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...
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!...
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...
There are basically 3 choices for today's business users when it comes to email options: Free and low-cost offerings by companies including those that may already manage your website; Google; and Microsoft. Free Email Accounts These are generally emails ending in...
Google has just announced that it will be increasing its subscription rates for Flexible Plan subscriptions to Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, and Business Standard Plus by 20% starting April 2023. Google explains this increase by pointing out...
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...