Our services span the information technology spectrum and encompass horizontal business Information and Communication Technology needs covering the following areas:
Application & Software Development
Jicho adhere to best practices and methodologies in developing business systems that meet our clients’ needs. Our development team has years of experience
in developing applications both on the Microsoft platform (C#, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server) as well as open source platforms such as PHP, MySQL, Java, and MySQL
to mention but a few. This allows flexibility of interfacing and easy to re-code systems at the discretion of the client. The adoption of Open Source
further gives our clients freedom from exorbitant proprietary software license fees. All the systems can run on a Windows or Open Source platform. In times
when off-the-shelf software won’t meet all your business requirements our competent software development team will design and build your customized
application to suit your business requirements. Jicho offers support and maintenance for all our built applications and for any of your legacy
applications.
Project Management
Our project management approach is based on the world renowned project management methodology. We adhere to the ADKAR® change management to introduce and
implement new Information Technology Initiatives that involve organizational change.
Jicho Consulting provides complete project lifecycle involvement - from analysis, implementation, to testing and post-implementation evaluation. We will
help you in making sure that your project is delivered within defined constraints i.e timeframe, budget Each of our projects undergoes the following five
phases-
Initiation ,
Planning ,
Execution ,
Controlling and
Closing phase .
1.
Conception & Initiation phase
An idea for a project will be carefully examined to determine whether or not it benefits the organization. During this phase, a decision making team will
identify if the project can realistically be completed.
2.
Definition & Planning phase
A project plan, project charter and/or project scope may be put in writing, outlining the work to be performed. During this phase, a team should
prioritize the project, calculate a budget and schedule, and determine what resources are needed.
3.
Launch or Execution phase
A project plan, project charter and/or project scope may be put in writing, outlining the work to be performed. During this phase, a team should
prioritize the project, calculate a budget and schedule, and determine what resources are needed.
4.
Performance & Controlling phase
Project managers will compare project status and progress to the actual plan, as resources perform the scheduled work. During this phase, project managers
may need to adjust schedules or do what is necessary to keep the project on track.
5.
Closing phase
After project tasks are completed and the client has approved the outcome, an evaluation is necessary to highlight project success and/or learn from
project history.
Network & Telecommunication Infrastructure Management
Jicho youthful Cisco engineers bring innovation and proven techniques in the set up and continuous management of your network by offering an end to end
comprehensive network solution and services that entails the complete lifecycle approach which traverse from requirements definition
and planning to optimization.
Among other network services we offer:
Routing & Switching
Unified Communications
Wireless
Physical and Network Security
Network Optimisation
Network Management
Network Monitoring
Storage
Desktop Management & Support
We have skilled technicians that provide an entire life-cycle of your IT, print, end-user maintenance & support services. Our technicians follows
international best practices to ensure that any incident or request is addressed accordingly based on international Standard Desktop Setup (SDS) approach for
both a windows and non-windows environment..
ICT Consulting
Today’s high-pressure business world compels your organisation to be more agile, improve operational efficiency, reduce cost, and meet its employees’
needs for new applications and technologies more rapidly. That’s why your approach to ICT should evolve from managing ICT equipment to managing ICT
services as a utility.
Businesses must constantly revamp and stabilize themselves if they are to keep pace, Jicho consulting has a team of
experienced consultants with understand of real-world needs and industry-specific challenges and draw on many years’ working in the ICT space. If your
looking to effectively model your processes using ICT, we will offer you consulting services that do not only focus on the applications themselves, but
also take your processes and industry-specific imperatives into account.
Jicho will advise you on how best to use information technology to meet your business objectives and on how best to maximise the use of your hardware,
software and human capital, helping you make the most appropriate decisions that will benefit your business. In addition to providing advice, we often
estimate, analyze, manage, implement, deploy, and administer IT systems in the corporate environment on your behalf.
Backup services & Disaster Recovery Planning
Backup & Dataand information is the lifeline for every business so you must do whatever it takes to protect them through a reliable and consistent backup and an
efficient restore process in order to maintain business continuity.
Jicho Consulting will take the burden of regular backups and rapid recovery off your internal team, and off your mind by providing a cost effective
enterprise wide disaster recovery and backup. We will offer you a highly secure and automated method of protecting critical business data, from simple
file data to complex databases Our certified engineers will develop a tailor made and highly secure method of protecting critical business data, from
simple file data to complex databases backup-and-recovery solution for your business that leverages the best backup and high-availability technologies
in the industry.
Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is the strategies, methods and tools used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to
organizational processes. ECM tools and strategies allow the management of an organization's unstructured information, wherever that information exists.
Jicho’s ECM solutions make sure that the correct document version for the correct business purpose at the right time should be available to any employee at the
click of a button in order to achieve business goals. We provide tools and technologies of ECM, which manage the complete lifecycle of content, from inception
to disposal following the National Archive and Records Services (NARS) guidelines.
Our ECM solutions offer the following benefits among others:
Storage and retrieval
Workflow /BPM
eForms
OCR
Records Management
Security
Desktop Sync
Reporting
Indexing
Web Content Management
Email archiving
Collaboration