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How to Improve Wi-Fi Reliability in the Office
Reliable Wi-Fi is essential in a modern workplace. When connections are slow or regularly drop, employees lose time, video meetings...
Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Its Current IT Support
Most businesses do not switch IT providers because the provider got worse. They switch because the business got bigger and...
Cloud Backup vs. Local Backup: What Is Best for Your Business?
Most businesses need both, and the reason is simple. Local backup restores fast but shares your building's bad luck. Cloud...
What to Do If Your Business Gets Hacked
Disconnect the affected device from the network, but do not turn it off. Then call for help before you touch...
Business Email Compromise: Why MFA Alone Is No Longer Enough
One business we worked with lost $200,000 to an email compromise. Multi-factor authentication was switched on. The attackers had been...
Preparing Your IT Systems for Power Outages and Natural Disasters in BC
The thing that takes BC businesses offline is almost never the earthquake everyone plans for. It is a winter storm,...
The Hidden Costs of Poor IT Support
For a 25-person professional services firm in Victoria, an hour of downtime costs between $1,500 and $4,000. Most of that...
Data Backup vs Disaster Recovery: What We Teach Almost Every New Client
Data backup and disaster recovery get used like they're interchangeable, and it's an easy mix up to make. Both are...
Simple Technology Improvements That Save Staff Time
The technology that wastes the most time in a business is rarely broken. It works, slowly, and everyone has stopped...
Cybersecurity Basics Every Small Business in BC Should Know
When we run a first security assessment on a new client's network, we find the same three things almost every...
Why Password Managers Are No Longer Optional for Businesses
If you expect staff to use a different password on every system, you have to give them somewhere to keep...
What Is Endpoint Management?
Endpoint management is the practice of controlling and monitoring every device that connects to your business: laptops, desktops, phones and...
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