Security-First Managed IT for UK Businesses

We run your IT, so you can run your business. 20+ years experience.

ORBX is a security-first IT partner for UK businesses with 25 to 500 staff. We run your day-to-day IT, harden your security posture against the incoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, govern your AI adoption, and give the strategic advice your directors will be held accountable for. One team. One bill. Audit-ready by default.

24/7 cover, UK-managed ISO 27001 partner-delivered Cyber Essentials Plus aligned Microsoft Solutions Partner Cyber Bill ready
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Service review · April
LIVE
P1 SLA
99.2%
↑ 247 incidents
Audit posture
98%
CE+ ready
Tickets
42 auto
AI resolved
Median first response time
12-week
#2486 VPN drop · finance director P1 Resolved
#2485 Onboarding · J. Patel P2 Auto-routed
#2484 Outlook iOS sync P3 AI drafted
~15 min Avg P1 response
AI insight
3 tickets relate to Outlook iOS sync. Push MDM update to affected group?
Standards your auditors, insurers and procurement team will recognise. Delivered through a partner stack independently certified, with ORBX on a 12-month path to direct certification.
ISO 27001 (partner) ISO 9001 (partner) Cyber Essentials Plus aligned Microsoft Solutions Partner UK GDPR ICO Registered
Pick your starting point

Two ways we work with you. Pick the one that fits.

ORBX is two distinct propositions running on the same operating standards. Most clients start with one and end up using both. Pick the one that matches what you came here for.

Why ORBX exists

Most UK SMEs are about to find out their IT provider is their problem.

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill moves the accountability for IT security, resilience and incident reporting from the IT manager to the directors and the board. Most managed service providers in the UK SME market were not built for that level of scrutiny. ORBX was. We bring enterprise operating discipline, an AI-native operations platform and 24/7 service capability to the 25 to 500 user market that has been underserved for two decades.

Commercial outcomes

We measure what the board measures.

ORBX engagements are scoped, run and reported against commercial outcomes, not service desk activity. Here is the operating model we commit to in every engagement.

<15 min
P1 triage target
Critical and high priority incidents triaged within 15 minutes during business hours, with 1-hour contracted SLA backed by 24/7 cover.
60 days
Provider transition
Documented six-stage onboarding methodology. Most provider transitions complete in 60 days. We will tell you on day one if yours will not.
Q1
Licensing review
Microsoft 365 and Azure licensing audited inside your first quarter using LicenseLedger365. We do not take a cut of any savings identified.
4 to 1
Vendor consolidation
Four service pillars, one contract, one accountable partner. IT, security, AI governance and advisory under a single operating model.
CE+
Audit-ready by default
Cyber Essentials Plus baseline included from day one. ISO 27001 alignment available for clients pursuing direct certification.
90 days
AI governance
AI policy, risk register and controls framework operational within 90 days using AIReadinessCheck365. First measured productivity outcome inside the first quarter.
The problem

Your IT provider should be answerable to the board. Most cannot be.

Under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, your directors are personally accountable for IT security posture, incident reporting and resilience. ORBX is built to give the board the evidence they need, not just the tickets they did not ask for.

Legacy MSP model

Tickets in. Hours out. Directors exposed.

  • Downtime measured in tickets, not director liability
  • Three suppliers for IT, cyber and AI. Three sets of evidence to assemble at audit.
  • Audit posture rebuilt every renewal cycle
  • AI bought without policy. Risk owned by no one named.
  • Pricing hidden behind a multi-call qualification process
The ORBX model

One operating model. Board-level evidence. One bill.

  • Downtime, risk and posture reported every month in language the board reads
  • One partner. One contract. One name on the audit trail.
  • Cyber Bill posture maintained continuously, not assembled at audit
  • AI adopted with governance, policy and named accountability from day one
  • Transparent pricing. No multipliers. No surprises at renewal.
Credible support, professional back office

An enterprise service desk, sized for the SME.

ORBX support is delivered through a 24/7 service operation that has been running since 2002 and is independently certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 9001. UK-managed by ORBX. Globally delivered by our service partner. That combination gives you genuine round-the-clock cover at a price point an SME-scale UK-only desk cannot match. Vetted engineers, structured change control, contracted SLAs reported every month.

UK-managed by ORBX 24/7/365 partner-delivered ITIL-aligned

24/7 cover, contracted SLAs

1-hour P1 contracted SLA · 24/7/365 cover

Response times written into the contract and reported every month. Our service partner's current average on Critical/High is 15 minutes. Out-of-hours, weekends, bank holidays, all covered.

  • Phone, email and portal channels
  • VIP user fast-track for board members
  • Performance reported, not promised

ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 partner-certified

Information security · Quality management · Externally certified

Information security and quality management to international standards via our service partner. Vetted engineers, criminal record checks, NDAs, identity verification and structured reference checks. ORBX is on a 12-month path to direct certification.

  • UK GDPR and Data Protection compliant
  • AES-256 encrypted remote sessions
  • Documented for your auditor on request

Three-tier engineering

Desktop · Server · Advanced engineering

The right engineer for the right problem. First line for desktop, AD, M365. Second line for server, virtualisation, Intune. Third line for advanced networking and complex troubleshooting.

  • Defined competency matrix
  • Structured escalation path
  • On-site support nationwide

Structured change control

Documented · Risk-assessed · Signed off

Installs, moves, additions and changes follow a documented IMAC framework. Nothing impactful gets touched without a change record, a risk assessment, and your sign-off.

  • Defined supported vs unsupported scope
  • Project work scoped properly
  • Monthly change report to leadership

Proactive monitoring

Monitoring · Patching · Endpoint protection · Backup

Your estate watched continuously, not just when a ticket is raised. Alerts triaged before users feel them. Patches deployed to schedule. Endpoint protection and backup health verified weekly.

  • RMM with best-practice baselines
  • Endpoint protection (EDR)
  • Backup verification, not just backup

Quarterly business reviews

Performance · Risks · Roadmap

A proper QBR with your account team every quarter. Not a sales meeting. We bring the actual data, the actual risks, and the recommended next moves.

  • SLA and incident performance review
  • Best-practice analysis
  • 12-month rolling roadmap

Contracted service levels

Published. In writing. Reported every month.

24/7/365 coverage
Priority
Impact
Partner average
Contracted SLA
P1 Critical / High
Service down or significant degradation
~15 minutes
≤ 1 hour
P2 VIP
Board, exec or named VIP user
Faster, prioritised
≤ 1 hour
P3 Medium
Single user. Workaround possible.
~1 hour
≤ 4 hours
P4 Low
Minor. Non-impacting.
~4 hours
≤ 8 hours
AI-Powered IT Operations

Smarter support. Faster resolution. Better user experience.

Traditional IT support is reactive and labour intensive. ORBX combines experienced UK engineers with an AI-native operations platform that identifies, prioritises and resolves issues before users feel them. Engineers focus on higher-value work. Your business gets less downtime, faster fixes, and a measurably better user experience.

Intelligent ticket routing

AI triages, categorises and prioritises every ticket on arrival. The right engineer, first time.

Automated remediation

Known issues fixed by automation. Patches deployed to schedule. Devices self-healed where possible.

Predictive monitoring

Endpoint and network health continuously analysed. Issues identified before they become incidents.

Engineers, augmented

AI does not replace the engineer. It frees them up for the work that needs human judgment.

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Active tickets

Last sync · 23 seconds ago

AI ASSIST ON
AI insight
3 tickets in the last 24h relate to Outlook on iOS sync. Pattern detected. Suggested action: push MDM profile update across affected user group.
#2486 VPN connection drop, finance director P1 In progress
#2485 New starter onboarding, J. Patel P2 Auto-routed
#2484 Outlook iOS, sync fail P3 AI drafted
#2483 M365 license request P3 Resolved
Service breakdown

Eight service offers. Two pillars. One operating standard.

Every ORBX engagement runs from the same operating standards: UK-managed delivery, ISO 27001 partner-certified service desk, written SLAs, and monthly reporting. The difference between IT Services and AI & Automation is what we are buying for you, not how we deliver it.

IT Services

Day-to-day IT, properly run

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AI & Automation

AI that earns its keep

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Built for

UK organisations where IT is no longer back-office.

ORBX works best in environments where downtime, compliance and operational efficiency are board-level concerns. Where IT has stopped being a cost and started being load-bearing.

Professional services

Law firms, accountants, advisory and consulting. Where billable time is the unit of revenue and downtime is unrecoverable.

Protected fee-earner productivity

Education

Multi-academy trusts, independent schools, FE colleges. Where safeguarding, compliance and budget pressure intersect.

Framework-compliant, audit-ready

Multi-site SME

Manufacturing, logistics, retail, distribution. Where multiple sites, legacy estate and growth ambition all need a single operating model.

Unified estate, predictable cost

Regulated businesses

Financial services, healthcare-adjacent, FCA-regulated firms. Where evidence, controls and audit posture are not optional.

Continuous regulator readiness
Built by people who've done it

The team behind ORBX has built and exited managed service businesses.

ORBX was founded by people who have spent twenty years building, scaling and selling UK managed service and telecoms businesses. We have lived the journey our clients are on, integrated the technology estates our clients now run, and learned at first hand what works and what gets dressed up as best practice.

That experience shapes the operating model, the commercial structure and the standards. It is also why we will tell you when something is not worth doing.

Built and exited MSPs

Our team has built UK managed service businesses to commercial exit. We have lived the journey our clients are on.

Telecoms operating background

Direct experience integrating multi-product platforms across IT, telecoms, cyber and managed services. We know what scales and what breaks.

Recurring revenue specialists

Our entire operating background is in recurring-revenue technology services. Every commercial decision optimises for client lifetime value, not transactional margin.

Multi-site IT consolidation

Hands-on experience consolidating IT estates, harmonising security postures and unifying tooling across acquired and multi-location businesses.

Pricing

Call us for pricing. Or a free audit.

Most MSPs hide their pricing behind a three-call qualification process. ORBX does not. Tell us your user count, your current provider and your renewal date and we will give you a fixed per-user price on the first call. Or start with a free audit of your current IT and security posture. Either way, the number we quote is the number on the proposal.

Book a call
PricingOn the first call
Free auditNo obligation
Inclusion listIn writing
Renewal multipliersNone
No multi-call qualification. No surprises at renewal.

Thirty minutes. A real conversation about your IT.

No deck. We will ask about your operating model, your estate and the commercial outcomes you are trying to move. If we can help, we will say so. If we cannot, we will tell you who to call instead.

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