Unused computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and other electronics can make a meaningful The Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to reducing electronic waste and helping bridge the digital divide. Since...
I meet lots of people who don’t believe in paying for backup services. The memory stick or USB drive they bought 3 (or more) years ago from BestBuy is good enough… Right? First ask, “Could I run my business without any data?” In Business Continuity, we ask two...
Google Gemini, Google’s AI tool can make summary and action notes from your online meeting as well as full transcripts of everyone’s contribution. This takes the responsibility off of you and allows you to focus on managing the discussion and participation. To manage...
Getting Cyber-Insurance isn’t easy. The qualifying questions are hard. Failure to answer accurately can void your insurance when you need it most. And yet, surveys show that 89% of Canadian businesses had at least one cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months. 55%...
Phone services have come a long way. Our parents grew up with POTS which stands for “Plain Old Telephone Service”. It rang, you answered it. You picked up the receiver and “dialed” the number you wanted to call. You had a notepad and paper beside the phone to take...
Check out our primer on why businesses should consider Cyber-insurance and how Atlas can help you reduce your premiums. We’ll have more information in our next issue. Our video can help answer questions that most managers ask...
Small businesses have special needs when it comes to security. Most news reports of cyberattacks seem to happen to large companies and businesses: hospitals, and Fortune 500 companies. These attacks make the news. But small and medium businesses need to be vigilant!...
As your IT and security team, it is our job to keep businesses safe from cyber threats. Today, we want to warn you about a dangerous new trick hackers are using called "ClickFix." This isn't a normal phishing email with a bad link. ClickFix is a clever trick designed...
You've chosen to make a good choice in using Cloud Workspace for your business. All your employees use either Google Workspace (GWS) or Microsoft 365 (M365). Digital Workspace Solutions Benefits With a Digital Workspace you get some great tools that you don't get with...
Media hype is all about Artificial Intelligence (AI) these days. ChatGPT, Gemini, CoPilot, Claude, and others are names that you might already recognize. Along with AI there is a drive to build new data centres all around the country (because the cloud has to have a...
Frustrated by Chrome giving you an "AI Overview" instead of a good match for your search? Me too! I often want a source that I can cite in my research not what Gemini finds as a consensus answer. I'm not dissing AI, but there are sources I trust and ones I don't....
The Internet of Things What is the "Internet of Things"? Everything connected to the Internet has an “Internet address” or IP number. Think of an IP number like a phone number. Even if you have a smartphone, without a SIM card and a unique phone number you can’t call...