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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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Technology TrendsWhat to Check Before Setting Up Automated Cloud Backups
Automated cloud backups protect your data from loss, ransomware, and hardware failure. Check these essentials before you configure anything — so it works when you need it.
October 6, 2026 3 min -
CloudCloud Backup: The Backbone of Business Continuity
Cloud backup stores copies of data on remote servers. It replaces manual tape swapping and overnight jobs with automated protection that restores files in hours instead of days.
March 23, 2026 3 min -
Technology TrendsNever Lose a Word Document Again
Ever accidentally closed a Word document without saving, losing hours of work? Microsoft has made that problem almost disappear.
January 13, 2026 2 min -
Industry InsightsThe Manufacturing IT Survival Guide: How to Eliminate Downtime and Protect Production Line
Discover how GTA & Simcoe manufacturers can prevent downtime, secure their IT, and boost efficiency with expert strategies and a FREE IT assessment.
November 22, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityThe Scary Truth About Insider Risk in Small Businesses
Quick question: Do you know exactly who in your business can access sensitive files right now? If the answer is no, you’re not alone—and that’s a serious cybersecurity risk.
October 21, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityRansomware Gangs Exploit Kickidler in New Attacks
Security researchers report a new threat facing businesses that could put your data, as well as its backups, at serious risk. They’ve discovered that ransomware gangs exploit Kickidler in new attacks, meaning that they’re weaponizing your company’s tool to keep things on track against you.
June 11, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityBuilding the Ultimate Cybersecurity Ecosystem for Resilience
What would happen to your establishment if it suffered a data breach? Any business owner should have this concern. A cybersecurity ecosystem with many layers of protection is more important than ever.
December 26, 2024 3 min -
Managed ITThe Importance of Cloud Backup
Suppose your company’s network were to fail right now. How long would it take to recover the data and restore normal operations?
April 17, 2024 3 min -
Managed ITBusiness Continuity Planning: How to Prepare Your IT Systems for Disasters
As a business owner, you know that unexpected events can happen anytime.
April 26, 2023 3 min -
Managed IT4 Practical Steps for Vendor Cloud Backup
When you entrust your business data to a cloud-based platform, you expect it to be safe and sound. However, most cloud platforms like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Salesforce acknowledge their backup shortcomings and recommend having an additional backup and recovery solution for your cloud-based data.
December 21, 2022 3 min -
Managed IT4 Core Benefits of Cloud Backup for SaaS Platforms
Businesses like yours are increasingly adopting cloud-based solutions to keep up with the rapidly changing technological landscape. According to a recent study by Gartner, cloud adoption will not slow down anytime soon.*
December 19, 2022 3 min -
Managed IT99 Problems but Cloud Backup Isn’t 1
Data loss is a genuine threat to all businesses. Not only can it cost a lot of time, money and other resources to fix, but it can also be a huge pain to deal with when you have other pressing business matters to handle. While there are plenty of reasons data can be lost, such as hardware damage, software malfunctions and natural disasters, the most frequent cause is something as simple as human error.
December 8, 2022 4 min -
CybersecurityEnd-to-End Encryption for Dropbox Business Users
Dropbox has announced its plans to purchase several key assets from Boxcryptor so that it is able to provide end-to-end encryption for its business users. In addition, the partial merger between the two companies will enable Dropbox to better meet its client's needs, including an enhanced level of security for cloud storage.
December 5, 2022 2 min -
Managed ITMyths About Business Cloud Backup Platforms
Your data is essential for your business's success. There’s no doubt about it in the modern digitized era. However, not having a backup for your cloud-based service provider can result in the loss of this valuable data.
December 2, 2022 3 min -
CybersecurityWhy NOT Investing in IT Can Cost You BIG
If you haven’t invested in IT security, then your business is at risk.
August 1, 2020 4 min -
CybersecurityHow To Avoid Getting Hacked By Cybercriminals And Protect Everything You’ve Worked So Hard To Achieve
Cybercriminals are always looking for new ways to steal data and make a buck at the expense of someone they’ve never met. They don’t care if they ruin someone’s life or destroy a business in the process. This is why it’s so important to stay up-to-date with the latest technology.
July 1, 2020 4 min -
CybersecurityThis Is The #1 Thing You Can Do To Prevent Cybercriminals From Hacking Your Network
There is one thing many small businesses do that puts them at risk for a cyber-attack. They take a reactive approach to IT security. They wait until something bad happens until they do anything. Unfortunately, we live and work in a time when you can no longer be reactive to cyberthreats. Practically every small business is connected to the Internet and relies on a network to function. It’s the digital world we live in. We have to deal with hackers, data loss, equipment failure and everything else that goes with living in that digital world.
May 27, 2020 3 min -
Managed ITWhy Use A Local Backup?
Why Is Onsite Backup Important The primary advantage to a Local ONSITE backup server is SPEED. Today's networks operate at gigabit speeds, which are lighting fast compared to the speed of your internet connection. As such, doing things such as bare-metal-restores or large file backups can be expedited by running over your local network vs. your internet connection.
April 28, 2020 1 min -
Managed ITWhat Is A Complete Backup Solution?
A complete backup solution consists of two key components:
April 15, 2020 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
