Chances are you have heard about the terms cloud and cloud computing come up at work and in different social conversations. It is understandable how it’s all become too common now, but have you ever wondered what it actually is and how it all started?
Plenty of business owners start out managing their IT needs on their own, which is fine when your business has just one employee! As your business grows, you’ll probably find that the IT tasks you need to do become more complicated and more time-consuming. If you want your busi...
IoT is a common tech buzzword nowadays and while the term may seem intimidating as all technology acronyms tend to be, all it stands for is internet of things. Essentially it means just that, the internet of things. If a thing is tagged with some sort of computer readable info an...
Prevention is better than cure. Much like you, your business needs to be in tip-top shape in order to be ready for any unforeseen circumstances that may disrupt your day-to-day business operations and functions. Regardless of industry, business continuity is an undeniable nece...
Cloud this, cloud that. We’ve all heard about the “cloud” and all its wonderful features but have we ever stopped and thought – where the heck is this cloud and what exactly does this cloud do?
No? Not even a giggle? Tough crowd. Okay, enough boomer jokes – let’s get right in...
[See updated 2019 article HERE.]
Back in 2012, a huge chunk of my day would involve transcribing 30-40-minute interviews that I have conducted the day before. I remember using an audio foot pedal to go back 15 seconds into the audio file to make sure that I heard a word correct...
For business owners, setting up networks to allow multiple computers and devices to communicate can be difficult; not because it’s complicated, but because it can become very tedious. As seemingly minor errors or omissions can have drastic consequences, many business owners opt t...
If you’re growing your business, you might have realized that your current one computer, one printer setup just won’t cut it any more. If you add on additional devices, like servers, printers, or computers, you’ll need a way to get them to function in sync with each other. In thi...
What is high availability? High availability is an aspect of system design that ensures your network is running when you need it to. Networks, and the computers that make up the networks, have many components that all need to be working in order to be “available”. If one of these...
