{"id":217,"date":"2024-08-21T20:26:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2024-08-25T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T00:55:11","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/?page_id=217","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: calibri;font-weight: 400;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.1;color: #444\">Victory Computer Services, LLC is a computer\u00a0systems and network infrastructure consulting company that provides network and computer\u00a0hardware \/ software sales, support, and repair services to the small business\u00a0community or individuals.\u00a0 We\u00a0can provide our\u00a0services after normal business hours at no additional cost.\u00a0 The\u00a0typical small business cannot afford a full-time network administrator or\u00a0hardware \/ software service technician.\u00a0 Our goal is to provide these\u00a0services to the small business or individual for a reasonable cost.\u00a0 We can help the\u00a0small business develop and implement a technology plan geared to embrace\u00a0future growth.<br><br>We can install and maintain your technology solution &#8211; from servicing hardware \/ software\u00a0problems, to providing remote desktop support, and network administration services.\u00a0 We can maintain your desktop \/ laptop computers, servers, printers, WiFi Access Points, network switches, routers, edge appliances, and other peripheral devices.  Over his carrier, Emile has attended over 80 courses covering the repair and maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment, various computer systems, thermal printers, laser printers, and inkjet printers.<br><br>Victory Computer Services, LLC was formed in 2006 by Emile Victory, who has\u00a0over 45 years experience in the computer and IT industry.\u00a0 Emile has worked\u00a0with personal computers since before the original IBM PC.\u00a0\u00a0Emile holds several certifications and has several hobbies as listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Certifications and Hobbies<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-230\" style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-104-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-230 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-clarity\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Certifications &amp; Hobbies\" data-height=\"100\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_230\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_230\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-331 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-24 22:40:36\" data-filename=\"Network-600x100-2.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptia.org\/certifications\/network\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-600x100-2.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-331 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Network+ 600x100\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\">Unlike other vendor-specific networking certifications, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptia.org\/certifications\/network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color:rgb(35,111,161);\">CompTIA Network+ Certification<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>prepares you to support the network regardless of the platform.\u00a0 It forms the foundation you need before specializing in a vendor solution.\u00a0 \u200bNetwork+ validates the knowledge and skills needed to troubleshoot, configure and manage both wired and wireless networks found in companies around the world.\u00a0 CompTIA Network+ certifies a professional-level understanding of emerging technologies including cloud and virtualization technologies.\u00a0 Emile has good-for-life (GFL) status since December 2010.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-334 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-24 23:23:19\" data-filename=\"A-600x100-1.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptia.org\/certifications\/a\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-600x100-1.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-334 msDefaultImage\" title=\"A+ 600x100\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptia.org\/certifications\/a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color:rgb(35,111,161);\">CompTIA A+ Certification<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>represents competency as a computer technician.\u00a0 It is a vendor neutral certification that covers various technologies and operating systems.\u00a0\u00a0A+ Certification earned accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 2008.\u00a0 By 2014, over one million people worldwide had earned A+ certification.\u00a0 Certification prior to 1\/1\/2011, is considered good-for-life (GFL) and does not expire.\u00a0 Emile has GFL status since July 1998.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-337 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-25 00:22:56\" data-filename=\"Microsoft-Partner-600x100-1.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Microsoft-Partner-600x100-1.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-337 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Microsoft Partner 600x100\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\">The\u00a0<span style=\"color:rgb(52,73,94);\"><span style=\"color:rgb(35,111,161);\"><strong>Microsoft Partner Network<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is Microsoft\u2019s AI Cloud partner program.\u00a0 It was formerly known as the\u00a0<em>Microsoft Partner Program\u00a0<\/em>or MSPP.\u00a0 A Microsoft partner has been acknowledged and certified by Microsoft to offer a certain standard of sales and support services for their solutions.\u00a0 It is designed to make resources available to a wide variety of technology companies so they can build a business around Microsoft technologies.\u00a0 Emile (Victory Computer Services) has been a <em>Microsoft Registered Partner<\/em> since 2006.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-340 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-25 00:45:29\" data-filename=\"MCP-600x100-1.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/MCP-600x100-1.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-340 msDefaultImage\" title=\"MCP 600x100\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\">Microsoft has certification paths for many technical job roles.\u00a0 Each of these certifications consists of passing one or more exams to earn certification.\u00a0\u00a0After you pass your first qualifying Microsoft certification exam, you are deemed a <em><strong><span style=\"color:rgb(35,111,161);\">Microsoft Certified Professional<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(MCP).\u00a0 MCP status provides access to various technology benefits from Microsoft such as a <em>Microsoft Action Pack\u00a0<\/em>subscription.\u00a0 Emile earned MCP status in 2005.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-327 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-24 05:14:31\" data-filename=\"Virtual-Host-600x100-1.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virtual-Host-600x100-1.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-327 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Virtual Host 600x100\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\">As a hobby, Emile has built a <span style=\"color:rgb(53,152,219);\"><strong>Home Lab Server<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0using the popular Linux-based\u00a0<span style=\"color:rgb(53,152,219);\"><strong><em>Proxmox\u00a0Virtualization Platform<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 With Proxmox, he can quickly deploy virtual machines, Linux containers, and <em>Docker\u00a0<\/em>containers.\u00a0 He has installed\u00a0Portainer to manage docker containers,\u00a0<em>Dashy\u00a0<\/em>(a launchpad home page app),\u00a0<em>Uptime Kuma<\/em>\u00a0to monitor various network devices, and\u00a0<em>Speedtest Tracker\u00a0<\/em>to monitor the Internet connection.\u00a0 Other containers he has installed include <em>WordPress<\/em>, <em>NPMplus<\/em>, <em>Tandoor<\/em>, <em>LubeLogger<\/em>, <em>BentoPDF<\/em>, <em>MySpeed<\/em>, and <em>Scanopy<\/em>.\u00a0 He has used this virtualization environment to host apps that integrate with his home automation systems and provide virtual operating systems.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-239 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-21 21:41:11\" data-filename=\"Woodworking-600x100-1.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Woodworking-600x100-1.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-239 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Woodworking 600x100\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(35,111,161);\"><strong><em>Emile has also enjoyed woodworking as a hobby since his teenage years.<\/em><\/strong><\/span> This included performing simple carpentry tasks to creating custom jewelry boxes with fingered joints.\u00a0 He has made custom computer tables, shelving units, custom storage boxes, cutting boards, and custom kitchen cabinets, just to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0Pictured above-right is a custom walnut and mahogany frame for a raspberry pi based touch screen controller.\u00a0 Pictured above-left is an oak cabinet on rollers that he recently constructed to hold 14 Harbor Freight portable parts storage cases.\u00a0 The cabinet could hold a maximum of 18 of the thinner storage cases.\u00a0 Or, the thicket storage cases can take the place of two thinner ones.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-238 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-21 21:41:11\" data-filename=\"RPi-Hats-600x100-1.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPi-Hats-600x100-1.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-238 msDefaultImage\" title=\"RPi &amp; Hats 600x100\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(35,111,161);\"><em>Emile has incorporated ten <strong>Raspberry Pi<\/strong> single board computers into his home automation systems.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Some of the projects include several touch screen automation controllers, a 1-wire temperature and humidity sensors controller, a door controller. He has also used raspberry pi\u2019s for dedicated server role functions such as an internal WordPress web site, an MQTT host, Unifi Controller, and a whole house generator home automation interface.\u00a0 Pictured above is the hardware for a dual door controller.\u00a0 It consist of a raspberry pi, a RPi relay hat, and a custom opto-isolated input hat.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-237 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-08-21 21:41:11\" data-filename=\"Home-Automation03.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.victorycs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Home-Automation03.png\" height=\"100\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-230 slide-237 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Home Automation03\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><p style=\"font-size:12px;\">Emile\u2019s hobbies include electronics design and repair, 3D printing, woodworking, and (his favorite)\u00a0<span style=\"color:rgb(132,63,161);\"><strong><em>Home Automation<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 He has been automating aspects of his home for over 40 years.\u00a0 He started using X10 products in the early days (40 years ago) \u200bof home automation.\u00a0 He utilized HomeSeer software for several years as the brain of the automation system.\u00a0 Eventually he phased out X10 devices in favor of <em>Insteon\u00a0<\/em>devices and\u00a0<em>Universal Devices\u2019 ISY controller<\/em> and recently their EISY.\u00a0 Going forward he is moving from Insteon to Z-wave, Zigbee, and Matter based devices and possibly to the open source <em>Home Assistant <\/em>platform.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certifications and 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