Southgate Tech is the IT department for small businesses that don't have one. We keep 5–50 person businesses across Northern Illinois patched, monitored, backed up and protected, for a fixed price per person per month. When something breaks, you call one number and the person who set up your network picks up. What's in the plan: • Help desk and on-site support • Cybersecurity: EDR with a 24/7 SOC, Microsoft 365 identity protection, web filtering, a password manager and security training • Backup and recovery for PCs, servers and Microsoft 365, with restores tested by a person • Microsoft 365 licensing, migration and management • Email security: spam and phishing filtering, SPF/DKIM/DMARC • Network and Wi-Fi: UniFi firewalls, switches and access points, designed, installed and monitored • Computers and servers: patching, monitoring, procurement and lifecycle planning • Vendor management: we call the ISP, the printer company and the software vendor • Technology planning and a written IT budget Also: IT consulting, custom web software, business phones (MyCompanyPhone.com) and cellular backup internet. Why clients pick us: • The pricing is on the website. Plans start at $150 per user per month. • The owner answers the phone. No tier-one desk, no ticket queue. • Response times and what "unlimited support" covers are published before you sign. • We run the same monitoring, security and backup stack on our own servers. Industries we know: manufacturing and job shops, laboratories, field service and equipment companies, agriculture, childcare and small schools, nonprofits and public agencies, home services, and professional services. Owner-operated in Aurora, IL since 2015. We also build MyEquipmentCenter, maintenance software for construction fleets. Start with a 20-minute call: southgatetech.com · 331.212.4600