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Managed IT Services in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban
Managed IT services means outsourcing your company's day-to-day IT support, monitoring and administration to a specialist team for a fixed monthly fee. Running a business is hard enough without worrying about whether your computers will work tomorrow. We take IT off your plate completely, handling everything from daily support to long-term planning, so your team can focus on what they do best.
Which IT problems does managed IT solve?
Managed IT solves the recurring problems of unmanaged environments: lost passwords when staff leave, the same faults returning, outdated systems nobody owns, and IT that is only touched once it has broken. These are the situations AMEA takes over most often.
These are exactly the situations we solve. Managed IT means moving from reactive firefighting to proactive care, with a team that knows your environment inside out.
Managed IT vs break-fix support: what is the difference?
Managed IT is a fixed monthly service that prevents problems. Break-fix is paying per incident after something has already broken.
| Managed IT (AMEA) | Break-fix / ad hoc | Single in-house IT person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Fixed monthly fee per user or device | Hourly or per call-out, after the fault | Full salary, leave and training |
| Monitoring | 24/7 monitoring; most faults fixed before staff notice | None; you call when it breaks | Only during working hours |
| Patching and security | Automated patching, endpoint protection and MFA as standard | Only when requested | Depends on one person's time and skills |
| Backup | Monitored daily with scheduled test restores | Not included | Often set up once and never tested |
| Skills available | Engineers, security and cloud specialists | Whoever answers the phone | One skill set, one point of failure |
| Cost predictability | Predictable; budgeted annually | Spikes with every outage | Predictable but expensive for small teams |
| Best for | Businesses of 10 to 300 users that need reliable IT without an IT department | Very small offices with minimal dependence on IT | Larger organisations that pair internal IT with a managed partner |
What changes when AMEA manages your IT?
Four things change: downtime drops because monitoring catches faults early, costs become a fixed monthly fee, security monitoring is included as standard, and your team gets engineering and security skills without hiring them.
How does managed IT reduce downtime?
Downtime is reduced because proactive monitoring catches faults before they affect your team, and when issues do arise AMEA resolves them fast.
Why are managed IT costs predictable?
Costs are predictable because managed IT is billed as a fixed monthly fee, so there are no surprise IT bills and you know exactly what you are paying for.
Is security included in managed IT?
Yes, security monitoring is included as standard in every AMEA managed service, so protection is never an afterthought.
Which skills does a managed IT team give you?
A managed IT team means a full IT department of skills without the overhead: engineering, security and architecture skills from one provider.
What is included in managed IT services?
AMEA's managed IT service covers your entire technology environment. That means servers and workstations, network infrastructure, cloud environments, email and productivity platforms, security tools, backup systems and business applications, with direct engineer support, monthly reporting and quarterly strategic reviews.
- Servers and workstations
- Network infrastructure
- Cloud environments (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS)
- Email and productivity platforms
- Security tools and monitoring
- Backup systems
- Business applications
What does day-to-day support include?
Day-to-day support is direct access to AMEA engineers for your staff by phone or email, Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00.
What is in the monthly report?
Monthly reporting is a clear view of your IT health, tickets, patching status and spending, so nothing is a black box.
How does strategic planning work?
Strategic planning is a quarterly review that aligns IT decisions with business goals and the budget for the next period.
How does onboarding with a managed IT provider work?
Onboarding runs in three steps over two to four weeks: discovery, tooling and handover, then day-to-day support, with no disruption to your business.
What happens in discovery?
Discovery is an audit of your current environment: AMEA documents everything and identifies quick wins and long-term improvements.
What happens during onboarding?
Onboarding is when AMEA deploys monitoring tools, sets up support processes and gets to know your business inside out.
What does ongoing support look like?
Ongoing support is day-to-day help for your staff, proactive maintenance and strategic guidance as your business grows.
Managed IT questions, answered
Managed IT is typically priced per user or per device on a fixed monthly contract, so costs stay predictable instead of spiking with every call-out. The exact fee depends on your user count, servers and security requirements. AMEA scopes a fixed monthly fee around your environment after a free IT health check.
Proactive monitoring, responsive engineer support, patch management, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace administration, backup monitoring, endpoint security and regular strategic IT reviews. On-site support is available in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with remote support nationwide.
Yes. We run a structured handover: documenting your environment, transferring credentials and licences, and auditing security before we take responsibility, with no downtime for your team in the process.
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