Modernize the Core.
Secure the Edge.

Every solution we design runs on a physical foundation — and that foundation matters more than most organizations realize until something goes wrong. Underpowered hardware, poorly planned cabling, inadequate power or cooling, or network switching that wasn’t designed to scale are the kinds of problems that don’t announce themselves until they’re causing outages or blocking growth.

ITSG brings decades of datacenter and physical infrastructure experience to every engagement. From rack and stack to structured cabling, power distribution, and edge deployments, we design physical environments that support the performance, resilience, and security requirements of the systems running on top of them — and we do it before the first server goes in the rack.

Infrastructure solutions include:

• Datacenter design and rack layout planning
• Structured cabling design and installation oversight
• HPE server and switching hardware procurement and deployment
• Power distribution and UPS planning
• Cooling assessment and capacity planning
• Edge and branch office infrastructure design
• Network switching and physical fabric design
• Hardware lifecycle management and refresh planning
• Remote hands coordination for multi-site environments

Good infrastructure is invisible when it’s done right — you never think about it because nothing fails, nothing bottlenecks, and nothing surprises you at 2am. That’s what we build toward.

Artificial intelligence doesn’t run on good intentions — it runs on compute, memory, and fast storage. As organizations move from experimenting with cloud-hosted AI to deploying serious workloads on-premises, the gap between infrastructure that was “good enough” and infrastructure that was designed for the job becomes impossible to ignore.

ITSG has been designing and deploying server and storage environments for nearly two decades. We understand how workloads actually behave under production conditions — the memory pressure, the storage I/O patterns, the thermal and power requirements that don’t show up in vendor spec sheets. Whether you’re modernizing aging compute, building a new environment from scratch, or sizing infrastructure specifically for AI inference and local LLM deployment, we get the architecture right before anything gets ordered.

Compute & Data solutions include:

• Server architecture design and HPE ProLiant deployment
• Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) sizing and deployment
• AI-ready compute configuration for local LLM and inference workloads
• GPU and accelerator integration for on-premises AI environments
• NAS, SAN, and object storage design and deployment
• HPE AI-ready storage solutions for high-throughput data workloads
• Storage performance analysis and I/O optimization
• Data sovereignty planning — keeping sensitive data on-premises and under your control
• Capacity planning and hardware lifecycle management

The organizations getting the most value from AI right now aren’t the ones who moved everything to the cloud — they’re the ones who made deliberate decisions about what to run where, and built the on-premises foundation to support it. That’s a conversation we’ve been having with clients for years.

Your virtualization strategy shouldn’t be dictated by a vendor’s licensing decision. Whether you’re running VMware, exploring Proxmox or KVM, evaluating containers, or managing a mix of all three — the right architecture depends on your workloads, your team, and your growth trajectory. Not on what’s easiest for your vendor to sell.

ITSG brings decades of hands-on experience across the full spectrum of virtualization and hybrid infrastructure technologies. We’ve architected VMware environments from the ground up, managed complex Citrix deployments, and more recently designed open-source KVM and Proxmox solutions for organizations that need enterprise-grade performance without enterprise-grade licensing costs. We help you evaluate your options honestly — and build the environment that fits, whatever that turns out to be.

Hybrid & Virtual solutions include:

• Hypervisor evaluation and platform selection (VMware, Proxmox, KVM, Hyper-V)
• Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) design and deployment
• VMware migration, consolidation, and workload optimization
• Container platform design and deployment (Docker, Kubernetes)
• High availability and live migration configuration
• Hybrid cloud integration — extending on-premises environments to Azure or AWS
• Storage architecture and performance optimization for virtual workloads
• Capacity planning, growth roadmapping, and lifecycle management
• Backup and snapshot integration for rapid recovery

The goal isn’t to migrate you off what’s working — it’s to make sure what you’re running today is optimized, and that you have a clear path forward when it’s time to evolve.

Your network is the foundation everything else runs on — and increasingly, it’s also your most important security control point. A poorly designed or improperly segmented network doesn’t just cause performance problems — it creates attack surface that’s difficult to detect and expensive to remediate. The two disciplines aren’t separate conversations anymore.

ITSG designs and deploys wired and wireless networks where security isn’t an add-on — it’s built into the architecture from the first diagram. Access control, segmentation, and traffic inspection are decisions we make at design time, not after the fact. Built on Aruba Networks and Fortinet technologies, our network solutions deliver enterprise-grade performance and security at scales from a single office to complex multi-site distributed environments — all managed from a unified platform that makes ongoing operations significantly less complex.

For organizations that need to enforce identity-based access and least-privilege principles across users, devices, and applications, we incorporate Zero Trust access controls as a native part of the network design — not as a separate project bolted on later.

Secure Networking solutions include:

• Network architecture design and structured cabling oversight
• Aruba switching and wireless deployment and configuration
• Network segmentation and VLAN design
• SD-WAN for multi-site connectivity and automated failover
• Guest and IoT network isolation
• Network access control (NAC) and device onboarding policies
• Identity-based access and Zero Trust network access (ZTNA)
• Secure remote access replacing legacy VPN infrastructure
• Performance monitoring and capacity planning
• Unified network and security management platform configuration

A network designed around security from the start costs no more to build than one that isn’t — but it costs far less to defend over time.

A layered security posture isn’t about buying more tools — it’s about closing the right gaps in the right order. Most organizations don’t have a shortage of security products. They have a shortage of cohesion — point solutions from multiple vendors that don’t share context, don’t talk to each other, and leave the gaps between them unmonitored.

ITSG designs integrated security architectures that treat your endpoints, identity, email, web traffic, and network perimeter as a unified system rather than a collection of disconnected products. Powered by Fortinet’s Security Fabric, our cybersecurity solutions provide visibility and enforcement across your entire environment from a single management plane — making security operations faster, less complex, and far more effective than the alternative.

As AI tools become embedded in everyday business workflows, the security implications expand significantly. Data leaving your environment through unsanctioned AI applications, AI-generated phishing attacks that bypass traditional filters, and agentic systems operating with excessive permissions are threat vectors that require deliberate architectural responses — not just updated policies. We help organizations think through those implications before they become incidents.

Cybersecurity solutions include:

• Next-generation firewall design and deployment
• Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
• Email and web filtering with AI-aware threat detection
• Identity and access management with MFA enforcement
• Security Operations Center (SOC) — 24/7 monitoring and response
• Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
• AI security policy and data governance framework
• Security awareness training for end users
• Incident response planning and tabletop exercises

Whether you’re building from scratch or hardening an existing environment, we design around your actual risk profile — not a generic checklist.

Most organizations don’t find out their backup strategy has gaps until they need it. A ransomware event, a hardware failure, or a misconfigured update shouldn’t be the first real test of your recovery plan — but for too many businesses, it is. The difference between recovering in minutes and recovering in days comes down to decisions that were made long before the incident occurred.

ITSG designs backup and disaster recovery environments that are tested, documented, and sized for your actual recovery requirements — not just the ones that fit a vendor’s default configuration. We work backward from your RTO and RPO targets to design a solution that meets them, whether that means on-premises backup appliances, cloud-integrated recovery targets, or a hybrid approach that covers both.

Backup, DR & Business Continuity solutions include:

• Backup architecture design and platform selection
• Veeam Backup & Replication design, deployment, and management
• Datto SIRIS and Unitrends business continuity appliance deployment
• Zerto continuous replication and near-zero RPO disaster recovery
• Cloud-integrated backup and offsite replication configuration
• Ransomware recovery planning and immutable backup design
• Backup validation and automated recovery testing
• RTO/RPO assessment and SLA documentation
• Business continuity planning and runbook development
• Multi-site replication and failover configuration

A backup strategy that’s never been tested isn’t a strategy — it’s a hope. We design environments where recovery is routine, documented, and fast enough to matter when it counts.