Yardstick Technologies Inc.

Overview

About

Yardstick Technologies is an Edmonton-based managed IT services company founded in 2008 that works with small and medium-sized businesses across Western Canada. The company operates out of Suite 1001 at 10109 106 Street NW in downtown Edmonton, with additional locations in Calgary and Red Deer. Its client base is split between small businesses and midmarket firms, and its internal mantra - "Looking Out For You" - is meant to signal that the company treats client calls as relationships rather than tickets.

The founding idea dates to 2008, and the company's positioning has been consistent since then: specialize in managed IT for businesses with no internal IT staff or only a limited one. Rather than positioning itself as a vendor that sells boxes, Yardstick describes its work as improving the experience businesses have when dealing with IT people - insisting on a live answer when someone calls, getting help to the client immediately, and delivering projects as promised. That service-first framing is how a 10-to-49-person firm has held its ground against larger national providers in the Alberta market.

The most distinctive part of Yardstick's model is the choice it offers between co-managed and fully-managed IT. Companies with an existing internal IT person or small team can use Yardstick to fill the gaps - after-hours coverage, specialized security work, or project capacity - while companies without any internal IT can hand the whole function over. Pricing follows a fixed-fee model, which gives clients predictable monthly costs, and support is available around the clock both remotely and on-site in Edmonton. The firm carries a 4.8-star average across 45 verified Google reviews, a public signal that clients generally find the service reliable and the staff professional and easy to deal with.

Services span the full managed-services list: co-managed and fully-managed IT services, cybersecurity, cloud services, IT support services, network support, IT consulting, IT outsourcing, backup and disaster recovery, and employee security training. The training piece is notable - Yardstick treats staff awareness as part of the security stack, not an add-on - and backup and disaster recovery planning is positioned alongside strategy work, reflecting how often client conversations are really about business continuity rather than individual tools.

Yardstick works across a wide set of industries, including automotive, education, financial services, government, legal, manufacturing, medical, non-profit, real estate, and supply chain and logistics. Vendor partnerships include VMware, Cisco, ConnectWise, Dell, ESET and Fortinet, covering virtualization, networking, security and hardware. On pricing, the firm lists a minimum engagement of about 1,000 dollars and an hourly rate band of 100 to 149 dollars. The company can be reached at (844) 421-2367. For an Edmonton-area SMB that wants either a full replacement for an IT department or a partner that works alongside one, Yardstick's fixed-fee, live-answer approach is the core of what it offers.