Sprint Integration is a UK-based IT services provider helping businesses build secure, reliable, and efficient technology environments. With over 25 years of commercial IT experience, the company delivers tailored solutions to organisations across London, Essex, Billericay, and the wider South East. Its services cover managed IT support, cybersecurity, cloud solutions, data backup and disaster recovery, network infrastructure, and business connectivity.

By combining technical expertise with a proactive approach, Sprint Integration helps businesses minimize downtime, strengthen IT security, and improve everyday operations. The company also provides remote and on-site assistance, flexible IT management, and ongoing infrastructure monitoring to meet changing business requirements. Led by Managing Director Jon Barns, the company aims to make IT management simpler, allowing businesses to focus on their growth while leaving their technology needs in capable hands.

About Sprint Integration

The story starts with a group of consultants who’d spent years looking after networks for names like NatWest, Credit Suisse and Barclays. They took that big-bank discipline and pointed it at smaller businesses. In 2008 the company merged with a telecoms provider to become The Sprint Group, picked up a few acquisitions along the way, and now works from three offices: London, Billericay and Leigh-on-Sea. It’s still run like the local outfit it grew up as. Clients who’ve stayed for two decades keep saying the same thing that the company got bigger, the service stayed personal.

Managed IT Support: the day job

The bread and butter is managed IT support, aimed at businesses with roughly 5 to 200 people. You pay a fixed monthly fee, typically £45 to £75 per user, and in return you get a helpdesk of UK-based engineers, round-the-clock monitoring, patching, Microsoft 365 management, licence tracking and regular reviews. Most problems get fixed remotely, and someone will turn up in person when they have to. The pitch is simple: it’s like having your own IT department without hiring one, and without the surprise invoices.

Cyber security and Cyber Essentials

Security sits inside everything rather than being bolted on. The menu covers managed SIEM, endpoint detection and response, managed detection and response, email security, vulnerability scanning and consultancy. Penetration testing goes through a CREST-accredited partner. They also guide companies through Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, the government-backed certifications that have quietly become a ticket to entry for public sector work and plenty of commercial tenders. Sophos and WatchGuard do most of the heavy lifting on the technology side.

Cloud, backup and the unglamorous stuff

Cloud work runs from consulting and migration through to security. The aim is to move a company across without anyone noticing a wobble. Aspar Pharmaceuticals, a client for more than two decades, got a Microsoft 365 rollout done in phases, starting with a pilot group and moving department by department. Sprint turned down the “big bang” approach and the business never stopped running.

Backup is where Sprint gets a bit enthusiastic. Many people assume Microsoft backs up their 365 data, but Microsoft’s own terms don’t cover loss from outages or ransomware. So Sprint uses Datto and Sophos to do it properly. Behind it is a sobering stat they quote: 90% of companies suffer downtime in some form.

Then there’s the practical end: buying hardware and software, installing it, and getting rid of the old kit sensibly. Retired equipment is reused or recycled where possible, copper gets pulled from circuit boards, and old drives are crushed with a destruction certificate to prove it. Connectivity, meaning leased lines, fibre, SoGEA and Teams-integrated VoIP, comes through sister company Sprint Convergence.

What it looks like in practice

The case studies show the temperament. At Cooper Paul, an accountancy in Loughton, engineers swapped in new switches and a 10Gbps fibre link out of hours, and nobody lost a minute. For Alpi UK, they standardised WatchGuard firewalls across five sites, including one in Poland. The Polish firewall was configured in advance and shipped with plug-in instructions, so no engineer had to fly out. And when the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications left its converted 1860s bootmaker’s workshop in Southend, Sprint moved the whole IT estate in one Friday with three hours of downtime. The new open-plan office opened on Monday with WiFi 7, hot-desking docks and a mobile-first laptop fleet.

Where this goes next

As businesses become more dependent on cloud technology, hybrid working, and digital security, the need for reliable IT support will only grow. Sprint Integration is well-positioned to meet these changing demands by bringing together technical expertise, proactive security, and personalised support. Its approach goes beyond fixing IT problems; it focuses on helping businesses prepare for what comes next.

Whether a company is moving to a new office, strengthening its cybersecurity, or upgrading its cloud infrastructure, having an experienced technology partner can make the journey much easier. For Sprint Integration, the real value lies in building lasting relationships and making technology work better for the people who depend on it every day.

Jon Barns | Managing Director

“We help businesses harness the full potential of technology—whether through reliable IT solutions, securing critical data, or implementing efficient cloud systems.”