IT support in Bedford, NS
Bedford has filled up with professional offices, clinics and firms that have grown from three people to thirty in a few years. We give those businesses a real IT department for a flat monthly fee, and because we are based in neighbouring Lower Sackville, we can be at an office on the Bedford Highway, Larry Uteck Boulevard or near Bedford Commons in 10 to 15 minutes.
IT that keeps up with a growing firm
The typical Bedford client started with a couple of laptops and a shared Google or Microsoft account. Now there are fifteen staff, two offices, a receptionist who is also the IT person, and nobody quite sure who has access to what.
Clean up and standardise. We inventory every computer and account, remove old users, turn on multi-factor sign-in, and set each new laptop up the same way so your next hire is working on day one.
Help desk your staff will use. Remote support during business hours from the team that knows your setup. Urgent issues are answered within two business hours on IT Essentials and within one hour on IT Complete.
Protection and backups. Endpoint security, email filtering and daily backups of computers and Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, with restores tested so you know they work.
IT support for Bedford offices
Flat per-user plans, month-to-month after onboarding:
Three parts of Bedford, three different IT problems
Bedford is not one business district. The older strip along the Basin, the new towers in Bedford West and the retail hub at the 102 each come with their own quirks.
Bedford Highway
Long-established accountants, lawyers, insurance brokers and real estate offices in converted houses and low-rise buildings along the Basin, often with ageing servers in a closet and wiring nobody has documented. We map it, replace what is failing and move what makes sense to the cloud.
Larry Uteck & Bedford West
Newer medical and professional buildings where firms move in, grow and expand onto another floor. We plan the network before the move, set up Wi-Fi that covers every exam room and meeting room, and handle the office relocation weekend.
Bedford Commons area
Clinics, franchise offices and service businesses near the Highway 102 interchange, with front desks, card terminals, booking software and guest Wi-Fi all needing to stay apart. We segment the network and keep payment traffic isolated.
Clinics across Bedford
Physiotherapy, dental, chiropractic and counselling practices where patient privacy is non-negotiable. Encrypted devices, locked-down shared workstations and access logs, set up with Nova Scotia health privacy rules in mind.
Stop paying more for every new hire
Per-seat software punishes growth. Every person a Bedford firm hires adds another Microsoft or Google licence, another Dropbox seat, another password manager subscription. Open-source alternatives break that link.
We can move your email to Fastmail, your shared files to Nextcloud and your passwords to Vaultwarden, so adding staff no longer adds a stack of US-dollar subscriptions. Migrations are fixed-price, with packages from $1,500 CAD, scheduled after hours, with training for your team.
We deploy on Canadian-owned hosting when data control matters. A Canadian data centre run by a US company is still subject to US law. For clinics and firms holding sensitive client information, we can host on Canadian-owned infrastructure with encryption keys held by you. See all Big Tech alternatives →
Open Stack Forge · Serving Bedford
Based next door in Lower Sackville, 10 to 15 minutes from the Bedford Highway, Larry Uteck Boulevard and Bedford Commons.
info@openstackforge.ca · 902-706-8753 · Lower Sackville, Nova ScotiaMonday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Atlantic
IT support in Bedford: common questions
We are moving into a new office in Bedford West. Can you handle the IT side?
Yes. We plan the network and Wi-Fi before you sign off on the fit-up, coordinate with your internet provider and cabling contractor, and move and reconnect everything over a weekend so staff arrive Monday to working desks, printers and phones.
How fast can you get to our office on the Bedford Highway?
We are based in Lower Sackville, about 10 to 15 minutes away. Most issues are solved remotely right away, and when a visit is needed we can usually be there the same day. On-site visits in Bedford are included in the IT Complete plan.
Our clinic shares a few computers between treatment rooms. Is that a problem?
It is common, but it needs care. We give each practitioner their own sign-in, set screens to lock automatically, encrypt the drives and limit what each account can open, so shared machines do not become a privacy risk.