Information, Telecommunication & Security

We build the floor your technology stands on.

Seven disciplines that usually arrive as seven separate contractors. First Hightower Infotech delivers them as one building, one schedule, one number to call, across the United States and Nigeria.

Established
2003
Disciplines
Seven
Regions
US · NG
Network switching and fibre optic infrastructure Fig. 00  /  Network core & fibre distribution
Operating since
2003
Through Canan Incorporated, Maryland
Disciplines
7
Delivered in house under one contract
Countries
2
United States and Nigeria
Approach
3E
Efficiently, effectively, everyday
Capabilities

Seven levels
of one system.

Scroll to assemble the building. Hover any level to locate it.

L01 NETWORK
L02 SECURITY
L03 TELECOM
L04 CLOUD
L05 SOFTWARE
L06 PROGRAM MGMT
L07 AUDIO VISUAL
Fig. 01Full stack, seven levels
L01

Network Design, Support & Integration

Wired and wireless infrastructure specified, installed and maintained. Structured cabling and riser through switch configuration, then monitored continuously against agreed response times.

LAN / WANStructured cablingMonitoring
L02

Security

Video surveillance, credentialed access control, perimeter hardening and network security, designed as one system rather than as separate purchases from separate vendors.

SurveillanceAccess controlEndpoint
L03

Telecom Services

VoIP and unified communications, including carrier coordination and number porting. Migrations are sequenced so lines stay live through cutover.

VoIPUnified commsNumber porting
L04

Cloud Based Computing

Assessment, migration and managed operations across public, private and hybrid environments, with workload placement decided on cost, latency and data residency.

MigrationHybridManaged operations
L05

Application Development

Scalable information management systems and enterprise wide workflow, integrated with the databases, directories and reporting you already run.

Custom softwareWorkflowIntegration
L06

Program & Project Management

A named project manager, a written schedule and a change process across engagements spanning multiple trades, sites and stakeholders. The discipline that keeps the other six from failing at the handoffs.

GovernanceSchedulingReporting
L07

Audio Visual Solutions

Conference rooms, command centers and training facilities delivered as one commissioned build, handed over documented and with operator training.

BoardroomsCommand centersCommissioning
Certified
CCNP
CCNA
MCSE
MCSA
MCP
Dell
The difference

Most projects fail at the seams between contractors.

We hold all seven disciplines in house, so the joins are ours to manage rather than yours to referee. One contract, one schedule, one number to call when something needs attention.

One contract
Covering every trade on the job
In house
Core work delivered by our own engineers
As-built drawings
Issued with test records at handover
Written response
Targets stated by severity level
Network switching and fibre optic infrastructure Lagos State Judiciary
Flagship project

The Judiciary Information System.

Our team of ICT professionals from the United States and Nigeria worked with the Lagos State Honorable Chief Judge and the commissioned ICT committee to design, develop and deliver an e-filing and case management platform, the first of its kind in Nigeria.

Litigants and the public file suits and make payments online over a secured web portal. Legal counsel file from their chambers and track cases from anywhere in the world through a secure login. Judges manage cases from assignment and scheduling through hearing, judgment and post judgment.

Standardised workflow
Applied consistently across the Judiciary
Revenue accounted for
Income tied directly to Judiciary services
Higher throughput
More cases processed annually
Manpower freed
Staff time redirected from paperwork
Who we serve

Built for organisations
that cannot improvise.

The same standard of documentation and scheduling for each.

Institutional building facade01

Government agencies

Public institutions needing documented delivery, defined response times and a contractor who understands procurement. Our work with the Lagos State Judiciary and the U.S. Department of Health was delivered to exactly this standard.

Documented handoverDefined SLA
Modern office tower02

Enterprise and commercial

Organisations consolidating a fragmented set of vendors into one accountable relationship, usually starting with network or security and expanding once they see what a single schedule does to delivery.

ConsolidationMulti site
Institutional architecture03

Education and training

Integrated networks for schools and tertiary institutions, computer education built into the curriculum, web based distance learning, and training centres that equip people with employable skills.

Campus networksDistance learning
Leadership

The people who will
run your project.

Two decades of enterprise and government infrastructure.

Sanni Eniola

Chief Executive Officer

Began as a Systems Engineer more than two decades ago. Competencies span business process management, application design, network design and administration, integrated security and unified communications, along with continuity of operations, disaster recovery and VoIP. At the U.S. Department of Health he led the engineering team behind the Integrated Health Information Reporting System.

CCNPCCNAMCSEMCSAMCPUniv. of Ibadan

Ola Aiyegbusi

Chief Technology Officer

Seventeen years managing network design, installation and operations for multimillion dollar organisations. Previously at Verizon Business Managed Hosting Services and BAE Systems Information Technology, where he ran the Network Operations and Security Center and coordinated enterprise incident response.

BAE SystemsVerizonUniv. of MarylandUSMC veteran

Victor Akinpelumi

Business Operations

Began as a Systems Analyst with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation across multiple IT capacities and subsidiaries, then worked with multinationals in oil and gas. Competencies in systems administration, heterogeneous systems management, project management and collaboration systems.

NNPCOil & GasMCPOndo State Univ.
Where we are

Two countries,
one standard.

Maryland in the Washington metropolitan area, and Lagos.

UNITED STATES

Bowie, Maryland

P.O. Box 2108
Bowie, MD 20715
United States
NIGERIA

Lagos

1D Aderibigbe Shitta Street
Maryland, Lagos
Nigeria
Get in touch

Send us the drawings.

Or just the site address and what needs to work by when. You get a reply from someone technical, not a sales queue.

Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00 ET. Saturday 09:00 to 17:00.

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