Smyrna IT questions, answered plainly
The questions we hear most from owners and office managers in Smyrna, Vinings and Cumberland.
What's included in managed IT?
A standing agreement where one provider looks after your help desk, devices, network, accounts, security and backups for one flat monthly charge. You pay for things to be maintained, not just repaired after they break.
Which areas around Smyrna do you cover?
Smyrna, Market Village, Cumberland, the Galleria, The Battery Atlanta, Vinings and the Spring Road and Atlanta Road corridors, plus nearby Marietta, Mableton, Buckhead and West Midtown.
How quickly do you respond?
New inquiries get an answer from a senior engineer within one business day. For clients, the agreement spells out how fast we act on each level of problem, and most tickets are closed remotely on the day they arrive.
How is the price set?
The monthly figure depends on headcount, device count and which of the four services you pick, and we fix it after the review. One-off work like a suite move or new server gets its own quote up front.
We're moving into a new office at The Battery or the Galleria. Can you help?
Yes. We plan cabling, internet service, Wi-Fi, firewall and phones with the landlord and carrier, and schedule the cutover so staff walk in to a working office.
A client wants proof of our cybersecurity. What do we send?
Usually a completed questionnaire, plus policies and reports showing MFA, encryption, patching and backups are in place. We help you prepare accurate answers and the evidence behind them.
We run a restaurant with seasonal staff. Can you keep up with turnover?
Yes. We use a start-and-leave checklist so new hires get the right logins quickly and former staff lose access to email, scheduling and card systems on their last day.
Can you help our medical or dental practice with HIPAA?
We put the HIPAA Security Rule's technical safeguards in place, such as access controls, encryption, audit logs and tested backups, and document them for your risk analysis. Your practice still owns its policies.
Can you work alongside our in-house IT person?
Yes. A common split: your internal person covers daily requests, and we take security, monitoring, backups and bigger projects. We put who owns what in writing.
How do we switch from our current IT provider?
We collect admin accounts, licenses, domain records and vendor contacts, coordinate with your current provider and set a cutover date. Staff mostly notice a new help desk number.
Know where your IT stands before a client asks
A review shows how your security, backups and support measure up today, written so an owner can act on it. Expect to spend roughly an hour with us. The report is yours to keep whatever you decide.
