Re: Maintenance Fees

2011-08-05 Thread Erik Goldoff
Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:00 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Maintenance Fees > > ** ** > > I’m in the Portland Or metro area and charge $80/hr onsite $55/remote. I’m > on the low end as I know some one and two man shops who do the same thing > are over $

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2011-08-05 Thread David Lum
h died and flooded the network with traffic, effectively being a DoS. That was interesting to troubleshoot to get to the bottom of... Dave From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees Agreed on thi

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2011-08-05 Thread Guyer, Don
-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-233-0404 www.fiserv.com <http://www.fiserv.com/> From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees I'm in the Portland Or metro area and charge $80/hr onsite

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2011-08-04 Thread Kurt Buff
50 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees > > > > Could be a good deal if its the 30yo Macallan scotch > > > > > > From: Brian Desmond > To: NT System Admin Issues > Sent: Thursday, August 4

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2011-08-04 Thread Bill Humphries
that is one of my favorites. Joseph L. Casale wrote: Yeah, or Lagavulin which in IMHO is better J *From:* Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com] *Sent:* Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Maintenance Fees Could be a good deal if its the 30yo

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2011-08-04 Thread kz20fl
ot;NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Maintenance Fees Guys, What are common ranges a small shop can expect to pay a consulting firm to maintain a network with roughly the following: 1. 30 users 2. Exchange 2010 3. 6 total windows servers from file to sql etc 4. 6 Redha

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2011-08-04 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Yeah, or Lagavulin which in IMHO is better ☺ From: Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees Could be a good deal if its the 30yo Macallan scotch From: Brian Desmond

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2011-08-04 Thread Steve Ens
st 4, 2011 5:06 PM > *Subject:* RE: Maintenance Fees > > *Seems like you’re marketing yourself way under market value if you ask > me. * > * * > *Thanks,* > *Brian Desmond* > *br...@briandesmond.com* ** > * * > *c – 312.731.3132* > * * > *From:* Steve Ens [mai

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2011-08-04 Thread Pete Howard
Could be a good deal if its the 30yo Macallan scotch  From: Brian Desmond To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 5:06 PM Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees Seems like you’re marketing yourself way under market value if you ask me.   Thanks

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2011-08-04 Thread Brian Desmond
Yes. I also carry liability and E&O insurance. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees D

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2011-08-04 Thread Steve Ens
731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:03 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Maintenance Fees > > > > I manage a couple of small shops in addit

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2011-08-04 Thread Brian Desmond
Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees Some months I just check logs and backups...takes me an hour or two from home. These guys are engineers and very self sufficient. Mostly they pay me to be "available" for questions, I show them once how to do things, and they learn. Very unCB-like.

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2011-08-04 Thread Bob Fronk
, August 04, 2011 4:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees Been there.. done that.. until they start calling you during your "normal business hours." I would get calls for trivial stuff... like why there is no sound from the PC, cant save to a floppy, etc... The e

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2011-08-04 Thread David Lum
site rates when gas prices went up a couple years ago. At this point I care more about retention than new clients :) Dave From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:sca...@gmail.com]> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Maintenance Fee

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2011-08-04 Thread Jacob
mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Maintenance Fees Curious as to some hourly rates that are expected. I've had a couple small businesses come to me lately that would like me to support their shops. This would be side

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2011-08-04 Thread Steve Ens
s like a >>> pretty good deal…* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Thanks,* >>> >>> *Brian Desmond* >>> >>> *br...@briandesmond.com* ** >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *c – 312.731.3132* >>> >>> * * >

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2011-08-04 Thread Steven Peck
>> * * >> >> *c – 312.731.3132* >> >> * * >> >> *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:03 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Maintenance Fees >> >> *

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2011-08-04 Thread Steve Ens
> > *Brian Desmond* > > *br...@briandesmond.com* ** > > * * > > *c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:03 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Maintenance Fees >

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2011-08-04 Thread Andrew S. Baker
his would be side jobs/off hours. > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Sam > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:10 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Maintenance Fees > &g

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2011-08-04 Thread Sam Cayze
o: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees Think in terms of x per networking device, y per server and z per desktop -- per month Maybe $25-50 per networking / $40-75 per server / $10-50 per desktop -- for about 10-20 hours of work per month For that kind of environment, I would est

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2011-08-04 Thread Bob Fronk
he couple of clients I support outside of %dayjob% are freebies, so anything would be better than that!! BF From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Maintenance Fees Guys, What are common ranges a small shop

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2011-08-04 Thread Brian Desmond
Issues Subject: Re: Maintenance Fees I manage a couple of small shops in addition to %dayjob%. They are somewhat smaller (under ten users), but I charge a montly retainer of $100 and then whatever time I need to actually go to visit (most I do from home) I charge a per hour fee. Just fini

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2011-08-04 Thread David Lum
s / 2 servers and it can go from 20 hours/yr to 150/yr - big swings. Dave From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Maintenance Fees Guys, What are common ranges a small shop can expect to pay a consulting

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2011-08-04 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Think in terms of x per networking device, y per server and z per desktop -- per month Maybe $25-50 per networking / $40-75 per server / $10-50 per desktop -- for about 10-20 hours of work per month For that kind of environment, I would estimate $400-$600/mo for a moderately stable environment.

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2011-08-04 Thread Steve Ens
I manage a couple of small shops in addition to %dayjob%. They are somewhat smaller (under ten users), but I charge a montly retainer of $100 and then whatever time I need to actually go to visit (most I do from home) I charge a per hour fee. Just finished a 2003SBS to SBS2011 migration yesterday

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2011-08-04 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Guys, What are common ranges a small shop can expect to pay a consulting firm to maintain a network with roughly the following: 1. 30 users 2. Exchange 2010 3. 6 total windows servers from file to sql etc 4. 6 Redhat machines in various roles 5. a few procurves