The setup that got you here won’t get you to thirty people.
Most growing businesses don’t decide to have bad IT. They just outgrow the arrangement that worked when there were six of them and one printer.
Nothing broke. It just accumulated.
Every stage of growth adds one reasonable decision, and after a few years the office is running on a stack of them that nobody has ever looked at together.
The fix is rarely to replace everything. It’s to establish a standard, close the gaps that create real risk, and make sure the next twenty changes happen on purpose.
- Stage 01
Six people
One internet connection, a shared folder and whoever is best with computers. It works fine.
- Stage 02
Twelve people
Machines bought one at a time, so no two are the same. Wi-Fi starts dropping at the far end of the floor. Nobody owns updates.
- Stage 03
Twenty people
File access is slow, accounts are inconsistent, and the “computer person” is spending a day a week on IT instead of their job.
- Stage 04
A second location
Now two offices need the same files, the same phones and the same standard — and the original setup can’t stretch that far.
Where HAL comes in
Someone who owns it
Ongoing support so technology stops being a side job for whoever is least busy that morning.
Managed ITRoom to expand
New offices, extra floors and relocations built to the same standard as the first location.
New office setupA network that scales
Connections and coverage sized for where the business is going, not where it was.
Network & Wi-FiProtection that keeps up
Security set up deliberately and maintained as headcount and access grow.
CybersecurityWork from anywhere
Email and files reachable from a desk, a home office or a second site, with access controlled.
Cloud servicesRetire the old kit
Replaced equipment collected, wiped and disposed of properly instead of stacking up in storage.
Secure disposalBuild a setup that fits where you’re going.
Headcount now, headcount in two years, and the thing that broke last week. That’s a good place to start.