The power of partnerships
In 2005 when Fletcher Forests closed their Rotorua operations the IT department was disbanded. Two of the key personnel of that division Kane Vanner and Mark Wilkinson decided to take the opportunity to form their own IT company. The desire to remain in the area and continue their passion of providing IT support was the driving influence in creating ITCO.
Red Stag created the opportunity
Red Stag was ITCO’s very first client and given that ITCO knew the timber industry well, and were very highly skilled computer experts, a partnership was quickly formed. ITCO became Red Stag’s IT provider, giving 24/7 support to their network and computer needs. As Red Stag has grown so has ITCO and both have developed a very reliable modern computer network, which has been a vital part in Red Stag’s development.
The team has grown
As the demands of Red Stag and other corporate clients grew ITCO engaged many highly skilled computer technicians to undertake server maintenance and IT support.
The skill base in this new IT company grew with many of the staff bringing years of experience from major companies like HP, AT&T & Datacom.
Today ITCO employ 15 team members and although they have stayed under the radar they provide IT support to many of the large companies in the Rotorua region.
Their success has been fixed price support contracts.
ITCO knew from the start that most companies wanted to lock down and control their costs especially computer network costs. ITCO have specialised in providing a fixed cost IT support programme which has worked very well for both parties. The real benefit has been developing a highly skilled team to make sure work was of the highest standard to reduce time wasting […]
