Technology should help run the business — not become another job.
FringeIT gives small and midsize businesses access to a real IT team without requiring them to build an entire IT department internally. Based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, we provide managed IT, cybersecurity, Microsoft 365, networking, server, and infrastructure support for businesses throughout Metro Detroit.
IT problems, handled.
Why we exist
Small businesses shouldn't have to choose between bad IT and building an entire IT department.
Growing businesses eventually reach a point where technology is too important to manage informally, but hiring every IT role internally still doesn't make sense. FringeIT was built for that gap.
We handle day-to-day support, monitoring, security, systems, vendors, and technology planning while giving clients one team that learns their environment instead of making them start from scratch every time something goes wrong.
Responsive
IT problems shouldn’t sit unanswered while employees wait to work.
Proactive
Good IT means monitoring, maintenance, security, and planning — not just showing up after something breaks.
Understandable
Technology decisions should be explained in business language without unnecessary jargon.
Our approach
Your technology should fit your business — not the other way around.
Know the Environment
Understand the users, systems, network, vendors, priorities, and pain points so support improves over time.
Fix Problems Before They Grow
Monitoring, patching, maintenance, and security controls help identify issues before they become larger disruptions.
Be Clear About Cost
Managed services should be predictable. Projects, hardware, licenses, and optional services are clearly scoped when they fall outside the managed-services agreement.
Give Straight Answers
Clients should understand what we’re recommending, why it matters, and what it costs.
A focus on manufacturing
Manufacturing IT doesn't look like a normal office.
Metro Detroit is built around manufacturing, and those environments create IT challenges that don't fit neatly into a traditional one-user, one-computer model.
A manufacturer may have office staff, engineers, shared production workstations, shipping terminals, servers, wireless networks, vendors, and specialized operational technology under the same roof. FringeIT's service model recognizes those differences rather than treating every person, device, and production system the same way.
- Shared shop-floor workstations
- Engineering systems
- Office and production networks
- Industrial Wi-Fi
- Servers and backups
- ERP / vendor coordination
- Cybersecurity
- IT / OT boundaries
- Extended weekday support
- Reduced Saturday support for weekend shifts
Operational technology such as CNC controllers, PLCs, robotics, and SCADA systems is scoped separately. FringeIT can manage and secure the surrounding IT and network environment without assuming uncontrolled responsibility for specialized production equipment.
Our home base
Based in Sterling Heights. Built for businesses wherever growth takes us.
FringeIT is headquartered in Sterling Heights and currently focused on businesses throughout Metro Detroit. Being local matters: it helps us understand the industries around us, build real relationships, and provide onsite support when needed.
Much of modern managed IT — helpdesk support, monitoring, endpoint security, Microsoft 365, backup oversight, server administration, and network management — can also be delivered remotely.
As FringeIT grows, our service footprint can grow with it. Sterling Heights is our home base, not a boundary around the company.
Part of Novavirt
FringeIT is a Novavirt Inc. company.
FringeIT operates as part of Novavirt Inc., giving the managed IT business a broader technology organization behind it while allowing FringeIT to remain focused on the day-to-day technology needs of small and midsize businesses.
What to expect
A real IT team, without the runaround.
You Know Who to Call
Instead of figuring out which vendor owns which problem, start with FringeIT and let us help coordinate the technology involved.
We Learn Your Business
The longer we work together, the better we should understand your environment and priorities.
Problems Get Explained
You should understand what happened, what we’re doing about it, and what we recommend next.
Security Is Part of IT
Endpoint protection, patching, identity, backup, and sensible security practices belong in everyday IT management.
Projects Are Clearly Scoped
When work falls outside the managed-services agreement, it should be discussed and quoted clearly before it becomes a surprise invoice.
Looking for an IT team that gets to know your business?
Tell us what you're dealing with today and where you want your technology to be tomorrow. We'll help determine whether FringeIT is the right fit.
Based in Sterling Heights • Serving Metro Detroit