IT support built around Foothill Ranch businesses
Foothill Ranch is a planned community within Lake Forest whose business park is home to corporate headquarters, technology and consumer-products companies, and professional offices.
Corporate and multi-office environments need consistent standards across sites, smooth employee onboarding, secure cloud collaboration and a single partner accountable for the whole environment.
Foothill Ranch’s business park, at the edge of the canyons
Foothill Ranch is a community within the City of Lake Forest, which annexed it in 2000. The city counts it among its main business areas: the business park mixes industrial, office and distribution space, and Foothill Ranch Towne Centre covers the retail side. An eyewear and apparel brand has its headquarters here, and with more than 2,000 workers it is Lake Forest’s largest employer. Motor and energy technology companies also have offices in the community, and apparel is the industry the city highlights most.
The park backs onto Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park and the foothills above it. In December 2020 the Bond Fire put parts of Foothill Ranch under voluntary evacuation, and Edison has named Lake Forest among the areas considered for power shutoffs in high winds.
So the IT plan for a Foothill Ranch company usually covers:
- Distribution floors — Wi-Fi and scanners that work at the far end of the warehouse, and an ERP that stays reachable during shipping peaks. See manufacturing and distribution.
- Short-notice closures — files and phones in the cloud, battery backup for network gear, and staff able to work from home the same day.
- Product and design teams — large files moving between offices, and tight control over who can see unreleased designs.
Who we work with in Foothill Ranch
Foothill Ranch is one of South County’s busiest business districts, with corporate offices, e-commerce brands, manufacturers and distribution centers in its planned business parks along the 241. Fast-growing companies here need IT that scales with headcount and order volume. See how we support consumer products and e-commerce companies.
How CAL IT Group supports Foothill Ranch
CAL IT Group provides runbooks and a technology roadmap, workstation lifecycle planning and deployment, Microsoft 365 administration and 24×7 NOC & SOC monitoring, with engineers available on-site when needed.
- Managed IT services — help desk, desktop management, Microsoft 365 administration and 24×7 network monitoring
- Cybersecurity — SentinelOne MxDR, a 24×7 NOC & SOC, managed SIEM and vulnerability management
- Cloud services and backup and disaster recovery
- Business communications — VoIP administration and connectivity
- IT consulting — vCIO planning and fixed-fee projects
Local, on-site support from Huntington Beach
Our engineers work from our office at 101 Main Street in Huntington Beach and reach Foothill Ranch via the 5 and the 241. On-site visits for regular support are included in Managed Care, and our service desk is staffed 5 AM–6 PM Monday–Friday and the same local team is on call for emergencies 24×7.
See our all-inclusive per-user pricing, or learn more about managed IT services across Orange County. We also support nearby Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Irvine and Laguna Hills.
