IT support for Maidenhead businesses, from our Reading-based engineering team.

We are an IT support company based in Reading at Unit 6, 60 Portman Road, supporting businesses across Maidenhead and Berkshire. On site across the town centre and its corporate offices, with managed detection and response included as standard.

Managed IT / IT support Maidenhead

A service desk staffed by engineers.

We are based in Reading at Unit 6, 60 Portman Road, and our engineers come to you in Maidenhead. We are an appointed Cyber Essentials certification body and certified to ISO 27001 by a UKAS-accredited certification body, so we can take on regulated work. Those are the facts to check when you compare IT companies in Maidenhead.

  • On-site support across Maidenhead and Berkshire, with remote support nationwide when that is quicker.
  • Engineers who answer the phone and know your setup.
  • Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 support in house, not subcontracted.
  • Full or co-managed support, whichever fits your team.
01 · Where we cover

On site across Maidenhead and the Thames Valley.

Coverage across Reading, Berkshire and north Hampshire A map of the Thames Valley with Dead Simple Computing's Reading office at the centre, 10 and 20 mile rings, and the towns covered on site: Newbury, Basingstoke, Wokingham, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor and Slough. Newbury Basingstoke Wokingham Bracknell Maidenhead Windsor Slough Reading Our office
On site across Berkshire and north Hampshire  /  remote support UK wide
01Maidenhead

Maidenhead and the town centre

Maidenhead town centre and the surrounding Berkshire business districts, on site from Reading.

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02Berkshire

Wider Berkshire

Windsor, Wokingham, Bracknell, Newbury and the broader Berkshire towns, within reach for on-site work and regular visits.

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03Beyond

Thames Valley and nationwide

Slough and the wider Thames Valley, and remote support anywhere in the UK.

Thames ValleySloughRemote UK wide
Maidenhead · What we see locally

What IT support in Maidenhead involves.

Maidenhead changed when the Elizabeth line arrived. A direct run into central London made it viable for firms that would previously have taken London offices, and the effect on local IT is a lot of hybrid working built deliberately rather than improvised.

Vanwall Business Park, Foundation Park and the offices around the regenerated town centre hold a mix of technology, pharmaceutical and professional services firms, many of them UK operations of larger international groups. That brings a particular problem: local IT decisions constrained by a parent company's global standards, where the answer is sometimes that you cannot have what you want, and here is the nearest thing you can.

Maidenhead is a short run from Reading via the A4 or junctions 8/9 of the M4, so on-site visits are straightforward to arrange. It is also the one town where the commute pattern shapes the IT: if your people are in two days a week, the network you need is not the one you had in 2019.

02 · What local clients get

What we support.

From the helpdesk to the server room, we look after the whole estate for businesses across Maidenhead and Berkshire: unlimited helpdesk support, monitoring and patching, Microsoft 365, backup and recovery, connectivity, and security, from one local, accountable team.

DeskHelpdesk and on siteRemote and on-site support across Maidenhead and Berkshire.
WatchMonitoring and patchingMonitoring, patching and maintenance, running quietly in the background.
SecureMDR as standardManaged detection and response on every managed plan, with UK-based encrypted backups.
MoveSwitching providerA controlled handover: we audit the estate, agree a realistic timeline, then take over access with monitoring and MDR in place.
FAQ

Common questions

Where are you based, and which areas do you cover?

Our office is at Unit 6, 60 Portman Road, Reading, RG30 1EA. We provide on-site IT support across Maidenhead, Windsor, Wokingham, Bracknell, and the wider Berkshire area. For clients further afield we provide remote support nationwide.

Do you offer on-site support, or only remote?

Both. A lot of issues are resolved fastest remotely, so we do that first. When a problem needs someone in the room, our Reading office means we can get an engineer out to you across Maidenhead and Berkshire.

How quickly will you respond?

We agree response targets with you in writing as part of your plan. Critical issues are prioritised, and our Reading base means we can arrange on-site attendance across Maidenhead when something needs hands on.

How much does IT support in Maidenhead cost?

Managed IT support is £65 per user per month, excluding VAT, with endpoint and identity threat detection included as standard rather than charged as an extra. Volume discounts start at twenty users, and longer terms cost less. What you add to it, servers, firewalls, Wi-Fi, backup and certification, is priced as its own monthly line. See our pricing for the full rate card and what changes the figure.

We are switching from another provider. How long does that take?

It depends on the size and state of your estate, which is exactly what our initial audit establishes. We take over access in a controlled handover, put monitoring and security in place, and plan the move to minimise disruption for your team. We will give you a realistic timeline once we have seen what we are taking on.

Can you help with Cyber Essentials and compliance for Maidenhead businesses?

Yes. We are Cyber Essentials Plus certified and a Cyber Essentials certification body, and we are certified to ISO 27001 by a UKAS-accredited certification body, so we support businesses in regulated and high-stakes sectors. Preparation and formal assessment are distinct services, and we will tell you which one you need. See our cyber security services and governance and audit for the detail.

IT support in Maidenhead.

Book a consultation or call the Reading office. Part of our full Managed IT services.

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