For venture-funded AI companies, speed to market is everything.   It’s a land grab in a new world and the race is on to stake their claims.  These companies need to stay focused on their core offers and not get distracted by time-consuming but necessary projects such as IT/security infrastructure and support.

Yet, AI/software companies have very little appetite for hiring IT staff or IT firms charging fixed monthly fees. Many of their people are computer-savvy software engineers who don’t need much day-to-day support.  What they don’t have is time to spare or intimate knowledge of solutions when new capabilities are required.

As we have worked with some leading AI companies,  KalioTek has learned what works for them.  They like having a service provider who knows their company and retains knowledge of their needs.  They want expertise and are willing to pay for value. They don’t want an ongoing fee where no value is provided.  When they need a project completed, they need it done quickly and professionally by people they trust, not random new performers each time.  They may grow in bursts and need help with onboarding, but don’t want to take on permanent costs. Below are several areas where they may want help on an as-needed, ad-hoc basis that would help them stay focused as their companies grow.

• Select and implement security technologies:
• Single Sign-On (Okta, Microsft Entra, Google, JAMF…)
• Endpoint Management (Microsoft Endpoint Manager,  Vmware Workspace One, …)
• Endpoint Security (Crowdstrike, Microsoft Defender, Sentinel One…)
• Secure Service Edge (Cisco Umbrella, Skyhigh, Zscaler…)
• Manage compliance projects such as SOC2, CIS V8, ISO 27K, HIPAA…)
• Setup new offices, video rooms, other ad-hoc IT and security projects
• Network upgrades, setting up subnets, VPNs
• Turnkey service for new employee onboarding, offboarding on a fixed-fee, per-event basis
• Computer/infrastructure support with continuity, but charged only on an as-needed hourly basis

If this sounds like your company, we welcome further conversation to explore how KalioTek might help.