by Astro | Jun 15, 2018 | Blog
Living on Vancouver Island, we’re all used to talking about earthquakes. Many of us have invested in an emergency plan and supplies. But what about our businesses? Every business should have a Disaster Recovery Plan. It does not need to be elaborate. It needs to cover...
by Astro | May 31, 2018 | Blog
Have you heard of shadow IT? If you haven’t, the shady-sounding term, if practiced, may boost or kill productivity in your work environment. “Shadow IT is the use of IT-related hardware or software by a department or individual without the knowledge of the IT or...
by Astro | May 22, 2018 | Blog
An email phishing scam that exploited Microsoft Office 365 has recently come to our attention. Last week, a local bookkeeper’s email account was hacked. Here’s the timeline and a summary of events: On Friday, the bookkeeper received an email from someone...
by Meghan McEachern | May 17, 2018 | Blog
The Government of Canada published the final version of its breach of security safeguards regulations on April 18, 2018 as an amendment to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) of 2000. Starting Nov. 1, 2018, PIPEDA will...
by Astro | May 1, 2018 | Blog
Productivity While there are still many “old school” law firms, technology is pervasive at Pearlman Lindholm. With 16 busy lawyers and many more supporting staff, the diverse and progressive firm has many technology elements that Smart Dolphins has integrated and...
by Astro | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog
Over the past 17 years, we’ve met with hundreds of Vancouver Island’s business leaders and the cost of IT services is always top-of-mind. Small-to-medium sized businesses are either in a position where they are spending too much and not getting results, or they aren’t...
by Meghan McEachern | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
Is your business or organization investing effectively in cybersecurity? Do you have the tools and IT leadership necessary to keep your organization protected? Are all computer users at your organization participating in security awareness training – can they...
by Dave Monahan | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog
At Smart Dolphins, we truly believe that we are unique. We offer a lot more than your typical IT support company. We drive success by leveraging technology and how we do this is what sets us apart from other managed IT service providers on Vancouver Island. Business...
by Astro | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog
This Saturday, March 31st is World Backup Day. A simple backup is no longer sufficient to support your business when disaster strikes. The top 4 causes for backup failure are: Network outage Server error Human error Ransomware In this video, you’ll learn about...
by Ty Hedden | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Business Babble, Events and News, Network Security
It only takes a couple of clicks to compromise your IT network and the human link remains the weakest one. Being able to identify a social engineering scam is important because malware can result in identity theft, a takeover of your business network and have real...
