Recommended Technology Platform
Overview
At Smartech, we work hard to build what we call our ” Recommended Technology Platform” or so called “Mininum Standard“. We know that using products across this platform will give you a great platform to operate your business from (we know this because we “Eat our own dog food” and use ALL of the services below to run our own company).
Our engineers are trained in and keep up to date with technology across this core set of products to make sure that we can quickly, efficiently and expertly assist you with working with those products.
Recommended Technology Platform
PC & Notebook
We recommend adding 3 – 5 years warranties with all computer purchases
We recommend desktops, laptops with the following minimum spec
- Intel i5 and i7 Processor
- 16GB RAM
- 250GB SSD Hard Drive (Recommended 512GB SSD)
We recommend the following brands of desktops and laptops
- HP
- Dell
- Lenovo
We recommend the following Desktop Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Windows 11 Pro
Firewall
- FortiGate
- Sophos
Switches
- Aruba
- Cisco
Access Points
- Aruba
- Ubiquiti
Routers
- Ubiquiti
Servers
Servers we quote on depend on a lot of factors, however we recommend the following brands
- DELL
- HPE
We recommend the following Server Operating Systems
- Server 2019
- Server 2022
Backups
- Veeam
- Acronis
- Exchange Online (M365)
SPAM/Phishing Protection
- Office 365
- DNS Filter
- Advanced Threat Protection (Office 365)
Antivirus
- Bitdefender
- Sophos
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Approved Software List
- Microsoft Software - Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Chrome
- Adobe Applications - Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- AutoCount Accounting Software
- SQL Account Software
- Bitdefender Antivirus, Sophos Antivirus, Microsoft Defender Antivirus
- FortiClient SSL VPN , Sophos Connect Client (IPsec and SSL VPN)
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- TeamViewer
- Winrar / 7-Zip
- Zoom