About

SDA's mission is to provide a complete solution for information control and work flow for business and professionals with specialization in sales automation, medical, legal, acounting, insurance, and manufacturing. These solutions include: hardware, software, service, and support.

SDA offers the solutions you need to stay competitive in today's ever changing technology market. Since 1997, we have built our company around the needs of the business community. Providing professional, cost effect, and timely service to customers. SDA offers solutions to your growing need for information control, information technology security, as well as data backup and recovery solutions via our experienced and certified staff.

Whatever your needs, we have a system that can work for you and your company. Our certified technicians can build a computer system from the ground up designed to meet your companies specific needs. SDA can upgrade your system to meet your current or future software, design, speed, and security requirements. Our staff is trained in the latest product development and is proficient in computer networking, office automation, computer and telephone intergration, firewall and LAN security, best practices for system security, and hardware and software installation.

The most important investment most companies make today is in their ability to gather, store, and retrieve information. At SDA, we know that information is the life blood of your business. Whether it's product inventory, sales and services, accounting, profit and loss statements, or payroll you must have the ablilty to access information with reliable equipment and software in a secure system. When the system has an issue or failure and fails to deliver, you need someone that you can count on to be there instantly to correct the problem and get your operations up and running properly.

“SDA worked with us to determine our technology needs. Upon approval of the equipment, the SDA technician was extremely professional, calling prior to arrival, arriving on time, completing the installation in a timely manner, and answered all questions. Within two days, I was asked about our new computer system and was assured that SDA would answer any questions or address any concerns until we were 100% comfortable with our new computer. On top of the professionalism, the price was incredible.”
- Tena King, Owner- King’s Olive Oil
“In a profession that depends on fast and dependable computers, Southern Data keeps our network and workstations processing at top speed. The professional technicians at SDA provide fast, dependable service and they offer new ideas and technology to keep our system modern and effective. “
- Roger Boatner, managing partner - Willis Boatner Pugh, LLC
“I wanted to reach out and let you know how much we appreciate David. I can’t tell you the amount of times I have had to call him for something and he almost immediately addresses the issue. The other night he came out late after hours to work on our camera system and today I text him about a camera not expecting to have anything for a few days and he showed up a short time after to get it in the works. Anyway I know how hard it is to find good people to work for you and I wanted to take a minute to tell you that David is great!”
- Sierra Wilks, Chief of Corrections - Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office

Services

Installation of Firewalls, Switches, Gateways, Data cabling, Wifi Access Points, Bridges, and Network Troubleshooting.
Design and build Servers and workstations, trouble shoot and repair workstations, severs, laptops, tablets, smart phones and software.
Sales and service on laser printers, label printers, thermal printers, plotters, and Dot Matrix printers. HP, IBM, Epson, Lexmark, and Okidata.
State Certified installer of IP and Legacy CCTV Systems. Support all brands of cameras, NVRs, DVRs, multiplexers, and digital signs.
Mulitple products that provide onsite backup of data, cloud backup of data, and systems that allow virtualization of servers locally or in the cloud.
SDA provides advanced email, standard email, website hosting and design. SDA also provides Antispam and virus services for email, servers, workstations, and smart phones.

Solutions

Firewall UTM

Firewall UTM and NGFW appliances, available as hardware and virtual security platforms, offer next-generation security to SOHO, SMBs and Enterprise.

Backup Systems

Simple and secure data protection tools for direct-to-cloud or disk-to-disk-to-cloud backup models that optimize recovery times and data protection.

Email Security

Protect your email, end-to-end with encrypted email, GeoIP filtering, and much more! AnteSpam is easy to use. It can be tailor to your unique needs.

Antivirus

Equipped with proactive malware defense and engineered to be light on your systems, we give you the protection you need with fewer interruptions.

Data Recovery

Our mission is to successfully recover your data as safely and quickly as possible. If you've lost valuable, irreplaceable data... We can save it!

News

Breaking News
2017 will bring a lot of excitement to the Southern Data team, as we usher in our 20th year in business. SDA is proud to have a strong history of hard work, technical achievement, innovative ideas, and diligent customer support.

We look forward to the celebrating our success and our clients in the coming year.
HIPAA Information
Medical Offices are strongly encouraged by the federal government to properly manage patient security risks. How prepared is your organization?
    Southern Data offers HIPAA Security Risk Assessments (HRSA) that show your company and staff how to:
  • • Ensure your patients confidentiality
  • • Protect data by identifying all assets and where it resides
  • • Prioritize the necessary cybersecurity measures to mitigate risk and achieve HIPAA compliance
  • • Demonstrate, document and maintain compliance for your organization

The Report
HRSAs are performed by a highly certified Network Engineer who prepares a qualitative report that includes where and why your company or office may/may not be in violation of HIPAA regulations.
Having this report on-hand allows for quick review if and when a HIPAA Audit occurs within your office.
Contact Southern Data to schedule your In-Office HIPAA Security Risk Assessment today!
Community
Southern Data values community involvement. Our staff serves on multiple community boards and committees that allow us to see the true needs of our area and give us an opportunity to support the areas we work in and call home.
We also offer classes and training on how to use your systems, as well as, classes like “Social Media Best Practices” for staff and students.
For more information about scheduling a workshop or class, or to contact us about community partnerships, please email info@southerndata.com.
Technology 2017
The price of solid state drives has come down greatly over the last year. A solid state drive will give your old worn out system a new life. If your system is five years old or so, a solid state drive will make a massive difference in your system.
    Improvements over standard hard drives are:
  • • Less power draw, averages 2 – 3 watts, resulting in 30+ minute battery boost
  • • Around 10-13 seconds average bootup time
  • • There are no moving parts and as such no sound
  • • No vibration as there are no moving parts
  • • Lower power draw and no moving parts so little heat is produced
  • • Mean time between failure rate of 2.0 million hours
  • • File copy / write speed: Generally above 200 MB/s and up to 550 MB/s for cutting edge drives
  • • Full Disk Encryption (FDE) Supported on some models
  • • Up to 30% faster than standard hard drives
  • • An SSD is safe from any effects of magnetism
For more information about upgrading your system call or email info@southerndata.com.

Contacts

For more information about our services send an email to info@southerndata.com.
Address: 825 Old South 4th Street, Gadsden, AL 35901
TEL:(256)546-4010
FAX:(256)546-4055
Associate Email
AESBL# 1583
Customer Standard Email
Antespam
SmartPSS Win
Associate Downloads
Customer Advance Email
Remote Support
Telephone: 1-256-546-4010
Email: info@southerndata.com
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