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These are the foundational tools that make managed services possible. Think of them as the "behind-the-scenes" systems that keep everything running.
Our central nervous system—combines Professional Services Automation (PSA) for ticketing/billing and Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) for device management.
"This is how we provide 24/7 monitoring and fast support response. When something goes wrong, we often know about it before you do."
Sales Talk Track: "ConnectWise is our central management platform. It's how we monitor your systems around the clock and ensure our helpdesk responds quickly to every issue. Think of it as mission control for your IT."

Advanced network monitoring that creates visual maps of network infrastructure and tracks performance in real-time.
Automatically discovers all network devices, creates visual network topology maps, monitors bandwidth usage and performance, alerts on network issues before they impact users, and tracks network device inventory and configurations.
"We can see exactly how your network is performing and catch problems before they cause downtime. No more guessing why the internet is slow."
Sales Talk Track: "Auvik gives us complete visibility into your network. We can see every switch, router, and access point, monitor their health, and fix problems before your team even notices. It's like having X-ray vision for your network."
Centralized IT documentation platform that stores all information about a client's technology environment.
"All your IT information is documented and secure. If something happens, we have everything we need to fix it quickly. No more lost passwords or missing documentation."
Sales Talk Track: "ITGlue is where we document everything about your IT environment—passwords, network diagrams, licenses, vendor info, all in one secure place. This means any technician on our team can help you quickly because they have complete, up-to-date information."
Microsoft's comprehensive suite of business productivity and cloud services. Most businesses use some Microsoft products—we help them use them strategically.
Complete productivity suite including Office apps, email, and collaboration tools.
Business Value for Clients: "Your team can work productively from anywhere, on any device, with enterprise-grade email and collaboration tools. Everything syncs automatically and is backed up in the cloud."
$6/user/month
Web apps only, email, Teams
$12.50/user/month
Desktop apps, email, Teams
$22/user/month
Standard + advanced security
Enterprise pricing
Enterprise plans with advanced features
Sales Talk Track: "Microsoft 365 gives your team professional email, the latest Office apps, Teams for collaboration, and cloud storage—all working together seamlessly. Your team can work from anywhere, and we manage it all to ensure it's secure and optimized."

Microsoft's cloud computing platform for hosting servers, applications, and services.
Hosts virtual servers in the cloud, provides scalable computing resources, offers database and storage services, runs business applications, enables hybrid cloud scenarios, and provides disaster recovery capabilities.
"Instead of buying expensive servers that become outdated, you rent computing power in Microsoft's cloud. Scale up or down based on your needs, and only pay for what you use."
Sales Talk Track: "Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform. Instead of buying physical servers that sit in your office, we host your applications and data in Microsoft's secure datacenters. This gives you enterprise-grade infrastructure without the hardware costs, plus built-in disaster recovery."
Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management system (formerly Azure Active Directory).
"Your employees have one password that works everywhere securely. You control who can access what, and we can see suspicious login attempts immediately."
Sales Talk Track: "Entra ID is your identity management system. It's like a secure gatekeeper that controls who can access your applications and data. Users get single sign-on so they only need to remember one password, and we enforce multi-factor authentication to keep everything secure."

Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Application Management (MAM) platform.
Manages and secures all devices, deploys software remotely, enforces security policies, enables remote wipe, manages apps on personal devices, ensures device compliance.
"We can manage and secure all your devices remotely—even personal phones accessing company email. If a device is lost or stolen, we can wipe company data remotely to protect you."
Sales Talk Track: "Intune lets us manage and secure every device that accesses your company data. Whether it's company-owned laptops or employees' personal phones checking email, we can enforce security policies and wipe company data remotely if a device is lost."
Microsoft's comprehensive security platform built into Microsoft 365.
"Built-in enterprise security that protects your email, devices, and cloud apps. All integrated with Microsoft 365, so you're not buying separate security tools."
Sales Talk Track: "Microsoft Defender is enterprise-grade security that's already included with certain Microsoft 365 licenses. It protects against email phishing, malware on devices, suspicious logins, and risky cloud apps—all managed from one dashboard."
Bundle that includes Entra ID P1/P2, Intune, and Information Protection.
"Complete security and management for your mobile workforce—identity, devices, and data all protected and managed together."
Sales Talk Track: "EMS is Microsoft's security and management bundle for modern, mobile work. It includes identity management, device management, and data protection—everything you need to enable secure remote work and meet compliance requirements."

Microsoft's cloud-hosted email service (included in Microsoft 365).
Provides enterprise email (50-100GB mailboxes), includes calendar and contacts, offers shared mailboxes and distribution lists, provides mobile email access, includes email archiving and retention, built-in spam and malware filtering.
"Professional email that works on all devices, with huge mailboxes and built-in security. No email server to maintain, update, or worry about."
Sales Talk Track: "Exchange Online is your email in Microsoft's cloud. You get huge mailboxes, mobile access, built-in security, and we manage everything. No more email server to update or backup—it just works."
Microsoft's unified communication platform for chat, video meetings, and collaboration.
"Replace multiple communication tools with one platform. Chat, meet, call, and collaborate all in one place that integrates with everything you already use."
Sales Talk Track: "Teams is your central hub for communication. Instead of switching between chat, video, email, and phone calls, everything happens in Teams. It integrates with all your Office files and we can even replace your phone system with Teams calling."

Microsoft's enterprise content management and collaboration platform.
"Centralized place for company documents with version control, security, and easy sharing. Everyone works from the same files, and we can automate approval workflows."
Sales Talk Track: "SharePoint is like shared network drives on steroids. Store documents centrally, control who can access what, track versions, automate workflows, and integrate with Teams. It's perfect for replacing old file servers."
Personal cloud storage included with Microsoft 365 (1TB per user).
Stores user's files in the cloud, syncs files across all devices, enables offline access, provides automatic backup of important folders, allows easy file sharing, includes file versioning and recovery.
"Every employee gets 1TB of cloud storage that syncs across all their devices. Files are backed up automatically, accessible anywhere, and we can recover accidentally deleted files."
Sales Talk Track: "OneDrive gives each user 1TB of personal cloud storage that syncs across all their devices. Save a file on your desktop, it's instantly on your laptop and phone. If your laptop dies, all your files are safely in the cloud."

Build custom business apps
Automate workflows and processes
Create business intelligence dashboards
Build business websites
Business Value for Clients: "Stop doing repetitive tasks manually. Automate workflows, build custom apps for your specific needs, and create dashboards that show your business metrics—all without expensive custom development."
Sales Talk Track: "Power Platform lets us automate repetitive tasks and build custom solutions for your specific business needs—without expensive custom programming. We can automate approvals, create custom apps, and build dashboards that show exactly what you need to see."
Manages customer relationships and sales pipeline
Handles support tickets and cases
Manages accounting and financial operations
Manages inventory and operations
Complete ERP for small-medium business
Business Value for Clients: "Enterprise-grade business management software that integrates with everything you already use. Manage customers, sales, finances, and operations in one system."
Sales Talk Track: "Dynamics 365 is Microsoft's business management platform. It handles everything from customer relationships and sales to accounting and operations—all integrated with Microsoft 365. If you're outgrowing QuickBooks or using disconnected systems, this brings it all together."

Drafts documents, rewrites content, summarizes
Analyzes data, creates formulas, generates insights
Creates presentations from prompts
Drafts emails, summarizes threads
Summarizes meetings, generates action items
Searches across all apps and data
Business Value for Clients: "AI assistant that works in all your Microsoft apps. Draft documents, analyze data, create presentations, and find information faster. It's like having an expert helper in every app."
Sales Talk Track: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant built into all your productivity apps. It can draft documents, analyze Excel data, create PowerPoint presentations, summarize email threads, and search across all your company information. Think of it as having an intelligent assistant in every app you use."
Our comprehensive security stack protects against modern threats. Most clients need multiple layers—position these as working together.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform with Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR).
Business Value for Clients: "Our Security Operations Center watches your complete environment 24/7, using AI to detect threats that individual tools might miss. You get enterprise-grade security monitoring without hiring security experts."
Sales Talk Track: "Vantage Point is like having a security operations center watching your business 24/7. It collects data from all your security tools, uses AI to detect threats, and our security analysts monitor and respond to alerts around the clock. You get enterprise security without hiring a security team."
Included in pricing
AI-powered analysis
Coordination and remediation
Monthly security summaries
Retention for audits

AI-powered Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platform.
"The most advanced endpoint protection available. It uses AI to stop threats that traditional antivirus misses, automatically responds to attacks, and can roll back ransomware damage. Your computers are protected even when offline."
Sales Talk Track: "Enhanced SentinelOne is AI-powered endpoint protection that's light-years beyond traditional antivirus. It doesn't need virus definitions—the AI recognizes malicious behavior and stops attacks automatically. If ransomware tries to encrypt your files, SentinelOne stops it and rolls back any damage. It's the gold standard for endpoint protection."
Advanced email security that protects against phishing, malware, and business email compromise.
Scans all emails for malicious content before delivery, detects and blocks phishing attempts, analyzes links and attachments in real-time, identifies business email compromise attempts, provides email continuity during outages, includes email archiving and backup.
"Stops malicious emails before they reach your users' inboxes. Phishing is the #1 way businesses get hacked—this is your front-line defense against email-based attacks."
Sales Talk Track: "Acronis Email Security adds an extra layer of protection beyond what's built into Microsoft 365 or Gmail. It analyzes every email for phishing attempts, malicious links, and dangerous attachments—blocking threats before they reach your users. Since 90% of cyberattacks start with email, this is critical protection."

User-friendly multi-factor authentication (MFA) that requires a second verification beyond passwords.
Adds second factor to login (phone notification), protects against compromised passwords, simple push-notification approval, supports various authentication methods, works with virtually any application, provides login attempt visibility, easy user enrollment and management.
"Even if someone steals your password, they can't log in without your phone. MFA stops 99% of account compromise attacks with a simple push notification."
Sales Talk Track: "Duo adds multi-factor authentication to your logins. When someone tries to access your systems, they need both the password and a push notification approval on their phone. Even if a password is stolen in a breach, the attacker still can't get in. It's simple for users and incredibly effective."
The world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform.
"Employees are your weakest security link. KnowBe4 trains them to recognize and avoid phishing attacks, and we test them regularly with simulated phishing to ensure the training works."
Sales Talk Track: "KnowBe4 trains your employees to be your first line of defense against phishing and social engineering. They get engaging security training throughout the year, and we send simulated phishing emails to test them. Anyone who clicks gets immediate training. This dramatically reduces your risk from email-based attacks."
Compliance-focused security awareness training with emphasis on regulatory requirements.
"Stay compliant with HIPAA, PCI, and other regulations through regular security training. We track completion, generate audit reports, and ensure you can demonstrate employee training to auditors."
Sales Talk Track: "Breach Secure Now focuses on compliance training for regulations like HIPAA and PCI. It ensures your employees understand their compliance obligations, tracks their training completion, and generates audit reports. When auditors ask for proof of security training, you have documented evidence."
Backup is insurance you hope you never need—but critical when you do. These tools work together for complete protection.
Physical backup appliances that live on-site and provide local AND cloud backup with instant recovery.
Business Value for Clients: "Your servers are backed up continuously to a local appliance and the cloud. If a server fails, we can have it running virtually from the backup appliance in minutes—not hours or days. You get enterprise disaster recovery at SMB prices."
Sales Talk Track: "Datto is like insurance for your servers. It backs up continuously to both a local appliance and the cloud. If your server fails, we can boot it from the Datto appliance in minutes while we fix or replace the server. Your business keeps running with minimal interruption."
Small offices, single server
Multiple servers, more data
Large environments, many servers

Cloud-based backup service that protects servers, workstations, and applications to the cloud.
"All your critical data is backed up to the cloud, protected from ransomware, and recoverable quickly. If your building burns down or floods, your data is safe in the cloud."
Sales Talk Track: "Acronis backs up all your servers and workstations to the cloud. If something happens to your office—fire, flood, theft—your data is safe and recoverable from anywhere. It's perfect for protecting workstations, cloud servers, or as an additional layer of protection."
Dedicated backup for Microsoft 365 data (email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams).
Backs up all M365 data beyond Microsoft's retention, protects against accidental deletion and ransomware, enables granular restore of emails, files, folders, provides long-term retention for compliance, includes legal hold capabilities, protects OneDrive and SharePoint data, backs up Teams conversations and files.
"Microsoft 365 isn't actually backed up by default—you only have 30-90 days of retention. If someone deletes something or leaves the company, you could lose critical data. This protects everything long-term."
Sales Talk Track: "Most people don't realize that Microsoft 365 isn't truly backed up—you only have 30-93 days to recover deleted items. After that, it's gone forever. Acronis M365 Backup protects your email, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data indefinitely. If an employee deletes important files or someone malicious compromises an account and deletes data, we can restore it."
The physical and virtual infrastructure that makes everything work. Different tools for different situations.
Enterprise-grade network security firewalls with advanced threat protection.
Business Value for Clients: "Your firewall is the front door to your network. WatchGuard provides enterprise-grade security that blocks threats, enables secure remote access, and gives us visibility into what's happening on your network."
Sales Talk Track: "WatchGuard is our preferred enterprise firewall. It doesn't just block basic threats—it includes advanced threat detection, intrusion prevention, VPN for remote workers, and integrates with our monitoring platform. Think of it as a security guard, bouncer, and surveillance system all in one."

Cisco's cloud-managed networking equipment (firewalls, switches, wireless access points).
Cloud-managed (no local controller needed), provides single dashboard for all devices, includes automatic updates and configurations, offers wireless access points with advanced features, provides network switches with PoE, includes firewalls with security features, reports on network usage and clients.
"Cloud-managed networking that's simple to manage across multiple locations. One dashboard shows all your network equipment everywhere, and we manage it all remotely."
Sales Talk Track: "Meraki is Cisco's cloud-managed networking platform. Instead of local controllers and complex management, everything is managed from the cloud through one simple dashboard. Perfect for businesses with multiple locations or those who want enterprise features without enterprise complexity."
Ubiquiti's enterprise networking equipment at SMB prices (wireless access points, switches, gateways).
"Enterprise-quality wireless and networking at small business prices. You get reliable, fast Wi-Fi coverage and professional network equipment without the Cisco price tag."
Sales Talk Track: "Unifi provides enterprise-quality wireless access points and network switches at very reasonable prices. You get fast, reliable Wi-Fi coverage, professional network equipment, and easy management—without spending Cisco-level money."

All-in-one virtualization platform that combines servers, storage, and virtualization in a simple appliance.
Runs multiple virtual servers on one appliance, provides built-in high availability (no single point of failure), self-healing architecture fixes problems automatically, simple management interface, scales easily by adding nodes, eliminates complex virtualization setup, includes rolling updates with no downtime.
"Instead of separate servers, storage, and virtualization software, everything is in one appliance that's simple to manage. If a node fails, your servers keep running automatically. Enterprise reliability without enterprise complexity."
Sales Talk Track: "Scale Computing is like having enterprise virtualization in a simple appliance. Instead of buying multiple servers, storage, and complex VMware, everything is integrated. If a component fails, your virtual servers automatically fail over to healthy nodes. You get enterprise reliability without the complexity or cost."
These are the service layers we provide—the "what we do" for clients. These build on the tools above.
These services manage different aspects of a client's IT infrastructure.
Complete management and support for user workstations (laptops and desktops).
"We monitor every computer 24/7, keep software updated automatically, and provide fast support when users need help. Computers stay healthy and users stay productive."
Per device per month (typically $30-50/device depending on tier)
Sales Talk Track: "Desktop Management means we monitor and maintain every computer 24/7. We push updates automatically, monitor performance, manage antivirus, and provide support when users need help. Your computers stay healthy and secure without anyone having to think about it."
Complete management and maintenance for physical and virtual servers.
"Your servers are monitored 24/7. We catch problems before they cause outages, keep servers patched and secure, and ensure backups are working. No more hoping servers are healthy—we know they are."
Per server per month (typically $100-200/server depending on tier)
Sales Talk Track: "Server Management means we monitor your servers around the clock, looking for problems before they cause downtime. We manage patches, monitor performance, watch for errors, and verify backups are working. Your most critical systems get 24/7 attention."
Management of virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, Scale Computing).
Hypervisor monitoring and updates, virtual machine management and optimization, high availability configuration and monitoring, capacity planning and resource optimization, backup integration and verification, disaster recovery planning, performance tuning.
"We manage your virtualization platform to ensure all your virtual servers run optimally. We monitor the foundation that runs your servers, not just the servers themselves."
Per host per month (typically $150-300/host depending on complexity)
Sales Talk Track: "Host Server Management covers the virtualization platform that runs your virtual servers. We monitor the hypervisor, manage resources, ensure high availability works properly, and optimize performance. It's managing the foundation that everything else runs on."
Monitoring and management of network infrastructure (firewalls, switches, wireless access points).
"We monitor your entire network infrastructure 24/7. Firewalls, switches, wireless access points—everything is watched for problems, kept updated, and optimized for performance."
Per device per month OR flat fee for network (typically $50-150/device or $500-2000/month total)
Sales Talk Track: "Network Management means we monitor every piece of your network infrastructure—firewalls, switches, wireless access points. We watch for problems, keep firmware updated, monitor performance, and alert on security issues. Your network is actively managed, not just working until it breaks."
Management and administration of cloud platforms, primarily Microsoft 365.
"We manage your Microsoft 365 environment to ensure it's secure, optimized, and properly configured. Users are set up correctly, licenses aren't wasted, and security policies are enforced."
Per user per month (typically $10-30/user depending on tier) OR included in Desktop Management
Sales Talk Track: "Cloud and Email Management means we actively administer your Microsoft 365 environment. We manage users and licenses, configure security properly, optimize SharePoint and Teams, and ensure you're getting full value from M365. It's not just email—it's strategic cloud platform management."

Management and security of mobile devices (phones, tablets) using Intune or similar.
Device enrollment in Intune, security policy enforcement, application management (deploy, update, remove), remote wipe for lost/stolen devices, conditional access policies, compliance monitoring, BYOD (bring your own device) support.
"Every mobile device accessing company data is secured and managed. Lost devices can be wiped remotely, security policies are enforced, and you maintain control even on personal devices."
Per device per month (typically $5-15/device) OR included in higher service tiers
Sales Talk Track: "Mobile Device Management secures every phone and tablet accessing your company data. We enroll devices in Intune, enforce security policies, deploy apps, and can remotely wipe company data if a device is lost. Whether it's company-owned or personal devices, your data stays protected."
These are specialized security services beyond basic security tools. These often sell separately or as add-ons.
Around-the-clock monitoring by security analysts using Vantage Point SIEM.
"Expert security analysts watch your environment 24/7, using AI and threat intelligence to detect attacks. If something suspicious happens at 2 AM on Sunday, we're watching and responding—not waiting until Monday morning."
Typically included with Vantage Point licensing, or $500-2000/month depending on environment size
Sales Talk Track: "Our Security Operations Center monitors your complete environment 24/7 using Vantage Point. Real security analysts—not just automated alerts—watch for threats, investigate suspicious activity, and coordinate response. You get enterprise-grade security monitoring without hiring a security team."
Proactive threat hunting and expert incident response that goes beyond monitoring.
Everything in SOC Monitoring, proactive threat hunting (looking for threats), advanced incident response, forensic investigation, threat containment and remediation, post-incident reporting and recommendations, security posture improvement guidance.
"Beyond monitoring and alerting, our security experts actively hunt for threats in your environment and provide hands-on incident response when needed. If you're attacked, you have expert help immediately."
$2,000-10,000/month depending on environment size and coverage
Sales Talk Track: "Managed Detection and Response goes beyond monitoring. Our security team actively hunts for threats in your environment, investigates suspicious activity deeply, and provides hands-on incident response if you're attacked. It's like having a security team on retainer, ready to respond immediately."

Part-time Chief Information Security Officer services for strategic security guidance.
"Get executive-level security expertise without hiring a full-time CISO. Strategic guidance, policy development, compliance planning, and board reporting from experienced security professionals."
$2,000-10,000/month for retainer hours (typically 8-40 hours/month)
Sales Talk Track: "vCISO services give you executive-level security expertise part-time. We develop your security strategy, create policies, guide compliance efforts, assess risks, and report to your board. You get the strategic guidance of a CISO without the $200K+ salary."
Ethical hacking to identify vulnerabilities before bad actors do.
"We attack your systems ethically to find vulnerabilities before hackers do. You get a roadmap of what to fix and proof that your security investments are working."
Project-based: $5,000-50,000 depending on scope
Sales Talk Track: "Penetration testing validates that your security is working. We ethically hack your systems—from the internet, inside your network, and even through social engineering—to find vulnerabilities before real attackers do. You get detailed findings with remediation guidance and proof for auditors or insurance that your security is solid."
Comprehensive assessment of compliance with regulatory requirements (HIPAA, PCI, NIST, CIS).
"Know exactly where you stand with compliance and what needs to be fixed. Get a clear roadmap to achieve compliance and documentation for auditors."
Project-based: $5,000-30,000 depending on framework and scope
Sales Talk Track: "Compliance Assessment shows you exactly where you stand against HIPAA, PCI, NIST, or other frameworks. We identify gaps, prioritize fixes, create remediation roadmap, and provide documentation for auditors. You know exactly what to do to achieve compliance."
Monitoring of dark web and breach databases for compromised employee credentials.
Continuous dark web monitoring, breach database scanning, email and password compromise alerts, domain monitoring for phishing sites, executive identity monitoring, alert notification and response guidance, monthly breach reports.
"Know immediately if employee credentials are compromised in breaches. We monitor the dark web and breach databases, alerting you when company email addresses or passwords appear so you can reset them before they're used against you."
$200-1,000/month depending on user count and monitoring scope
Sales Talk Track: "Dark Web Monitoring watches breach databases and dark web forums for your company's email addresses and passwords. When credentials are compromised in third-party breaches, we alert you immediately so you can reset passwords before attackers use them against you. It's like having a lookout watching for your stolen credentials."

Regular simulated phishing campaigns to test and train employees (integrated with KnowBe4 or Breach Secure Now).
"Test your employees with realistic phishing attacks to see who's vulnerable. Anyone who clicks gets immediate training. Track improvement over time and demonstrate security awareness to auditors."
Typically included with KnowBe4/Breach Secure Now, or $3-10/user/month
Sales Talk Track: "Phishing Simulation sends realistic fake phishing emails to your employees to test them. We track who clicks and who doesn't, provide immediate training to those who fail, and show you trends over time. It's like fire drills for cybersecurity—practice makes perfect."
Continuous scanning and management of vulnerabilities across your environment.
Regular vulnerability scanning (network, systems, applications), vulnerability prioritization and risk scoring, patch management coordination, remediation tracking and validation, compliance-focused scanning, executive vulnerability reports, integration with ticketing for remediation.
"Continuous visibility into security weaknesses across your environment. We identify vulnerabilities, prioritize by risk, coordinate fixes, and validate remediation. Stay ahead of exploitable weaknesses."
$500-3,000/month depending on environment size and scan frequency
Sales Talk Track: "Vulnerability Management continuously scans your environment for security weaknesses—outdated software, misconfigurations, missing patches. We prioritize findings by risk, coordinate remediation with your team, and validate fixes. You always know your current security posture and what needs attention."
Backup and disaster recovery services built on the tools above.
Comprehensive backup services using Acronis and/or Datto.
"Your data is backed up and monitored daily. We watch for backup failures, test restores regularly, and help with recovery when needed. You can focus on business knowing backup is handled professionally."
Based on data volume (per GB or per TB) plus management fee
Sales Talk Track: "Cloud Backup Services means we design, configure, monitor, and test your backups. We watch daily to ensure backups complete successfully, investigate any failures, test restores regularly, and help with recovery if needed. Backup isn't just running—it's actively managed and validated."
Dedicated email and collaboration backup using Acronis M365 Backup.
"Protect email, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams beyond Microsoft's limited retention. Restore deleted items anytime, maintain compliance with retention policies, and recover from ransomware or malicious deletion."
Per user per month (typically $3-8/user)
Sales Talk Track: "Email Backup protects your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace data indefinitely. Microsoft only retains deleted items for 30-90 days—after that, it's gone forever. We backup email, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams continuously so you can restore anything, anytime. Essential for compliance and protection against accidental or malicious deletion."

Comprehensive disaster recovery planning and testing services.
"Know exactly what happens if disaster strikes. Documented plans, tested procedures, defined recovery times. When the worst happens, you have a playbook to follow instead of chaos."
Project-based setup ($5,000-25,000) plus ongoing testing/updates ($1,000-5,000/quarter)
Sales Talk Track: "Disaster Recovery Planning ensures you can actually recover when disaster strikes. We document your critical systems, define recovery time requirements, create detailed recovery procedures, and test them regularly. When crisis happens, you follow a tested plan instead of making it up on the fly."
Datto or similar appliances that provide local and cloud backup with rapid recovery.
Appliance deployment and configuration, continuous backup monitoring, screenshot verification, local and cloud redundancy, instant virtualization capability, recovery assistance, appliance maintenance and updates.
"Ultimate disaster recovery with local appliance and cloud backup. If server fails, boot it from the appliance in minutes. Your business keeps running while we fix the problem."
Appliance cost + monthly licensing (typically $200-2,000/month depending on size)
Sales Talk Track: "BCDR Appliances provide the ultimate disaster recovery. Your servers backup continuously to both a local appliance and the cloud. If a server fails, we boot it virtually from the appliance within minutes—your business keeps running while we fix or replace the failed server. It's enterprise disaster recovery at SMB prices."
Our packaging of services at different levels. These determine what's included and pricing.
Hybrid model where client has internal IT staff and we provide specific services or backup support.
Business Value: "Your IT team focuses on business-specific projects while we handle infrastructure monitoring, after-hours support, and specialized expertise. Best of both worlds—internal knowledge plus external resources."
Varies by agreement—can include any combination of:
Specific systems monitoring
Vantage Point, SentinelOne
Complete backup oversight
Support outside business hours
Technology planning and guidance
Modular—priced based on specific services included
Sales Talk Track: "Co-Managed IT lets you keep your internal IT person while we provide backup support, specialized expertise, and 24/7 monitoring. Your IT person focuses on business-specific projects, we handle infrastructure and after-hours. You get comprehensive coverage without replacing your staff."
Entry-level managed services tier providing essential monitoring, management, and support.
Business Value: "Core managed services that keep your technology healthy and secure with proactive monitoring, automated maintenance, and business-hours support. Foundation for reliable IT."
Typically $30-60 per device/user per month
Sales Talk Track: "Foundation gives you the essentials—24/7 monitoring, automated patching, business-hours support, and endpoint security. Your technology is proactively managed instead of reactive. It's the foundation for reliable, secure IT."
Mid-tier managed services with enhanced support and security.
"Round-the-clock support and security monitoring. When problems happen at 2 AM, you have support. Our SOC watches for security threats 24/7. You get enterprise-level service with strategic planning."
Typically $50-90 per device/user per month
Sales Talk Track: "Premier 24/7 adds after-hours support and our Security Operations Center monitoring 24/7. If something breaks at midnight, you have support. If attackers try to breach your systems, our SOC responds immediately. Plus quarterly business reviews ensure IT aligns with business goals."
Comprehensive managed services with all bells and whistles.
"White-glove managed services with dedicated team, strategic guidance, and comprehensive security. You get enterprise IT department capabilities with executive-level strategic partnership."
Typically $80-150+ per device/user per month
Sales Talk Track: "Premium provides white-glove managed services with dedicated team, vCISO strategic guidance, unlimited support including on-site, and comprehensive security. It's like having an enterprise IT department and CISO without the salaries."
Modifications to standard offerings for specific situations.
Service packages excluding Enhanced SentinelOne endpoint protection.
Typically $3-8/device/month reduction
Discounted pricing for qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
Typically 10-20% off standard pricing (varies by service)
All standard services at discounted rates
Sales Guidance: "We support non-profits with discounted pricing on all our services. You get the same enterprise-grade IT and security, just at rates that respect non-profit budgets."
Special compliance-focused versions for government entities and contractors.
Sales Guidance: "Government entities require GCC versions of Microsoft 365 for compliance. This ensures data stays in US government cloud with appropriate security controls. Pricing is higher, but compliance is mandatory."
Special pricing and licensing for K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
Sales Guidance: "Education pricing leverages significant Microsoft academic discounts plus our specialized education services. We understand student device challenges, summer schedules, and education compliance requirements like FERPA."
Understanding how tools work together helps you position comprehensive solutions.
Monitoring and management platform
Endpoint protection
Network monitoring
Documentation
Productivity and email
Sales Talk Track: "These core tools work together to provide complete monitoring, security, and management. ConnectWise monitors everything, SentinelOne protects endpoints, Auvik watches your network, ITGlue documents everything, and we manage your Microsoft 365. It's comprehensive IT management."
Endpoint protection (computers)
Network security monitoring
Perimeter security
Identity protection
User training
Email protection
Sales Talk Track: "Comprehensive security requires multiple layers. SentinelOne protects computers, Vantage Point monitors your network with 24/7 SOC, WatchGuard secures your perimeter, Duo protects logins, KnowBe4 trains users, and Acronis blocks email threats. Each layer catches what others might miss."
Server backup (local + cloud)
Workstation backup
Email/collaboration backup
Recovery procedures
Sales Talk Track: "Complete data protection covers everything. Datto backs up servers locally and to cloud with instant recovery. Acronis backs up workstations to cloud. Acronis M365 protects your email and files beyond Microsoft's limited retention. Plus documented disaster recovery procedures."
Productivity + security
Device management
Security suite
Advanced identity
Replace phone system
AI productivity
Sales Talk Track: "Modern workplace on Microsoft 365 means your team works from anywhere on any device, securely. Intune manages devices, Defender provides security, advanced identity protects accounts, Teams replaces your phone system, and Copilot adds AI assistance. Everything works together seamlessly."
Cloud-managed networking
Centralized applications
Cloud productivity
Multi-site monitoring
Backup at each location
Sales Talk Track: "Multi-location businesses need centralized management. Meraki provides cloud-managed networking at every site, Azure hosts centralized applications, Microsoft 365 enables collaboration across locations, Auvik monitors all sites from one dashboard, and Datto protects data at each location. You manage everything from anywhere."
These tools exist to solve business problems. Always start with the business problem, then show how the right combination of tools and services solves it. You're not selling technology—you're selling reliability, security, and peace of mind.
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