IT services

We keep studio
infrastructure standing.

Compliance, support, buildouts and secure project environments — run by technicians who have worked inside post pipelines rather than read about them.

TPN / Security Compliance

Gap assessment, remediation and the documentation MPA auditors actually ask for.

  • TPN & MPA assessment prep
  • Policy documentation
  • Remediation build-out

Managed IT Support

Technicians who have run post pipelines before, not a helpdesk reading a script.

  • Helpdesk & troubleshooting
  • Network & storage
  • Same-day on-site in LA

Studio Buildouts

New facility or a move. Racks, cabling, power and network sized for what post actually pulls.

  • Network architecture
  • CAT6/6A & fibre
  • Server & storage install

Secure Project Setup

Isolated environments for work under content-security terms.

  • Isolated VLANs
  • Encrypted storage
  • Access control & audit

Standby coverage

When your one IT person goes on holiday

Most studios we work with run IT on one person. That works right up until they take the two weeks they have earned, and the render farm picks that Tuesday to fall over. We have been the number those studios call for years — the standby resource that already knows the environment, so nobody spends a vacation on the phone.

How it actually works

  1. Before they go. We walk the environment with your person while they are still there — racks, credentials, vendor contacts, the three things that only they know. That handover is the whole product; everything after it is just execution.
  2. While they are out. You have a number that reaches a technician who has already seen your setup. No discovery call, no "can you describe your topology."
  3. When they are back. A written log of everything touched. Your person returns to a system they still recognise, not a mystery someone else reconfigured.

This is the same prepaid block as any other engagement — there is no separate standby retainer and no minimum. Unused hours stay yours.

Coverage planner

How many hours would you actually need?

PTO, sick days and holidays. This is your number — we have none for your team.
Not a full day. What you would actually call about.

Arithmetic only: your two numbers against our firm block prices. Nothing here is estimated, indexed or benchmarked.

Setup blocks

Priced by the hour, bought in blocks

Firm pricing. No discovery fee, no minimum retainer. The same blocks cover standby coverage, a studio standup, or anything else on this page.

10-hour block — $1,750

Imaging, deployment, network configuration and handover. $175/hour.

50-hour block — $7,500

Full studio standup, pipeline configuration and an ongoing support retainer. $150/hour.

Blocks draw down in 15-minute increments and do not expire. Past 40 hours the 50-hour block costs less than buying 10-hour blocks — the planner above works that out for you.

Standing up a studio?

Price the whole thing first — space, furniture, hardware and IT — with our free budget builder.