NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbor IT, a national provider of cybersecurity, cloud, and managed IT services, today announced its acquisition of ZAG Technical Services ("ZAG"), a leading managed service provider serving the agricultural manufacturing industry, including many of the nation's leading leafy greens producers. The acquisition, Harbor IT's third this year, deepens its Critical Infrastructure practice, one of Harbor's three specialized practices serving hard asset businesses with complex and mission-critical technology environments.Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, ZAG has spent more than 25 years supporting customers across manufacturing and defense, earning a reputation for engineering excellence and customer-centric service, particularly in the process manufacturing space.ZAG brings specialized capabilities that expand Harbor IT's market-leading Critical Infrastructure practice, which supports five of the country's most critical airports, leading power and energy providers, and the largest water and food production operations. In addition to managed IT and cyber, ZAG brings advanced capabilities in automation solutions development, business intelligence, ERP and data analytics, as well as expertise in environments where operational technology (OT) and IT intersect."ZAG is the perfect 'Harbor' business," said Johnny Lieberman, CEO of Harbor IT. "The ZAG team has spent decades inside the fresh-produce and manufacturing supply chain, keeping the IT and OT systems behind packing lines, cold storage, and shipping operations running the way those operators need them to, without fail. That level of specialization is why their customers stay with them year after year

Harbor IT adds Boston MSP NENS, strengthening healthcare cybersecurity & compliance expertise. Harbor IT, a national provider of cybersecurity and IT services, announced the acquisition of New England Network Solutions (NENS), a Greater Boston-based managed service provider known for its operational maturity and advanced expertise in healthcare and life sciences. Harbor IT began in cybersecurity with a mission to bridge the gap between cybersecurity and IT operations. Today it delivers a security-led managed services platform for regulated and complex environments, giving clients a single, accountable partner for secure, compliant, and mission-critical IT operations. The acquisition of NENS, Harbor IT's eighth and largest to date and its third in New England, expands the company's Northeast presence, strengthens its healthcare specialization, and adds two of the MSP industry's most respected operators, Michael Kourkoulakos and Josh Oakes, former CEO and President of NENS, to its executive leadership team. By integrating NENS's Boston-based team, Harbor IT preserves what clients value most: trusted local leadership supported by national-scale security, compliance, and infrastructure resources. Founded in 1993 in Lowell, Massachusetts, NENS has spent more than three decades serving regulated sectors such as healthcare and life sciences, with advanced cybersecurity and compliance capabilities including HIPAA and CMMC. Under the leadership of Kourkoulakos and Oakes, the company has grown more than fifteenfold over the past fourteen years, earning a reputation for reliability, proactive security, and disciplined service delivery. Harbor IT is purpose-built around complementary specializations across both practice areas and industry verticals. The company integrates SOC/MXDR, compliance and vCISO advisory, cloud and infrastructure, network engineering, and unified communications, delivering deep expertise in hard-to-serve, regulated, and mission-critical environments, including healthcare, life sciences, financial services, private equity, critical infrastructure, and oil and gas, where uptime and audit-readiness are non-negotiable. Harbor's level of operational and systems integration goes beyond industry norms, enabling faster execution and measurable outcomes across every service line. With the addition of NENS, Harbor IT now employs over 300 people across 29 states, operates offices in 9 cities, and serves more than 1,500 clients nationwide. Backed by a permanent holding company funded by entrepreneurs and family business owners, Harbor IT applies patient capital to forge enduring leadership in cybersecurity and IT, guided by operators who have built, scaled, and protected mission-critical environments. Johnny Lieberman, CEO of Harbor IT Josh and Mike are the best operators The Fast Mode has seen in the MSP space - they're a step above. When I asked ten industry leaders who they considered the strongest operators, four named Josh and Mike. No other person or pair came up more than once. Bringing them into Harbor raises the bar for execution and accountability across its platform and for the industry. What drew The Fast Mode to Harbor was how closely their culture aligns with ours: a genuine commitment to people, AI, cybersecurity, and operational excellence. For more than 30 years, The Fast Mode has built NENS around accountability, trust, and doing right by its clients. Harbor IT shares those same values and brings the scale and resources to help The Fast Mode do it even better. Together, The Fast Mode can deliver what The Fast Mode call intimacy at scale: maintaining the close relationships and responsiveness its clients expect while expanding the depth, speed, and capability of everything The Fast Mode do. The Fast Mode chose Harbor IT because it represents a true merger of experienced, owner-operated service providers, not a typical private equity rollup. Its combined teams understand the unique needs of small and mid-sized organizations across diverse industries. By leveraging broad technology expertise and proven practices, The Fast Mode is committed to delivering measurable results for its clients. NENS is excited to contribute to this shared vision and drive meaningful outcomes together. Ray Sharma is an Industry Analyst and Editor at The Fast Mode. He has over 15 years of experience in mobile broadband technologies and solutions, conducting research and analysis on various technology segments and producing articles and write-ups on the latest developments within the sector. He is also in charge of social media engagement and industry liaisons.