Shannon, Mississippi · Serving MS & beyond
Eight bits.
One byte.
Zero guesswork.
Custom software, networks, and IT support built by someone who has spent his career keeping schools and public safety agencies running. One point of contact, start to finish.
Capabilities
Built, wired, and supported
From a single laptop that won't boot to a statewide web application. Same standard of work either way.
How it works
No sales maze
Send a request. You get a real answer from the person who will do the work — scope, timeline, and price in plain language before anything starts.
Services
What 8Bits 1Byte does
Every service below is something we have actually built, fixed, or run. If what you need isn't listed, ask — odds are it's adjacent.
Pricing
Straightforward rates
Hourly for repair and support. Flat project rate for software and cabling jobs. Monthly agreements for managed support and hosting. Quotes are written down before work starts — no surprise line items.
Who we work with
Small business to statewide
Local businesses, school districts, municipal departments, law enforcement agencies, and nonprofits. Comfortable with procurement paperwork, W-9s, POs, and vendor onboarding.
About
Chris Garrard
I run technology for a Mississippi school district — the network, the devices, the systems everyone depends on and nobody thinks about until they break. That job taught me the thing most IT shops miss: the work isn't finished when it powers on. It's finished when the people using it can do their jobs without calling you.
8Bits 1Byte Technologies grew out of the projects I kept building on the side. Web applications for statewide law enforcement training. Live fleet-tracking dashboards for a police department. Inventory systems that replaced clipboards. Networks rebuilt from the closet out.
The name is the simplest idea in computing: eight bits make one byte. Small pieces, assembled correctly, become something useful. That's the whole approach — understand the pieces, put them together right, and make sure it holds up after I leave.
When you hire this company, you get me. Not a ticket queue, not a call center, not a subcontractor you've never met.
Service Request
Tell us what you need
The more detail here, the faster you get a real answer. Everything is reviewed the same business day.
Contact
Start a conversation
General questions, partnership, procurement paperwork, or just checking whether something is in our wheelhouse.
Direct
(662) 296-1513
Shannon, Mississippi
Onsite across North Mississippi · Remote nationwide
Mon–Fri 8a–6p CT
Emergency support by arrangement
8Bits 1Byte Technologies LLC · MS Business ID 1573526 · NAICS 541512