Acumen provides a comprehensive array of tested & proven products along with consistent services to help your company succeed, delivered by highly qualified teams of individuals. Services include:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (PMC)
Has your company experienced 'failed' projects in the past?
Don't let that happen again. Learn from experience. This service helps ensure success in meeting time constraints, budgets and overall goals.
BUSINESS APPLICATION MANAGMENT (BAM)
Outgrown QuickBooks and Peachtree but don't want to go the SAP route?
Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains) is worth seriously looking into. We offer Master Certified GP Consultants who can make this happen for you. GP is an exciting product. Ask for a no-obligation demo! Acumen provides custom software programming, report writing, SharePoint consultants, Project Management services and process performance improvement consultation.
I.T. SERVICES (ITS)
It is very difficult to find qualified people and if you do find them they are expensive!
We can provide a team of highly qualified people and we provide this along with an a-la-carte pallet of services. Pick and choose only what you need. Most often, doing this turns out to be a win-win for you: you save money, get better qualified people, you have redundancy in case a team member is away. In addition, you are not paying for something that you don't need.
MANAGED HOSTED SERVICES (MHS)
Are you prepared for disaster recovery? Have you ever lost information due to failed backups or failed hard drives or viruses? MHS ensures that your application or data is hosted on up-to-date equipment tied in to adequate power interruption safeguards and that it is being monitored and managed properly.
STORAGE, SERVER VIRTUALIZATION (SSV)
Do you have to manage multiple servers? Does it take a long time to upgrade an operating system? Are you concerned with the expense of replacing all those 'boxes' every 3 years or so?
Server virtualization along with new technologies in storage are rapidly taking the place of tape drives and multiple servers. Acumen represents four of the top providers for data storage including Hitachi, Compellent, Dell EqualLogic and SCALE Computing.
BUSINESS COMMUNCIATION SYSTEMS (BCS)
Is your telephone system just a telephone? Have you outgrown it? Need more lines? Need better service?
Wait till you see the features and benefits of new 'smart' systems that tie into your PC network! Prices have come down and features have increased.
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Your company is in business to win. To win you must generate a profit regularly. To do this, many things must happen including marketing and then providing product(s) and/or service(s) that people want, having the ability to meet demand with the fine balance of staying 'lean', minimizing returns and credits while maximizing service and all the while bringing in new clients to broaden and reinforce your base of operations. This is not easy.
Outsourcing to a team of local experts is a smart solution. There are no long-term contracts required, absences due to vacation or illness are eliminated and many in-service training expenses are no longer an issue. For example, many companies simply don't budget for training and their employees fall further and further behind in keeping up with new technology.
