a 20% discount from our standard services rate.
Unlimited Business Hours Support
Customers under an Enhanced Service Plan receive unlimited phone and onsite support during normal business hours. Normal Business Hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm, excluding certain holidays (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve). After hours and holiday service are available at the discounted “support” rates.
Response Time Guarantee
NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES guarantees that we will begin work to resolve your reported issue within a defined number of business hours from your initial contact to report the issue via email or telephone. If NEW FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES fails to meet its response time obligation, you may be eligible to receive the service performed at no charge or to receive a credit on your next service bill.