IT Consulting for Dynamic Change
Bridging the boardroom and the server room
At Macktez, we build trust. The infrastructure is how.
Since 1996, Macktez has helped growing companies, creative firms, nonprofits, and institutions in New York and across the country design, implement, and maintain IT infrastructure that endures — from boardroom strategy to hands-on, day-to-day managed services.
What We Do
Many practices, one team.
Strategy & Advisory
Initial assessments, fractional CTO engagements, and disaster recovery planning — the strategic foundation every organization needs before making major technology decisions.
AI & Automation
AI readiness assessments, tooling strategy, workflow automation, and organizational adoption planning for teams ready to operationalize AI.
Cloud
Azure architecture, cloud storage strategy, and hybrid infrastructure design — connecting your cloud environment to your business goals with minimal disruption.
Identity & Security
Single sign-on, managed devices, and access rules that follow your people — built on JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra, or Okta, with security assessments to match.
Networking
Switching, routing, firewall, and Wi-Fi infrastructure designed and engineered for demanding enterprise environments.
Compute & Storage
Dell PowerEdge, Synology, and VMware — on-premises server and storage infrastructure designed for high availability, virtualization, and demanding workloads.
Managed Services
For most clients, Macktez is the managed service provider (MSP) — the primary team running identity, workstations, servers, network, backup, and domain on flexible monthly terms, with day-to-day help desk and user support through Managed Support.
Buildout & Installation
Physical infrastructure, installed right. Structured cabling, server rooms, wireless, security and access control, conference and presentation spaces, and audio systems — from multi-room Sonos to reference-grade hi-fi. The hands-on build that turns a design into working infrastructure.
Ephemeral Infrastructure
Production-grade infrastructure on any timeline — designed, deployed, and removed just as fast. Networks, compute, cloud, and Wi-Fi for galas, festivals, productions, pop-ups, and temporary offices. Built to perform under pressure, then torn down clean.
Who We Serve
Deep familiarity across 18 industries — from quantitative trading and post-production to nonprofits, healthcare, and event production.
Proof
Real clients. Real numbers.
Little Island opened to 1.7 million visitors on infrastructure we designed from the ground up. A multi-national non-profit replaced a 10-year-old data center without replacing the hardware. A gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art raised $4.59 million over our Wi-Fi — with zero network issues.
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Platforms
Technology & Platforms We Work With
Book
Tame the Tech Beast
By Noah Landow and Michael Horst
Noah and Michael's book for non-technical leaders: how to diagnose IT dysfunction, get off legacy systems without breaking the business, and budget technology like the strategic asset it is.
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Our Work
Latest case studies from our portfolio
Technology & Software
Operationalizing AI Across Every Department
Macktez (internal)
How Macktez moved beyond AI as a chat assistant to a governed operational layer — AI agents provisioned as managed JumpCloud identities with least-privilege access, custom OAuth-backed MCP servers, and full audit governance through the JumpCloud AI Gateway, automating and augmenting work across every department.
Technology & Software
Vibe Coding, Done Right
Macktez (this website)
How Macktez designed, built, and maintains macktez.com with AI-assisted development — a fully custom Next.js and Tailwind site on Vercel, with GitHub, JumpCloud SSO, and professional infrastructure underneath — and what it actually takes to vibe code a production website well.
Insights
Recent perspectives from the Macktez team
A New macOS Update Policy: Faster Patching, Less Waiting on Users
Macktez is tightening macOS patch enforcement using Apple's newer deadline-driven update model, so security fixes land faster and don't depend on someone remembering to click “Restart.”
Are You Stuck in a Fire Drill Cycle?
When rapid growth swamps your IT team with onboarding busywork, they lose time for real improvements. Here is how to break the fire drill cycle.
Tête-à-Tech: Post-Westphalia: The Future of Money and Nation States
Explore how emerging technologies are reshaping global power, finance, and community in this Tête-à-Tech conversation with Marc Ziade (5th World, ex-Mastercard, Consensys) and Noah Landow. From the future of the US dollar and AI-driven economic shifts to network states, decentralized finance, and the evolving role of trust, this discussion unpacks the forces redefining money and governance in a rapidly changing world.
When lack of IT strategy creates unforced errors
A well-meaning website launch handed a web developer super admin credentials and took down company email for a week. How a lack of IT strategy invites disaster.