Co-managed IT in Pakuranga
Your IT person knows your business better than any outside provider ever will. Co-managed IT gives them a team to lean on: proper tools, security and backup monitoring, help with the hard problems and cover when they are on leave, without replacing them.
Onsite technicians cover Pakuranga. Most problems are fixed remotely first; when a job needs hands, a technician comes to you.
Co-managed IT for Pakuranga businesses
Pakuranga has a long-established town centre and plaza, office buildings along Pakuranga Road and Ti Rakau Drive, medical and allied health practices, education providers and service businesses. The Eastern Busway works have changed roads and access around the town centre in recent years.
Offices in older Pakuranga buildings often have phone-grade cabling, a mix of equipment from several past suppliers and nobody sure who holds the admin passwords. Taking stock of accounts, licences and equipment, then replacing the weakest links, is usually where improvement starts.
Co-managed IT splits the work in a way that suits you. Your person keeps the parts they are best at, usually the day-to-day relationships, business systems and local knowledge. We provide what is expensive or impractical for one person: monitoring and management tools, security and backup oversight, a help desk for overflow, and specialists for networks, servers and cloud projects. The mix can change as your business grows or your IT person's role shifts.
We send technicians to Pakuranga offices and practices for audits, setups and fixes, and help staff remotely the rest of the time. Visits are planned around roadworks and parking where needed.
What's included
Shared management tools
Your IT person gets access to our monitoring, patching, remote support and documentation tools rather than buying and maintaining their own.
Project help
Extra hands for migrations, office moves, rollouts and upgrades, planned with your IT person and quoted in writing first.
Security monitoring
Threat detection alerts, sign-in risks and email security watched by our team, with serious issues raised with your IT person straight away.
Backup oversight
Backup jobs checked each working day and test restores done on schedule, so one person isn't responsible for noticing every failure.
Help desk overflow
Staff requests passed to us during busy periods or projects, so your IT person can focus on the work that needs their knowledge.
Shared documentation
One set of up-to-date notes on your systems, so knowledge stays in the business if people change.
Is it right for your Pakuranga office?
Co-managed IT tends to suit businesses where:
- One IT person looks after 20 to 75 staff on their own
- Your IT person can't take leave without things piling up
- Security and backups depend on one person remembering to check them
- A big project is coming that needs more hands than you have
- Your IT person wants better tools than the budget allows on its own
How getting started works
- Free IT health check. We look at your devices, accounts, backups and network and tell you what we find, in plain English.
- Clear proposal. A written monthly price per user and a list of any fixes, with nothing hidden.
- Handover. We collect admin access and documentation from your current provider and keep your team working.
- Day-one fixes. Security gaps, failed backups and urgent risks are dealt with first.
Co-managed IT in Pakuranga: questions
We don't know who has our admin passwords. What do we do?
We help you recover control of your domain, Microsoft 365, firewall and other key accounts, then store the admin details securely in the business's name. It is a common first job when taking over an office's IT.
Can you do an IT health check before we commit to a plan?
Yes. An IT health check reviews your devices, network, security and backups and gives you a prioritised list of issues. There's no obligation to move onto a plan afterwards.
Does our IT person keep admin access?
Yes. They keep full access and can see every ticket, alert and change we make. We work in the same documentation, so nothing is hidden.
How is co-managed IT priced?
It is usually based on our per-user plans, $69, $119 or $169 per user per month plus GST, adjusted for the work your IT person keeps. We set out the agreed price in writing first.
What if our IT person leaves?
Because the documentation and tools are shared, we can keep things running while you recruit, or move you onto a fully managed plan if you decide not to replace the role.
Will this replace our IT person?
No. The point is to support them, not replace them. Your IT person stays in charge of your systems and their relationships with staff; we add tools, depth and cover around them.
More IT services in Pakuranga
- Managed IT
- IT support
- Cyber security
- Microsoft 365
- Networks & Wi-Fi
- Internet & phones
- Backup & disaster recovery
- Cloud & servers
- Email security & deliverability
- CCTV & access control
- Printers, copiers & scanning
- Laptops, PCs & devices
- Office moves & fit-outs
- IT strategy & consulting
- Security awareness training