About Us

Mission
Reliable, secure, cost-effective, and scalable technology solutions.

  • Reliable
    • Minimize technical problems and reduce downtime by providing tested solutions we are comfortable with
    • Results in lower support costs and higher productivity from our customers
  • Secure
    • Follow best practices for providing secure internal and external access
    • Provide backup and recovery options including plans to quickly resume your your technical services after a technical failure or catastrophic event
    • 24 hours, 7 days a week monitoring of services
  • Cost-effective
    • Comprehensive consulting services to focus on customer needs
    • Help customers maximize their current technology investment
    • Not vendor affiliated so not beholden to vendor profit needs
    • Provide open source solutions when applicable
    • Training services provided
  • Open
    • Adhere to open standards when applicable
    • Try to provide vendor neutral solutions to preven vendor lock-in
    • Use open source tools and technologies when available
  • Scalable
    • Solve immediate needs and provide for future expansion
    • Open source solutions when available to minimize licensing costs
    • Open standards to provide easy migration to new platforms or applications

Overview
Catenare provides secure, reliable and cost-effective computer support, technology consulting and web application development services

  • Started in San Francisco, California over 5 years ago
  • Focus on small businesses, non-profits and financial services clients
  • Provide clients with open source alternatives for their technology needs
  • Create custom web applications using open source solutions

Experience

  • Over 20 years in the technology business
  • Worked as a technology manager for a variety of companies including a multi-billion dollar private equity company, a design and manufacturing shop and a number of non-profits
  • Provided support for a variety of operating systems including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux
  • Built and manage the building of a number of networks
  • Created extensive system documentation for our systems
  • Provided end-user training and documentation customized to the organization's requirements

Technical Experience

  • Operating Systems - both desktop and server
    • Mac OS X, Linux, Windows
    • Installation, configuration and troubleshooting
  • Server Software
    • Email and collaboration solutions including Exchange, Notes and open source email systems
    • Database servers including MySQL, Postgresql and Sql Server
    • File and printer sharing solutions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
    • Web servers including Apache and IIS
    • Central security solutions provided by Symantec, Trend Micro and others
  • Networking
    • Internet access provisioning - xDSL, T-1 lines, 3G broadband
    • Installation and configuration of routers and firewalls
    • Network monitoring solutions including Nagios, Ntop and MRTG
  • Web Development
    • XHTML and CSS coding (by hand)
    • Object oriented PHP development
    • Database backed websites
    • Secure customer facing portals
  • Other
    • Graphic design software and systems such as Adobe Suite, Fiery print controllers, color copiers
    • Financial software systems such as Bloomberg workstations, Factset, Bridge and other financial services technologies
    • FileMaker Pro database design
    • Thin client solutions such as LTSP or just using X Windows
Liezel Ramolefi
Email: ramolefi.liezel@catenare.co.za
Phone: +27 11 461 3153
Cell: +27 72 224 8861
Skype: liezel0414