Infrastructure and cloud
IT infrastructure and cloud services for NZ businesses of 20 to 200 staff
OxygenIT plans, moves and runs the systems your business sits on: Microsoft 365 and Azure, managed cloud, infrastructure as a service and data centre colocation in New Zealand. The work is run from Christchurch by a New Zealand team, for clients in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and the rest of the country.
Infrastructure work is scoped and quoted after a short assessment, because the right answer depends on what you already own and what has to keep running while it moves. Once it is in place, it is monitored, patched and backed up under the same managed IT bands as everything else, priced by team size from $750 a month for a team of up to ten.
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The three infrastructure and cloud services
Most businesses of 20 to 200 staff end up with a mix: Microsoft 365 for email and files, a few workloads that still need a server, and a line of business system that nobody wants to touch. These three services cover that mix.
Managed cloud services
Public, private and hybrid cloud, designed around your workflow and then run for you: hosting, patching, backups, monitoring, security and ongoing cost tuning. This is where cloud migration and Microsoft 365 migration live.
Infrastructure as a service
Virtual servers, cloud storage and backup, network and firewall, disaster recovery and continuous monitoring, as one managed package. For the workloads that still need a server but not a server room.
Data centre colocation
You own the hardware; we put it in a New Zealand data centre with redundant power, cooling, carrier connectivity and restricted access. Partial or full racks, with remote hands when you need them.
How a move is run
Planned, tested, then switched
A migration that keeps URLs, mailboxes and files but loses a week of work is not a success. Every infrastructure project at OxygenIT runs in the same order.
- Assess what you have. Every server, workload, licence and integration is written down, with who depends on it and what it would cost to be without it for a day.
- Design the target. Which workloads go to Microsoft 365, which to Azure or infrastructure as a service, which stay on hardware in colocation, and why. You sign the design off before anything moves.
- Test before the switch. Data is copied and checked, logins are tested with a pilot group, and backups of the new environment are restore-tested before the old one is turned off.
- Switch, then watch. Cutover is scheduled around your business, not ours. The new environment is monitored from day one and tuned over the following weeks.
If you want the long version of what a move involves, read cloud migration services explained and the Microsoft 365 migration guide.
What happens after the move
Infrastructure is not a project with an end date. Once it is in place it sits under managed IT, which means:
- Monitoring, patching and antivirus on every server and device, with patches tested before they go out. Included on every managed IT band.
- Backups that are restore-tested, because a backup nobody has restored from is not a backup. The business continuity service adds a written disaster recovery plan and a quarterly test restore.
- Published response targets. A full outage (P1) is responded to in 15 minutes with a 2 hour resolution target, during staffed hours. See the published SLA.
- Staffed hours of 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, excluding New Zealand public holidays. Monitoring runs around the clock; a staffed phone does not. After-hours cover is a paid add-on from $600 a month for a team of up to ten.
The managed IT bands, with inclusions by band, are on the managed IT services pricing page.
Who this is for
These services are built for New Zealand businesses of 20 to 200 staff, and they are the right fit when at least one of these is true:
- An on-premise server is coming to the end of its life and the question is replace it or move off it.
- Staff work from more than one place and need the same secure access to files and systems wherever they are.
- A line of business application needs a server, but the business does not want to own a server room.
- A cyber insurer, auditor or major customer is asking for evidence of tested backups and documented recovery.
- You own hardware that is worth keeping, but not the room it sits in.
If you are comparing providers, the IT infrastructure services explainer sets out what is normally included and what to ask. OxygenIT is ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certified (as at May 2026), both independently audited, and every client holds SMB1001 at Bronze or above.
Infrastructure and cloud, common questions
What is the difference between public, private and hybrid cloud?
Public cloud uses shared infrastructure, such as Microsoft Azure, for speed and scale. Private cloud is a dedicated environment with tighter control, used where compliance or sensitive data demand it. Hybrid keeps critical workloads on private infrastructure or colocation while using public cloud for everything else. Most 20 to 200 staff businesses end up hybrid, and the design step decides which workload goes where.
What is the difference between colocation, infrastructure as a service and managed hosting?
With colocation you own the servers and we supply the data centre: power, cooling, connectivity and physical security. With infrastructure as a service you rent virtual servers, storage and networking and never touch hardware. Managed hosting sits between the two, where OxygenIT provides and administers the servers. Colocation gives the most control; infrastructure as a service gives the least to manage.
How much does cloud migration or infrastructure cost?
Infrastructure projects are scoped and quoted after an assessment, because the cost depends on how many workloads move, how much data there is and what has to keep running during the move. The ongoing cost is the managed IT band for your team size, published on the pricing page, plus the hosting or data centre charges, which are passed through at a published margin rather than hidden inside a bundle.
Where is our data held?
Colocation hardware sits in data centres in New Zealand. Microsoft 365 and Azure workloads are held in the Microsoft regions you choose at design time, and the choice is written into the design you sign off. If a regulator, insurer or customer needs to know where a system lives, the answer is in that document.
How long does a move take?
It depends on scope. A Microsoft 365 migration for a 20 to 50 staff business is usually a few weeks from assessment to cutover. A server consolidation with a line of business application is longer, because the application vendor is often on the critical path. You get a dated plan before anything moves, and cutover is scheduled around your business.
Do you support businesses outside Christchurch?
Yes. The New Zealand team has engineers in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and infrastructure work is mostly done remotely wherever you are. Onsite time is included from Managed IT Support up, at one hour per ten users a month.
Is monitoring 24/7?
Monitoring runs around the clock. People do not. We are staffed 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, excluding New Zealand public holidays, and after-hours cover is a paid add-on from our team in the United Kingdom. There is a genuine gap between the two, and we would rather tell you that than sell you something we do not do.
Fifteen minutes with the founder
Tim Clarkson founded OxygenIT in 2005. The first call is 15 minutes, with him, to work out whether we are the right fit for your business. If we are not, he will say so.
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