Technology that powers creativity
Architecture demands technology that keeps pace with your creative vision. Your teams work with large design files, complex BIM models, and resource-intensive rendering software. A slow workstation or a network bottleneck doesn't just waste time, it interrupts the creative flow and pushes deadlines.
We understand what architects need: high-performance workstations sized for AutoCAD, Revit and ArchiCAD, enterprise-grade storage that handles terabytes of project files, collaboration tools that let teams work together without overwriting each other, and backups that protect every revision. Whether your people are in the studio, at a client site, or working from home, the technology should disappear into the background and let the work happen.
The technology should disappear into the background and let the work happen.
The IT priorities NZ architecture firms work to
A handful of realities shape almost every IT decision in a design studio. Your provider should understand them before recommending anything.
- Performance for CAD, BIM and rendering. Large files and resource-heavy software mean workstation, storage and network performance directly affect how fast your team can work. We specify and manage high-performance workstations, fast storage, and the networking around them so opening, saving and rendering never become the bottleneck.
- Large project files and storage. Projects can run to terabytes of files that must never be lost. We design enterprise storage with fast networking for quick access, keep it organised and access-controlled, and back it up so every revision is protected.
- Collaboration and version control. Overwritten work and lost revisions are a constant frustration. Cloud-based BIM collaboration with proper version control lets teams work together on the same models and drawings without standing on each other's changes.
- Secure remote and flexible working. Designers need to reach their workstations and project files from a client site or from home without dragging huge files over a slow link. GPU-accelerated remote desktop, secured with multi-factor authentication and conditional access, makes that possible.
- Privacy Act 2020 and data protection. The Privacy Act applies to the client and staff personal information a practice holds. Access management, controlled storage, endpoint protection and tested backups keep both that information and your project data safe and recoverable.
The challenges we see most often
We've worked with architecture practices long enough to understand the real-world challenges you face every day: large CAD and BIM files slowing down workflows, resource-intensive rendering software demanding performance, real-time collaboration across distributed teams, file versioning and avoiding overwritten work, and remote access to workstations and project files.
Our answer is high-performance workstations optimised for AutoCAD, Revit and ArchiCAD, enterprise NAS storage with 10Gb networking for fast file access, cloud-based BIM collaboration with proper version control, GPU-accelerated remote desktop for work-from-anywhere, and automated backup protecting every revision of your work.
How we support architecture firms
We run your IT as a managed service so your designers can stay focused on the work rather than on slow machines and lost files. That covers proactive monitoring, a responsive helpdesk that understands design software, and the workstation, storage, networking, security and backup work that a studio depends on. The people sizing your next workstation refresh are the same people protecting your project archive, so performance and protection are handled together.
Engagements usually begin with an assessment: we look at how your workstations perform under real workloads, how project files are stored and accessed, how the team collaborates and versions their work, and whether your backups are actually recoverable. From there we put a clear plan in place and run it day to day with regular reviews.
