Most small businesses in the Nashville area operate with 5 to 50 employees. At that size, hiring a full-time IT professional — someone who handles your network, your email, your security, your backups, and your day-to-day tech headaches — costs $65,000 to $95,000 a year in salary alone. Add benefits, training, and tools, and you're looking at well over six figures.
For most small businesses, that math doesn't work. But the need for reliable, secure technology absolutely does.
The Gap That Managed IT Fills
A managed IT partner like Velocity Technologies acts as your outsourced IT department. We handle everything a full-time hire would — monitoring your network, managing your firewall, running your backups, setting up new employees, troubleshooting printer issues at 4:45 PM on a Friday — but at a fraction of the cost.
You get a team of specialists instead of one generalist. You get 24/7 monitoring instead of someone who clocks out at 5. And you get predictable monthly costs instead of surprise repair bills.
What to Look For in a Local IT Partner
- Response time: When something breaks, how fast can they get to you? We're based in South Nashville — we can be on-site the same day for most issues.
- Industry experience: A good IT partner understands your industry's specific needs. Healthcare has HIPAA. Food service has PCI compliance for payment systems. We know these inside and out.
- Proactive monitoring: The best IT support prevents problems before they happen. We monitor your systems around the clock and fix issues before you even notice them.
If you've been the person in your office who "knows computers" and has been handling IT by default, it's time to hand that off to someone who does this full-time.