Systems looked after before you have to chase them
IT is only noticed when it stops. The aim of this work is a week where email just works, files are where people left them, and nobody is waiting on a password reset.
IT Solutions & Support
Business Platforms & IT
- Fewer lost mornings
- Recovery you have tested
- Access under control
- One accountable team
Most small and mid sized companies grow their IT by accident. A server bought years ago, email on a mix of free and paid accounts, backups that someone set up and nobody checks, antivirus that expired quietly. It works until the day it does not, and then the whole office stops.
We start with an honest picture of what you are running, who has access to what, and where a single failure would hurt most. Then we fix in order of risk. A restore you have actually tested matters more than a new firewall, and both matter more than new hardware.
After that, it becomes a routine rather than a series of emergencies. Someone watches the alerts, applies updates, adds and removes staff accounts properly, and answers your team when a laptop misbehaves. You get one number to call instead of three vendors pointing at each other.
What you end up with
Fewer lost mornings
Monitoring catches a filling disk or an expiring certificate in the week before it would have stopped the office on a Monday morning.
Recovery you have tested
If a machine dies or a file is deleted, you already know where the copy is and how long it takes.
Access under control
Staff get what their role needs on the first day and lose it on the last, without anyone hunting for old logins.
One accountable team
When something fails, there is a single point of ownership instead of a discussion between your internet, hardware and software vendors.
What's included in IT Solutions & Support
The work we take responsibility for, written plainly so there is no argument later about what was in scope.
Infrastructure review
A written picture of your servers, network, devices, licences and who administers them, with the risks listed in the order we would fix them.
Cloud and migration
Moving files, servers and workloads to cloud where it lowers cost or risk, and keeping them on site where it does not. The comparison is run against your current electricity, licence and hardware replacement costs before anything moves.
Email and identity
Business email on a domain you own, with single sign on, strong authentication, shared drives and a clean joining and leaving process for staff accounts.
Backup and recovery
Backups that run to more than one place, with a restore tested on a real file and a written answer to how long recovery would take.
Endpoint security
Managed protection on laptops and desktops, disk encryption, patching, and control over who can install what. Reported monthly so you know it is still on.
Monitoring and helpdesk
Alerts on disks, uptime, backups and certificates before they become outages, and a support desk your staff can reach for the everyday problems.
How we deliver IT Solutions & Support
The same five steps run through every engagement. Here is what each one means for this service.
- 1
Understand
Map the estate and its risks
We inventory devices, servers, accounts, licences and vendors, then find the places where one failure or one departing employee would cause real damage.
- 2
Strategize
Fix in order of risk
You get a short plan that separates what must be corrected this month, what can wait a quarter, and what is simply worth knowing about.
- 3
Build
Set up and migrate
We implement the agreed changes out of working hours where possible, migrate email and files with the old setup kept available until the new one settles.
- 4
Optimize
Watch, patch and report
Monitoring runs continuously, updates are applied on a schedule, and you receive a plain summary of what broke, what was fixed and what needs a decision.
- 5
Scale
Add branches to the same setup
New staff, new branches and new applications join the same identity, backup and security setup. You end up with one estate to run, not a second one bolted onto the side of the first.
What you end up with
Fewer lost mornings
Monitoring catches a filling disk or an expiring certificate in the week before it would have stopped the office on a Monday morning.
Recovery you have tested
If a machine dies or a file is deleted, you already know where the copy is and how long it takes.
Access under control
Staff get what their role needs on the first day and lose it on the last, without anyone hunting for old logins.
One accountable team
When something fails, there is a single point of ownership instead of a discussion between your internet, hardware and software vendors.
What clients ask before they start
We have one person handling IT. Do we replace them?
Should we move everything to the cloud?
How do you handle support requests day to day?
Our current setup was built by someone else. Will you take it over?
What happens if we are hit by ransomware?
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Let us look at your current setup
Walk us through the tools and steps you use today. We will point out what is worth keeping, what to replace, and a sensible order to do it in.