Network Advocates is a Kentucky-based consulting firm that provides IT, management consulting, and collaboration technology services. It has been in business since 1999 and has offices in Louisville, Kentucky. The company aims to improve clients' ability to achieve strategic missions through measurable results. It prides itself on quality service, quantifiable results, employee well-being, and community involvement. Notable past projects include developing email security solutions, integrating systems for various clients, and designing audiovisual systems.

2. ABOUT NETWORK ADVOCATES
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Vision
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Provide consultation, IT and other professional services to meet the evolving management and
business demands of our clients. Through these services, Network Advocates improves our
client’s ability to achieve their strategic mission through measurable results.
Values
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Providing quality services in support of our client’s strategic missions.
Delivering quantifiable results through measured accountability to our customers.
Supporting employee well-being and professional development.
Caring about our communities.

3. AT A GLANCE
• Kentucky Corporation (founded 1999)
• Offices
• Louisville, Kentucky (HQ)
• Financially stable, well positioned for growth
and investments
• SBA Certified Small Business
• Strong Employee and Client Retention
• Mentoring emerging small businesses
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4. CORE SERVICE OFFERINGS
Management Consulting
• Consulting
• Project & Program Management
• Risk Management
• Operational Effectiveness
Information Technology
• High Availability Networking
• Data Security (VirusGard)
• Infrastructure & Support
• Software Development
Next-Generation Collaboration Technologies
• Many-to-any conceptualization, visualization and collaboration Audio/Visual platforms
• Single to Multi-wall display and presentation systems (including ‘multi-touch’ technology)
• Full scale training/conference/product development systems
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5. HIGHLIGHTED PAST PERFORMANCE
Developed in-house product and service offering as a front-end mail service to filter all incoming emails
before they ever reach client internal mail services.
Over thirteen (13) years in operation and servicing over one hundred (100) clients over that time period not
one virus has ever been allowed through to a clients internal mail server.
The systems are continuously monitored, updated, and are Certified by the ICSA to detect and block 100% of
viruses and worms ‘in the wild’.
- 477,296 eMails
- 416,705 spam (87%)
- 994 Viruses Blocked
Blocked
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6. HIGHLIGHTED PAST
PERFORMANCES
Integrated Combat Systems –
subsidiary of Orbit International
ICS, (a subsidiary of Orbit International), is an 8(a) SDVO DOD contractor that has outsourced their
entire Information Technology support to Network Advocates. This includes
• Management of internal hardware and software resources
• Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, ShopTech (used for manufacturing)
• Federal client-facing and internal Sharepoint management and site development
• WAN communications support including telecom contract management, security and connectivity.
Hayes Automotive Group
Hayes Automotive Group, a large car dealership with multiple locations in multiple cities engaged with
Network Advocates to provide both VirusGard email support and to be their IT network management and
support solutions provider. Network Advocates stabilized their network for 99.999% WAN uptime
through design, implementation of a universal network schema followed by continued management of
their network infrastructure. This provided Hayes with the following:
• Reliable connectivity to their dealership applications, information and data servers from the body and
service shops
• Access to the applications, information and data servers from all satellite locations
• Secure high-speed WAN connections at each location through secure IPSec VPN tunnels
• Protected the company through content filtering with implementation of new firewall infrastructure
• Provide operational monitoring and 24x7 second and third tier technical support
Kentucky Association of Electric
Cooperatives
Network Advocates has a 10 year relationship with KAEC which consists for 26 power distribution
cooperatives and two generation and transmission cooperatives. Network Advocates has provided both
VirusGard email protection and general IT network management support solutions. This includes
support for such platforms as AS-400’s as well as Windows based servers, and Apple MAC support.
Software development was limited to web-site development, SQL server-side scripting and RPG reports.
Currently engaged with client to upgrade their network infrastructure, moving them to cloud-based
servers and a Tier-3 data center for greater reliability and disaster recovery.
Provided operational monitoring and 24x7 second and third tier technical support
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7. HIGHLIGHTED PAST
PERFORMANCES
Enova Premier, LLC
Enova Premier is a large multi-location manufacturer serving the automotive industry. They
engaged Network Advocates to solve operational and functional LAN and WAN reliability issues
that were costing the company millions in revenue. Network Advocates designed and
implemented a secure WAN architecture using IPSec VPN tunnels over high-speed Internet
WAN solution with automatic fail-over to secondary carriers and firewall/routers that has provided
Enova with 99.999% uptime in over three (3) years of operation.
Enova has engaged Network Advocates to design and implement a high-availability LAN
architecture with the same 99.999% uptime requirements. One site has already been
implemented with fail-over virtualized servers duplicated LAN switches and 15-minute interval
incremental real-time backup as well as environmentally controlled locked data cabinets at their
plants. Other sites are in development.
Another of Network Advocates VirusGard clients.
Provide operational monitoring and 24x7 and third tier technical support
Semonin Realtors
Network Advocates was contracted by Semonin to redesign and update their training room.
Network Advocates designed, procured and installed a state-of-the-art, multimedia audio/visual
environment that provided an interactive collaboration and visualization architecture for a highly
interactive and rich-media training platform.
Semonin also contracted to Network Advocates to design a cellular wireless solution for their
agents so that they would be able to use cellular technology inside a LEEDS certified building.
This solution was implemented with nearly 100% coverage inside all spaces of the office.
Another of Network Advocates VirusGard clients.
Strategic planning engagement with
client who wishes to not be identified
at this time.
Network Advocates consultants developed and executed an initial environmental scan of client’s
business and IT operations. The purpose of the scan was to document key services of functional
units, service level agreements and performance metrics. NAI consultants also assessed client’s
documented policies and procedures and developed and executed improvement plans aimed at
identifying areas of immediate attention with respect to Risk Management.
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