We’ve built our standards around industry-leading equipment and configurations because experience has taught us what works best. Our Approved Stack represents the tools we’ve tested, trust, and know how to support efficiently. By standardizing hardware, we’re able to reduce troubleshooting time, improve security posture, and deliver more consistent and proactive support to every client.
This classification system helps us do what we do best, keep your technology stress-free and performing at its peak.
These are the devices and systems we recommend, deploy, and support most confidently.
Other tools we’re familiar with and can assist you with, even if they aren’t part of our core stack.
Hardware and software that falls outside our support scope due to reliability and performance.
We partner with industry leading vendors to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions. The brands shown here represent the hardware and software we know, trust, and support, so you can feel confident in the technology behind your business. By outsourcing your IT to us, you can leave tech stress behind and stay focused on what matters most.
Approved
WatchGuard
<5 Years
Active security suite or support
Supported
Meraki, Ubiquiti
<7 Years
Active security suite
Unsupported
ISP Provided or consumer grade, other manufacturers
>7 Years
No security services/capabilities
Approved
Netgear, Ubiquiti
<10 Years
1G or higher & manageable
Supported
Tier 1 Manufacturers
<10 Years
1G or higher
Unsupported
Consumer grade, other manufacturers
>10 Years
<1G
Approved
WatchGuard, Ubiquiti
<7 Years
AC, Must be manageable
Supported
Other Manufacturers
<7 Years
Must be manageable
Unsupported
Consumer Grade
>7 Years
Not manageable
Approved
AC, CyberPower, TrippLite/Eaton
<5 Years
Supported
Other Manufactures
<5 Years
Unsupported
>5 Years
Approved
Microsoft server 2016 and newer
Still under active support by Microsoft
Support
Out of support servers with agreed plan to migrate to supported solution with 6 months
Unsupported
AS400, Linux
Out of active support
Approved
Dell
<5 Years
Under active hardware warranty from MFG
Supported
Lenovo, HP
<7 Years
Under active hardware warranty from MFG
Unsupported
White Box, Other MFG
>7 Years
No hardware warranty
Approved
Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported version from MFG
Supported
VMWare
Supported version from MFG
Unsupported
Other MFG
Unsupported version from MFG
Approved
Supported version from MFG
Must have software maintenance and support contract
Unsupported
Expired or non-existing software maintenance and support contract
Approved
Dell, Apple
<5 Years
3 year warranty recommended but not required
OS must be under active support by MFG
Supported
Lenovo, HP, Other MFG
<10 Years
3 year warranty recommended but not required
OS must be under active support by Microsoft
Unsupported
>10 Years
Linux or home versions of OS
Approved
M365
Additional Services – Backups and MDR
Supported
Plan to migrate to M365 within 36 months
Unsupported
POP3/IMAP
Approved
TrueVoIP, Sangoma Digium
Under active MFG support contract
Supported
MS Teams, 3CX
Under active MFG support contract
Unsupported
Other MFG
Out of MFG support contract
Approved
PerfectView, Ubiquiti
Unsupported
Anything else