User:Dfhall/Geeks on wheels

Geeks on Wheels, Inc. is a computer service provider based in New York. The company was founded in 2004 by current President, Dylan Hall, in response to the growing trend of personal computer installations in private homes and small businesses. The concept of providing information technology services like the larger corporate IT departments provide their employees is extended to clients who are independent consultants, entrepreneurs, students, and families, thereby making technology services more accessible to the general public. Outsourcing technology and other support services is a growing trend among small businesses seeeking to reduce expenses by hiring reputable outside firms to perform support functions.

Companies providing similar services include Geeks on Call, Geek Squad, Geeks on Time, CompUSA, Nerd Force, Computer Troublshooters, and several unrelated Geeks on Wheels organizations in other parts of the United States and Europe. Geeks on Wheels was incorporated in New York on May 15, 2005 and services more than 2,450 clients in the NY Metropolitan Area.

The term geek is defined elsewhere on this site as a person with an eccentric devotion to particular interest such as, in this case, a computer geek. The on wheels portion of the company's name refers to the majority percentage of services that are performed by computer repair technicians who travel to the client's location. The company specializes in services that are performed at at customer's homes or offices and in educating users about the operation of the computer. This type of service, called on-site service is becoming increasingly popular among home users and small businesses as it reduces the time a computer is malfuncioning, often referred to as downtime, and can be provided at reasonable cost. Additionally, the client is relieved of the responsibility of disconnecting and reconnecting the personal computer equipment in order to have repairs performed. Diagnosing a problem in the user's environment often provides technicians with more effective troubleshooting strategies, as they implement a series of adjustments and monitor the results. Networks which connect users to their internet provider and which may also connect peripheral devices such as printers, operate in ways that are specific to their environment and often benefit from on-site service when repairs are warranted.

Geeks on Wheels specializes in providing services at their customers' homes and offices, and they also provide services at their shop locations, and remotely via a remote support system that allows technicians to remotely control their clients computers.

Services they provide include technical support, computer virus and spyware removal, wireless network installations, data backup, data recovery, computer setup, network administration.

Geeks on Wheels provides computer repair technicians, network administrators

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