Burlington, Ontario · Serving the GTA since 1999

Your IT department, without the overhead of an IT department.

IT For Business provides outsourced IT support and fully managed services to successful small and medium businesses — so your technology works, your people stay productive, and your monthly costs stay predictable.

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Support hotline: 905.901.2563 · Office: 905.633.8731

What we do

Two ways to engage us

Use us on demand for support and projects, or hand us the keys and let us run it end to end. Many clients start with one and grow into the other.

Model 01 · On demand

Outsourced IT

Professional assistance when you need it — without carrying a full-time IT salary.

HelpdeskRemote, on-site, and emergency support. Most issues are resolved on the first call.
Staff augmentationSOW-based contracts to add expert skill sets for short or long terms.
Cloud servicesColocation, hybrid setups, and Microsoft Azure deployment.
Hosted emailEnterprise-class Microsoft 365 email at SMB pricing, with anti-spam and retention options.
Ad-hoc projectsServer upgrades, office moves, network cabling, domain controller work — planned and delivered.

Model 02 · Fully managed

Managed Services

We proactively run your environment for higher productivity and lower cost than managing it in-house.

InfrastructureServers, networks, wireless, VPN and remote access, virtualization (Hyper-V/VMware), and endpoint devices.
SecurityFirewalls, antivirus/anti-spam, content filtering, and redundant internet connectivity.
Microsoft 365Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Office applications.
Business continuityPreventative and reactive planning built around your recovery objectives — see below.

Business continuity

Beyond backups: the 3-2-1 rule

Ransomware, hardware failure, and disasters aren't always avoidable — downtime is. We identify your mission-critical systems, set recovery point and recovery time objectives with your stakeholders, and build a plan that keeps you in business.

Backup copies

At least three fault-tolerant backups of your systems and data.

Different media

Stored on a minimum of two different types of media.

Offsite copy

With at least one copy kept securely offsite.

How we work

Our process

Every organization is different. We scope your needs, wants, and nice-to-haves before we touch anything.

STEP 1

Assessment

Identify your requirements and define the scope of what your business actually needs.

STEP 2

Direction

Set a focused plan that meets your operational goals within budget and timelines.

STEP 3

Action

Implement with minimal disruption, scheduled around your workflows for project success.

STEP 4

Monitor & review

Establish metrics, maintain, educate users, and optimize as your organization changes.

Our team

Success begins with a great team

Business and technology professionals building the best possible IT service for you.

Brian Long

A highly referred consultant since 1999, Brian founded IT For Business Inc. in 2009 (previously Tachyon Consulting) with one guiding question for every client: "What would I do if this was my business?"

Ahren Walker

Brings years of IT experience developed in the life insurance and group benefits industries, supporting infrastructure, cloud, and end-user environments.

We too are a small business. We understand the challenges small and medium business owners face — because we face them ourselves.

Our partners

Backed by trusted vendors

MicrosoftFortinetSonicWallDell EMCLenovoVeeamBarracudaESETBackupAssistNetgearQNAP

Let's do IT for you.

Continue the conversation with IT For Business Inc. — we want to hear what you have to say. Call us to see how you can take advantage of outsourced or fully managed IT services.

Support hotline

905.901.2563

Office

905.633.8731

Mail

IT For Business Inc.
200 – 4145 North Service Rd
Burlington ON L7L 6A3