IT support for Murphy businesses, from the next town over
Murphy is a close-knit city where much of the business community is made up of home offices, professional practices, trades and small shops. Those businesses rarely have an IT department, and a call center in another state doesn’t know your office.
SOHO Logics provides IT support in Murphy from neighboring Sachse. You work directly with the founder, Jason Osborne, who has supported North Texas small businesses since 2000. Most problems are fixed remotely within minutes, and when something needs hands-on work, we’re a short drive away.
What we help Murphy businesses with
- Home-based and remote work: secure, reliable setups for owners and employees working from Murphy, including router and Wi-Fi cleanup, backups and sign-in protection.
- Email and Microsoft 365: new accounts, shared mailboxes, MFA and fixing what breaks.
- Wi-Fi and networking: dead spots, slow connections, new routers and firewalls, and separate guest networks.
- Security: email security, multi-factor authentication and managed antivirus for small teams.
- Backups: monitored, test-restored backups for your files and email.
- Business computer repair: we repair and replace business computers, laptops and printers. We don’t repair home or personal devices.
A home-office security checklist
If you run a business from a home in Murphy, these steps protect it without much cost:
- Change the router’s default password and keep its firmware updated, or replace an old router your internet provider supplied years ago.
- Keep work and family devices apart. Put work computers on a separate or guest-style network from game consoles and smart-home gadgets.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication for email and for your bank and accounting logins.
- Back up your work files somewhere other than the computer itself, and test restoring one file.
- Use a separate account on a shared computer. Don’t let the kids’ homework and your client files live in the same profile.
- Lock the screen and keep the computer’s operating system and apps up to date.
We can set all of this up for you, or walk you through it.
Murphy at a glance for business owners
Murphy is in southern Collin County, about 22 miles northeast of downtown Dallas, midway between Plano and Wylie on FM 544. It borders Plano, Richardson, Sachse, Wylie and Parker (ZIP codes 75094 and 75074). The population grew from about 3,100 in 2000 to about 21,000 in 2020, and Murphy Marketplace, at North Murphy Road and FM 544, anchors the local shops and restaurants. Southfork Ranch, the setting of the TV series “Dallas,” is a couple of miles north. Most Murphy businesses are small, many are run from home, and almost all of them depend on a laptop, a router and an email account that nobody is paid to look after.
Two ways to work with us
Managed IT for one flat monthly price. For offices of 10 or more users, our managed IT services include help desk support, monitoring, patching, endpoint protection and backups, with on-site visits when needed.
On-demand support. For smaller teams, on-demand IT support has published hourly rates, remote and on-site service, and no contract. Use the cost estimator to compare the two for your team in about a minute.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work with home-based businesses in Murphy? Yes. SOHO stands for Small Office / Home Office. We support the business side of a home office: network, email, backups and security.
How far are you from Murphy? We’re based in Sachse, which neighbors Murphy. We’ll give you a realistic on-site time frame when you call, and remote help usually starts right away.
Do I need a contract? No. On-demand support has no contract, and managed plans are available month-to-month.
Do you cover all of Murphy, including both ZIP codes? Yes. We support businesses and home offices throughout Murphy, ZIP codes 75094 and 75074 included.
Do you serve nearby towns too? Yes: Sachse, Wylie, Rowlett and Garland, plus Richardson, Plano and Allen. See the full list of towns we serve.
Need IT support in Murphy? Start with a free, no-obligation IT assessment.
