Fully Managed IT Department · Richmond, BC

Managed IT for Richmond Businesses

Managed IT is a full outsourced IT department. Helpdesk, 24/7 monitoring, cybersecurity, Microsoft 365 administration, network and Wi-Fi, backup and recovery, vendor management, hardware procurement, and strategic planning. One scope, one team, one flat monthly rate. End-to-end ownership of IT for Richmond businesses from the City Centre and Brighouse towers through Steveston, Sea Island, the YVR corridor, Hamilton, and East Richmond.

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Hexafusion at a glance for Richmond businesses. Vancouver-based since 2020 · downtown office at 997 Seymour Street · Dell authorized reseller · Microsoft Solutions Partner · founder is a former PCI DSS Internal Security Assessor · one flat-rate plan covers helpdesk, security, vendors, procurement, and strategy · quarterly business reviews included on Professional and Enterprise.

Scope Coverage

Full IT department in scope: ops, security, strategy, vendors.

Pricing Model

Flat monthly rate. Scales with active users and devices.

Onboarding

Full environment documented within 30 days. The doc is yours.

Coverage Areas

City Centre, Brighouse, Steveston, Sea Island, YVR, Hamilton, East Richmond, Thompson, Broadmoor, Bridgeport

What a Fully Managed IT Department Covers in Richmond

Six pillars run as one engagement, with one accountable team. There is no second vendor to call when something crosses a boundary. There is no question about which line of the invoice applies. The plan is the IT department.

Helpdesk & End-User Support

Your Richmond staff call or email when something is not working. We respond in committed times, resolve the issue, and track it to a ticket. Bilingual end-user support for Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking staff is staffed in, not improvised.

24/7 Monitoring, Cybersecurity & SOC

Server and endpoint monitoring around the clock. EDR on every device, MDR coverage on Enterprise plans, and a documented incident-response runbook. The operations side of security under the same flat rate.

Vendor & Contract Management

ISP, telecom, line-of-business software, customs and EDI providers (CargoWise, Descartes), and hardware distribution. We hold the relationships, take the support calls, and negotiate renewals so your leadership stops being the switchboard.

Hardware Procurement & Lifecycle

Dell authorized reseller, plus authorized channels for Lenovo, Apple, Microsoft Surface, and networking gear. Laptops arrive pre-imaged, security-baselined, and ready to power on. Ruggedised handhelds and cold-chain hardware for Steveston and East Richmond operations.

Onboarding & Offboarding Workflow

New hires get accounts, hardware, MFA, and access on day one. Departures trigger documented account disablement, device retrieval, and data preservation. HR sends one form, we handle the rest.

vCIO Strategy & QBR Cadence

A virtual CIO at the leadership table on Professional and Enterprise plans. Quarterly business reviews with a real PDF report. Strategy is part of the department, not an add-on.

Industries We Run IT For in Richmond

A fully managed IT engagement looks different for a customs broker at Sea Island than it does for a clinic on No. 3 Road or a Steveston seafood processor. Scope, vendor mix, hardware mix, and security profile are tuned to your industry, not pulled off a template shelf.

Customs Brokerage and Freight

Full IT ownership for brokers and freight forwarders at YVR and Bridgeport. EDI redundancy, after-hours change windows, and managed support for CargoWise, Descartes, and in-house brokerage stacks.

Asian-Canadian Retail and Hospitality

Multi-site retail with POS, payment platforms, and corporate-network handoffs at Aberdeen Centre, Yaohan Centre, Crystal Mall, and Parker Place, with bilingual end-user support staffed in.

Healthcare and Clinics

Full IT ownership for multi-site clinics near Richmond Hospital and along the No. 3 Road medical corridor. EMR support, imaging integration, BC PIPA-aware operations, and flood-aware DR for southern Richmond.

Professional Services

Accounting, legal, and consulting firms in the Brighouse and City Centre towers that want one IT department, not three vendors and a part-time hire.

Light Manufacturing and Seafood

Office IT, shop-floor OT, ruggedised devices, ERP and traceability support, and shift-aware coverage for East Richmond light manufacturing and Steveston seafood processors.

YVR-Adjacent Hospitality and Logistics

End-to-end IT for hotels, rental operators, ground handlers, and air-cargo tenants on Sea Island and Bridgeport, with curfew-aware change management and on-call coverage.

Compliance-Ready IT Baseline for Richmond Businesses

Every Richmond business we onboard receives a documented security baseline aligned to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security baseline controls and the requirements your cyber insurance carrier is asking about on renewal questionnaires. This is the same baseline we apply to our own infrastructure, not a stripped-down small-business version.

  • Identity and access. Microsoft Entra ID with Conditional Access policies, multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement on every account, and compliant-device sign-in checks.
  • Endpoint protection. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) on every Windows, Mac, and mobile device, deployed and active before the user receives the laptop.
  • Disk encryption. BitLocker on Windows and FileVault on Mac, key-escrowed centrally so a lost device does not become a data breach.
  • Email hardening. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC alignment plus anti-phishing and impersonation-protection rules tuned to your industry.
  • Backup and recovery. Managed backups with documented retention and quarterly restore tests so you know recovery actually works before an incident.
  • BC PIPA and PIPEDA aware. Audit logging, role-based access, and breach-notification process documentation kept up to date with the current Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada guidance.

Hardware Procurement and Lifecycle Support in Richmond

Hexafusion operates as a Dell authorized reseller and full-service IT supplier for Richmond businesses, with access to authorized Canadian distribution channels for Lenovo, Apple, Microsoft Surface, and networking gear from Cisco Meraki, Fortinet, SonicWall, Ubiquiti, Aruba, and Juniper. Procurement is part of the managed service, not a sales transaction. Every laptop arrives at the user pre-imaged with the security baseline above, enrolled in Microsoft Autopilot, and ready to power on.

At end-of-life we handle decommissioning with the same care as deployment. Drive sanitisation follows NIST Special Publication 800-88 guidelines (cryptographic erasure for SSDs, multi-pass wipe for spinning drives), every retired device generates a serial-numbered certificate of destruction for your PIPEDA breach-notification record-keeping, and devices beyond economic refurbishment are recycled through programs accredited by the Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA Canada).

Who you actually work with in Richmond

Hexafusion is led by founder Alex Barari, a former PCI DSS Internal Security Assessor with 15+ years in enterprise IT and cybersecurity. The managed-IT engagement is delivered by a Vancouver-based team that owns the relationship end-to-end. There is no offshore tier-one queue, no franchised regional escalation chain, no script handed to a stranger when the issue gets hard. Bilingual front-line support for Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking users in Richmond is part of the staffing plan.

Our quarterly business review (QBR) is a real strategic report, not a generic newsletter: engagement health score, financial recap, onboarding progress, renewal calendar, and an AI-summarised executive paragraph delivered as a PDF to every client at the end of every calendar quarter. See the QBR page for a worked example.

Why Richmond businesses choose Hexafusion for managed IT

  • One scope, one team. Helpdesk, security, vendors, procurement, and strategy under one roof and one contract.
  • Flat-rate budget predictability. Monthly rate scales with active users and devices. No hourly billing on regular work. No mystery invoices.
  • Documented environment. Full environment documentation in 30 days. The documentation belongs to you.
  • Real SLAs. Initial ticket response within 15 minutes. Critical issues within 1 hour. Same-day resolution where Hexafusion manages the infrastructure.
  • Airport and curfew aware. Maintenance windows for YVR and Sea Island tenants respect airport rhythms, not just standard business hours.
  • Transparent offboarding. If you ever leave, we give you 30 days of transition support and hand over everything cleanly.

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Service level commitments for Richmond managed IT

Initial ticket response
Within 15 minutes
Every ticket acknowledged by a real engineer within 15 minutes during coverage hours. Not an automated reply.
Documentation complete
Within 30 days
Full environment documentation, network diagrams, vendor list, and credential inventory delivered within 30 days of onboarding. The documentation belongs to you.
Resolution (Professional & Enterprise)
Same day
Where Hexafusion manages your network infrastructure, issues are resolved the same business day, barring force-majeure events.
Offboarding transition
30 days included
If you ever leave, 30 days of transition support are included. Documentation, credentials, and accounts handed over cleanly to your next provider.

15-minute initial response applies to all plans during contracted coverage hours. Same-day resolution applies to Professional and Enterprise clients where Hexafusion manages the network infrastructure and the issue is within our scope. Vendor escalations, hardware RMAs, carrier outages, customs and EDI provider dependencies, and airport-tenant access protocols can extend resolution. Force-majeure events (natural disasters, wide-scale internet or power outages, declared emergencies) are handled on a best-effort basis.

Related Hexafusion resources

Sibling Richmond pages and the Richmond IT Support cluster page referenced above.

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Hexafusion managed IT team supporting a Richmond business as an outsourced IT department
Hexafusion managed IT team supporting a Richmond business as an outsourced IT department near the Brighouse Canada Line station.