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Philip Ramsey Consulting was started as a hobby, designing web sites and helping friends solve computer issues. Eventually, people encouraged Philip to start charging for his services as he was able to remove the worse cases of virus infections and dramatically reduce the rates of reinfection using a combination of propper Windows configuration, educating the end user on the capabilities of the Windows operating system and the use of free anti virus and firewall software.

Although Philip is mainly self taught, he as taken a number of courses on-line with such organizations as Intel (Intel Learning Network), IBM, Sun Microsystems and Ziff Davis Publishing's virtual university called ZDU. These courses has helped Philip gain the knowledge to: design, build and configure local area networks (LAN) with a high level of security for home and small business users, design web sites including dynamic web content.

Computer Services Offered

For those small business owners that are concerned with security issues associated with Microsoft Windows™, or would like to have a free operating system that utilizes open source (free licensed) software, Philip Ramsey Consulting is able to offer Open Suse™ Linux as an alternative. The operating system is free but there is a charge to install and configure it to the end user's needs.

• Installation and proper configuration of anti virus and firewall software in both Windows and Linux environments for the highest levels of security and privacy protection while connected to the internet
• Installation and configuration Suse Linux with dual boot on Windows powered PC's
• Web design with limited accessibility for the visually impaired
• Design and build Ethernet based LAN, including WLAN for home users and home based businesses with a high level security to prevent unauthorized access to computers on the network

Other Services Offered Include

• Canadian personal (T1) and corporate (T2) tax preparation
• Basic book keeping for the self employed
• Basic instructions on how to use a computer or new software - for beginners
• Advise on software that promotes user security and privacy

Courses Completed

• 1999 - 2002, Intel Learning Network, Santa Clara, CA., USA. World Wide Web, 1998 - present. Courses completed include:
• OLC Desktop Companion Introduction Course
• Ethernet Challenge
• Intel? PRO/100 and PRO/1000 Network Adapter Product Introduction v7
• Companion Lab: Sizing and Capacity Planning for e-Business Servers
• Balancing e-Commerce Requirements
• Catch the Gigabit Tidal Wave
• Server Management Document
• VAR Introduction Course
• Fall 1988, H & R Block, Toronto, Canada. Diploma: Prepare Personal Income tax Return
• Summer 1988, George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. Diploma: Introduction To Basic Book Keeping

Achievements

• January 2009, Created database powered web site — www.BecomeTheBoss.net
• Fall 2005, installed and configured Apache web server on Suse Linux powered PC and started hosting his experimental web sites
• Fall 2004, installed Suse Linux on a networked PC and configured it to "talk with a Windows 98 SE powered laptop
• Spring 2004, Philip built his first home LAN using knowledge gained in the "Ethernet Challenge" and "OLC Desktop Companion Introduction Course" courses at Intel University
• Fall 2002 -winter 2003, Philip learned Cold Fusion scripting language and built an e-commerce ready dynamic web site using CFML on a Windows 98SE powered PC
• Fall 2002, setup a PWS on a PC for testing web sites Philip designed. Since the PWS was not powerful enough for Philip's needs, he migrated to the Apache web server
• 2001, leaned to make Flash animations and movies
• June 1999, published JNCH Web Site. If you would like to assist the JNCH, click here for contact details.