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What Are the 5 Key Components of a Business Continuity Plan?

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
Business Continuity Plan

Having a business continuity plan isn’t just about getting through tough times – it’s about showing your customers and competitors that you can handle anything. By acting like a safety net, it can give you the confidence to keep pushing…

The Importance of Setting Up a VoIP System for Your Business and How to Do It

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
VoIP system

As businesses become more global and distributed, having a communication system that can keep up with the demands of modern work is essential. With VoIP technology, you can connect with customers and employees around the world, minus the limitations of…

Five Steps for Building a Disaster Recovery Plan

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
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There once was a time when a disaster recovery plan only encompassed natural and manmade disasters. In our current era, the disaster recovery plan also needs to include digital disasters. Most organizations these days find themselves unable to operate if…

What are the Key Steps for Disaster Recovery Planning?

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
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Every business should have a disaster recovery plan to keep things running in the case of a catastrophic event. Whether that disaster is the result of natural forces such as fire, flood or weather, or is caused by humans, such…

Top Benefits of Having a Disaster Recovery Plan

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
Disaster Recovery Plan

In a computer-based world, catastrophic loss of data can be a fatal blow to an organization, company or nation. As anyone who has had their personal computer crash understands, the ephemeral nature of computer data means that it can be…

How Often Should A Business Continuity Plan Be Tested?

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
How Often Should A Business Continuity Plan Be Tested

In today’s business environment, even short amounts of downtime can lead to large losses. Ensuring your business or organization can quickly recover from both a short interruption and a major disaster is the basis of a business continuity plan (BCP.)…

What Is The Purpose Of An IT Audit?

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.
What Is The Purpose Of An IT Audit

As more of the world’s businesses become dependent on information technologies, the functioning, regulation, stability, security and recovery of those systems are as integral to the business as the business itself. In other words, any company that depends on information…

Working From Home

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.

Tips for Staying Cyber-Secure While Working from Home As the dependency on digital infrastructure heightens, it’s more important than ever to make sure that your business has a secure BCP plan and an effective remote working policy with clear direction…

Multi-Factor Authentication

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.

MFA (multi-factor authentication) is becoming ever present. If you’ve ever been sent a text with a code after you’ve tried logging into a website, you’ve experienced it. YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED WITHOUT IT Multi-factor authentication is an authentication method in…

Co-Managed IT Services

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.

Do you have full time IT staff but need more from your IT? We can help fill in the gaps by working side by side with your staff. Co-Managed IT Services allow you to augment your current internal IT skillsets…

Ransomware

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that threatens to publish the victim’s data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid. HOW CAN IT AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS? When a user wants to access a file that…

MBC Private Cloud

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.

When you need data scalability, reliability, security and it isn’t practical at your office, cloud is often the solution. MBC can architect, deploy, and manage complex cloud requirements for your business. PRIVATE CLOUD There has never been a better time…

MBC VoIP Solution

This entry was posted on by Pavel Odnoletkov.

These next generation telephony solutions integrate your traditional telephone and voicemail services into a complete suite of mobile communications tools for your employees. Harness the power of your data network to deliver superior voice and collaboration services. Eliminate your long…

8 Essential Tips for Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.
8 Essential Tips for Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Across the globe, many governments have asked citizens to remain home and practice social distancing measures. This has forced many businesses to rapidly shift to a remote work environment that allows employees to work from home. For a lot of…

Cybersecurity Tips for Your Home Office During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.
Cyber Security Tips for Working at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, those working from home are put at risk of being exposed to fraudulent activity. Canadians have lost close to $100 million in reported online scams. Workers must find effective methods to protecting personal financial information….

How to Protect Your Business During the Corona Virus Outbreak

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.
How to Protect Your Business During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Many businesses and their employees across the globe have quickly shifted to remote work in response to the coronavirus outbreak. But unfortunately, this shift has placed immense pressure on most organizations’ cyber security risk management ability. Another type of pressure…

What Your Business Should Know About Windows 7 No Longer Being Supported

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.
What Your Business Should Know About Windows 7 No Longer Being Supported

January 14th, 2020 marked the official end of Microsoft support for Windows 7, one of the most widely used software suites. Released in 2009, Windows 7 made some major leaps forward in usability and power, partly to make up for…

Why is Secure Guest WiFi for Business So Important?

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.

Whether you run a financial office, a retail store or a marketing company, Wi-Fi Internet access is something that is expected by customers. You need however to make sure your guest WiFi is completely secured to protect yourself as well…

Why is Secure Guest WiFi for Business So Important?

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.
People looking at a laptop

Why is Secure Guest WiFi for Business So Important? Whether you run a financial office, a retail store or a marketing company, Wi-Fi Internet access is something that is expected by customers. You need however to make sure your guest…

An Article from PC World: What USB 3.2 and Wi-Fi 6 mean for your next PC

This entry was posted on by Tammy Nyman.
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You expect every laptop to have Wi-Fi and some kind of USB. What you probably don’t expect is battling specs that will make it difficult to know what sort of wireless and USB you have. We’ll sort it out for…

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