Business
We have been driving success through technology for BC businesses for over 20 years. We have learned a lot about why our Dolfans love us and how to better deliver our services. We came up with 10 reasons to choose us when reconsidering your IT services. 1.Results: We deliver effective, GUARANTEED IT support as part…
Read MoreToo many organizations aren’t monitoring how much of their own internal time they are spending supporting their own IT infrastructure and tech support for their own network. Perhaps it is only “from time to time”, but often when people dig in they find out that 10%-50% of a key employee’s time is spent on tech…
Read MoreCommuting to an office every day is a thing of the past. Fully remote work is becoming more common. With the freedom and benefits accessible to you when you’re working remotely from home, what’s not to love? So, you’re set you up with remote access and now you’re sitting pretty (with no awful commute). You…
Read MoreWhat is Microsoft 365? Microsoft 365 offers subscription plans that include various offerings. There is a plan that fits most businesses needs. There are also family and student plans as well as enterprise agreements for big businesses. For the small to medium-sized business community, which Smart Dolphins IT serves (15 to 100 computers), there are…
Read MoreNow that most of us largely operate in the cloud and have multiple computers, it’s ideal to have the same browsing experience. Syncing your account in Google Chrome can help ease the transition and keep you productive. Here’s how to do it: Simply, sign in to Chrome, navigate to your settings and turn the sync…
Read MoreI love being proactive. Identifying and dealing with risk before disaster strikes is a huge part of my everyday job at Smart Dolphins. My routine risk management work is mostly technical. I ensure routers are secure, backups are working and security policies are in place. Being proactive with machines is a process. It can be…
Read MoreDuring our first quarterly planning meeting of this year, we decided that our website needed a complete overhaul. We’ve always developed and managed our website internally with poor results, so this time around, we knew that we had to outsource the project to experts. I used a tool called Wayback Machine to explore the evolution…
Read MoreDid you know that computer users are still the weakest link in information security? Because email phishing attacks can have a direct financial impact on your business or organization, ensuring that your users have some basic cybersecurity training, is essential. Email phishing attempts are getting trickier to catch. Sometimes these emails are really, really easy…
Read MoreHelmsman Management is a leading Vancouver Island asset management and consulting firm. Founded in 2014, Helmsman’s key area of expertise include: financing, strategic analysis and risk management. The Challenge Helmsman’s dated IT infrastructure needed a complete overhaul to increase efficiency, reduce their IT costs and simplify their network. The Solution Helmsman’s business is…
Read MoreBuilding good habits is a lot of work, and while rewarding on a cosmic scale, you don’t always get immediate feedback that you’re doing something good for yourself. If you’re like me, you’ve longed for someone to transform these sometimes tedious tasks into a simple, interactive RPG-style mini-game! Wait no longer, try Habitica. Habitica is…
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