Management Consulting
INVISION offers a full range of services that takes advantage of our industry and technical expertise so each client can make the most of their implementation of DealMaker.
INVISION's client services and management staff is unique in the industry. Our staff has served in senior management and/or consulting positions throughout the media industry. As a result, we are prepared to undertake consulting assignments in such areas as:
- Process change management
- Media sales planning and pricing
- Sales reporting and analysis
- Return on investment analysis
- Requirements definition projects
- Systems implementation
Our depth of industry experience allows us to offer management consulting services to address specific concerns as you implement new processes and policies in your media sales organization.
Custom Development
INVISION's in-house design and development team is comprised of IT and industry professionals who are expert in designing applications and systems for the broadcast and cable industries. Our highly experienced team implements an extensive range of custom-defined projects for clients including:
- Functional enhancements
- System interfaces
- Specialized reporting requirements
INVISION's development process encompasses comprehensive specifications, scope of work and detailed time and cost estimates that meet each client's requirements and budgetary considerations. Often, custom projects will be included in the overall application and are generally billed at a reduced cost to our clients. Examples of our custom design work include:
- Every client cutomization project is professionally project managed from start to finish by an INVISION client services project manager
Database Monitoring
INVISION will provide complete database monitoring services to help you and your IT staff stay on top of database maintenance and performance issues. DealMaker uses Oracle as its production database, and proper database maintenance can mean the difference between a smooth running, no-hassle environment, and potential performance problems. We also provide extensive training to your internal IT staff should they elect to maintain the database on their own. Our service offerings in this area include:
- System maintenance - backups, index and object reorganization, gathering and interpretation of statistics
- Creation of a backup plan tailored to your business requirements
- Creation of jobs to start and stop the database (one click)
We use proven technology that is wrapped in and around Oracle, therefore no additional 3rd party software is needed.
Disaster Preparedness
INVISION works with our client to design and develop custom disaster preparedness plans and models. These depend largely on the client's budget limitations and their risk assessments. We operate DealMaker in two models:
- Hosted in our co-located environment. We provide:
- Hot and cold recovery sites
- Guaranteed minimum downtimes in event of a disaster
- Operating in the client's environment on their servers. We offer:
- Risk Assessment
- Design of disaster preparedness plan to include:
- Redundant hardware and software configuration
- Custom designed back-up and recovery procedures
- Implementation
- Support
Hardware SWAT Analysis
As your business grows and changes you may need to revisit your hardware and environment requirements. INVISION's SWAT team provides a quick analysis of your system requirements as business needs evolve and makes recommendations as to infrasturcture upgrades needed to support these changes.
