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We have expanded our Island operations in an effort to continue to offer fintastic IT support to our clients and prospective clients located in and North of Nanaimo. In addition to our head office location in Victoria, Smart Dolphins is also working out of a coworking space located in the heart of Nanaimo’s growing business…
Read MoreEvery year the Mustard Seed holds a pie-off to raise funds for their organization. Dave Monahan, Smart Dolphins President takes the pie-off challenge. Learn more at: https://mustardseed.ca/yyjpieoff/
Read MoreOn September 23rd, Luke Mills, Risk Advisor at Megson FitzPatrick Insurance Services (MFI) will be hosting a risk management lunch and learn at Smart Dolphins. Bio: Luke is a partner at MFI. He serves as a Risk Advisor and Insurance Broker for a number of Not-for-Profit (NFP) clients throughout British Columbia. Luke also sits on the Board…
Read MoreThe other day, I arrived at a meeting with a prospective client who called us in to chat about their technology needs. This is something I do all the time in my role as Technology Ambassador. When I arrived, I was informed that “the problem was resolved, so we weren’t needed.” I hate to be…
Read MoreIf somebody approached you in 1995 and told you they could send your sales team comprehensive biographies and contact information of all the decision makers in your target market, including photos, work history, start dates, educational history, etc., what would you have paid them for this incredible mountain of information? Now imagine they told you…
Read MoreWhen I joined the Smart Dolphins team this year, I came in with 15 years of experience being in business. What I was about to learn – not just about IT, but about business – was momentous. In short, it’s this: The vast majority of people think about IT all wrong. I was on that…
Read MoreWe’ve all come across email phishing viruses (see example below). It is very easy to include an attachment in an email with a virus, from which some type of malicious code is downloaded without the user knowing. Help! I downloaded an email attachment from an unknown sender and I think I’ve been infected, what’s going…
Read MoreOne of the new features added to Google is that it will keep a record of your search history but only if you are logged into your Google account. You can review your search history, download it to a file, or disable/clear it. Note that this is a separate history from the actual browser that…
Read MoreI’m sure many have heard something (probably lots) about the whole “wearable technology” trend. I thought I’d just pass along my initial experience with “Moto 360”. This was actually a hand-me-down from a friend so I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting (but I couldn’t say no to free techie stuff) so I thought…
Read MoreSmart Dolphins IT Solutions was featured in this month’s edition of the Vancouver Island’s Business Examiner. “Solutions Inc. Smart Dolphins is an IT support company located in Victoria that takes a holistic service approach with its customers’ computer networks. ‘There are a lot of companies out there that you can call when you need a…
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