IT for agencies whose work is too good to lose to a dead drive.
Agencies run on Macs, huge files, deadlines and a rotating cast of freelancers. You host client websites, hold client brand assets, and ship work that only exists digitally. Foundry runs the technology behind the studio so a full drive, a lost laptop or a departed freelancer never becomes a client conversation.
Sound familiar?
Common patterns in the working week of agencies, written the way they tend to sound. They are illustrations, not quotes from clients. If more than one of these is your week, keep reading.
- A freelancer from last year's campaign still has edit access to the client's brand drive.
- The final files are on a designer's laptop and the designer is on a plane.
- A client's website went down and the developer who built it left in 2023.
- We send 4GB of assets by a link that expires in seven days and hope for the best.
- Nobody has backed up the Macs. Ever.
Your environment
What the business actually depends on.
- Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, often chosen years ago and never revisited
- Macs, with a few PCs, and creative software subscriptions per seat
- Large asset libraries on shared drives, NAS boxes and personal cloud accounts
- Client websites you host or maintain on their behalf
- Freelancers and contractors joining and leaving with every project
- Client brand assets and unreleased work under NDA
Your risks
Security, compliance, availability and data.
- Losing finished work to an unbacked-up laptop or drive
- Freelancers retaining access to client assets after a project
- Client websites you're responsible for going down or being compromised
- Leaked unreleased work breaching an NDA
- Email compromise leading to fraudulent invoices sent to your clients
- Domains and hosting for client sites registered to the wrong people
Your problems
The IT frustrations these businesses run into.
- The most technical designer is the IT department
- Onboarding a freelancer means sharing a password
- Files live everywhere and the biggest ones live nowhere safe
- Client sites are hosted on whichever platform the developer liked at the time
- Software licences are paid for people who left last spring
The Foundry solution
Foundry runs the studio's technology. Macs and PCs managed, encrypted and backed up. Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 configured so assets live in one place with the right permissions, and freelancers get access that expires. Client websites hosted properly, behind a firewall and CDN, with domains registered to the right people and certificates that renew themselves. Secure delivery of large assets to clients without seven-day links. One team, one monthly cost, and licences reviewed so you stop paying for ghosts.
Your Foundry stack
The capabilities of the platform that matter most for agencies, and what each one is for. Take what you need.
Foundry Web
→ Website and web app hosting, domains, DNS, CDN, certificates and WAF for your site and your clients'
Foundry Support
→ Macs and PCs managed and patched, helpdesk, freelancer on- and offboarding
Foundry Connect
→ Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, email, shared drives, identity, licence reviews
Foundry Cloud
→ Cloud storage and servers for asset libraries, device and workspace backup, tested recovery
Foundry Secure
→ MFA, EDR on Macs and PCs, email security, access control, Cyber Essentials
Foundry Portal
→ Branded client workspace for large assets and approvals