Network Support, Business Continuity Services, Custom Programming and Website Design

The Meetinghouse Companies, Inc. is one of the country’s largest corporate event planners. Their business manages and maintains:

• A 32,000 square foot warehouse and design facility
• Thousands of props and scenery
• An in-house floral department
• Professional sound and lighting equipment
• Dozens of employees and hundreds of vendors
• Scores of entertainers and entertainment resources
• A fleet of trucks and service vehicles
• Remote offices at several major hotels

Services Provided by BSU

Network Support

• Designed and configured a network environment based on Microsoft Windows 2003 technology which provided collaborative client services such as:
  • File Sharing
  • Intranet Hosting
  • Email Services
  • Client Contact Management
  • Calendar Centralization
• Installed and configured Dell desktop and notebook systems running Microsoft Windows XP for each company associate

Business Continuity and Disaster Prevention Services

• Installed a secure rack cabinet for their server equipment
• Developed and implemented procedures for daily data backups
• Recommended a fireproof safe for local tape storage in addition to offsite storage
• Provided offsite hosting of a backup UNIX server for their industry-specific application
• Installed SPAM filtering software for their email system
• Installed and configured network-based anti-virus and anti-spyware system to protect all desktop PCs and servers

Custom Application Development and Programming
Developed a custom application called Event Management System (EMS). EMS manages almost every aspect of their event planning process.

The benefits of EMS include:

• Reduction of paperwork involving over 70 forms
• All records now in one searchable digital location
• Searching for past event information vastly improved
• Less paper = reduced cost, better environmental practice
• Reduced training cycle for new employees. New employee orientation went from 2 months to 2 weeks.
• The EMS training manual includes an online version that runs on the company’s intranet

Website Design, Hosting and Search Engine Placement

• Redesigned Meetinghouse.com using both Flash and HTML components
• Updated the Meetinghouse logo
• Provided secure web hosting with full 24/7 support
• Optimized keyword, title and description metatags
• Developed a monthly search engine registration and reporting system using WebPosition Gold