Get the benefit of having a CTO, but only pay by the hour!We have experts in ISP/WISP and corporate network design, 24x7 network operations, network and information security, system operations, corporate IT support, ITIL and compliance with SOX, HIPAA and PCI.
Services
CTOBYTHEHOUR offers our clients a range of services that allow them to have the benefit of a full time network operations team, without the cost/burden of having one on staff.
Hourly Consulting
CTOBYTHEHOUR offers clients a variety of hourly options for network design, support and implementation services depending on their needs. We have a range of capabilities in our staff, which allows us to assign a junior staff member for less intensive tasks, thus creating savings for the client.Monthly retainer packages are available at a discount.Contact us for more info
Monitoring and Alerting for your network
CTOBYTHEHOUR offers its clients "NOC as a Service" (NAAS) which provides monitoring and reporting of your network coupled with alerting you to potential problems before you hear about it from your clients.We host the monitoring, reporting and alerting servers in our data center, and create a secure VPN connection to your network and then use a variety of protocols to monitor and report the information from your network and then alert you if there are potential problems, using either SMS, email, Slack or XMPP.Contact us for more info
ITIL and Compliance Consulting
CTOBYTHEHOUR also adds value to its clients by offering Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI and HIPAA Compliance consulting services.CTOBYTHEHOUR also has ITIL certified staff, which allows us to offer ITIL process evaluation and implementation services.Contact us for more info
Virtualized and Hybrid Data Center Design
CTOBYTHEHOUR can help its clients design both completely virtualized and hybrid data centers using services such as AWS, Azure and Vultr.By implementing Mikrotik's Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) we can create a virtual infrastructure that looks and feels like a traditional data center without the high operating expenses (space, power, cooling) and initial capital expenses (routers, switches, servers, etc).Contact us for more info
Tower Services
The staff at CTOBYTHEBOUR have over 40 years combined experience in the wireless communication industry. They have built everything from 60ft guyed towers up through, and including, 440ft self supporting towers.CTOBYTHEHOUR can mobilize from the east coast, midwest or west coast.Services we can offer:- Site prep, including clearance
- FAA and FCC filings
- Foundation
- Tower assembly
- Tower erection
- Tower demolition
- Antenna adds
- Antenna removals
- Tower inspections
- Tower painting
- Lightbulb services
- Drone Services
- Crane and Heavy Lift Helicopter ServicesContact us for more information.
About CTOBYTHEHOUR
CTOBYTHEHOUR was started by Andy Rosen, who has 20 years of experience in the ISP industry. He has designed, deployed and operated networks with as many as 250 POPs and 40,000 customers using a variety of access technologies including: dialup, DSL, T1, DS3, 3G, WiMAX, LTE and other proprietary Wireless Protocols.CTOBYTHEHOUR has staff with varying specialties including:
- On-site implementation
- Network design and implementation
- Data center design and installation
- VoIP and IP video service development and deployment
- Tower services
- Customer supportCTOBYTHEHOUR is based in Ventura County California.
MikroTik Consulting
The staff at CTOBYTHEHOUR have configured and operated over a thousand Mikrotik devices ranging from customer home WiFi routers to edge routers of a regional ISP with over 20gbps of traffic at peak.We have Mikrotik experience with:
- Dynamic Routing (OSPF, BGP, Peering)
- VPN (LT2P, IPSEC, OpenVPN)
- Virtualization (CHR - Cloud Hosted Router)
- Security (Configuration Hardening, Scheduled Upgrades)
- High Availability (VRRP, Bonding, STP)
- Remote Connectivity (GRE, VPN, MPLS)
- ISP Services (DHCP, PPPoE, Radius)
- Configuration Management (Rancid, Custom Scripting)Contact us for more info
Contact Us
Toll Free: 1-800-HOST-955CTOBYTHEHOUR is based in Ventura County, California with staff in multiple timezones across the USA to best serve our clients.If you have questions about our services, please use the below form and one of our partners will respond to you within one business day.
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