Geeks for Business is the Triangle's premier managed IT service provider for small- and medium-sized businesses. Let's Make IT Easy Geeks for Business is the Triangle's premier business IT service provider Making technology work for your business shouldn't feel alien Tired of fighting tech complexity in your business environment? We turn IT from a drag into a driver of growth Pricing guide Get in touch Learn more is proud to partner with Microsoft 365 Do you know what your business really spends on cloud services? Are you making the best use of your cloud budget? Are your Microsoft resources secure? Cloud adoption rates are nearly 100% across businesses of all sizes, while managing multi-cloud environments is increasingly complex. From Identity and Access Management to Microsoft 365 backups and on-premise to cloud migrations, we make cloud stress-free. + Learn More Disaster Recovery Business continuity and disaster recovery should be top-of-mind for business leaders. Does your business have a recovery strategy in case of a ransomware attack or hardware failure? Learn how Geeks for Business can design and execute operational continuity and recovery procedures for your company. + Learn More Remote, Onsite Support & Help Desk Each of our Managed IT plans provides convenient Managed Support options for your business. Enjoy unlimited remote tech support, onsite support, outsourced help desk, and tailored tech support and training plans with Geeks for Business. + Learn More Enterprise Networking From design and installation to security and management, Geeks for Business provides comprehensive managed networking solutions for your business. Our implementation team has deep experience in Internet failover solutions, site-to-site VPNs, remote application access, SD-WAN, SASE, enterprise-ready wireless solutions, and more. Don't let legacy networking solutions slow your daily operations down. + Learn More Cybersecurity Ransomware payments exceeded $1 billion for the first time ever in 2023. Business email compromise is a $50 billion industry worldwide. Don't run the risk of costly business downtime in the event of an attack. Geeks for Business leverages next-generation security services, including 24/7 Network Operations Centers and proactive threat-hunting, to protect your company's critical assets. + Learn More Integrations & API Support + Learn More Automate repetitive tasks and supercharge your business's workflows by harnessing the power of your existing applications' APIs. As your business grows, leveraging APIs facilitates efficient data sharing, reduced errors, easier app integration and faster innovation. Testimonials What our clients are saying Cannot beat Matt. He was responsive, on time, quickly identified my problems, explained the fix and resolved the issues in no time. Just first class. I don't believe I will ever look elsewhere. Thanks! - Edward S., Cary

Geeks for Business provides a comprehensive endpoint and identity security platform to keep your business up and running. Cybersecurity Managed Detection and Response (EDR, MDR, XDR) Ransomware costs the average small company a staggering $713,000, according to a report from Tech Transformers. Only around 1 in 5 small to medium sized businesses are confident in their IT security strategies. Cybersecurity is challenging and expensive to implement and maintain for business owners, especially as threats grow more sophisticated. Our experience in preventing and remediating security threats can help you spend less time worrying about managing your small business's IT security. Secure Networking Modern networks carry more traffic than ever. HIPAA and PCI compliance add more layers of complexity to your network. Are you prepared for an Internet outage with an Internet failover solution? A relatively small investment in a backup Internet solution will pay dividends during future ISP outages. We ensure your network is secure, standards-compliant, and redundant. We monitor and update your network infrastructure, giving you insights into bandwidth usage, downtime, and network performance, all for a predictable monthly rate. Secure data backup The amount of data the world generates each year is vast. According to Statista, by 2025 the world will create, capture, copy, or consume 125 zettabytes of data. That's roughly 114 *billion* terabytes of data, or enough to fill 5.7 billion 20TB hard drives. As hard drives increase in capacity, so, too, do the chances of an unrecoverable error. Malware, hardware failures, and incomplete data backups don't have to leave you in the lurch. Geeks for Business provides ongoing, proactive data security for you and your business. We combine on-premises with cloud storage to give you resiliency, in addition to offering up to hourly snapshots of your data. Combined with our managed security plan, you can rest assured your critical data is safe. IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust Geeks for Business offers comprehensive solutions for IAM (Identity and Access Management), PAM (privileged access management), authentication, and Zero-Trust access management. The rapidly evolving IT security landscape demands centralized management of users, identities, and assets. No more manually updating user passwords, scrambling to revoke credentials when an employee leaves your company, trying to get a clear picture of who has access to what within your business. Geeks for Business provides trusted security, PAM (privileged access management), Zero-Trust, and privilege management for your company, making life easier for you and your employees while keeping your business data safe.

Causes we care about Causes We Support It's no secret: our environment is in dire shape. Pollinators are facing population collapse, fossil fuel pollution continues to propel global climate change, biodiversity and wild areas are under growing assault from human interests. Likewise, vulnerable populations of humans and animals face ever-mounting challenges to lives with dignity and purpose. This is why we feel it's important to be candid about social and environmental causes we support in our area. We want to encourage everyone, client or not, to dedicate some of your time to help the organizations below. info@leaflimb.com 919-787-9551 www.leaflimb.com Donate to Project Pando Project Pando (by Leaf & Limb ) Leaf & Limb, based in Raleigh, NC, describes their vision: "Increase the health and population of trees to help address pressing environmental issues and restore the balance of life on Earth." Project Pando seeks to connect people with trees, providing native trees to any person or organization who needs them. Their goals of outreach, education, and environmental restoration are goals we deeply and actively support. Keep Durham Beautiful Keep Durham Beautiful is a Durham, NC based nonprofit that we want more people to know about. Their work in removing waste from outdoor spaces, establishing community gardens, and restoring our local environment is critically important and more needed than ever. Geeks for Business has worked with Keep Durham Beautiful to plant trees, shrubs, and bulbs in public spaces and at our offices, in addition to volunteering our time to assist in their regular waste cleanup efforts. info@keepdurhambeautiful.org 919-354-2729 www.keepdurhambeautiful.org Donate to Keep Durham Beautiful The Eno River Association Established in 1966, the Eno River Association is an accredited land trust and conservation nonprofit driven by a mission to conserve and protect the natural, historical, and cultural resources of the Eno River Basin. 4404 Guess Rd. Durham, NC 27712 (919) 620-9099 www.enoriver.org Donate to the Eno River Association Independent Animal Rescue "Independent Animal Rescue is a non-profit group in the Triangle region of North Carolina that works to provide homes for hundreds of unwanted cats and dogs each year. IAR is run primarily by committed individuals from the community who volunteer their time to help homeless animals and to keep our support programs functioning. To learn more about how you can help, visit our Volunteer page." Mail: IAR, P.O. Box 14232, Durham, NC 27709-4232 919-403-2221 www.animalrescue.net Donate to Independent Animal Rescue

Geek Housecalls/Geeks for Business outsourced helpdesk and employee technical training information Outsourced Helpdesk & IT Training A full-time IT staff can be expensive. Geeks for Business can supplement your existing IT or serve as a fully-managed IT department for your business. Outsourcing Your Helpdesk Technical Training Is your organization smaller or still growing? Employing full-time IT staff is costly, with average systems administrator salaries in the Triangle area hovering between $72,000 and $140,000 per year, according to Indeed. Geeks for Business provides the additional support that your existing IT department may need, without having to onboard new full-time IT employees. This arrangement, called co-managed IT, typically results in cost savings for businesses while improving ticket response times and resolution times for your users. Our Outsourced Helpdesk service enables your business to offer its employees and clients a robust and responsive helpdesk solution at affordable rates. Geeks for Business supports a full suite of Microsoft products, including Office 365, Windows, Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure, Exchange, Intune, Autopilot, and more. Our service offerings also include support for Linux-based products, including Ubuntu Server and Debian, as well as a wide array of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and Storage Area Network (SAN) devices. Whether an employee who needs a password reset during the workday or a customer who's having trouble accessing the website at 11:30 pm on a Sunday, Geeks for Business offers fast turnaround times, ticket escalation, extensive documentation, and the IT engineering muscle you demand to solve problems big and small. Is your organization ready to train new hires or get existing employees up to speed on new software, hardware, or digital services? Geeks for Business specializes in technical training for Microsoft, Linux, BSD, Apple, Android, and select third-party software and hardware platforms. Our technicians are continually updating their skillsets in new and existing technologies in order to offer efficient and accurate technical training. Whether your employees need help with MFA (multifactor authentication) when accessing internal resources remotely, connecting to the company VPN, or synchronizing work email to a smartphone, Geeks for Business is here to support them during and after the workday. Don't let your daily business operations hit a roadblock because of tech. Geeks for Business offers a comprehensive system for protecting your data, maintaining your IT infrastructure, educating your employees, and supporting your clients, on your schedule. Get in touch today to learn what we can do for your business!

Learn about the industries and business segments Geeks for Business serves. Industries we serve Agriculture Small farms, garden centers, and agricultural supply stores can reduce costs and improve operational efficiency with managed IT. Geeks for Business can empower your agricultural business with powerful, focused IT solutions. Finance and Legal Whether you're a self-employed CPA, a PLLC, or a community bank, you need an IT solution that considers your and your clients' safety. With comprehensive endpoint security and proactive threat hunting, as well as secure, tested data backups and Identity and Access Management, Geeks for Business provides a full-stack managed IT solution with operational security most in mind. Education Daycare, charter, or private school? Our managed service plans can help you more effectively track, manage, and monitor educational assets; isolate and secure network devices; provide comprehensive network printing management; and implement continuous, proactive threat monitoring to ensure the safety of students and staff alike. Energy & Utilities Companies in the utilities and energy sector are more prone to cyberattacks than ever, with significant consequences to public safety. Geeks for Business is equipped to provide critical cybersecurity services, including continuous vulnerability scanning and threat hunting, to ensure that your energy provider meets compliance and regulatory standards. Manufacturing Improve uptime, reduce ongoing IT labor costs, and increase organizational productivity with Geeks for Business. We know the technology needs of manufacturing companies can be complex, and security can be challenging when managing legacy systems. We're proud to work with a diverse array of manufacturers in the Triangle and we have a deep understanding of the unique IT challenges manufacturers face. Let us help you streamline your business processes with a managed IT solution designed for your company.

Security should be top-of-mind for any business leader. Learn more about the considerations business owners should make when choosing an IT service or cybersecurity provider. Cybersecurity should be top-of-mind for any business owner. How secure is your business? As of 2020, cyber attacks were ranked as the fifth top rated risk in both public and private business sectors, according to The World Economic Forum . By 2025, IoT (Internet of Things) attacks are expected to double in frequency. The average cost a business incurs from a cyber attack is $1.85 million, as of 2022. Cybercrime, which encompasses corporate espionage, theft, embezzlement, and malware attacks, has risen 600% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. With that in mind, what is your company's security posture? Do you use multifactor authentication to validate your employees' identities within your organization? Are your employees required to verify themselves before they access business resources from a remote location? Do you have a system in place that allows you to restore data in the event of a ransomware attack? To understand why security is so critical to your business's operation, let's examine two security concepts you may already be familiar with: the principles of zero trust and least privilege. The National Institute of Standards and Technology defines zero trust, in part, as such: "Zero trust (ZT) is the term for an evolving set of cybersecurity paradigms that move defenses from static, network-based perimeters to focus on users, assets, and resources." The zero trust model requires all users of a given resource (like your company's business applications and data) to be authenticated, validated, and continually authorized before being given access to those resources. Zero trust was a response to the edgeless nature of today's business networks; that is, zero trust functions the same whether your employees work remotely or in the office. Zero trust rests on three main tenets: User/application authentication Device authentication Trust Geeks for Business recognizes the NIST 800-207 standard for zero trust. NIST 800-207 is a comprehensive, vendor neutral set of standards for implementing zero trust security policies within any organization. NIST 800-207 provides for protection against modern cyber attacks in our current cloud-centric, remote work model. Next is the principle of least privilege, which is conceptually related to zero trust, but with some key differences. PoLP (principle of least privilege) is used to limit users' privileges to those strictly required to perform a task. PoLP is a fundamental element to building a modern cybersecurity framework for your organization. PoLP restricts access to sensitive data and other valuable assets, ensuring that no single employee has broad access to business resources. PoLP can be applied to systems, applications, and Internet-connected devices, which in turn limits user access to the resources strictly needed to do their job. PoLP provides an effective means to centrally manage user credentials and access rights while giving your IT provider the flexibility to revoke or extend privileges as needed. The main advantages of PoLP are: reduction in your company's attack surface (susceptibility to cyber attacks) mitigation of malware spread within your organization by limiting privileges on endpoints, thereby preventing malware from performing privilege escalation attacks reduction in IT help desk calls and can lower your ongoing IT costs by implementing a set of privilege policies that both minimize external threats and prevent users from invoking administrative-level privileges to modify system settings makes security audits easier. PoLP demonstrates compliance with various security standards (such as those codified by NIST) and provides a clear log of all privileged activities on a network or device With this primer in organizational security, consider the following five questions about your business's security practices: Have you implemented zero trust policies within your company? Have you implemented the principle of least trust? Have you implemented multifactor authentication, either with a smartphone-based authenticator app, or a hardware token-based authenticator, like YubiKey? Do you have a disaster recovery and data restoration plan in place in the event of a ransomware or other cyber attack? Are your employees' company laptops centrally managed and monitored to ensure security, compliance, and timely patch management? If you answered "no" to any of these questions, Geeks for Business can build a security solution that works for your business. We take modern threats seriously because one attack can mean the end of your company. Get in touch today and let us design the right system for you.

Great IT service demands a great guarantee. Learn more about the ways Geeks for Business supports clients across the Triangle. The Geeks for Business Guarantee We take pride in our work, which is why our break-fix services come with a one-year warranty on both parts and labor. If a vendor provides us with faulty hardware for a client’s project, we will strive to replace it with an exact or suitable alternative within two business days. As of early 2026, supply chain challenges remain, causing some items to be harder to obtain than others; however, most common tech products are readily available. In the rare event that we make error during installation or inadvertently damage existing equipment, we are fully insured and will work diligently to rectify the situation. We in providing peace of mind, even for straightforward IT tasks. All labor performed by Geeks for Business is covered by a one-year warranty. If an issue arises, we will evaluate the problem within three business days and either carry out repairs at no cost or advise on the best next steps if external factors, such as electrical surges or natural disasters, are involved. We encourage clients to minimize risks in IT environments, where feasible, by installing uninterruptible power supplies, surge protectors, chemical fire suppression systems, and failover hardware, especially in settings where downtime can be costly. Please be aware that we cannot warranty items installed by Geeks for Business. Hardware installed by third parties is subject to their warranty terms and cannot receive additional coverage from us. We generally advise against purchasing extended warranties for hardware unless they are provided by the original manufacturer.

Geeks for Business provides a powerful cloud management platform, protecting data, apps, and identities Secure Cloud Solutions Geeks for Business is proud to leverage cost-effective and industry-leading cloud IT solutions to simplify your daily business operations, improve user experiences, secure your workloads and identities, and strengthen cybersecurity posture. We can help you slash hardware costs, simplify daily operations, and supercharge your productivity by harnessing the power of cloud technology from leaders like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Are your on-premises servers becoming a costly and complex burden? Reach out to Geeks for Business, and we’ll create a tailored plan to virtualize your hardware or shift your tech solutions entirely to the cloud. If your business handles sensitive data, large volumes of information, or demands close-to-the-metal performance, a hybrid-cloud solution can improve productivity, reduce friction, and result in measurable cost savings. With a hybrid approach, we can seamlessly migrate certain tasks to the cloud while keeping critical functions onsite for optimal performance. Ready to optimize your current cloud spending and service engagements? Thinking of repatriating existing cloud services? We've got you covered. With our industry partners, we save clients up to 57% on their annual cloud spending (as of mid-2025). Working with prominent business-focused IT vendors, we can assess your needs and often lower your SaaS spend. Geeks for Business is proud to offer secure, enterprise-grade data backup services through our partners, Veeam and Wasabi Contact us today to explore your cloud storage options and discover how we can enhance your business's uptime and resilience with our secure solutions.

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Geeks for Business is the Triangle's premier managed IT service provider. is: Pro IT Management At Geeks for Business, our mission is simple: providing the best managed IT services for businesses in the Triangle and beyond. We help clients leverage IT to grow their businesses, reduce costs, secure their assets, and lower their stress levels. Get in touch with us today and we'll find the best solution for you. But, unlike other technical service providers, we don't like hiding the important stuff behind mandatory emails and calls. Check out the links below for more information on what we do, as well as in-depth business IT articles: Geeks for Business: Technical Service Plan Information Geeks for Business: Technical Service Plan Pricing (Monthly and Annual) Geeks for Business: An IT Infrastructure Primer Geeks for Business: How Secure is Your Business? Geeks for Business: Outsourced Helpdesk and Employee Tech Training Geeks for Business: IT Spending and Return-on-Investment Geeks for Business: Office 365 and Cloud-based Business Apps Geeks for Business: Pros and Cons of Cloud vs. On-premises Servers Geeks for Business: Building Redundancy for your Business Geeks for Business: Data Resiliency and Disaster Recovery Geeks for Business: The Importance of Managed Threat Detection and Response

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Learn more about the importance of managed IT, and how it can result in significant cost savings for your company IT Spending & Return on Investment IT spending out of control? Learn how you can cut IT costs while streamlining business operations An IT Spending Primer When budgeting for your IT needs, or calculating the amount you currently spend on IT, it's important to factor in proactive and preventative technology costs, as well. As a tech service provider, Geeks for Business believes in the value of preventative IT. In the era of ransomware, data breaches, and malicious actors looking to monetize your sensitive data, cybersecurity is among the most critical things you can invest in. To borrow a phrase from Futurama, when you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. This sums up the role in, and importance of, cybersecurity in your business's larger tech plan. When we talk about cybersecurity, we include endpoint protection (software that runs on each endpoint, or device, such as a PC, that your business needs), threat detection, threat hunting, and remediation. Threat detection is an algorithmic process for finding and alerting us of potential security threats within your business's network. Threat hunting involves trained security professionals proactively searching your network for threats that the endpoint protection software may have missed. Finally, in the event of an active malware infection, remediation is the process by which we remove the threat and restore your endpoints to a known-good state, ensuring the security of your users and their data. Cybersecurity is a recurring cost, but it is very much a worthwhile one. No one is particularly thrilled about everything adopting the subscription revenue model nowadays, but security is worth spending a little more on in order to bolster your IT defenses. Of course, there are no shortage of security companies out there, promising advanced AI-based threat detection, dark-web scanning, and complete security at a steep price. Take it from us: complete security is impossible. The price you pay for these services can reach into the tens of thousands per month, and unless you're a large enterprise, it's just not worth it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; this is where technical training comes in. People are often the weakest link in any cybersecurity strategy. One mistakenly-opened .exe from a malicious email attachment; one suspicious-looking .pdf; inadvertently providing a bad actor with company secrets over the phone--all it takes is one employee making one mistake to undo all the careful IT planning you've done. Here, employee training is key: Geeks for Business is a strong proponent of training your company's employees on the products we deploy, helping them to understand and adopt security best practices, such as multifactor authentication, strong passwords, and zero-trust. Training is another ongoing expense, but the return on this particular investment is a stronger security posture for your business, with lowered risk of security incidents. Security, training, and data backups are all recurring costs that you, as the business owner, should keep in mind when shopping for managed IT services. These are recurring costs that provide a substantial return-on-investment by lowering your risk of debilitating security events like ransomware attacks, which have been known to bankrupt business owners. Geeks for Business works with only the best B2B security and data backup providers in the managed IT space, like Huntress for cybersecurity and NinjaOne for data backups; we shop around so you don't have to. Each year, we re-evaluate what our security and backup providers are charging us and make changes as necessary, in order to keep costs under control for our clients. Get in touch with Geeks for Business today and we will work with you to develop an IT spending roadmap for your company, taking your budget, goals, and needs into account. Spending a little now can save you a lot later on.