We make your business more efficient and secure, while giving you peace of mind. If you’re a business owner, manager or employee, chances are your livelihood depends on data – storing it, sharing it, transferring it, and being able to access it quickly and easily whenever you need it.  So in our computer based society, where Internet viruses, worms and Trojans are a daily threat, and spyware and hacking have the power to permanently damage an entire corporate network, data protection isn’t an option; it’s a requirement.

Yet for many business operators, formulating a data security program can be confusing and overwhelming.  At OmniTel’s Technology Central, we understand … and we’re here to help.

As a Data Management Company with years of experience in Data Storage, support systems, network security and connectivity, we’re experts on how to protect your company’s most important asset.  Whether you are seeking a simple firewall, a Virtual Private Network, or an information encryption and backup system, we’ll develop data solutions exclusively for your businesses need – affordable, individually- tailored components that will allow you to operate your business with a sense of confidence, security, and peace of mind.

Data Storage  (back to top)

OmniTel’s Technology Central is North Iowa’s premier data warehousing and data management company. We provide affordable, scalable solutions designed to help organizations, corporations and individuals safe guard their critical and sensitive data. This is done through secure, encrypted connections and State-of-the-Art computer systems that ensure no data will be compromised.

A business of any size can benefit from a data security system. After all, if you’re using the “tools of modern business”, a PC, the Internet, online transactions, you’re just as vulnerable to viruses, worms, hackers or lost data as a larger business. OmniTel specializes in scalable business solutions: we’ll tailor a plan to your needs and to the size of your business so that the tools you are using aren’t more than you require. We’ll also design your plan to grow as your business grows.

That’s why Technology Central is here! Our knowledgeable, experienced staff has a combined 40+ years in data management systems. We’ll create a plan for you that WE can administer, so that you can focus on running your business.

OmniTel doesn’t expect you to be a data protection prodigy! We’ll sit down with you and inventory your company’s needs, taking into consideration your business functions, budget, technological capabilities, operating system, prospective growth...and we’ll explain what we suggest implementing in clear, understandable terms exactly how each component of the plan we develop will help safe-guard and maintain your data.

Internet Connectivity (back to top)

Internet Connectivity, Hosting Services and Virtual Private Networks

OmniTel’s Technology Central can provide and manage every aspect of your online communication, from Internet Service to web and email hosting for the needs of individuals up to those of entire corporations.

Whether you choose to access your data through a high speed Internet connection (DSL, cable modem, wireless, satellite), or have Technology Central build a custom connection tailored to your unique business needs – for example, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) over which a company’s telecommuters, branch offices, customers, suppliers and associates can exchange confidential data ad private resource – we always provide secure, encrypted connections ensuring no information will be compromised.

Through OmniTel Communications we have access to a self healing sonnet ring. This relationship with a network of telephone companies means that communications circuitry and bandwidth will be available to you at all times; you’ll never be competing for online or network connectivity.

OmniTel’s Technology Central also provides redundant infrastructure, which means there are multiple back ups for all of our communications links, computing equipment, power sources and data center security. Technology Central has backbone connections so that if a connection fails, another can reroute online traffic in seconds while the downed connection is restored without any perceptible interruption in performance.

Network Security (back to top)

Filtering and Firewalls

OmniTel’s Technology Central offers your business a range of filtering tools: spam and anti-virus filtering, to insure that junk mail, viruses and other malicious content is prevented from reaching your company’s computer network; and Internet content filtering, providing greater control over Internet usage, as well as enhanced business security and employee productivity.

Technology Central specializes in designing and implementing the managed firewall – a powerful security tool that protects your business or home computer from data threats by applying a series of rules that allow or deny traffic to pass between your network and the Internet. Our firewalls not only scan packet payloads in real-time for worms, Trojans, viruses, spyware and other malicious code, but also monitor and log any attack attempted on your data to help in the analysis of your security needs. By recording invasive attempts on your system, we can continually update our filtering capabilities …and, as computer viruses evolve and mutate, your data continues to stay safe.

Data Warehousing and Disaster Recovery
OmniTel’s Technology Central is Iowa’s premier network security and data warehousing company. We house the latest fire detection and suppression capabilities. It is also a State-of–the-Art secured facility, utilizing biometric scanning and video surveillance of the entire premises. In addition, all systems have generator and UPS back up. This means that not only is OmniTel able to back up and archive your business or personal data in your choice of storage format, but we’re able to do it at our secured location, so that if anything ever happens to your physical work site, your years of data will still be protected.

SoHo - Small Office/Home Office (back to top)

Networking
The question of whether to choose a wired or a wireless network is still a pretty simple question. The answer depends on how you intend to use the network. If you have a wireless laptop that you take back and forth between home and work, then a wireless connection is a must. But if you want to keep your computer files private, or want to watch high definition television and listen to a house-wide music system, the only way to go is a wired network and its underlying structured wiring. Wired networks have been around for years. They use the most affordable products and provide the fastest speeds for data transmission.

Wireless Networks

Wireless networks are relatively new, but they are quickly becoming more popular. Their cost is also lower than when first on the market. Since they don't require cables, you can use devices, such as laptop computers, anywhere in an office or home, even out on the deck. Just don’t go too far from the network source.

Teleconferencing (back to top)

Why spend $400 on a plane ticket for a 3-hour meeting?

Save time and money with OmniTel's Conference Calling.

Sometimes you just have to be there. But for the times when you don’t, 
consider conference calling. Conference calling lets you communicate 
effectively and affordably – saving valuable time out of the office and 
hundreds of dollars in travel costs every time you use it.



With conference calling from OmniTel Communications, you can schedule 
a conference for as many as 32 people in 32 different locations, in as little as 
10 minutes before you need it. You can even schedule it online.



You may also manage your conference online, 
add people as you need them during the call, 
adjust the volume of individual participants and much more.



Next time, call North Iowa’s business telecommunications leader. 
One quick phone call will give you all the information you need to get started.

OmniTel’s Conference Calling
Direct Dial Minute Rate - 18¢

Toll Free Minute Rate - 23¢
Out Dial Minute Rate - 30¢

Conference Charge - $10.00

Attendee Charge - $2.00

Industry Experience - Customer Service (back to top)

OmniTel’s Technology Central is led by technology and telecommunications experts with an unflagging commitment to outstanding customer service. We welcome your questions about data safety and technology, and will make sure you are fully involved in making decisions about your data management.

As a full-service telecommunications provider, OmniTel has provided the highest quality services, at the best prices, to communities across North Central Iowa for the last 100 years. The handful of farmers who banded together in 1904 to form a company to bring telephone service to rural Iowa had no idea they were creating what would be come a technology legacy. Like our founders, OmniTel still strives to bring the latest in telecommunications and home technology to Iowa.

As technology needs have increased, we have increased our service area. We are now able to bring OmniTel quality, reliability and local service to you.

Contact (back to top)

Chris Campbell, Business Systems Manager

OmniTel’s Technology Central – Business Solutions

103 E. State St., Suite 101

Mason City, IA 50401

Email: sales@omnitel.biz

Phone: 1.877.OmniTel
Fax: 641.696.6702

A Wired Network Has:
Lower cost
Faster speed—up to 1000Mbps

Longer possible range

A secured connection

Wireless network are:
Freedom, no tangled wires to carry

Quick, effortless installation

No cables to buy
Save cable time and hassle

Easy to expand