Online Communication Consultants

Clients benefit from the company's experience in advising both end-users and networking vendors, bringing an understanding of both environments to many projects. By having a background in both analytical consulting and communication software development, OCC can provide not only an industry view of existing and developing standards, from the point of view of an industry analyst, but a view of communication protocols at the in-depth view of a software engineer. With this background, the consultants at OCC can assist vendors and end-user clients in troubleshooting, configuration analysis, and a view to the future by tying the theoretical and practical views into a cohesive solution for the customer. 

OCC consultants offer in-depth experience gathered in working with industry analyst/market research, networking product vendor, and end-user network consulting firms. They are thus well-positioned to provide expert advice in translating networking-related business problems into innovative solutions. We have assisted companies large and small with their efforts to enhance and enable communication. 

• Strategic Direction
• Network Design
• Communication Consultation
• Communication Software Development
• Education
• Network Assessment 
• Network Strategic Planning and Migration 
• Network Architecture and Design 
• Vendor Market Analysis and Segmentation 
• Vendor Marketing/Sales Support 
• Long-Range Vendor Strategic Planning 
• Seminar and Conference Presentations 

• Development of Legacy/TCP Gateway product for a major communication vendor. This work includes: 
• Strategic development of product 
• Development of communication product that supports various legacy protocols, such as SNA, BSC 3270, BSC 3780, Burroughs poll/select, and X.25. 
• Development of white papers on the product that provided assistance to sales staff in the development of customer-base. 
• Development of marketing plan for the product. 
• Publication of articles on the product to assist in the market penetration.


• Market analysis for a major communication vendor for competitive product lines. This analysis included the analysis of the competitor´s product strengths and weaknesses and the development of a plan to augment the product line to offset any shortcomings.

 
• Developed an end-customer communication infrastructure plan to extend capabilities into new modes of operation. This plan provided competitive advantages that allowed the customer to overstep the capabilities of their competition, while lower their in house costs. 

• SNA, APPN, HPR, & TCP/IP Integration by David Matusow 
• IBM Networking