
Chief Technology Officer, Uprite Services
Pete Rullman
Pete Rullman is Chief Technology Officer of Uprite Services, a managed IT and cybersecurity provider serving small and mid-sized businesses across Texas.
About Pete Rullman
Pete Rullman is the Chief Technology Officer of Uprite Services, a managed IT and cybersecurity provider serving small and mid-sized businesses across Texas. He writes about IT strategy, cybersecurity, innovation, and building secure, scalable technology environments.
His writing tends to start where the marketing stops. Rather than describing what managed IT is, his articles work through the parts buyers actually get stuck on: what the first 72 hours of a ransomware event really decide, how the CMMC 2.0 timeline lands on Texas defense contractors, what it takes to secure operational technology in a plant without stopping the line, and how to read an MSP service level agreement so the response time number means something.
That same approach runs through his cost and vendor work, from calculating the real cost of an hour of downtime to breaking down what a support ticket actually costs in the Dallas market. If you are weighing a provider, comparing models, or trying to get a straight answer on a compliance deadline, his articles are written to be usable rather than reassuring.
Learn more about the company on the About Uprite page, or contact our team to talk through your IT and security needs.
At a glance
- Chief Technology Officer, Uprite Services
- Focus areas: cybersecurity, compliance, cloud and IT strategy
- Writes on ransomware response, CMMC 2.0, OT security and MSP operations
- Based in Texas, serving Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio
What Pete writes about
Cybersecurity and incident response
What actually happens during a ransomware event, and which decisions in the first three days determine whether a business recovers or rebuilds.
Ransomware recovery in TexasCompliance and regulated industries
Deadlines, assessment levels and evidence requirements for the frameworks Texas businesses are being held to, without the consultant hedging.
CMMC 2.0 compliance timelineCloud and Microsoft 365
Migration sequencing, tenant configuration and the licensing and security steps that get skipped and then cause problems later.
Microsoft 365 migration checklistIT strategy and MSP operations
How to read a service level agreement, what response time benchmarks mean in practice, and what downtime is costing while you decide.
Texas MSP SLA benchmarksArticles by Pete Rullman

September 29, 2026
Manufacturing IT Cost in Texas: What Plants Pay for ERP, OT, and Cybersecurity
Fully managed IT for a Texas manufacturer costs $125 to $175 a month per desk seat in 2026, and production workers without
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September 29, 2026
OT Cybersecurity Audits: Why Texas Manufacturers Fail and What to Fix First
When a Texas manufacturer fails an OT cybersecurity audit, it’s usually on evidence, not effort. In practice, the plant can’t produce a
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September 24, 2026
Best IT Providers for Law Firms in San Antonio (2026)
Uprite Services ranks first among the best IT providers for law firms in San Antonio for 2026, with a Privilege Protection Score
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September 24, 2026
Why San Antonio Law Firms Are Moving From Break-Fix to Managed IT
Break-fix IT bills a San Antonio law firm when something fails and watches nothing in between. That’s the whole problem. The duties
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September 24, 2026
Cybersecurity Compliance for San Antonio Law Firms: What the Texas Bar Expects
San Antonio law firms answer to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, not to a local bar association. You’ll find the
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September 24, 2026
San Antonio Ransomware Attack Lessons From 5 Local Incidents
The City of San Antonio has no publicly confirmed ransomware attack on its own systems. The ones with a paper trail hit
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September 23, 2026
Best Managed IT Services in San Antonio (2026)
Uprite Services ranks first among the best managed IT services in San Antonio for 2026 with a Managed Delivery Score of 8.91,
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September 17, 2026
NERC CIP Compliance in Texas: What Oil and Gas IT Teams Must Do
NERC CIP compliance in Texas is narrower than most oil and gas teams fear. Once it applies, it’s stricter than they expect.
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September 17, 2026
OT/IT Security for Texas Energy Companies: Where Convergence Leaves Gaps
Texas energy companies no longer run 2 separate networks. Field gateways, historians, vendor tunnels and shared logins tie the control side to
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