BREAKING: Layer 9 now one (1) layer more than the leading brand of layers  •  Uptime: 100.0% (we rounded)  •  Our coffee maker has been patched  •  Still not a PO box  •  Now offering 9 services, up from the industry-standard 8  •  Helpdesk wait time: yes  •  Local man discovers Layer 9, immediately feels better about Layer 8

Numbers that are slightly bigger

We did the math. Then we added one. Then we checked the math. Then we added one to the checking.

21+
Years of experience

The plus is doing a lot of work.

100.0%
Uptime

99.9%, rounded up. Legal said fine. Legal is also us.

9
Services

Count them. Seriously, scroll down.

1
Actual street address

With a door. You can knock on it.

From small business to enterprise. And then one size bigger.

Five employees? Five hundred? Five hundred and one? We scale. We've scaled so hard we had to buy a second whiteboard. Whatever size you are, we support you at that size, plus one.

Find your industry (there are six)

Not a vendor. A strategic partner. And a friend. And a bit more.

Everyone promises a "strategic partnership." We promise a strategic partnership plus one bonus relationship tier, which we're contractually forbidden from describing but which does include remembering your birthday.

About the bonus tier

Support by real humans. Real-er, even.

You call. A person answers. That person knows what a DNS record is and won't ask if you've tried turning it off and on until at least the second sentence. We're local, too: 530 N Kiwanis Ave, Sioux Falls, SD. Not a PO box. A building.

Get support

The OSI model, finished

For decades engineers have blamed problems on "Layer 8": the user. We went one further. Layer 9 is the layer that shows up, fixes Layer 8's printer, and doesn't make a face about it.

9 · Layer 9 Solutions (us, hi)
8 · The user (bless them)
7 · Application
6 · Presentation
5 · Session
4 · Transport
3 · Network
2 · Data Link
1 · Physical (the cable someone unplugged)

Nine services. Because eight felt small.

Every service includes a free bonus service, which is the next service.

Managed IT

We manage your IT. And your IT's IT. It's IT all the way down.

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Managed Cloud

Your data, in the cloud, managed. Weather permitting.

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Private Cloud

Like the cloud, but it doesn't talk to the other clouds. Introverted cloud.

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Cybersecurity

Firewalls, EDR, MFA, and one extra acronym we're still working on.

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DevOps

Pipelines so smooth your developers will cry. Happy tears. Mostly.

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Linux Administration

We say 'sudo' with the confidence of people who've read the man page. Twice.

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Private AI

An AI that lives on your servers and keeps your secrets. It wrote half this page. The good half.

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Custom Software

We build what you need, plus one feature you didn't ask for but will absolutely use.

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The Ninth Service

The one the other guys don't have. It's mostly vibes, but it's premium vibes.

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Certified. Extra certified.

We are compliance nerds. Please ask us about audit evidence. We've been waiting by the phone.

SOC 2 +1HIPAA and a halfPCI DSS DSSISO 27001.1Certified Nice Guys™

Some badges are aspirational. SOC 3 is real though, look it up.

Trusted by businesses across industries. And better.

I called at 2am about my email. They answered. I didn't even want them to answer. I just wanted to yell into a voicemail.An accountant, in April
Our old IT company had eight services. These guys have nine. I counted. I'm an auditor.A very thorough client
I drove over to drop off a laptop and there was an actual office there. With chairs. And a guy.Pleasantly surprised client

Testimonials dramatized. Feelings real.

Ready to go one layer higher?

Talk to a real human. At a real address. With a real door.

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