IT Consulting for Sudbury & Northern Ontario Businesses

Give you a clear picture of your current technology environment, identify risks and opportunities, and produce a written plan for what to do about them. That covers infrastructure (servers, network, Wi-Fi, backup), Microsoft 365 tenant configuration, cybersecurity posture, disaster recovery capability, licensing efficiency, hardware refresh planning, and vendor coordination. A consulting engagement leaves you with documentation and a roadmap you own — not a sales pitch.

Managed IT is ongoing: you pay a monthly fee and we run your technology environment. Consulting is finite: a defined engagement, a written deliverable, and no ongoing commitment. Many businesses use consulting first — to understand what is actually going on — before deciding whether to hire internally, outsource to a managed IT provider, or run a hybrid. We will tell you honestly which path fits your situation.

We do not accept kickbacks and we do not push specific vendors as a matter of principle. When we recommend Sophos, Meraki, Veeam, or Microsoft 365 licensing, it is because those products fit the situation — and we say so in writing. If a cheaper or better-fit option exists, we recommend that instead. Our value depends on that honesty; every client eventually notices the alternative.

A written assessment report covering your current environment (infrastructure, security, licensing, backup, network), identified risks with a business-impact rating, prioritized recommendations with rough cost estimates, and a phased 12-24 month roadmap. You own all documentation. If you decide to hire an internal IT person or another provider, they can pick up from where our report leaves off — that is the point.

Yes. Cyber-insurance renewals now include detailed questionnaires: MFA coverage, EDR deployment, backup posture, incident-response plans, security-awareness training. We help you answer honestly, identify gaps, and close them before submission. For regulated industries (legal, medical, financial), we scope the specific compliance work required — we do not claim generic 'compliance expertise' beyond what we can actually deliver.

Yes. Second-opinion consulting is one of the most valuable engagements we do. You send us the proposal; we review it against your actual environment and business needs; we tell you what is reasonable, what is overpriced, what is missing, and what to ask before signing. This is billed hourly and typically pays for itself many times over on any material contract.

Assessment engagements are scoped and quoted as fixed-price projects based on the size of your environment. Ongoing advisory work is billed hourly with a defined scope. We will not quote a full engagement until we have talked through what you actually need — that scoping conversation is free and usually 30-45 minutes.