Watching over your
technology while you

Kingston's most trusted business
technology partner

When you partner with us for your IT services,
you’re placing your business in the hands of an
award-winning team of IT experts in Kingston & Eastern Ontario.

Whether you’re a small business, a business network with multiple locations and many remote staff, or you’re somewhere in between, we tailor our services and solutions to help you address your specific IT needs and challenges.

What Keeps You Up at Night?

Are you experiencing unexpected system outages and downtime? Do you want to take advantage of 'the cloud', but you're not sure how? Is your network at risk of being hacked? Are your IT costs too high and unpredictable? Would you like to support satellite offices and your staff who are working remotely, but you can't? Are you and your staff spending too much time on your IT and away from meeting your core business goals? Are your backups failing and you're losing your data?

No matter the challenge your business is facing in IT today, MicroAge Kingston is strategically positioned to partner with you and help you work through the best solution for your unique set of circumstances.

We watch over your technology, so you can work...play...live...sleep.

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Technology affects every area of your business. As IT Experts in Kingston & Eastern Ontario, that’s where we come in. Whether you’re troubled by the list of problems above, or you’re just wondering if there is a more efficient, cost-effective way to be doing what you’ve been doing forever. MicroAge Kingston approaches your business with fresh eyes and expert knowledge.

Our service offering provides a basis for starting the conversation. Take a look, and call us when you’re ready for that personal discovery conversation with Shawn, Emily, or Rick.

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Help your business save time, control costs and reduce security risks by providing a complete IT department.

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The transition to Office 365 was as seamless as I could have ever expected. During the lead up to go live, the MicroAge team kept me in the loop and answered my questions.

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