IT consulting & managed services · Sarasota, Florida
Enterprise IT expertise without the enterprise overhead
Nearly 30 years of infrastructure experience for organizations that need a senior engineer on their side — hybrid Windows/Linux estates, Microsoft identity and AI, security, and virtualization.
Typically a fit for 10–200 user organizations: professional services, healthcare-adjacent practices, manufacturing, legal, and multi-site teams — local and remote nationwide.
What we deliver
Specialist practice areas — not a generalist menu.
Primary practices
Artificial Intelligence
Copilot, Copilot Cowork, Microsoft Foundry, and governance that keeps data safe.
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Network Security
Firewalls, segmentation, remote access, and monitoring that is operable day to day.
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Managed IT Services
Monitoring, patching, backup, and identity — principal-led support.
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Virtualization
Platform operations, migration planning, and backup that gets tested.
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Microsoft Azure
Identity, cost control, and cloud estates that stay manageable.
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Linux Infrastructure
Production servers, automation, and identity for mixed estates.
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Citrix
Apps, desktops, and secure delivery you can keep healthy.
Learn more →Results, not slides
How engagements look in practice — anonymized where confidentiality requires it.
Governance first, then Copilot
Oversharing would have turned Copilot into a discovery engine for the wrong data. Permissions and policy first, then a safe pilot.
Read →FinOps first, then more cloud
FinOps = managing cloud cost so the bill is not a surprise. Tags, budgets, and guardrails before the next wave of spend.
Read →The firewall nobody owned
Years of unreviewed rules and a single appliance. Hygiene, high availability, and a policy someone can explain.
Read →Green jobs, untested restores
Dashboards said success. Timed restores told the truth. Recovery became a measured practice.
Read →VDI took the blame. The front door was the problem.
“Citrix is slow” until the delivery path was assessed, hardened, and monitored.
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How engagements start
Clear process. No sales theater. You talk to the person who will do the work.
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Conversation
Phone, email, or a short booked call. Describe the problem, environment, and constraints.
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Scope honestly
We outline options, risks, and whether we are the right fit — including when to stay put.
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Principal delivery
Design, build, and operate with a senior consultant involved end to end.
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Steady state
Project handoff or ongoing managed services with monitoring, patching, and documented operations.
Why organizations choose ECT
Direct access to the people who do the work.
Depth over headcount
We take on fewer clients so we can go deeper. Mixed Windows/Linux, hybrid identity, virtualization, and security — without a layer of account managers between you and the work.
Principal on every engagement
Strategy and implementation stay with an experienced engineer. You get continuity, accountability, and advice that survives contact with production.
Honest tradeoffs
We document when a platform change is not a fit, when Copilot should wait on governance, and when managed services should be co-managed with your internal team.
About the practice
Steve Haney
Principal Consultant · ECT Consulting, Inc.
Steve has nearly three decades of enterprise infrastructure experience spanning hybrid identity, Microsoft platforms, Linux fleets, network security, virtualization, and Citrix. ECT Consulting is principal-led by design: strategy, implementation, and ongoing advice stay with the same engineer — not a rotating cast of juniors and account managers.
Based in Sarasota, Florida. Most work is remote; on-site when it matters. Clients range from small and mid-size organizations that need serious IT without a large internal department, to teams that need specialist depth on Microsoft AI, security, and hybrid estates.
Insights
Short notes from the field — not a content mill.
Ready to talk through the next step?
Projects, managed services, or an honest read on your environment. You reach a principal consultant.