Makios IT 10730 Pebble Hills Blvd. El Paso, Texas 79935 (915) 217-2500 www.makios.com
Makios IT If you’re like most business owners, your New Year’s resolution
cyber predators, not having to drop everything to put out those daily
aims at making your organization more efficient and focused in 2017.
fires with fritzing desktops, email, phones, back-ups, compliances,
Makios suggests one unbeatable way to do that—with managed
Wi-Fi connections—basically, the vital tools we all rely on to run a
technology services. Launched in 2006, Nils Desmet, Founder/CEO,
successful business, efficiently managed with care and precision.”
and his wife, Arleene Desmet, Co-Founder, just celebrated 10 years in business. Today, Makios thrives alongside partners, Doede Zijlstra, Vice
With our city expanding by leaps and bounds, competition is fierce
President, and Ivan Flores, Director of Technology, and has blossomed
and distractions are plenty. Many businesses are unable to have their
into a powerhouse of top-quality IT management professionals.
own IT staff, but that doesn’t have to mean they should miss out on the value of having a team of technology experts as their partner. For
Why have Makios on your side? N. Desmet explains, “Imagine it—
the budding entrepreneur or seasoned business owner ready to take
undistracted focus on whatever it is you do best here in the borderland.
their business to a new level, Makios’ worry-free managed technology
Not being worried about whether your business is protected from
allows something that’s invaluable today—the ability to focus!
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By: KATE WAGGONER and VERONICA NEVAREZ photographed by: DAVID PARISH