Act360 provides services and support for Barrie and Southern Ontario companies looking to deploy and use Microsoft Teams.
Act360 provides services and support for Barrie and Southern Ontario companies looking to deploy and use Microsoft Teams.
Every year, a breakthrough role is introduced which is supposed to make all the difference for your business. And this year, that role seems to be the rise of the “Fractional CIO”. But what is a Fractional CIO, and how does this role differ from an in-house or Virtual CIO? Is there any difference at […]
Malicious Software, commonly known as Malware is software that negatively impacts your PC. Malware has been around as long as computers have, while the majority of programs you download or install on your PC are safe, some softwares were created to cause harm to you and your PC. One may ask how can a program […]
In a previous article, we spoke about having your password safe and what makes up a good password. We discussed what makes up an Ugly Password, Bad Password, and a Good Password. In this article, we will be looking at the holistic approach to password protection, not just the specific characters that should be utilized […]
Cyberwarfare, cyber-attacks, and cybercriminals are all buzz words in our media. Nations are attacking nations in what could potentially be a cyber “world war III” as stated in a CNN article. With Cyber Security on a rise, all end users have to be mindful of keeping their data safe and secure from potential cybercriminals. The […]
As a business owner, while navigating through the world of Information Technology(I.T), the concept of an IT Strategy may seem strange to you. More often than not, business owners leave their IT solutions at a “break-fix” IT approach. When something is broken you go to fix it, or since you are missing a piece of […]
Tech News, Tech Industries, and Technology, all buzz words in our era and as they should be. I’m sure you are reading this article on one of the many technologies that are available today. These self-same technologies are being ingrained in our day-to-day life as society embraces the technological revolution until every aspect of our […]
An optimized IT infrastructure brings about huge benefits to a business, but a poor IT infrastructure can lead to huge financial loss or worse. Many people think that the only costs to take into consideration for an IT infrastructure are the tangible costs of the infrastructure itself, like the servers, storage, support, power, maintenance, and […]
We all know programming is as popular as ever, no matter what your profession is, programming can be useful to make difficult and tedious tasks easier and automate processes that would take a very long time to do manually. There are countless languages that you can learn depending on what you want to work with, […]
File management is the act of naming, storing, sorting and handling documents in a systematic way. With cloud file management this storing and sorting is done online instead of on your local computer, freeing up your local hard disk space and giving you the ability to access this data from wherever there is an internet […]
Tired of talking about COVID-19 yet? Us, too. Let’s talk about a post-COVID world instead. The past few months have been … ahem … a whirlwind. Your world has been flipped upside down. You, your staff, and your customers have all been forced to abide by “social distancing” rules, a concept that wasn’t even on your radar […]
It's been a year like no other in history. The world came to a screaching halt as a deadly virus spread city to city, country to country at an alarming rate. A global pandemic changed the world we once knew. It shut down entire school systems. Businesses were mandated to close. Millions of jobs were […]
Now, more than ever, cyber criminals are attacking SMBs (small- to medium-sized businesses). With so many workplaces implementing new bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, cyber security is paramount. Yes, some companies are more knowledgeable about network security risks than in years past, just as many are oblivious the security vulnerabilities of cell phones and tablets. Sadly, a data breach can […]
B2B companies are urging their technology leaders to re-think their approach to protecting their systems and data, which raises the critical question: Given limited resources and constantly evolving threats, how should organizations determine where to invest their resources to address their most critical risks? The answer lies in the cyber security program’s ability to proactively assess and […]
Outsourcing has been a tried and tested business strategy for decades. Since the 1950s, businesses have been engaging external suppliers to perform responsibilities on their behalf. From the early 1980s, ‘traditional outsourcing’ was introduced where an operation previously done internally was moved to an external supplier. The goal of this strategy would be to reduce costs and maximize profit. Though the main goal […]
