As corporations begin to realize the value of the Internet as a tool for communication and marketing, the corporate Intranet has become more and more common in today's business world. Our Corporate Intranet Development process begins with a clear assessment of the goals and ambitions of your organization. We then set out to design an Intranet structure which enables your company to streamline internal communications, improve employee productivity, reduce communication and collaboration barriers, encourage employee use of network and Internet applications, and provide for a clear and user friendly channel for corporate communications and interaction.

What can the Web do for Your Business?
The Intranet has provided an entirely fresh, inexpensive, reliable method for companies to communicate internally. It is destined to become the cornerstone of workplace productivity and the foundation for employee interaction. Integration of this technology in a user-friendly manner for use in a business environment is critical for companies wishing to stay ahead.

To some individuals, archiving their Competitive Intelligence documents starts and stops with saving information on their hard disk or filing away papers in a cabinet in a corner of their office. Fortunately, archiving documents entails more than saving and filing online or off-line. A few steps that are constantly ignored in the archiving process are searching, retrieving and re-dissemination.

Your team has just been assigned a project that involves you working from a remote location one day and from behind your desktop the next day. Add to the equation that you will be collaborating with one person from oversees, one person from marketing in another city and you are aware that your two colleagues find it difficult to set aside time to work together. How are you going to share notes, work schedules, and ultimately, make decisions online? Sounds like a job for an intranet solution. Our staff of professionals have the experience and diversity to provide everything from web server installation to Intranet training and consultation.

Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services Intranet Solutions are designed to:

Streamline Internal Communications
Increase Resource Utilization and Functionality
Improve Employee Productivity
Reduce Communication and Collaboration Barriers
Create a Stable Environment for Communication and File Sharing Across Multiple Platforms
Encourage Employee Use of Network and Intranet Applications
Provide a Secure and Efficient Means of Internal and External Network Communications
Cut Cost and Increase Profits

Networks are more important in today's business world than ever before. Networks allow for the free flow of data and resource sharing. With a network, your company can, streamline internal communications, improve employee productivity, and reduce communication and collaboration barriers. Installing a network is one of the most cost-productive decisions a business can make.

In today's networking arena, there is a multitude of networking options available to you. MP offers an array of solutions to increase the productivity of your business. Our network professionals will research your company's needs and develop a plan that will save you both time and money. We can implement a new network or enhance an existing one, with skillful planning to address your short and long-term goals. Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services takes pride in overcoming the obstacles that some small and medium sized businesses will encounter.

Choosing the right solution is key to a smooth and effective operation. Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services will provide your company with a scalable design to ensure the networks growth potential is achievable. With our proven growth analysis process and turnkey solutions, you can rest assured that as your business grows so can your network.

Our consultants are well versed in all topologies, providing a secure environment that will prevent data loss, intrusion, down time, and a backup strategy that meets your companies needs. We will deliver to you a solution that will effectively take your organization to the next level.

Systems are an integral part of the day-to-day operations of companies. Keeping them up and running is critical to the success of the business. Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services can provide you with a disaster recovery plan to ensure access to your data under the worst-case scenario (your facility becomes inaccessible). The need to continue operations will still exist and should by all means be possible. Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services has successfully implemented disaster recovery plans that have prevented companies from experiencing data loss during power outages, fires and floods.

There will always be a need for support in a network environment. Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services feels that supporting a network environment should be as simple as using it. All networks and network enhancements provided by Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services are backed with complete detailed documentation and the transfer of knowledge to your existing resources to ensure successful ongoing support.

Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services can also fill any gap in the support environment by providing the expertise that you need to make up a full-fledged team. Our members will complement your team to make a winning combination. We employ consultants who have a sound functional knowledge and complete understanding of all network systems.

Remote administration is a consideration that Metropolitan Hosting and Design Services takes into account when providing any network services. The need to monitor the network remotely is a viable option that is often overlooked by companies. The ability to remotely administer a network (whether VPN or Dial Up) can be a turnkey solution providing companies with the security of knowing that support is a keystroke away.