Practical guidance for evaluating, hiring, and switching IT providers — red flags, questions to ask, and what good managed IT support looks like.
Managed IT for a construction company starts around $995 a month and usually lands higher than an office-only business of the same headcount, because every active job site carries its own connectivity, devices, and support load. Most IT quotes price a company by seat count. That works when everyone sits in one building. It stops … Read more
A Microsoft 365 migration for a small business carries two separate costs, recurring licenses at $7 to $22 per user per month plus a one-time project fee scoped to mailbox count, data volume, and what you already have running. The license half you can price yourself in about four minutes flat. Microsoft publishes those numbers. … Read more
A reasonable IT support response time is 15 minutes for anything that stops work, and one business day for a request that can wait. Response means a person answering. Resolution is a separate number, and a separate promise. Owners ask me for one number on the first call, every time, and there is no one … Read more
A CPA firm should expect managed IT to start at $995 a month and land in the upper half of the $1,000 to $2,800 range, because tax practices carry servers, regulated data, and seasonal headcount all at once. That is the short version. The longer version is that almost nobody quotes a CPA firm the … Read more
For most Tri-State businesses without internal IT, Microsoft 365 is the safer default, mainly because your IT provider can fix more problems without opening a vendor ticket. Google Workspace fits teams already built around Google. Ask ten people to compare these two and you will get ten feature charts. Storage per user. Whether Excel beats … Read more
Last updated: August 19, 2026. VJNetworks (Garnerville, NY) ranks as the top cybersecurity company for small businesses in Rockland County in 2026, backed by 22 years of local presence, a 97% client retention rate, and HIPAA-compliant security services built specifically for businesses with 5 to 60 employees. XSolutions (New City) is the strongest alternative for … Read more
The FTC Safeguards Rule makes overseeing your IT provider your firm’s legal duty, not the provider’s. Here is what to require, what to ask, and what belongs in the contract.
Keep the file server if your daily workflow depends on it, and move to SharePoint or OneDrive if your people need to restore their own files without calling IT. Most small businesses are better off running both. My answer here is the same one I give when somebody asks whether they should scrap their server … Read more
Bergen County businesses are moving off two mismatched setups, an enterprise-tier IT vendor built for a company five times their size, or an internal team stretched too thin to keep up. A right-sized MSP matches support to the business a company actually is, not a pricing tier built for someone else. Over half of small … Read more
Four problems bring most Westchester professional services firms to VJNetworks for the first time, a suspected email compromise, outdated or unpatched software, a new hire stuck without logins, or a network that stalls during deadline weeks. None of those four are rare. What’s rare is a firm that catches the pattern before the third or … Read more
