Usually more than a server on site does. The application, the data and the backups live on LTFI, so a slow line limits how fast you send and receive, not whether the system is up or backed up.
Software and hosting for Douglas businesses at both ends of town
I-395 to the west, Route 146 to the east
Does Kief Studio work in Douglas? Yes.
Douglas pitches two business areas: industrially zoned lots in the west with access to I-395, and commercial and industrial lots in the east near Route 146 and the Uxbridge and Sutton lines. Kief Studio, in Shrewsbury, builds the software a company in either one runs on and hosts it on LTFI.
When the town's master plan committee listed its weaknesses in 2024, unavailable fiber optics made the list. That changes where a business should keep its systems, because a server in the back room is only as reliable as the line out of the building. We run the applications, the website and the backups on LTFI, so an office in Douglas needs a browser and a connection, not a rack.
Kief Studio, Shrewsbury, MA 01545. [email protected]
Working in Douglas from Shrewsbury
- Western Douglas has industrially zoned properties with access to Interstate 395, including 11 lots totaling 28.5 acres along the Webster and Oxford lines, which the town lists as suited to distribution, manufacturing, storage and wholesale. Source: Town of Douglas, Featured Development Opportunities
- In eastern Douglas, the town says about 550,000 square feet of developable building area sits next to Route 146 near the Uxbridge and Sutton borders, across 17 potential commercial and industrial lots with water service. Source: Town of Douglas, Featured Development Opportunities
- In a 2024 strengths and weaknesses review, the master plan committee listed highway access as a strength, unavailable fiber optics as a weakness, and undeveloped industrial land as an opportunity. Source: Town of Douglas, Master Plan Committee minutes, March 20, 2024
- The regional planning commission notes that Douglas borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south and is home to the sizable Douglas State Forest. Source: CMRPC, Community Snapshot: Douglas
- Kief Studio is in Shrewsbury, MA 01545. We do not have an office in Douglas.
Who this is for
Distributors, manufacturers and service firms on Douglas's industrial and commercial land that would rather not run a server in the back room.
What we do for businesses in Douglas
Managed hosting on LTFI
We host what we build on dedicated infrastructure and keep it running.
Cloud infrastructure
Hosting, DNS, and the deploy pipeline, set up to be boring.
ERP and operations systems
One system for the work that lives in six spreadsheets.
API integration
The tools you already pay for, talking to each other.
Website operations
We host, write, publish, and watch the site. You run the company.
Douglas questions, short answers
Our building in Douglas has a weak internet connection. Does hosted software still make sense?
Is Kief Studio in Douglas?
No. The studio is in Shrewsbury, MA 01545, and we serve Douglas businesses from there.How do we start?
Write to [email protected] or use the contact form. The first conversation is free. No commitment.