onShore began in 1991 as a freelance adjunct to Stel Valavanis’ job as Network Analyst at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. With Stel’s technical expertise backing the growing team, onShore’s suite of services expanded significantly over the next few years. As our reputation as systems integrators grew, onShore also developed a number of opportunities to incubate a fledgling application, database and Web development team that has since been rolled out into a separate entity.
In 1997, onShore purchased and renovated a hundred year old building strategically located at 1407 W. Chicago Avenue to better provide the 2-hour emergency response our clients have come to expect. From this location, close to downtown and with proximity to the Kennedy and Eisenhower, onShore consultants can reach most clients very quickly. In addition, we have a permanent, comfortable space for our remote management, monitoring and administrative teams to work in and for our clients to visit.
Since 2000, onShore’s focus has been on fine-tuning our suite of Managed Security, Managed IT, ISP and Colocation Services, which are packaged under the umbrella of completeIT® services. These products include onShore Colocation, onShore onLine ISP Services, 24/7/365 onShore Spectrum Managed IT Fixed-Price Maintenance, onShore onGuard security and monitoring and onShore onDemand client project work including hardware and software sales.
Our newest completeIT® offering, onShore Colocation service, was recently launched with the build of our new Data Center facility located at 216 W Jackson in downtown Chicago. This 3000 square foot facility provides amenities of a tier one facility but at a fraction of the cost. Our facility is staffed 24x7x365, provides access to over 3Gbps of internet bandwidth, brand new rack systems, and redundant backup power generation.
Where is your office located?
Just west of downtown Chicago,
1407 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642
What are your hours of operation?
Our regular business hours are 9am–5pm Monday-Friday. Our onCall Service Desk is staffed 24/7.
Who are the officers of the company?
President, Stelios Valavanis
Vice President, Nick Valavanis
How long have you been in business?
We have been providing integration services in the Chicagoland area since 1991!
What kind of technical services do you offer?
We are a full-service Network Integration, ISP, Managed Security Services, and Colocation Services provider. We work with all the major hardware/software vendors and operating systems including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. We also offer commercial VoIP service.
How fast will someone be available to work on my problem?
We offer around the clock tech support with our onCall Service Desk team for our ISP and Spectrum Services clients.
What hardware vendors do you work with or recommend?
We have been in the business since 1991. In that time we have built relationships with vendors which we consider best-of-breed. Please visit our Partners page for more details.
