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ISP Limited provides services to help businesses implement Linux servers or review and improve the security, administration, & speed of existing servers. Our customers include large, medium, and small businesses in Canada, the USA, and Africa.

Consulting Services

  • IT project planning and management
    • Project plan documentation
    • Scope definition, problem analysis, requirements analysis, etc.
  • Design and implementation of an ISP network
  • Network security, planning, and implementation
  • Installation of Internet servers and networks
  • Systems analysis and design
    • Web-based database application design
    • Security and user-interface design
    • Analysis of potential software including licence, support, hard and soft costs, ROI, etc.
    • Interoperability of Linux and Windows systems
  • Server software installation, security hardening, trouble-shooting, and support, including:
    • Apache web server
    • PHP
    • Sendmail
    • Courier IMAP (auth, IMAP, and POP, including SSL)
    • Zabbix infrastructure monitoring (certified)
    • Cfengine 3 automated server configuration maintenance
    • IPTables firewalls
    • Other Linux software - please contact us with your requirements.
  • Documentation of policies and procedures
  • PCI Compliance preparation
  • Addition of ISP services to existing infrastructure
  • Server migration
    • Facility changes
    • Server hardware changes
    • Network changes
    • Windows to Linux
  • Rapid server disaster recovery: remote or on-site rebuilding and configuration (not data recovery)
  • Programming
    • Web applications using PHP (with secondary emphasis on Perl)
    • Database integration into new or existing web applications using MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL
    • Database migration from the MS SQL to MySQL or PostegreSQL
    • Command-line utilities using Perl, AWK, and BASH
    • Cross-browser compatibility and bandwidth efficiency for maximum effectiveness of existing infrastructure
  • Server & network engineering
    • Design of extremely reliable economical or high-performance servers, with a track record of servers in harsh environments (in Africa) running after seven years of continuous operation.
    • Network planning, upgrades, and implementation
    • Operating system optimisation for security and performance
    • Expert assistance with configuring, upgrading, and/or securing Apache, Sendmail, Squid, BIND (DNS), DHCP, NTP (time), and FTP servers
  • Linux server configuration, specialising in Gentoo, RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu

Community Contributions

  • The Internet's original Linux ISP How-To
    • First published in 1999, the ISP How-To has been expanded and turned into a wiki that permits others to participate in the sharing of information. The How-To is available for free, under the Creative Commons non-commercial licence, for those who have substantial knowledge and want to do build and configure a network of Linux servers themselves.
  • Web content filtering for ISPs who wish to offer a Christian or family-oriented service.