Next Hop loves media production and entertainment!

Our founder’s pre-IT work experience includes:

• Audio technician at a 10k-cap arena
• Front-of-house and tech for a working band playing 80-90 shows per year
• Page layout & graphic design for entertainment marketing
• Photography (event and promotional)
• Crew - PA, data wrangler, AC, gaffing

We’re familiar with a lot of industry jargon, roles, dynamics, and the IT challenges faced by arts & entertainment.

Venues

• Infrastructure and inside technology support
• Compute power for video walls
• GC/vendor coordination for installs (wireless APs, P2P shots, data cabling, etc)
• TCP/IP-based AV (Dante)

Production houses

• High-performance workstations
• Edit booth installation services
• NAS or SAN solutions
• Cabling & wireless
• Data integrity and backup

Arts

• Archival & legacy data management for living artists and estates

Next Hop has substantial experience supporting the Northeast’s robust engineering and manufacturing industry. We’ve worked with aerospace, precision manufacturing, metal finishing, fabrication, architects, engineers and lawyers.

Next Hop has experience supporting warehouse operations. We have provided infrastructure, security and workstation support for logistics sites ranging from attached delivery bays to aviation facilities, up to ~50,000 square feet.

• General contracting for IT & equipment services
• Site-to-site VPN, cabling/fiber install, NVR + surveillance system install
• Application and migration/backup support for WMS
  • SAP Extended Warehouse Management and more
• Workstation builds

Our founders started their IT careers in medicine, and have direct experience supporting veterinary offices. We can help you with all technological aspects of your practice, including:

• Network, wireless and cabling solutions
• Vendor coordination
• Migration support services
• Workstations & thin clients
• Servers (CT imaging, X-ray, etc)
• Point-of-sale
• Infotainment / lobby displays

• Staff computer fleet management
• Remote access / VPN solutions
• Kiosks and public-access computers
• Network, wireless and cabling solutions
• IT department training & hiring