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Managed IT Services New South Wales Trust

Pace Technology is a managed IT services provider New South Wales can trust to outsource various IT tasks and operations. We provide business IT support New South Wales companies rely on for both reactive IT services and proactive services with continuous monitoring and managing of IT infrastructure.

Choosing managed IT services can help businesses increase cost efficiency by reducing in-house teams while having access to IT professionals with comprehensive and always-improving knowledge of best practices for your business’s technology. 

Whether you’re adopting new technologies in your business, or you’re looking for ways to help streamline your operations and reduce costs, we offer a wide range of managed IT services that we’re confident will be able to help. Our technology solutions focus on running your business smoothly, reducing downtime and improving efficiency. Learn how or get started with our IT services by contacting us online or calling our friendly team.

Why New South Wales Businesses Choose Managed IT Services

Managed IT services are popular across New South Wales Businesses for saving costs, reducing stress, and improving IT capabilities.

Managed IT services help businesses reduce costs by eliminating the need for in-house IT staff, thus saving on salaries, training, and benefits. Using managed IT services also allows for more predictable budgeting, helping streamline accounts too.

We keep on top of developments in both software and hardware to help businesses keep ahead on things like cybersecurity, apps, connectivity, and developments in cloud technology. The benefit of doing so isn’t just so we know our clients are up-to-date on IT, but so that they know they are without needing to spend time worrying about developments in IT.

Managed IT services can help put together comprehensive cybersecurity measures and cybersecurity strategies that help reduce the risk of data breaches and cyber attacks, protecting sensitive information for businesses.

By helping businesses cut costs and time, IT services can help businesses with scalability and growing your business effectively. Further, by using an external IT provider, your business can quickly adjust services as you need to — allowing you to either reactively or proactively be ready without the expenses of training staff.

With our New South Wales managed IT services, continuous support is available to address any IT issues immediately, ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining uninterrupted business operations. Our goal is to keep your systems running smoothly and your teams productive.

Are You Looking For Managed IT Services In New South Wales?

New South Wales’s business landscape is evolving rapidly. At Pace Technology, our New South Wales headquarters positions us at the centre of this dynamic region. This allows us to deliver world-class Managed IT Services in New South Wales for both local businesses and those further afield.

Despite being based in New South Wales, we have IT professionals located all across New South Wales and New Zealand. Whether you’re a new start-up or a fully established business, Pace Technology is here to offer you robust, scalable, and efficient IT solutions. Best of all, we can tailor our solutions to your unique business.

Why Choose Pace Technology for New South Wales Managed IT Services?

Being centrally located in New South Wales allows us quick accessibility to our valued client base. Whether you’re a fledgling start-up or an established business, our on-the-ground team is ready to deliver technology solutions that align seamlessly with your unique requirements. When you choose Pace Technology for your ongoing IT support, you’ll receive a dedicated Account Manager who will understand your needs and offer ongoing and seamless service. We’ll also conduct regular reviews to ensure that your ongoing IT needs are being met and continue to align with your changing business goals. Our focus is on keeping your systems running smoothly and supporting you in growing your business, without locking you into unnecessary lock in contracts.

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Why should I choose Pace Technology for managed services in New South Wales?

We combine our deep local insights with the extensive experience of our IT professionals who are available to assist you all over New South Wales and New Zealand. We work with many New South Wales-based businesses with a national or international presence. This positions us perfectly to offer tailored, effective, and prompt IT solutions.

With our head office in New South Wales and a team of seasoned IT professionals all over New South Wales and New Zealand, we can mobilise our team to help you as quickly as possible. Our team is always on call 24 hours a day to address any urgent requirements you might have.

Yes, we work closely with businesses to develop and implement IT strategies that align with their long-term goals, ensuring their technology infrastructure supports future growth.

Yes, we provide comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, including risk assessments, network security, data protection, and user education to safeguard your business from cyber threats.

"GRIT's commitment to achieving the right result for Northrop has enabled the uplift of our digital environment. They provide a true partnership, working with Northrop to develop solutions that fit our culture and our appetite for change and innovation."
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Northrop Consulting Engineers
"Pace Technology has continually proven itself as a contributing partner in digital transformation. Their unwavering dedication to quality, coupled with a relentless drive to improve, has solidified their reputation as a trusted and dependable partner for businesses navigating the complexities of modern IT landscapes."
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Microsoft 365

Using Conversation Clean Up to Achieve Inbox Zero

For most of us, the goal of achieving Inbox Zero (“a rigorous approach to inbox management, aimed at keeping the inbox empty”) is not an easy task to work on. It’s just a lot to have to go through tons of emails from who-knows-when with the goal of clearing up unwanted emails from your Outlook Inbox then,...
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Microsoft 365

How to update your profile picture in Office 365

People do business with people, so your profile picture is a great way to represent you and your business. Whenever you send an Outlook email to your contacts, a little circle icon of you should be visible to the recipient and it should be something striking. Who wouldn’t want to look good in their email profile picture,...
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Cybersecurity

5 cybersecurity tips for CEOs

Cyberattacks today are constantly on the increase. And with most businesses using cloud solutions for data storage and email as their main form of communication, the term ‘ransomware’ is something all company executives should understand.
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IT Management

5 ways the right IT partner can support your in-house IT staff

Engaging with an IT partner doesn't need to be an all-or-nothing exercise. In many cases organisations will partner with an IT provider to work alongside existing in-house IT staff to provide complementary skills and capabilities. When choosing an IT partner to work alongside in-house IT staff it's important to choose one familiar with this model to ensure a productive, harmonious engagement.
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Cybersecurity

5 questions board members need to ask about cybersecurity

Cybercrime is now a multi-billion-dollar industry that impacts organisations of all shapes and sizes. That means cybersecurity is no longer a matter to be left to your IT department. Ensuring that your organisation is properly protected from cyberattack must now be a board level priority.
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Microsoft 365

Everything you need to know about Microsoft Teams Phone (aka Teams Calling)

Microsoft Teams Calling is a cloud-based PBX phone system built right into the familiar Microsoft Teams platform. Microsoft Teams already lets you make both voice and video calls to other Teams users, irrespective of if they are within your organisation or are external parties. By enabling Teams Calling, this functionality is extended even further to allow you to make and receive calls with people using traditional phone systems.  
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Cybersecurity

4 Cybersecurity Essentials Every Business Should Have

It’s no secret that, as we become more and more dependent on technology to run our businesses and become reliant on internet-connected devices, both for our personal and professional lives, we also become more vulnerable to cyber threats. US$2.9 billion is lost to cybercrime each minute and, as at 2020, the average cost of a data breach was a staggering US$3.86 million. However, there are basic cybersecurity foundations we can put in place, ranging from simple to more complex, in order to protect ourselves and our businesses from cyber attacks.  
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Microsoft 365

5 Reasons to Use Microsoft Teams Instead of Emails

Email has long been the mainstay of team communication and collaboration. Indeed, despite also being the bane of effective collaboration, for many organizations it remains at the heart of how teams communicate and work together.Part of the Microsoft 365 suite of cloud services, Microsoft Teams is the modern alternative to email, enabling clear, efficient and effective communication and collaboration both with...
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What is the Microsoft Power Platform

The Microsoft Power Platform is the collective term for four Microsoft products: Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents. More than the sum of its parts, the Power Platform is a no-code to low-code platform that users with no coding experience can use to analyse data, build solutions, automate processes and engage online. Although perfectly at home integrating with third-party apps, the Power Platform truly shines when used with your Office 365 subscription, and being a low to no code platform means it can be used without the need to rely heavily on IT or coding experts.
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IT Management

Choosing the best Managed IT service provider in New South Wales

Whether your business is growing and you’re ready to level up your IT to include a dedicated IT provider, or you’re looking for a new IT provider to partner with, you need to consider Managed IT Support - which means working with a Managed Service Provider (MSP) . So let's talk about choosing an MSP and how to find the right IT partner for your business.
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Microsoft 365

How to leverage the power of Microsoft 365 app integration

Every business has a multitude of processes and functions that must be performed in order to deliver value to stakeholders and ultimately remain in business. With technology at the heart of modern business this means that (as we hear so often) – “There’s an app for that”. The prevalence of cloud apps sold on a...
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IT Management

Managed IT Support pricing – everything you need to know (2024)

If you’re considering engaging a Managed Service Provider (MSP) it's important that you understand what factors can influence Managed IT Support pricing. You may be looking to change from an existing MSP, upgrade from adhoc support, or perhaps complement an existing in-house resource; either way it’s important that you understand the factors that can influence how much Managed IT Support might cost, and what that price is likely to look like.
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IT Management

The top 5 benefits of outsourced IT support

There can be significant benefits to outsourcing your IT to a managed IT service provider. Of course every organisation has unique business requirements, but there are some common themes that outsourcing IT can help address.
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IT Management

How to get the best from your IT support team

It’s fair to say that you’ve invested a lot in your IT support team. If you have an IT support team in house, then you’ve spent time and money recruiting them, training them, and developing them with the hard and soft skills necessary to perform at a high standard. You’ve spent money on computers, software,...
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IT Management

How investing in the right IT services can save your business money

While investing in technology is not an insignificant part of any business’ budget, having the right IT services in place could actually help your business to save money. In this blog, we share our five essential services to ensure that your IT budget is well spent and your business isn’t just surviving but thriving. #1....
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Microsoft 365

How to run a daily huddle using Microsoft Teams

Tips for maintaining a happy & engaged workforce With a team covering three countries, remote working is at the core of how Pace Technology functions, and our daily huddle is crucial to maintaining a high performing, happy and engaged team. Microsoft Teams is critical to the way we run our daily video huddle, with the...
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Microsoft 365

Office 365 is now Microsoft 365

On 21 April 2020, Microsoft revealed in an online announcement that its line of Office 365 subscription plans would be renamed, substituting it with the Microsoft 365 branding instead. Don’t hold out high expectations for an out-of-the-box name idea though (sometimes causing a little confusion, Microsoft tends to keep its product names pretty similar). Moving...
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Microsoft 365

How Microsoft Teams Enables Seamless Collaboration

Collaboration has always been a foundation for organisational growth and efficiency. To put it simply, when we share ideas, knowledge, passion and skills, the outcome is better than if we had have done it alone. Organisations with employees who feel connected to their team members and workplace are also more likely to have increased engagement and retention rates, which can lead to greater productivity and profit, so it’s well worth pursuing a culture that supports and celebrates collaboration. So, how can we make it easier for collaboration to occur in the workplace?
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Microsoft 365

Why We Fell In Love with Microsoft Teams While Working from Home

So many communications apps and collaboration tools are readily available these days, with more being developed daily. With an abundant amount of options to choose from, how do you pick out one that is perfect for your business needs? If you’re looking for the best option to choose as your organisation’s collaboration channel and wondering...
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IT Management

5 Tips for Successfully Outsourcing IT Support

A Managed Service Provider (MSP) can help your business stay up-to-date with the latest technology and remain competitive in today’s challenging business environment. What's more, it can do all this while cutting your in-house IT support costs and freeing up your technical staff for mission critical tasks.
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Cybersecurity, Microsoft 365

Microsoft Office 365 security tips to implement today

Microsoft Office 365 has many security features and capabilities built in, however with a few simple steps you can greatly increase your cybersecurity stance with some easy changes to system configuration and business practices. 
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Cybersecurity

What is the Essential Eight cybersecurity framework

Cyber-security threats and data breaches are becoming increasingly rampant, sophisticated and difficult to mitigate. Statistics from the latest New South Wales Cyber Security Centre Threat Report show that instances of malware attacks, data breaches, and intrusion attempts are on the rise. The challenge of ensuring cybersecurity is a global issue affecting many industries and organisations.
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Cybersecurity

Why an Intelligent Firewall is Critical For Your Network Security

Find out the difference in our new video In years gone by, we may have thought the chance of experiencing a cybersecurity breach was pretty low but, these days, the more aware business leaders talk not about the possibility but of when a cyberattack will happen. So let’s talk about how can we take preventative action to defend our computer systems and keep...
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Cybersecurity

How to identify a phishing email

Phishing is the most common form of cyber threat that you are likely to face, while also being one of the easiest to avoid falling foul of. But to stay safe you must be able to quickly identify a phishing email. Read on to learn about the common traits of phishing email, and how to stay safe
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Microsoft 365

Office 365 vs. Microsoft 365: What’s the Difference?

Most people are familiar with the Microsoft Office Suite, which has evolved from CDs to cloud-based productivity solutions. Today, services like Office 365 offer a subscription-based model, providing access to a wide range of office apps accessible across devices, including mobile phones. Of course, these days, we are all used to a much more convenient...
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Cybersecurity

How Your Data Can Be Lost in the Cloud (and How to Prevent It)

If you are using one of the major Software as a Service Offerings (SAAS), such as Office 365 or public cloud file storage, then you are benefitting from incredible economies of scale. Your data is highly available and accessible from almost anywhere securely.  So, you may be thinking…  “All of my stuff is in the cloud. It’s safe!“  But...
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Cybersecurity

3 reasons you need to enable Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) today

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a security measure that requires more than one piece of evidence to verify your identity. MFA can protect your accounts from unauthorized access, even if your password is compromised. In this blog post, we will discuss three reasons why you should enable MFA for your online services.
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IT Management

Why aligning your IT strategy with business goals is critical for success

I recently threw a question out to a group of my professional peers, asking them what they saw as the benefits of aligning IT strategy with business strategy. The responses I received were nothing short of exceptional. It reinforced for me (yet again) what an insightful, intelligent and progressive professional community I have the good...
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Cybersecurity

The Notifiable Data Breach scheme. Is your business ready?

As the new Notifiable Data Breach Schemecomes into effect in New South Wales as of 22 February 2018, there is now an onus on business to protect and notify individuals whose personal information is involved in a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm. When most people think of data breaches, they think of sneaky...
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IT Management

What is a Managed Service Provider and when do I need one?

Whether you are a Digital Transformation powerhouse, or you provide the best Tree Lopping services in New South Wales, technology is integral to the success of your organisation. This is especially true for small to medium businesses where margins can be thin, and the market competitive. To remain agile it’s critical to extract the most out of...
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IT Management

How we operate remotely between New South Wales, Auckland and Clark

It’s been an amazing few years at Pace Technology, not least of all because of the international growth that we’ve experienced both with our clients and our team. If you had have asked me five years ago whether Pace Technology would one day not only be supporting multinational clients, but have our own workforce spread...
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Cybersecurity

Why do New South Wales businesses require cyber security? Here are some eye opening stats.

In just the last five years, business leaders have changed the tone of their cyber security conversations. It is no longer a discussion about layers of defence or the beefiness of the firewall, instead Directors now understand it’s no longer a matter of ‘if’ but instead a matter of ‘when’ the system will be breached. And the...
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IT Management

What is your strategy? Do you really have one?

Strategy doesn't need to be difficult or complicated, but it does need to be well thought out and understood. After all, without strategy, execution is aimless.
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