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Why Southampton

The local picture, written by people who actually live here.

Southampton is the largest city on the south coast and the busiest cruise port in Northern Europe. The economic mix reflects that: maritime and marine industries (Carnival UK is headquartered in the city, with a big supply chain), two universities (Southampton and Solent), professional services firms in the city centre, the tech and digital cluster around Ocean Village and the Cultural Quarter, plus the family businesses any city this size carries.

Our Salisbury-based engineer covers Southampton on the ground, around 40 minutes via the A36. That puts SO14 through SO19 and the surrounding postcodes inside our same-day on-site radius. For larger project work (network rebuilds, multi-site cutovers, university lab refreshes, port-side IT projects), the wider Coventry-based team travels down to support.

The kit is what the big UK MSPs use: SentinelOne for endpoint, Huntress for managed detection, Microsoft 365 with Intune and Entra ID, Cisco Meraki or TP-Link Omada for networking. The Southampton delivery model is the same one our Warwickshire clients get; we just have engineers on both sides of the patch.

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What we deliver

The full stack, one bill.

Managed IT, cyber security, modern workplace, networking and connectivity. One team, one invoice, one quarterly review where it all gets joined up.

Managed IT

UK helpdesk, 24/7 monitoring, patching, device management and Microsoft 365 administration.

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  • Every ticket triaged within 30 minutes
  • Patching and device management handled
  • Microsoft 365 administered properly
£40 per seat, per month

Cyber security

24/7 managed detection and response, with endpoint, email and identity protection.

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  • SentinelOne and Huntress, watched by analysts
  • Endpoint, email and identity covered
  • Cyber Essentials certified ourselves
24/7 human eyes on alerts

Microsoft 365 and cloud

Tenant build-out, migration, hardening and ongoing administration.

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  • Migrations run out of hours
  • Permissions and metadata preserved
  • Microsoft 365, Azure or Google Workspace
Rehearsed before the real cutover

Networking and connectivity

Business internet, SD-WAN, secure remote access and Wi-Fi designed from the floor plan up.

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  • Meraki and TP-Link Omada deployments
  • Business internet with real SLAs
  • Wi-Fi that holds up at the busiest hour
Survey led, never guessed
Areas covered

Where we work across Southampton.

Postcodes

  • SO14
  • SO15
  • SO16
  • SO17
  • SO18
  • SO19
  • SO31
  • SO40
  • SO45

Districts and landmarks

  • Southampton city centre
  • Ocean Village
  • Cultural Quarter
  • University of Southampton (Highfield campus)
  • Solent University
  • Western Docks
  • Southampton Airport area

Response window

Southampton sits inside our Salisbury-based engineer's same-day on-site radius. P1 emergencies typically see an arrival inside a couple of hours from Salisbury. Routine on-site (planned cutovers, hardware refreshes, university lab work) is scheduled around the engineer's diary. The wider Coventry team travels down for larger project days.

FAQ

Common questions from Southampton businesses.

Do you have experience with marine and maritime IT?

Yes, with the caveat that we are not a specialist vessel-IT or onboard-network provider. We support the shore-side IT (Microsoft 365, security, finance and HR systems, office networks) for marine-industry firms. For onboard or operational technology specific to vessels, we partner rather than pretend.

How quickly can you respond to a Southampton emergency?

Ticket triage: within 30 minutes. Remote engineer engagement: typically within 15 minutes for a P1. On-site travel: our Salisbury-based engineer is around 40 minutes via the A36, so on-site for a genuine emergency is achievable inside two hours during the working day. The wider Coventry team also travels down for larger project work.

Are you set up for university and education-sector procurement?

Yes. We have experience with the JISC framework, Crescent Purchasing Consortium and direct-award processes that universities and FE colleges use. We can quote into framework-compliant procurement vehicles where needed.

What is your approach to cyber security for port and logistics clients?

Layered: SentinelOne and Huntress for endpoint and managed detection, Microsoft Defender for email and identity, Conditional Access and MFA enforced through Entra ID, segmented networks for any OT or industrial-control systems, and quarterly review of the controls baseline. We support several logistics businesses on Cyber Essentials Plus.

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