Making your web presence

Now the internet is truly integrated into the business model, it can be a useful commodity to advertise and get drive new business to you.

Every business should have an encouraging website that gives the new customer confidence in the company.
The website is an underrated and under utilised advertising tool that is comparatively cheap to implement.

iTech Computer Services have a number of services we offer to help develop your web presence.

We can provide you with suitable domain names that can be used to point people to your website and host email.
Domain names are relatively cheap and there is no excuse for not having one relevant to your business.

Once you have a domain name we can manage it for you in a number of ways including:

• Forward the domain name to a pre-existing website
• Forward the domain to a single holding page with your company details.
• Set up email on your domain name (hosted by iTech Computer Services)
• Forward your mail to an existing email account
• Create sub-domains that point to a different location (e.g. www.mydomain.com, we can create home.mydomain.com that will point to a home pc)

We can host your email systems whether it is SMTP, IMAP, POP3 or webmail.

With our email servers we can provide antivirus, email trouble shooting and multiple account management.
We can closely manage your best communication tool.

We provide web hosting for a number of different types of website.

a) Information Site
This is the most common form of website which contains static pages designed to advertise your business to the masses.

b) Multimedia Site
This site incorporates web technologies such as Flash, ASP, PHP or Java to make the website more interactive.

c) Application Site
Application sites are normally databases with a web front end to interact with the user.

iTech Computer Services can offer the use of the following technologies for website hosting:

• HTML
• FrontPage Extensions
• PHP
• ASP
• ASP.NET
• Perl
• SQL

4. Website development

Let us manage the development and design of your web presence. Make your website stand out from the competition.
There are a number of factors involved with the design and implementation of a company website.

Apart from getting the design and feel to match the business ethos, you then have to look at how you are going to market the site.
There are a number of ways to put your site in view of the customer.

• Search engines. Search engines offer a variety of ways you can 'boost' your rankings.
• Directories. Look at putting your website in a listing or directory that will push the business to the right type of customer. Most directories will offer extra options to boost your listing.
• Stationary. Make sure your website address is on all your business correspondence. It will give customers the opportunity to see what you have to offer at their leisure.

5. Application development

Now there are a number of web programming languages that can support complicated applications, businesses can take advantage of the freedom it offers.
You no longer have to be restricted to the office network to access data and information.

We can offer the development and deployment of web-based applications to enhance the data management currently in place.
We can design and implement anything from CRM to E-Commerce systems, all individually tailored to your business. 

6. Existing web applications

We have a number of existing web applications that can be rented to help cut down on those development costs.
Please contact us if you would like to talk further about:

• Collaborative diaries
• Project management
• Forums
• Portal systems
• Contact Management Systems (CMS)
• E-Commerce websites