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Insights on cybersecurity, managed IT, and modern business technology.
Practical guidance from the MYDWARE team — protecting and modernising businesses across the Greater Toronto Area and Simcoe County.
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Managed IT16 Critical Questions You MUST Ask Before Hiring Any IT Company
This free report will explain in simple, non-technical terms what you need to look for when outsourcing your IT support, as well as cost-saving strategies, insider tips and16 revealing questions you MUST ask any computer consultant before giving him access to your computer network. If your current guy can't answer a confident"Yes" to all 16, it might be time to look for someone else.
October 29, 2019 7 min -
CybersecurityEmployees Keeping Your Data Safe? ... Don’t Count On It
In any business, big or small, employees can be your biggest IT threat, and they might not even realize it. Businesses already face countless cyberthreats, like data breaches, cyber-attacks, online viruses and malicious e -mails. But despite all these outside threats, the real problem can come from the inside.
October 1, 2019 1 min -
CybersecurityCybercriminals Are Plotting To Hack Your Network RIGHT NOW...And What You Can Do To Prevent It
Did you know that small businesses are more likely to be targeted by cybercriminals than any other business or organization? It’s true! While we hear about major breaches on the news, we don’t get to hear the stories of the businesses that struggle with hacking attempts and cyber-attacks.
September 1, 2019 2 min -
Business Operations4 BIG Mistakes You’re Making By Being Cheap With Technology
Technology is more affordable and accessible than it’s ever been. Whatever you need is only a few clicks away, whether it’s a product or a service.
August 1, 2019 1 min -
CybersecurityTop Ways To Protect Your Business From The #1 Security Threat You Face
Today, cybercrime is more than a potential threat facing your business. It’s an unavoidable force of nature.
July 1, 2019 2 min -
Business OperationsStrategies to Improve Leadership And Grow My Business
Peyton Manning knows a thing or two about success. As one of the most legendary quarterbacks in the history of football, he’s reached heights few of us can ever hope to match, regardless of our field. When looking at a career as storied as Manning’s, it’s tempting to attribute his dominance to sheer innate talent and maybe some kind of preternatural work ethic. Certainly, if you ask him, he’ll tell you that these two are essential ingredients to any kind of outsized success. But there’s a third factor that we tend to overlook from the sidelines, one that has tremendous implications for our...
June 1, 2019 2 min -
Managed ITAre YOU Prepared For The End Of Windows 7?
If you’re one of the estimated 40%+ of businesses still on the outdated Windows 7 platform, consider this your wake-up call: time is nearly up for your trusty, tried-and-true operating system. On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will end support for Windows 7. That means no more updates, security or otherwise, will be offered by the company from that date forward.
May 1, 2019 2 min -
Cybersecurity4 Deadly Mistakes You’re Making With IT Security
For something so instrumental to the success of your business, technology can be an incredibly unstable, confusing and everchanging tool. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on the latest cyber security trend, hackers find a way to circumvent the process completely. A new patch arrives for an essential piece of software, and the next day, another patch is required to repair the vulnerabilities the previous patch created. It can seem impossible to stay on top of the constant technological arms race, much less stay relevant amid the exponentially increasing pace.
April 1, 2019 1 min -
Business OperationsThe Ultimate Small Business Guide To Setting Up A ‘Work From Home’ Or Remote Network Access System For Your Staff
Sound too good to be true? I assure you it’s not…
March 22, 2019 1 min -
Managed ITHow does hosted VoIP Work?
MYDWARE IT Solutions Inc. has built a world class phone system which we've partitioned into individual "pbx nodes" which are completely private and separate from all other customers on the system. This is similar to how phone lines work with a traditional telephone carrier. A traditional analog carrier provides phone lines from a central system into your office, you then plug your traditional phone equipment into that connection. With our Hosted PBX, the entire system is housed in our secure data-center instead of in your office. Your only equipment in your office is the actual phones. Another...
March 12, 2019 2 min -
Business OperationsHosted VS Traditional Phone Service
Traditional on premise analog systems are currently losing a lot of ground to Hosted Solutions because businesses today can get a full hosted solution for a fraction of the cost of a traditional analog system. Not only is there substantial cost savings, but hosted solutions generally offer a wealth of features never offered or not even possible with traditional systems.
March 10, 2019 2 min -
Cybersecurity3 Ways Your Employees Will Invite Hackers Into Your Network … And What You Must Do To Prevent It TODAY
No matter how professional they are, members of your team – yourself included – are going to make mistakes. It’s true of every organization on earth. They’ll spill scalding coffee into the company copier. They’ll work overtime until the office is empty, then head home without thinking to arm the security system. They’ll neglect key accounts, muck up workflows and waste hours developing convoluted solutions to simple problems. And, worst of all, they may unknowingly bumble into the cyber-attack that forces your business to go belly up for good.
March 1, 2019 2 min -
Business OperationsConsumer Awareness Guide To Choosing An Honest, Reliable, and Competent “IT Guy”
Hiring the wrong IT guy can not only be incredibly frustrating and expensive, but you could end up losing ALL of your irreplaceable files, photos, music, e-mails, and other important documents!
February 5, 2019 1 min -
CybersecurityWhy Your Business Is The PERFECT Target For Hackers Is Your Protection Up To Date?
People never think it’ll happen to them. Sure, they see the reports – 50 million-plus bundles of user data compromised by a Facebook breach; the billing information of more than 2 million T-Mobile users hacked by a mysterious malicious entity – but companies like those are massive, monolithic entities in North American commerce. They’re decidedly big fish, not like you and your small business. According to a recent JLT-Harvard Business Analytic Services survey, more than half of small business owners remain locked into this line of magical thinking, blissfully unaware of the threat cyber crime...
February 1, 2019 1 min -
Business OperationsThe Top 3 Things I Learned from Shark Tank's Robert Herjavec for Growing a Business from Scratch to Multimillion-Dollars
Robert Herjavec was born poor in former Yugoslavia in the midst of a widespread communist reform that left little room for dissidents. He might have stayed there forever except for the fact that his father was one of these dissidents – and a vocal one at that. So much so, in fact, that he was thrown into jail 22 times for speaking out against the government. After the final time, Herjavec’s father gathered his things, his children and his wife and crossed the border into Italy. From there, he got on a boat and, like millions of immigrants just like him, made his way across the Atlantic Ocean...
January 16, 2019 1 min -
Technology Trends10 Secret Tricks, Tools And Cool Features Hiding In Google
If you use Google for searching the web, you’re going to love these 10 features, available to everyone that you probably didn’t know about. The best way to find these is to simply search for the item in Google.
December 21, 2018 2 min -
Business Operations3 Fatal Errors You’re Making By Hiring The Cheapest Computer Support Company
Somehow, 2019 is already almost upon us. In preparation for the New Year, business owners across the country are taking a close look at their finances, scratching their heads as they inspect their budgets, line by line, to cut everything that isn’t absolutely necessary and searching for new investments that will boost their bottom line. In the midst of all this, it’s vital that leaders take a long, hard look at their technology budgets. Chances are those budgets are a far cry from where they should be.
December 20, 2018 1 min -
CybersecurityHow Does Cloud Backup Work?
As your business data grows and diversifies, protecting and recovering it after a disaster scenario becomes increasingly challenging. Increasing threats pertaining to customer data appear every day, so the best way to protect your data from Ransomware viruses, theft, and other unexpected disasters is to securely store an encrypted copy of your data offsite with a leading cloud backup provider such as MYDWARE.
October 11, 2018 3 min -
Managed ITWhat is a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?
New and innovative technologies not only present powerful opportunities for businesses, but they also present challenges. The continuously changing pace of IT infrastructure is extraordinary. IT departments can no longer standardize on a few computer models or single operating systems.
September 1, 2018 3 min -
Business OperationsWhat Is Hosted PBX?
It might be time for your business to upgrade its phone system. Hosted PBX services allow small businesses to forgo the costly phone system to a more economical business phone system. It can be very beneficial for small businesses because it allows for a cheaper yet competitive, phone system that can help your business grow.
August 15, 2018 3 min
