Net Friends Named a 2026 ForzaDash MSPInfluencer MSP 555 Award Winner
Net Friends has been named a winner of the 2026 ForzaDash MSPInfluencer MSP 555 Awards. The recognition highlights the company’s operational maturity, cybersecurity expertise, modern technology capabilities, and commitment to dependable client service.
Founded in 1997, Net Friends is based in Durham, North Carolina. Its primary market encompasses the Research Triangle—including Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill—while its broader service area extends throughout the state.
The company’s mission is to deliver exceptional services and solutions by giving its technical experts the processes, tools, knowledge, and professional support they need to succeed. Its core values emphasize customer-centricity, expertise, innovation, community support, reliability, and trust.
Comprehensive IT and Cybersecurity Capabilities
Net Friends provides managed IT services, help desk and desktop support, server management, network monitoring, infrastructure design, systems integration, telecommunications, and strategic consulting.
Its cloud capabilities include infrastructure, platform, and software services, Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft 365 backup, cloud monitoring, and application support. The company also delivers disaster recovery, business continuity, virtualization, hardware lifecycle management, and unified communications.
Cybersecurity is supported through a layered selection of services spanning endpoint, identity, perimeter, network, and cloud environments. Its portfolio includes managed detection and response, SIEM, security operations support, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, phishing awareness, dark-web monitoring, managed firewalls, and intrusion prevention.
Net Friends also helps clients address cybersecurity governance and compliance through assessment and advisory capabilities.
Preparing Clients for What Comes Next
The company is expanding its work in robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and generative AI. These capabilities create opportunities to improve workflows, reduce repetitive work, and help organizations adopt emerging technologies in a controlled and accessible way.
Net Friends supports organizations across financial services, higher education, legal services, manufacturing, and other sectors where security, reliability, and operational continuity are essential.
The 2026 MSPInfluencer MSP 555 Award recognizes managed service providers that demonstrate strong business operations, technical breadth, service maturity, and a consistent commitment to client outcomes.
For Net Friends, the recognition reflects nearly three decades of building trusted technology relationships in North Carolina. By combining expert personnel with established processes and modern tools, the company helps clients strengthen their technology environments while preparing for new opportunities in cybersecurity, cloud computing, automation, and AI.
Learn more about Net Friends.