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7 Ways Your Small Business Can Benefit From Cybersecurity Providers

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How secure is your small business? Just because your business is small doesn’t mean that hackers won’t target your sensitive data or client information. In reality, cybercriminals often target small and medium-sized businesses because they don’t have the budget for comprehensive cybersecurity measures–making them the perfect target for cyber threats.  Unfortunately, many small businesses gloss […]

5 Reasons to Work With IT Companies Near You

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Many SMBs (small and medium-sized businesses) in Alberta choose to hire international IT providers. The very nature of most IT companies means that you can work with providers worldwide, so many businesses don’t consider hiring locally as an option. While working with an IT company that does not have a local presence may seem attractive, […]

What Does a Good Disaster Recovery Plan Look like?

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Disasters can come in many shapes and sizes – a natural disaster, hardware failure, data breach, or cyber attack. Whatever the cause, due to our reliance on technology, every business needs to have a disaster recovery plan in place to minimize the damage and get back up and running as quickly as possible. In this […]

5 Things to Ask Before Hiring an IT Provider

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For small-to-medium businesses, managing your day-to-day services, clients and data can be hard enough. If you’re running your IT department in-house as well, you may feel overwhelmed. That’s where an IT provider comes in. Because of our reliance on technology and the importance that IT has in the business world, many organizations are searching for a […]

Why Your Business Needs a Disaster Recovery Plan

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Disasters can disrupt our way of life and cause unexpected problems that are out of our control. Between 2018 and 2020 alone, there was over $230 billion in damage caused by natural disasters. One way we can reduce the impact unexpected events have is by setting up a  business continuity or disaster recovery plan we […]

How Can AI Make a Manufacturing Business More Robust and Secure?

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Imagine that your company was able to decrease its lost sales by 30% and its forecasting errors by 20%. You see an increase in revenue, less downtime, and a reduction in waste. That sounds like a dream, right? Well thankfully, it’s not! This is what French food production company Danone Group was able to accomplish […]

4 Reasons Businesses Should Opt for a Local IT Provider

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Technology impacts every part of your business, so deciding how to outsource your IT is no small task! You might be weighing the pros and cons of staying local or going national with a large company. The title of our blog might give us away, but we think there are some great (and unexpected) benefits […]

3 Simple Ways to Help Protect Your Business from Online Scams

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Cyberattacks can happen anytime and on any device. At the Digital Risk Summit 2022, leading cybersecurity researchers at Group-IB found that in 2021 over half of all cybercrime were scams. As a business owner, you cannot control how your employees use their personal computers and mobile devices when they’re not at work.  What you can […]

5 Essential Cybersecurity Measures All Insurance Companies Should Have 

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Companies with physical locations require secure locks and alarm systems in place to protect their physical property from damage or theft. The same goes for digital spaces. All businesses need a cybersecurity strategy. No two businesses are the same, which is why you need solutions tailored to the size, capacity, and nature of your data.  […]

3 Reasons Why Insurance Agencies Need Round-the-Clock Infrastructure Monitoring

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Insurance gives customers peace of mind and confidence to go about their daily lives. Whether commuting to work in their vehicle, running their business, or sleeping soundly at home, we feel safer and less stressed knowing that insurance has our back in the event of surprises or disasters. It’s crucial for insurance agencies to instill […]