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Our office is custom-designed for productivity, efficiency and ergonomics. (The fact that the legal company name is Productivity Through Technology® is no accident.) In fact, in an article in Computerworld in May, 1998, the office was called an "ergonomic palace."

Great attention has been paid to...

  • Layout: most things are within an arm's reach
  • Desk height: surfaces are lower than normal; designed for keyboarding rather than writing
  • Lighting: indirect compact fluorescent track lighting (in 1993, manufacturers said it couldn't be done!); asymmetric fluorescent task lamp
  • Seating: custom-fit modular chairs designed for each user

Hardware

Workstations

Dell Dimension 4600 (Intel Pentium 4, 3.0GHz), 2 GB RAM, 120 GB SATA hard drive, DVD-R/RW, CD ROM, Intel 82856G Display Adapter, ViewSonic VG900b 19" LCD panel monitor (not shown), Microsoft Natural keyboard, Kensington Full Articulating Keyboard Tray, Kensington TurboRing and Expert Mouse Pro (trackballs), Wacom Graphire digitizing tablet, Andrea Electronics PCTI headset interface (for telephone and computer), Windows XP Professional

Dell Dimension XPS T550 (Intel Pentium III 550 MHz), 384 MB RAM, 45 GB hard disk storage, DVD-ROM, 16MB 3DFX VooDoo3 3000D AGP (display adapter), Dell Trinitron P991 19" monitor, Microsoft Natural keyboard, Kensington Full Articulating Keyboard Tray, Kensington Expert Mouse (trackball), Windows 2000 Professional

Test Computer

Dell Dimension 4100 (Intel Pentium III 1GHz), 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Quantum, 26GB IBM hard drive, 13GB Maxtor hard drive, DVD-ROM, ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB (display adapter with video capture), ViewSonic 17PS 17" monitor, Dell QuietKeykeyboard, 1 GB Jaz drive, 100MB Zip drive, Microsoft Intellimouse, Windows XP Professional, Norton Ghost (for imaging and changing operating systems)

Spare Computer

Dell Dimension XPS R350 (Intel Pentium II 350 MHz), 128 MB RAM, 3.2 and 2.1 GB hard disks, 40X CD-ROM, 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX video card, Dell QuietKeykeyboard, Microsoft Intellimouse, Windows XP Professional

 

 

Peripherals and Accessories

Internet Connectivity

ADSL (1.5M/384K); Broadxent 8012-V ADSL modem; UMAX UGATE 3200 (7-port 10/100 switch with integrated firewall

Uninterruptible Power

UPS: Belkin Universal UPS 1200VA for each workstation (F6C120-UNV); Backup Generator (gasoline): Honda EX550 (5500 watts)

Printers

HP LaserJet 5P; Canon BubbleJet BJC-6000 (color inkjet); CoStar Labelwriter XL Plus

Scanner

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 6350 with ADF

Digital Camera

Olympus C-2100UZ, 128MB RAM, 10X optical zoom

Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch

Belkin OmniView SE 4 port (F1D104) (used to switch between Test and client computers when necessary)

Security System

All doors and windows sensored plus motion and fire detectors; monitored 24/7 by central station

Software

Development Tools

Macromedia Studio MX; Adobe Acrobat 5; Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition; FrontPage 2003; TopStyle Pro; DHTML Menu Builder; ExamDiff Pro

Graphics

Fireworks MX; Visio 2003 (Professional, Technical, Enterprise); MapPoint 2003; PaintShop Pro 8; FullShot 8 Enterprise Edition; Jasc MediaCenter Plus; Axialis Icon Workshop; Camtasia Studio, Color Wheel Expert; Printer's Apprentice (font management)

Productivity Tools

Microsoft Office XP Professional; ACT2000; Timelogger

 

Web Servers

Our servers are located in a separate, secure building located outside of the earthquake zone. The specifications are...

Hardware

  • Dell PowerEdge™ with Intel Pentium IV 2.8 GHz processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • Dual 80 GB Hard Drives in Raid configuration
  • Dedicated firewall

Software

  • Windows 2003 Server (with Up-to-date service packs, patches, and hotfixes)
  • IIS6 (Internet Information Services Web Server 6)
  • Helm Control Panel
  • SmarterMail Mail Server
  • SmarterStats Statistics Server
  • TrendMicro ServerProtect Antivirus
  • FloodGuard Intrusion Detection System

Infrastructure

  • Enterprise routing and switching engines
    • Juniper M20 routers as border routers
    • Cisco 6500 series switches in the distribution layer
    • Cisco 6500 switches in the aggregation layers
    • Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer

Connectivity

  • Building Fiber
    • OC48 SONET Ring - SBC
    • OC48 SONET Ring - Time Warner
    • OC48 SONET Ring - XO Communications
    • OC48 SONET Ring - MCI
    • OC48 SONET Ring - Looking Glass
    • OC48 SONET Ring - Broadwing
  • Backbone Carriers
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - AT&T
    • 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - AboveNet
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Global Crossing
    • 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Level3
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - nLayer
    • 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Sprint
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Time Warner
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - UUNET
    • 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Verio
  • Access
    • T3 and T1 Access - EPGN
    • T3 and T1 Access - SBC
    • T3 and T1 Access - Time Warner
    • T3 and T1 Access - XO Communications
    • T3 and T1 Access - MCI
 
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