Cloud Migrations
Plan and manage Office 365, cloud, and data migrations through landscape analysis, solution design, testing, cutover support, and post-migration assistance.
Cloud modernization services and strategies that move your business off aging, patched-together systems. Family-run since 1994, LME's local technicians plan each step with you.
Modernize the systems your business has outgrown. Get migration, security, management, and optimization for your cloud, with dependable support.
Plan and manage Office 365, cloud, and data migrations through landscape analysis, solution design, testing, cutover support, and post-migration assistance.
Support Microsoft 365 deployment, security configuration, user administration, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, licensing, training, backups, and ongoing management.
Protect servers, workstations, and cloud data with automated backups, offsite replication, ransomware-resistant versioning, test restores, and documented recovery objectives.
Strengthen cloud and business systems with threat monitoring, MDR, SIEM, identity and access management, endpoint protection, audits, and recovery planning.
Prepare for HIPAA, SOC, ISO, and other requirements through risk assessments, policy development, gap analysis, control implementation, and monitoring.
Maintain modernized environments with proactive monitoring, helpdesk support, updates, troubleshooting, user training, and strategic technology guidance.
Aging servers and scattered files slow your team down every day. A real plan brings better collaboration, recoverability, and scalability, backed by stronger cloud protections.
See how organizations retired aging systems and reduced disruption along the way. Practical planning that kept them ready for change.
"LME is has an amazing team and have been great development partners on all our projects. They deliver on time and keep us updated frequently on what they are doing!!!"
"LME has proven to be an exceptionally reliable partner for us, consistently delivering high-quality results across a diverse range of projects. Joe is always offering helpful suggestions and making sure issues are resolved."
"When Joe assigned Ivan as our lead, we felt like we finally had IT solved. Ivan has been with us 24×7 and the team behind him makes sure nothing falls through the cracks."
"We’ve been using LME Services for our business IT support, and the experience has been fantastic. Their cybersecurity expertise, responsiveness, and ability to explain complex tech in plain English really set them apart."
"We are not IT savvy people and wanted the best equipment within our budget with the easiest set-up and usage possible, so we could focus our time on our legal clients. They’ve helped optimize our technology and simplify it down to something that is easy for us to use."
"I can’t say enough great things about LME Services. I’ve trusted them for years with my computer support needs. They are reliable, knowledgeable, and always willing to help."
"Thanks to LME Services’ efforts, our workflow issues are finally resolved. We’ve worked with other IT companies but they lacked the oversight we needed. Leon and his team collaborate seamlessly with us and make sure we know someone cares."
"They deliver on a wide-breadth of IT services and ensure everything works correctly. With the personal touch of a small team, LME communicates efficiently and is instantly responsive by email or phone."
"LME is has an amazing team and have been great development partners on all our projects. They deliver on time and keep us updated frequently on what they are doing!!!"
"LME has proven to be an exceptionally reliable partner for us, consistently delivering high-quality results across a diverse range of projects. Joe is always offering helpful suggestions and making sure issues are resolved."
"When Joe assigned Ivan as our lead, we felt like we finally had IT solved. Ivan has been with us 24×7 and the team behind him makes sure nothing falls through the cracks."
"We’ve been using LME Services for our business IT support, and the experience has been fantastic. Their cybersecurity expertise, responsiveness, and ability to explain complex tech in plain English really set them apart."
"We are not IT savvy people and wanted the best equipment within our budget with the easiest set-up and usage possible, so we could focus our time on our legal clients. They’ve helped optimize our technology and simplify it down to something that is easy for us to use."
"I can’t say enough great things about LME Services. I’ve trusted them for years with my computer support needs. They are reliable, knowledgeable, and always willing to help."
"Thanks to LME Services’ efforts, our workflow issues are finally resolved. We’ve worked with other IT companies but they lacked the oversight we needed. Leon and his team collaborate seamlessly with us and make sure we know someone cares."
"They deliver on a wide-breadth of IT services and ensure everything works correctly. With the personal touch of a small team, LME communicates efficiently and is instantly responsive by email or phone."
"LME is has an amazing team and have been great development partners on all our projects. They deliver on time and keep us updated frequently on what they are doing!!!"
"LME has proven to be an exceptionally reliable partner for us, consistently delivering high-quality results across a diverse range of projects. Joe is always offering helpful suggestions and making sure issues are resolved."
"When Joe assigned Ivan as our lead, we felt like we finally had IT solved. Ivan has been with us 24×7 and the team behind him makes sure nothing falls through the cracks."
"We’ve been using LME Services for our business IT support, and the experience has been fantastic. Their cybersecurity expertise, responsiveness, and ability to explain complex tech in plain English really set them apart."
"We are not IT savvy people and wanted the best equipment within our budget with the easiest set-up and usage possible, so we could focus our time on our legal clients. They’ve helped optimize our technology and simplify it down to something that is easy for us to use."
"I can’t say enough great things about LME Services. I’ve trusted them for years with my computer support needs. They are reliable, knowledgeable, and always willing to help."
"Thanks to LME Services’ efforts, our workflow issues are finally resolved. We’ve worked with other IT companies but they lacked the oversight we needed. Leon and his team collaborate seamlessly with us and make sure we know someone cares."
"They deliver on a wide-breadth of IT services and ensure everything works correctly. With the personal touch of a small team, LME communicates efficiently and is instantly responsive by email or phone."
Stuck with a provider that keeps patching old systems? LME brings an honest assessment, a real plan, and pricing with no surprise line items.
Founded in 1994, LME brings decades of experience through major shifts in business technology.
Connect migrations, cybersecurity, backups, compliance, and ongoing IT support through one accountable partner.
24/7 human support and monitoring help modernized environments remain protected and operational.
A family-run team supports Chicagoland businesses with practical guidance and familiar technical contacts.
Modernization falls apart when the planners hand off to strangers. The same experienced team that designs your upgrade stays on to support it.
CEO
Joe Engelking serves as CEO of LME Services, proudly carrying forward the standard of service excellence his father, Leon, established in 1994. Based at the company's Hoffman Estates headquarters, Joe leads new business development and client relationships across the Chicagoland area, ensuring every organization receives technology solutions tailored to their unique needs. As a second-generation leader, he blends decades of family expertise with a forward-thinking approach, championing the integration of AI and automation into client operations to improve efficiency and security. Joe is deeply committed to LME's mission of practical, plain-English technology guidance, working closely with small and mid-size businesses, law firms, and financial services companies. His leadership reflects a genuine dedication to keeping clients running, secure, and confident in their technology partner.
Founder
Leon Engelking is the Founder of LME Services, having launched the company in 1994 after a career at IBM during the early rise of Microsoft and personal computing. Recognizing an underserved population of business owners who needed dependable, practical IT support as internet adoption emerged, Leon built LME from the ground up to meet that need. Over more than three decades, he guided the company through major technology shifts, including ransomware growth, cloud computing adoption, and the transition to remote work. His vision established LME's family-run culture and its commitment to long-term client relationships throughout Chicagoland. Leon's legacy continues to shape the company's values of security-first operations and dedicated, personalized service for small and mid-size businesses across the region.
Cloud modernization is the process of improving how an organization uses cloud platforms, applications, data, infrastructure, and security controls. It can include migrating systems, modernizing Microsoft 365, improving backup and recovery, strengthening identity and access management, and adding ongoing monitoring. The goal is a more secure, resilient, manageable technology environment aligned with business needs.
Talk with LME Services about a practical plan for your technology environment.
Nearby local technicians give Chicagoland organizations on-site help without the long wait. Every modernization runs out of Hoffman Estates.
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Recognized by GoodFirms in 2023 for a client-first approach to IT support.
Featured on UpCity among top-rated managed IT services providers in Chicago.
Ranked by Clutch as a top managed service provider in Illinois for 2024.
Outgrown your current systems or tired of waiting on your provider? Share your goals and challenges, and LME will recommend practical next steps.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 847-496-5196. You can also send us a quick email at info@lmeservices.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 847-496-5196. You can also send us a quick email at info@lmeservices.com.