National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Atlas Solutions will be closed on September 30 in honour of and in memory for The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will resume normal operations on October 3.

Why You Need to Store Client Information Properly

A couple of years ago, I rented a U-Haul to move some furniture. This past week, I got an email that U-Haul's databases was hacked and my personal information including driver's license data was stolen. I'm currently following up with U-Haul about the scope and impact...

Atlas Solutions is now a Google Voice Reseller

Google Voice is just rolling out to Canada. What is it? It's a phone service that integrates with your existing Google Workspace tools and apps. What if you could call or answer your phone from your computer, your tablet, your smartphone, and even a desk phone (if you...

Protecting Customer Information

Tim Horton’s is a national brand in Canada. Millions of people buy their coffee, donuts, and muffins from “Timmys” every day.But last week, Tim Hortons was in the news for abusing customer information. Using the corporate app downloaded by millions of people, Tim...

What Can You Do with Customers’ Information?

Tim Horton's is a national brand in Canada. Millions of people buy their coffee, donuts, and muffins from "Timmys" every day. But last week, Tim Hortons was in the news for abusing customer information. Using the corporate app downloaded by millions of people, Tim...

Using Google Drive to Share Files with Clients

As a Google Workspace user, you have up to 2 Tb of space in your Google Drive. That’s more than most people can use in a lifetime. Of course you can use this to share documents with your clients, vendors, and partners. It’s really quite easy and in this short...

What’s Wrong with Your Phone?

If you’re still using a Plain Old Telephone System (or POTS) from Telus, maybe it’s time to consider a new technology. First of all, you’re probably paying more than you should. Plus you get a whole bunch of new features. For example, your POTS can’t: Send you a...

Atlas Announces its New Firewall Offerings

We looked long and hard at firewall options for our clients. Many were just too expensive to make sense for small and medium businesses. Many were more about hype than substance; if they had spent as much on their product as on their videos and marketing material,...

Do I Need a Firewall?

Here's a 4 minute video to explain what firewalls do and why they could make sense for you...

New Feature Supercharges Searches in Google Apps

Ever tried repeated searches for a specific email or file in Gmail or Drive? The results that Google returns aren’t always helpful. Wouldn’t it be nice if Google could learn from your past searches and better predict what you might want to find this time? Google...