Most London small businesses have the same infrastructure situation. Nothing is actively wrong, until something is. δivergent Byte builds the layer that professional services firms should have had from the start.
Three physical appliances, each with a clear job, managed as a single service by a single operator under a single monthly fee. The hardware is yours from day one. The software carries BSD licences — permanent, no renewal required.
OpenBSD at your network boundary. Two remote exploits in thirty years. No web management interface. No subscription required to stay secure. Plain text configuration, readable by any IT-competent engineer.
Genuine backup. Not cloud sync. ZFS-protected, hourly snapshots, thirty-day rolling window. Zero-delta monitoring that contacts you before you know there is a problem.
Your backup, 280 miles away, in Newcastle upon Tyne. Different electricity grid. Unambiguously UK jurisdiction. ISO-27001 certified facility. Annual disaster recovery test included.
FreeBSD on your existing hardware. Each client gets a completely isolated working environment — its own browser state, credentials, and session history — separated by a ZFS boot environment boundary.
One operator. Defined scope. No surprises. Remote management over SSH, proactive monitoring, security patching, DNS blocklist maintenance, and a monthly plain-language report. What the service covers is documented. What falls outside it is documented too — vague scope is how managed service relationships go wrong.
Hardware is invoiced at cost plus a fixed supply margin of £100 per unit. Software licensing is £0 — OpenBSD and FreeBSD carry BSD licences. The managed service fee covers operator time. If the managed service ends, the devices continue operating.
For context: a SonicWall TZ370 with Essential Protection renewal costs approximately £300–350 per year in software subscription alone, rising annually, with protection that degrades if the renewal lapses. A Synology DS224+ NAS runs approximately £350 diskless before drives or management. Neither includes an operator who contacts you before you notice a problem.
The typical client is a professional services firm: a solicitors' practice, an accountancy firm, a creative agency, a healthcare practice. Somewhere between "we have been meaning to sort out the backup situation" and "our IT person told us we need a proper firewall but we have not got around to it."
The service is also appropriate for clients currently on a Time Capsule (discontinued) or AirPort base station (discontinued) who have been putting off the replacement conversation. It is not appropriate for businesses with an in-house IT team, an enterprise Active Directory estate, or requirements that exceed the defined service scope. If you are not sure, a brief call will confirm quickly either way.
A scoping conversation takes thirty minutes and produces a clear picture of what the right configuration is and what it will cost. No obligation. No sales pressure.
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