Manufacturing IT Services in Oklahoma

• Small and mid-sized manufacturers often have complex requirements ranging from server virtualization to CMMC and NIST compliance.  We work to understand each clients’ business challenges, program requirements, commercial requirements…and their threat situation.

• Our focus is on small and mid-sized businesses…many manufacturers have intellectual property which has been won only through great expense and organizational experience…it is essential to protect it from theft or disclosure!

• Manufacturers require a “systems” approach to managing and defending information systems.  The approach used must accommodate the business revenue generation (availability and uptime of information) and balance this with identification and protection of hard-earned intellectual property.

• Some manufacturers have an IT specialist or an engineer on staff to deal with information technology.  In these “co-managed” environments, Dolce Vita usually takes care of IT infrastructure support and cybersecurity to allow staff to work on higher-leverage activities.  We provide access to tools and services which allow for vastly improved visibility of where problems may be developing, and customize services based upon client requirements.

• Some manufacturers have no-one on staff to deal with IT and cybersecurity on a consistent basis.  In this case Dolce Vita is used as an outsourced IT department.

Advice to small- and mid-sized businesses

On-site and cloud-based server infrastructure

Our personnel can design and build the computing infrastructure your business needs to stay efficient and productive, or we can work with and fine-tune what you already have. The fact is that most businesses use a hybrid of cloud and on-premises information infrastructure. The storage location for all of your business data needs to be identified, then suitably protected. You CNC machines often require program files to be on-premise…but you may have other data including email which is stored in the cloud. Proper access management and authentication is essential in both cases.

Networking and IoT in manufacturing environments

Dolce Vita IT Solutions specialists allow you to take full advantage of today’s most effective wired and wireless technologies. Nearly all manufacturers are aggressively moving towards connecting their CNC machines, robotics, and other IoT devices to the network. Although easy to connect, many IoT devices are difficult to properly secure. It requires that separate IoT-related network(s) be used to segment these devices from both the Internet and critical server storage. Specific access rules can be used in the firewalls to allow appropriate CNC-related traffic to communicate. In manufacturing environments you will have users connect to your servers from offices as well as shop floors, and you likely have non-employee vendors and contractors who need access to the internet at a minimum. This can be controlled via guest and IoT networks, the use of network schedules, and other access controls.

Using an ERP system?

Manufacturers can really benefit from today’s most effective Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that allows for top-to-bottom cooperation and collaboration. But these systems tend to be complex…no worries! Controlled access as well as web access may be needed, and you may have not only an ERP database server, but a Remote Desktop server, web server, and app server. We can work with your vendor to make your ERP system functional and more secure.