Our Services

Katana Design can offer your company more than just a nice website. Below are some of the services we offer. If you have any IT needs that are not mentioned below, please do get in contact with us and we'll try to accommodate your needs.


Website Design

With over 10 years of experience Katana Design can build a site to meet the business requirements of your company. We specialise in building sites for SMEs and using the latest development techniques we can produce a first-rate web site very quickly. We can offer the following features for a website so let your mind run riot.


Magento E-Commerce

Magento eCommerce is the world's most popular open source ecommerce platform and is currently used by companies as diverse as Time Out, Myla, HoMedics, Lodger and Alpedia.

Whilst the Enterprise Edition costs around $11,000 a year, their Community version is free and there is enough functionality to run a small business online. There are also thousands of extensions that can be installed, some are free and some do have a cost. However, that is usually under £100.

Two examples are :

Magento costs only as much as the company installing it charge for development. Therefore a basic site can cost under £1000 and that includes setting up a PayPal gateway.

Call us now to discuss how you want to take your business digital.



Network Design & Security

A lot of small businesses these days use wireless (WiFi) networks as they are easy to setup and don't require the building to be ripped apart to lay ethernet cabling. However, many wireless networks are set up incorrectly and are often unsecure (no encryption and even having the router left with the default password).

If you are considering setting up a WiFi network or even if you are thinking of putting in an Ethernet network, we can come and survey your premises and advise you a solution. In the case of WiFi, we have the expertise to source the hardware, setup the netork, secure it and also to configure your PCs (and install the network cards if needed).

If you already have a WiFi network installed but you are worried about its security then a short technical survey later and we can set you mind at ease.


IT Services

Many small companies do not have the financial resources to setup their computers and maintain them. Therefore it makes sense to outsource this to a third-party. Katana Design have the experience to fulfil the following:


Computer Security

In this day and age is it not just physical security a company needs to guard its computers against but also attacks via the Internet and infection from viruses. Despite many articles in the press, in shops and even on television it is amazing how many people still don't have Anti-Virus software on their PC's or a Firewall on the network. They will also download and install software from unknown or even illegal sources, which creates a whole new set of problems. We can advise and assist you on the the following:


Staff Training

Despite friendly manuals and tutorials many people still struggle to use PCs, Windows can be daunting and the software packages these days (even email) can prove baffling. We can supply training (at your office) for staff on a wide range of software packages. We keep our sessions to the basics and we can tailor classes to your staff's specific needs. We can cover the following:

* We cover the usage of Internet Explorer V7 & V8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari & Opera.

Afterward

The above services are by no means the limit which we can offer. If you have, or think you have, an IT requirement not mentioned then please do contact us and we can discuss your needs.