Frontenac Computers: New IT Company Aims High

Jeff Green | Apr 04, 2013

David Elyea and Peggy Green, the operators of the new IT support business Frontenac Computers, are now available to deal with desktop, laptop and even tablet computers that aren't working right for any reason.

But that is only the beginning of what they are planning to bring to individuals and businesses in the northern part of Frontenac County and beyond.

“The inability for businesses, organizations and home computer users to access reliable, honest and quick response to their computer issues has been a noted problem for some time. Too often people have to pay excessive prices for support or repairs beyond general PC fixes,” said David Elyea. “We provide a complete range of services and consulting, from disaster recovery, PC security, hardware and software diagnostics, desktop and server support, Wide Area networking and infrastructure planning.”

Elyea and his wife Peggy Green bought a 50-acre property near the Bradshaw schoolhouse, on Steele Road in Bedford District, back in 1996. They both worked for the Canadian military before that, Green in administration, and Elyea at postings that included a number of Canadian ships as well as at a NATO base in Germany.

Between 1996 and 2010 they worked in the private sector in Ottawa, Kingston and around the world. In 2010 they began building a house on their property and became active in the local community. Their house is now completed, and since the beginning of this year, they have set their sights on starting up Frontenac Computers.

This has involved completing an extensive business plan, contacting IT people in municipal government, local business and public sector organizations to get a feel for the concerns that people have and for what kinds of opportunities enhanced computer and other technological services might have on an economy that is heavily seasonal and tourism oriented.

Now that the business is ready for launching, they are offering everything from simple computer repairs to IT consulting and beyond, at service rates that are designed with the local economy in mind.

In addition, they are looking at some more ambitious, long-term initiatives. They would like to create a network of IT professionals in the area to “allow businesses, non-profit and government organizations to do one-stop shopping for all their IT needs and services,” according to the company profile they have released. “The end result would be to lower support costs and bring greater efficiencies and investment into business in the local area.”

Peggy Green has been working with the Sharbot Lake Farmers Market in recent months organizing winter workshops, and they have both been helping out their neighbours in a small-scale communal syrup operation in recent weeks.

“We are here to live, and here to work as well. We do not need to make a pile of money; this is a sort of semi-retirement project,” said Elyea.

That said, the couple have a lot of energy and experience in administration and computer technology. Their interests range from basic advice to anyone who owns a computer – such as “don't run two anti-virus programs at once” - to the goal of convincing Internet providers of all sizes, from Bell to Xplornet to North Frontenac Telephone to invest in technology locally so that information generated locally does not have to bounce around the world before it gets from one local business to another.

“We want to help make this region more successful by using technology,” said Peggy Green, “and we want to work with others to make that happen.”

Frontenac Computers may be contacted at 613-375-7443; cell 613-985-5887, 200 Steele Road, Tichborne; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.