Managed IT Services for UK Businesses
1Connect is a Warrington-based managed service provider (MSP), delivering managed IT services in Warrington and across the UK, alongside secure networks, Wi-Fi, dedicated leased lines and hosted telephony for SMEs.
Managed IT and infrastructure
Sentinel provides fully-managed infrastructure, networking, security and monitoring for your business.
Secure networks and connectivity
Managed Wi-Fi, firewalls and dedicated leased lines, all supported by one team.
Communications and ongoing support
Hosted telephony, practical IT support and ongoing management for UK SMEs.
Connectivity
Connectivity
1CONNECT can offer a range of connectivity solutions to suit businesses of all shapes and sizes all backed by industry leading SLA’s.
Communications
Communications
It enables organisations to put in place a single telephony platform that meets the needs of all employees, regardless of their location and the device they choose to use.
Managed Services
Managed Services
🔹 Sentinel – The ultimate Edge Compute & Virtualisation platform, delivering enterprise-grade security, seamless connectivity, and full network control. Scalable, powerful, and built for growth.
🔹 Centurion – Fully Managed Firewall protection, keeping your business safe with expert security, proactive monitoring, and threat defence.
Digital
Digital Services
Sentinel scales with your infrastructure
Sentinel is configured around the environment being managed. From single sites to complex international estates, each deployment is designed around your infrastructure, resilience and operational requirements.
SENTINEL
Typical fit:
Single-site organisations that need their core network, security and Wi-Fi managed as one environment
Typical capabilities:
- Managed router and firewall
- Managed switching
- Business Wi-Fi
- Primary internet connection
- 24/7 infrastructure monitoring
- Firmware, security updates and scheduled maintenance
- Secure remote management
In practice:
Your core site infrastructure is managed by 1Connect as one environment, with clear ownership and continuous oversight.
SENTINEL PLUS
Typical fit:
Multi-site organisations, larger sites or businesses that need greater resilience and connectivity continuity.
Typical capabilities:
Builds on the Sentinel configuration with:
- Redundant infrastructure where required
- Primary and backup connectivity with automatic failover
- Site-to-site and remote-access VPN
- Expanded switching and Wi-Fi capacity
- Multi-location monitoring and management
- Resilience designed around business-critical services
In practice:
Multiple sites and connectivity services can be managed through one Sentinel environment, reducing single points of failure and simplifying ownership.
SENTINEL ENTERPRISE
Typical fit:
Complex estates, international operations, data-heavy environments and organisations running critical infrastructure or server workloads.
Typical capabilities:
Builds on Sentinel Plus with:
- Dedicated compute and virtualisation
- Centralised multi-site VPN architecture
- Redundant network and server infrastructure
- Scalable storage and backup options
- More complex resilience and recovery design
- Infrastructure management across regional and international estates
In practice:
Sentinel becomes the operational foundation across multiple sites, systems and regions, with 1Connect maintaining visibility and accountability across the agreed environment.
1Connect NEWS created for UK Business.
