Co-managed IT FAQs
What's the difference between co-managed and fully managed IT?
With fully managed IT, we run everything. With co-managed IT, you keep your internal IT person or team and we work alongside them: covering the gaps they cannot, taking the after-hours and overflow load, and bringing specialist depth in security and compliance. You stay in control; your team gets backup and breathing room.
Will you replace our internal IT person?
No. Co-managed IT exists to make your internal IT stronger, not to replace anyone. Most of our co-managed clients keep their IT person exactly where they are and use us to remove the burnout, single-point-of-failure risk, and specialist gaps. We make your in-house person look good, not redundant.
Can you just cover nights, weekends, and vacations?
Yes. On-call and after-hours coverage is one of the most common reasons businesses bring us in. Your IT person finally gets to take a real vacation or sleep through the night, knowing a senior engineer and 24/7 security monitoring have the wheel.
Can you bring cybersecurity and compliance expertise our team doesn't have?
Yes. This is where co-managed IT pays for itself. As an engineer with DoD infrastructure experience, we add the managed detection and response, identity hardening, cloud backup, and compliance documentation (HIPAA, CMMC, PCI, cyber-insurance) that a generalist internal team rarely has time or specialization to build.
How does co-managed IT pricing work?
It is scoped to exactly the role we play (help-desk overflow, after-hours coverage, security, tooling, or project surge) rather than a blanket per-user fee for everything. Pricing is transparent and agreed upfront. Start with a free assessment and we will propose a clear split of responsibilities and cost.
Who will I actually talk to?
Ulises Paiz, the owner, directly. There is no tier-1 queue and no offshore call center: the engineer who knows your environment answers the phone, and critical incidents carry our 4-hour notification commitment.