Cape Town, South Africa · Previously 617 Computer Diagnostics

Technology that
connects.
Automation that works.

IT support, intelligent automation, smart security and connected technology for homes and businesses.

Connect · Protect · Automate · Power · Enable

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20 years of experience. Built for what's next.

20+ Years

Of hands-on IT experience

Originating from the former 617 Computer Diagnostics brand.

Real Projects

Built, installed and supported

Systems running for homes, small businesses and organisations.

Future Ready

AI · Automation · Security · Smart Technology

The same team that fixes today's fault builds tomorrow's system.

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What do you need technology to do?

Three ways in. Pick the one that sounds like your situation and we will take it from there.

Fix It

Something is broken, slow, offline or behaving badly and you need it working again.

A computer that won't start or has slowed to a crawl
Wi-Fi that drops or won't reach the far end of the house
A printer, router or device nobody can get working
A business network or server that keeps failing

Request a diagnostic

Protect It

You want to see what happens, be told about it, and know your data is not exposed.

CCTV, sensors and alarms that actually alert you
Smart home security with remote monitoring
Device, account and network security
Backups you have tested, not assumed

Secure my home

Build It

You have a business problem and technology is the way through it.

A website, store or customer portal
A CRM, dashboard or custom business system
AI and automation for repetitive work
Integrations between systems that don't talk

Start a project

The ecosystem

One technology partner. Many possibilities.

Eight connected disciplines under one roof, so the network, the security system, the automation and the software are designed to work together instead of against each other.

IT Support & Diagnostics

Fix it properly, the first time.

Two decades of hands-on computer diagnostics and IT support for homes and businesses. We diagnose the actual fault instead of guessing, and we explain what we found in plain language.

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Networking & Connectivity

A network that holds up under load.

Wi-Fi that reaches every room, cabling that is documented, and connectivity that stays up. We design, install and support networks for homes, offices and multi-site businesses.

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Cybersecurity

Your digital life needs a security system too.

Practical protection for devices, accounts, networks and business data. No scare tactics and no exaggerated guarantees — layered defences, tested backups and clear guidance.

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Smart Home & Automation

Turn your house into a smarter home.

Lighting, sensors, cameras, plugs and hubs that work together and keep working when you are not home. Designed around how your household actually lives.

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Security & Surveillance

See it. Know it. Respond to it.

CCTV, access control and monitoring built to be usable — clear footage, working notifications and a system the whole household or team can operate.

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AI & Business Automation

Stop doing manually what technology can do automatically.

We map the repetitive work in your business, then remove it — with workflows, integrations and AI where it genuinely helps. Every automation is explainable and reversible.

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Websites & Digital Systems

We do not just build websites. We build digital systems.

Websites, portals, booking systems, dashboards and custom applications — built on the same infrastructure thinking we bring to networks and security.

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Energy & Kinetic Technology

Technology that keeps working when the power does not.

South African power reality shapes everything we install. We build energy-aware technology and research low-power and kinetic-energy approaches for future systems.

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Kinect AutoTech Labs

The work that is still being figured out.

Smart security, energy-aware devices and kinetic-energy concepts we are actively developing. Everything is labelled honestly: available today, under development, or future vision.

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Flagship initiative

Smart security for every home.

Safe. Smart. Connected. An evolving initiative rather than a finished product — so everything below is labelled by what it actually is today.

Available today

CCTV and remote viewing

Cameras, recording and mobile viewing installed and supported today.

Available today

Motion and door sensors

Entry-point and area detection wired into alerts you actually receive.

Available today

Smart alarms and mobile alerts

Arming, disarming and notifications from a phone, with a local siren response.

Available today

Backup power for security equipment

Batteries sized around the real draw of the router, hub and cameras.

Under development

Solar-assisted security power

Panel-and-battery packages sized for security and network equipment. In testing.

Under development

Low-power electronics

Selecting and testing devices that survive long outages on small batteries.

Future vision

Kinetic-energy harvesting

Concept work on drawing small amounts of power from gates, doors and footfall.

Future vision

Self-sufficient security kit

A packaged, energy-independent home security system. Not built yet.

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How it fits together

One home. One connected system.

Select any point to see what it does, why it matters and how it connects to everything else.

Energy
Device
Detection
Intelligence
Alert
Response

Available today

Connectivity hub

What it does: The router, switch and controller that everything else depends on.
Why it matters: If connectivity is unreliable, every device on it is unreliable too.
How it connects: Links every device, applies the rules, and sends alerts out to the app.

Select any point on the diagram to see how that part of the system works.

Local reality

Built for South Africa.

Technology that ignores where it is installed does not last. These constraints shape every recommendation we make.

Electricity interruptions

Every install assumes the power will go off. Network and security equipment gets its own protected supply, sized and tested.

Connectivity challenges

Fibre where it reaches, LTE where it does not, and failover so the important devices stay online through either.

Security concerns

Detection at the perimeter, cameras where they help, and alerts that reach a person who can act on them.

Affordability

We phase work so the highest-value part happens first. You are not asked to buy the whole system on day one.

Small-business constraints

No enterprise licensing you cannot use. Tools sized for the team you have, that can grow when it grows.

Digital skills gaps

We hand over systems people can operate, explain them in plain language, and stay reachable afterwards.

For business

Your business has a technology problem. We build the solution.

Downtime, disconnected systems, manual admin and security exposure are all technology problems with technology answers. We work across all of them rather than handing you to three different suppliers.

IT supportNetworksCybersecurityWebsitesCloudCRMAIAutomationDigital transformationCustom systems

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AI & automation

Stop doing manually what technology can do automatically.

We only automate where the rules are already known and the task repeats. Anything requiring judgement stays with a person — but we make the information they need easier to reach.

Today

Chasing quotes and enquiries by hand

Automated

Automatic follow-up on a schedule, with a record of every touch

Today

Copying data between two systems

Automated

A direct integration that moves it without transcription errors

Today

Building the same report every week

Automated

A dashboard that refreshes itself and always shows current numbers

Today

Answering the same customer question all day

Automated

An assistant grounded in your own information, escalating what it cannot answer

Today

Manual appointment reminders

Automated

WhatsApp and email reminders triggered by the booking itself

Today

Approvals sitting in an inbox

Automated

A workflow that routes, reminds and records the decision

Manual
Automation
Time saved
Better customer experience

Automate My Business

Digital development

We don't just build websites. We build digital systems.

The same infrastructure thinking we apply to networks and security applies to software: it has to be secure, maintainable, and connected to everything else you run.

Websites

Business sites built to load fast, rank and convert.

E-commerce

Catalogues, ordering and structured product data.

Portals

Customer and client areas with proper access control.

Booking systems

Availability, scheduling and automatic reminders.

CRM

Leads, pipelines, quotes and follow-up in one record.

Dashboards

Operational numbers defined once and read by everyone.

AI platforms

Assistants and scoring grounded in your own data.

Applications

Custom systems for how your business actually works.

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Kinect AutoTech Lab

Systems we have built.

Each one started as a business problem, not a design brief.

dashboard

Recruitment

KinectTalent

A recruitment platform that grew from a careers site into a full hiring and workforce system with AI screening, structured interviews and candidate scoring.

Problem: Recruitment ran across spreadsheets, inboxes and WhatsApp threads. Candidates were assessed inconsistently and nobody could see the pipeline in one place.
Capability demonstrated: Complex domain modelling · Explainable AI scoring · Role-based access and tenant isolation

ReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLRow-level securityAI screening

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flow

KinectAI

A set of AI agents and automations that handle screening, drafting, routing and follow-up inside existing business workflows.

Problem: Teams were spending hours on work that followed the same rules every time: reading documents, summarising, routing and chasing responses.
Capability demonstrated: Deterministic, versioned AI · Human-in-the-loop design · Automation inside existing systems

AI orchestrationPrompt versioningPostgreSQLServer functionsWorkflow automation

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eCommerce

Demi's Dreamy Delights

A client technology project: an ordering and marketing platform for a custom cake and dessert business, including a build-your-own cake studio.

Problem: Orders arrived through social messages with no structure, pricing was worked out manually and there was no record of what a customer had ordered before.
Capability demonstrated: Client technology projects · Guided product configuration · Consumer-facing commerce

ReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLOnline orderingQR marketing

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Business Systems

WaterWise Platform

A water treatment and delivery operation given a digital backbone: customers, installations, servicing and stock tracked in one platform.

Problem: Physical products, installations and service visits were tracked on paper and in memory, so nobody knew what was installed where or when it was last serviced.
Capability demonstrated: Physical-to-digital systems · Field operations software · Asset and service tracking

ReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLAsset trackingScheduling

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Our biggest idea

Safer homes. Smarter communities. More self-sufficient technology.

A long-term mission rather than a product line: exploring how affordable, low-power security and connectivity could work where it is hardest to deliver.

Where we want this to go

Security technology is priced for households that already have reliable power and connectivity. We want to understand what a genuinely affordable, energy-independent version would need to be — and whether it can be built.

RDP homes
Affordable housing
Underserved communities
Small businesses
Community infrastructure

The Kinect Community Initiative

Technology should not be a luxury. This is an open intention to work with organisations who share that view. We have no partnerships in place yet and make no claims about deployment — this is the direction, stated plainly.

Housing organisations
NGOs
Municipal programmes
Developers
Community organisations
Technology manufacturers
Energy providers