Co-managed IT in Te Rapa
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 Te Rapa. Most problems are fixed remotely first; when a job needs hands, a technician comes to you.
Co-managed IT for Te Rapa businesses
Te Rapa is Hamilton's main industrial and large-format retail area, stretching along Te Rapa Road to the Waikato Expressway, with dairy processing, distribution centres, trade suppliers, vehicle dealers, engineering firms and the large shopping centre at The Base.
Sites here often combine office, workshop and yard, so networks need to reach across large buildings and outdoor areas, carry CCTV and gate systems, and keep machines off the office network. Distribution and trade businesses rely on stock and freight systems that need dependable Wi-Fi and a backup internet connection.
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.
Technicians from our Hamilton team visit Te Rapa sites for warehouse Wi-Fi, cabling, CCTV and office IT, and handle most requests remotely. Site work is planned around operations.
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.
Second-line escalation
Our technicians and specialists on hand for difficult network, server, Microsoft 365 or security problems.
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.
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.
Leave and sickness cover
We know your systems well enough to keep things running while your IT person takes a proper break.
Is it right for your Te Rapa 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 Te Rapa: questions
Can you install CCTV at our Te Rapa yard?
Yes. We design and install business CCTV as low-voltage work, with cameras on their own network segment and secure remote viewing. We price each camera system in writing once we have walked the site.
How do we keep the warehouse running if the internet fails?
A second connection, usually mobile broadband, can take over automatically through a business firewall. We test the signal at your site before recommending equipment.
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.
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.
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.
Who decides who does what?
We agree a written responsibility list with your IT person and management at the start, covering support, security, backups, projects and vendors. It is reviewed as needs change.
More IT services in Te Rapa
- 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