20 min
Avg. first response
Measured from real service data
2006
In business since
Nearly 20 years serving NoVa SMBs
No handoffs
Team model
Same engineers, every time you call
Sound familiar?
You've been doing this yourself. We know what that looks like.
You Google the error. You call a nephew who "knows computers." You wait two days for whoever fixed it last time to call you back. Meanwhile, your team is stuck and your day just got longer.
Most business owners in Northern Virginia don't start looking for IT help because everything is fine. They start looking because something finally broke at the wrong moment, a ransomware alert, a Microsoft 365 outage the day before a big presentation, a new hire sitting idle for a week because nobody set up their laptop.
If you've never worked with an IT company before, you probably have a fair amount of skepticism. Good. You should. There are a lot of IT providers that will take your money, give you a ticket number, and make you feel like a burden every time you call. That's not how we work.
What "managed IT" actually means for your business
Your computers, network, email, and security tools are watched and maintained on an ongoing basis, before problems turn into outages. When something does go wrong, you call us and reach a person who already knows your setup.
Day-to-day, it means your team spends time doing their jobs instead of fighting their computers. When a new employee starts, their equipment is ready. If someone clicks a bad email link, we catch it and contain it fast.
It also means you have someone to call before you make a technology decision, not after it already cost you.
Why SHIERTECH
Why businesses in Northern Virginia choose SHIERTECH
We answer in 20 minutes.
That's our average first response time, not a goal, not a marketing claim. It comes from our actual service data. Most IT providers won't publish a number like that because they can't back it up. We can.
We've been here since 2006.
SHIERTECH has been supporting small businesses in Northern Virginia for nearly 20 years. We know the local business community, the common setups, the common problems, and the common mistakes IT companies make when they stop paying attention.
You talk to one person, not a call center.
There are no tiers, no escalations to someone who has never heard of you. When you reach us, you reach a senior engineer who already knows your environment, your servers, your software, your team. No handoffs, no strangers.
We're a team of three, on purpose.
That's not a limitation. It's why clients stay. You know who you're calling. We know your name when you call. That's not something a 200-person help desk can offer.
Best fit
Who we work with in Northern Virginia
We work with small businesses between 10 and 100 employees across Prince William County, Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington, and the Greater DC area. Our clients are in several markets, including professional services, software development, healthcare, legal, finance, and construction. Many of them came to us having never worked with an IT company before. You don't need to have everything figured out to start the conversation.
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Towns we serve in Northern Virginia
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