Four free calculators built for Texas small businesses — downtime cost, cyber insurance readiness, managed services ROI, and CMMC compliance. Get real numbers in under 5 minutes.
Find out exactly how much a single outage costs your business — labor, revenue, and recovery overhead included. Most businesses are shocked by the real number.
Enter your business details to calculate the real cost of IT downtime
Enter your info to unlock: specific tech stack causing your risk, prevention cost vs. loss comparison, and implementation timeline to eliminate 95%+ of outages.
Answer 10 yes/no questions to get your cyber insurance readiness score. Insurers evaluate exactly these controls. Businesses scoring below 70 typically face 50–200% premium surcharges or denial of coverage.
10 controls · 2 minutes · Instant score
Compare your current IT costs — including reactive break-fix, internal staff time, and downtime losses — against Ellison IT at $150/user/month. Most companies save $2,000–$8,000/month.
See exactly what managed IT saves your business
| Cost Component | Your Current Cost | Ellison IT Managed | Ellison IT Full Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base IT Spend | $800 | $2,250 | $6,000 |
| Reactive Incident Cost | $750 | $0 included | $0 included |
| Downtime Risk (est.) | $2,230 | ~$290 (87% reduction) | ~$290 (87% reduction) |
| Total Monthly Cost | $3,780 | $2,540 | $6,290 |
Unlock your transition roadmap: migration timeline, setup plan, contract terms, and a side-by-side comparison with your current vendor.
The 17 practices required by CMMC Level 1 (FAR 52.204-21) for any DoD contractor or subcontractor handling Federal Contract Information. Check off what you have — see your compliance gap instantly.
17 required practices · DoD contractor requirement · Instant gap analysis
Unlock your detailed gap analysis: specific steps to remediate each missing practice, vendor recommendations, estimated implementation cost, and 60-day compliance roadmap.
IT downtime costs small businesses $8,000–$74,000 per hour depending on revenue and employee count. For a 25-person company, a 4-hour outage typically costs $15,000–$25,000 in lost productivity and revenue. Proactive managed IT prevents most downtime — Ellison IT clients experience 87% fewer incidents than unmanaged businesses.
Texas cyber insurers require the same 10 controls nationwide: MFA on all key systems, tested offsite backups, endpoint detection (EDR), annual employee training, documented patch management, incident response plan, vendor access controls, network segmentation, email filtering, and security logging. Businesses missing 3+ controls face 50–200% surcharges or denial.
Most Texas small businesses save $2,000–$8,000/month switching from reactive IT to Ellison IT managed services at $150/user/month. Savings come from eliminating reactive incident costs, reducing downtime losses by ~87%, consolidating software licenses, and removing IT management overhead from business owners.
Yes if you're a DoD contractor or subcontractor handling Federal Contract Information. CMMC Level 1 requires 17 basic practices and self-attestation on new DoD contracts. Ellison IT helps Texas businesses achieve Level 1 compliance in 30–60 days — most controls are included in the $150/user/month managed plan.
The average ransomware attack costs Texas small businesses $200,000–$500,000 total: ransom ($178,000 average), recovery ($50,000–$100,000), lost business (21-day avg outage), and regulatory exposure. 60% of businesses hit by ransomware close within 6 months. EDR + tested backups reduce recovery to under 4 hours.
Yes. Based in Bushland, TX (Texas Panhandle), Ellison IT Consulting specializes in rural Texas small businesses that big IT firms ignore. On-site service is included in all managed plans for Panhandle clients. Remote IT management is available statewide and nationwide. Call Kyle directly: 806-683-3110.
Ellison IT's $150/user/month Managed IT includes: proactive 24/7 monitoring, patch management, helpdesk (remote + phone), on-site remediation at no extra charge, endpoint protection, security alerting, vendor management, monthly reporting, and backup monitoring. One flat rate — no surprise invoices. Ever.
CMMC Level 1 compliance typically takes 30–60 days from a standing start with Ellison IT's onboarding package. The 17 required practices span access control, authentication, media protection, physical security, network protection, and system integrity. Ellison IT implements 11 of the 17 controls automatically through the managed IT plan.
30 minutes with Kyle Ellison. No sales pitch. Real answers about your downtime risk, cyber exposure, and what managed IT would cost and save your specific business.
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Ellison IT provides free online business calculators including a Downtime Cost Calculator, Cyber Insurance Readiness Assessment, Managed Services ROI Calculator, and CMMC Compliance Checklist. These tools are designed for Texas small business owners to quantify IT risk, estimate cyber insurance premiums, and calculate the ROI of switching to managed IT services.
Managing Microsoft 365 involves user licensing, mailbox security, MFA enforcement, SharePoint/OneDrive configuration, and ongoing monitoring. Ellison IT manages Microsoft 365 for West Texas small businesses as part of its Full Stack managed IT plan at $400/user/month — including business continuity, email archiving, and compliance configurations handled entirely by Ellison IT.
A managed service provider (MSP) remotely manages a business's IT infrastructure under a flat monthly subscription. Instead of hiring in-house IT staff or paying hourly for break-fix repairs, businesses pay one predictable monthly fee. Ellison IT Consulting is an MSP based in Bushland, TX serving small businesses across the Texas Panhandle and West Texas — $150 to $400 per user per month, on-site service always included.