Unfortunately, most business owners are reactionary and wait until a specific problem occurs before engaging in a computer network management and design plan. Perhaps an employee accidentally opens an E-mail from a familiar sender and unloads the MYDOOM virus on the company's network grinding it to a halt in a matter of minutes. Or, perhaps a simple hardware failure causes an enormous loss of data, time and money due to a serious lack of a disaster recovery plan. Each of these scenarios happens every day - but with a little planning and foresight, as a business owner, you can be ahead of the curve - properly prepared and ready.
How do you prepare? Whom do you call? Take that breath of fresh air: NETRICKS!
Based in Fresno, NETRICKS specializes in computer network management and design, as well as the complete development of basic and custom web sites with E-commerce, multimedia, database functionality and marketability. NETRICKS come prepared with a complete arsenal of development packages including a turn key E-commerce system complete with credit card merchant services and content management. NETRICKS offers its services nationwide and maintains it office right here in the Central Valley. With a simple telephone call, a business owner can prepare - and soon maintain a "peace of mind" knowing that NETRICKS is maintaining its computer network, offering technical support or creating a company presence on the Internet.
Founded by Greg Richburg in 2002, NETRICKS employs a professional full time and part time staff of ten employees. Richburg was instrumental in the development and design of the new Madera County network and to this day, NETRICKS, under Richburg's lead, has successfully built more than 60 local area computer networks throughout the Central Valley. Netricks offers low-cost service level agreements to all its clients and to this day, maintains almost all the networks built. Most notable clients include Valley Eye Institute, Industrial and Commercial Contractors and 1430 ESPN. It has been Richburg's imperative from day one that Netricks' specialty be customer service. Richburg says, "Your issues will always be greeted with urgency."
Greg Richburg, an alumnus of Fresno State and a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, has more than a decade of computer network engineering experience. He's a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and a Certified Firewall Administrator (CFA). Moreover, Richburg holds an additional eight computer and business-related certifications. Most recently, he has been a contributing writer to several online trade journals and provides a monthly technology column for "Central Valley Business Street."
In addition to computer network design and implementation, NETRICKS offers a unique method of web design and hosting. In just the past five years, NETRICKS has designed and launched more than 500 website. The Netricks database driven Content Management System puts the content control into the hands of the business owner. Without any website development experience, the Netricks CMS will allow you to maintain your own site, thus saving you loads of money down the road.
And now with a new addition and partnership with Merchant E Solutions out of San Mateo, NETRICKS has completed the development of an easy, turn key E-Commerce solution complete with an integrated merchant account for credit card processing online, in your store or at home. The system has a virtual terminal which allows you to take credit cards from any location, at home, in the office or even on the road securely and efficiently.
This spring, NETRICKS won the 2005 Gold Addy Award given by the Fresno Advertising Federation in the Consumer HTML category. The award-winning website was developed for Kiddie Kare Schools, Inc. (http://www.kidskare.net), which operates 11 daycares in the greater Fresno area.
And there's more. About four years ago, Richburg launched the great Central Valley entertainment portal, VALLEY411.COM (www.valley411.com). VALLEY411.COM has quickly grown to be one of the hottest websites around offering loads of information about what's happening in our local area. One of the most-visited Websites in the San Joaquin Valley, VALLEY411.COM is a FREE and useful website for thousands of visitors every month. They even have a free event calendar, populated by visitor's submissions.
Ask yourself: Is your business' computer network prepared and ready? Do you have a disaster recovery plan? Do you need new hardware? Or, is your website capturing the attention it deserves? Pick up your telephone and make the call - NETRICKS will assist you. Computer geeks and whizzes are not on standby, but professional educated people are! www.Netricks.com
