Without a concrete plan in place, businesses tend to focus on the short term, ignoring less-frequent expenses, underfunding future productivity investments, and even missing their own business targets.
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How a non-profit overhauled its IT to create a collaborative environment
Our client’s IT operations centered around an aging on-premises server that could no longer keep up with the required workload. The situation was so dire that even data storage on the server’s hard drives was no longer reliable.
How to enable your team to do more in the cloud
Today’s evolving workforce expects mobility, flexibility, and modern technology that unchains them from VPNs, on-premises servers, and bloated software. If there’s one technology that allows companies to provide these benefits without adding unnecessary complexity, it’s the cloud.
How Microsoft 365 empowers users to do more and better
Today, a single subscription service like Microsoft 365 can empower users at any company to do more, faster, and better, while decreasing IT involvement as well as overhead costs.
Making the move to cloud accounting
Lots of companies see the value of migrating to the cloud and would happily get rid of their on-premises server if it weren’t for one thing — accounting.
How to navigate the paradigm shift of better IT
The paradigm shift of better IT affects any company that wants to elevate its operational maturity level, regardless of the starting point. This is becoming a competitive imperative, given the benefits.
Business continuity when you still need that server
Now that there is a viable cloud alternative for just about everything, there are some businesses that continue to need to maintain a server in their office. This can be used to accommodate substantial amounts of data that need to be readily accessible, like video or...
Strategic Planning and IT Strategy
Strategy and a proper strategic planning process helps you “eat the elephant” one digital transformation bite at a time to meet your business goals You may have heard the expression that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time.” To eat an...
Smart Dolphins IT is servicing Greater Vancouver
Smart Dolphins IT has started servicing businesses located in the Greater Vancouver area. We have talked about geographical expansion for years, so this is an exciting new development. Why now? A dramatic transformation is happening in business and IT; Smart Dolphins...
Microsoft Teams: why adopt guest and external access
Due to the health restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, the businesses community was forced to adopt hybrid work environments. In working remotely, people began relying more on Microsoft 365 tools to stay connected and for collaboration. Two years later,...