LEADING MANAGED IT SERVICE PROVIDER IN ILLINOIS.
We help businesses like yours leverage technology to reduce costs and improve productivity.
What we do
Cloud Services
- Cloud migration assessment
- Private cloud hosting at JDA’s Tier III data center
- Public, private and hybrid cloud migration
- Desktop Virtualization A base image of your computer endpoint configurations with the latest security updates and mission-critical software means fast, consistent setups for users.
- Server Virtualization JDA virtualized server environments can lead to significant savings over the cost of physical servers. Pay for only the server and processing power you need, dial it back when you don’t.
Help Desk and Managed Services
- Knowledgeable, friendly, local help desk
- 24/7 engineers and technician availability
- Desktop and mobile management
- Network infrastructure monitoring with alert management
- Patching, security updates and service packs
- Inventory and asset management
- Antivirus and web content filtering
SD-WAN
- Full software-defined WAN or hybrid implementations
- Add additional bandwidth without major re-architecting
- Real-time network and application performance analytics for fine-tuning business policies
Network Security Services
- Deep expertise across all facets of network and desktop security
- Network IDS/IPS and next-generation firewalls
- Internal security assessments
- External penetration testing
- Web content filtering and reporting
- Endpoint protection with host-based intrusion prevention
- Recurrent compliance audits
Disaster Recovery
- Custom DR solutions that fit your business continuity plan
- Hot site with pre-configured virtual desktops and business-critical applications
- Flexible options cover environments of every size, device and OS
- Instantly visualize recovery point objectives (RPO)
- Sub-15 minute RTOs and sub-minute RPOs
Backup Services
- Full range of options from agent-based to dedicated, on-site appliances
- High-speed, direct from SAN backup with low resource utilization
- Agentless, hypervisor-based backup solutions
- Agent-based, continuous replication for public cloud deployments
Network architecting
Network architecting at JDA is a cross-functional process. We start by getting a solid understanding of your business requirements. What applications require the best performance? What are your compliance requirements? We then leverage the expertise of our in-house systems, security and technology experts to create a design that aligns with your budget and business requirements. The result is a state-of-the-art network, to which users, capacity and updates can be added in the least expensive, least disruptive manner
Platform upgrades
- Exchange migrations
- data center consolidations, storage solutions
- cloud computing and business continuity projects
IT Staffing
- Lower employee costs Bring on staff to take on projects or seasonal peaks.
- Specialized skills and knowledge on demand Our IT experts not only have specialized skills for the job at hand, they are trained in making sure your staff is fully versed in handling the new environment before they leave.
- Lower Hiring Overhead JDA handles sourcing, screening and wages.
About Us
We love the world of IT. Every one of us.
Even more, we love the idea that our clients’ ability to take advantage of everything that is cool about information technology is no longer limited to the four walls of a data center, the capex side of a budget, or the ability to add top-tier IT talent to the payroll.
JDA helps our clients leverage, maximize, upgrade, downgrade, expand, extend, navigate and interconnect; safely and securely, all things IT.
Why Choose John Drake & Associates?
- Reductions in IT spend
- Better customer service delivery
- Increased margins
- Improved IT infrastructure reliability