Disasters, either natural, man-made or technological, happen whether we want them to or not. We all have lived through at least one disaster situation in the past 10 years, either in our workplace or at home. Who doesn’t remember the terrible Hurricanes that attacked parts of the U.S., like Sandy, Rita, Katrina or Ivan, and the devastating Lac-Mégantic train derailment in 2013 right here in Québec. One of Montreal’s most famous and expensive disasters was the 1998 Ice Storm, where many homes and businesses didn’t have power for many days/weeks. Read more
Archive for month: May, 2014
We love learning and sharing all there is to know about small businesses in North America. Why you ask? Because they are what drive our economy and create the most jobs in our communities.
We found another fun infographic by LinkedIn on Small Businesses in North America and their increasing presence on Social Media.
Take a look and keep supporting the local small businesses in your community… Read more
While mobile device usage is gaining ground at the consumer level, through the use of smartphones and tablets, small and mid-size businesses are now wondering how they can take advantage of this technological advancement and apply it in their business environment. Mobile devices are becoming much more affordable to deploy in companies and mobile data security controls have been developed to protect a business’ confidential information. It is evident that the business world is quickly embracing the concept of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and mobile business applications. Read more
“Did you know that small and medum-sized businesses contribute more than half of Canada’s GDP?”
A couple of weeks ago, we published a daily infograph from the BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada) about small businesses in Canada. This short but informative image provided all you need to know about Canadian entrepreneurs, financing and how to map for future growth. Read more
ERP Implementation; two words many business people do not like to hear. Most often than not it is because of horrible past experiences; previous implementation projects either went ridiculously over budget, took too long or the system turned out to bring more problems than solutions.
Let’s start from the beginning… Read more
Over the weekend, I read a great article on LinkedIn by Daniel Burrus, Innovation Expert, Global Futurist and Strategic Advisor (among other titles), about the transformation of business processes. He goes on to explain how business mobile applications designed for a company’s internal use and competitive advantage will explode over the next couple of years. In his words, business mobile apps are a “hard trend”, which is something that will happen. Read more
In this article, I wanted to share with you what I’ve learned over the years and answer some of the questions small and medium-sized businesses have about data backup and security, restoration and disaster recovery. I’m also going to look at these 3 different processes, which are a real business continuity solution.
Let me start by addressing each topic on its own, explaining its advantages, and in the last section I’ll put together the difference between the different terms.
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