Most of us are generally familiar with the infrastructure and capabilities of the public Internet. For most businesses, it’s a fundamental channel for communication, collaboration, customer engagement and more. But some business owners may not understand how a dedicated private…
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Businesses across Canada have likely heard quite a bit about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the past year. The first three months of 2015 saw twice as many DDoS attacks as the same period the year before. Knowing…
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Protecting your company’s data involves more than putting it in a safe place and keeping it secure. Of course, you must keep it intact and be able to retrieve it in the event of an IT system failure, focused attack or unplanned event –…
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Technology is constantly shifting and advancing, and it can be a challenge for small businesses to keep up with the runaway pace. In fact, in a survey of 500 small business owners conducted last year, 63% of respondents reported feeling…
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Deploying IT services such as new software within a business can be a challenging endeavour. It’s a process that’s normally centralized and overseen by an organization’s IT department so that all the necessary considerations can be made. They are often…
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While Canadian consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet for their shopping needs, buying goods and services online can still feel somewhat impersonal. A store’s appearance or a friendly conversation with a salesperson can make a transaction memorable. eCommerce doesn’t have…
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People and businesses are producing, sharing, storing, and streaming more content than ever. Cisco forecasts that by the end of 2018, annual global data centre IP traffic is set to reach 8.6 zettabytes and 78% of workloads will be processed…
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With organizations increasing their spending on cyber security every year – particularly in the mobile and cloud domains – why are security breaches and data thefts so often in the news? According to security research firm Mandiant, 63% of breaches…
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According to eMarketer, retail eCommerce sales in Canada rose by 17.4% in 2014 over the previous year, and are expected to grow 73% by 2018 – continuing to greatly outpace the growth of traditional retail sales. Not only are consumers purchasing…
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Energy and resource development was a big data industry long before big data became all the rage. If you work in the industry you also know how challenging it is to connect your remote locations, and your remote teams, to…
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