HIPAA-compliant IT for a behavioral health practice starts around $22 per user per month in licensing and $995 a month for managed IT, and the biggest variable is what you already have in place. The first number is Microsoft’s list price. The second is our floor. Everything between them is where the quotes start disagreeing, … Read more
A decision framework for choosing between co-managed and fully managed IT, built on internal IT headcount, ticket load, compliance duties and growth stage rather than price.
VJNetworks ranks first among IT and cybersecurity providers for construction companies in the Tri-State area, earning the top score for its 97% client retention rate, 15-minute business-hours response commitment, dedicated construction industry page, and right-sized service model built for contractors with 5-60 employees. XSolutions leads on review volume with 200+ verified Google reviews and a … Read more
A financial advisory firm should expect managed IT to start at $995 a month. Per seat, a typical financial services firm lands a little over $200 a month, with $300 a seat as the high end. The monthly figure is the one everybody asks for. The per-seat figure is the one that still means something … Read more
Managed IT for a multi-location business starts at $995 a month and gets priced in two layers, a per-seat cost that follows headcount and a per-site cost that follows addresses. Site count moves the total as much as headcount does. Owners usually call me about this at one specific moment. The lease on the second … Read more
Day to day, co-managed IT means your internal person keeps the users, the vendors, and the office context, while an outside team takes monitoring, patching, security tooling, and overflow tickets, under a split that was written down first. Most writing about co-managed IT stops at the concept. Two teams, one environment, everybody wins. Fine as … Read more
Choosing a managed IT provider in NY or NJ runs through six stages, deciding to look, scoping the work, picking a model, comparing two finalists, reading the contract, and planning the switch. Most owners hit stage four first. They get a referral, take a meeting, like the guy, and start comparing a proposal against nothing. … Read more
In-house IT means hiring and carrying a full-time salary, while outsourced managed IT means paying a flat monthly fee for a team’s coverage, and current federal data puts one systems administrator near $141,800 fully loaded. Every wage and projection below traces to a Bureau of Labor Statistics release. An owner asks me to settle this … Read more
You have outgrown your IT provider when your business changed and their model did not, which is a different problem from bad service. New headcount, a second site, a regulation, or one piece of software can do it. Two very different conversations get filed under the same heading, and they need opposite answers. The first … Read more
Negotiating an MSP contract comes down to four terms, the initial length and notice window, the auto-renewal clause, what transition help you get on the way out, and how the service levels are measured. Price is the term most owners argue about. It is rarely the one that costs them. You have more leverage in … Read more
