Practical guides to cloud platforms, Microsoft 365, Azure, and cloud infrastructure for Canadian businesses and IT professionals.
If someone can send an email that appears to come from your domain, they can impersonate your business to your customers, suppliers, and staff. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are three DNS-based standards that prevent this. They also improve the deliverability of your legitimate email, reducing the chance that your messages end up in spam folders. […]
Email Security Explained: SPF, DKIM and DMARC in Plain English Read More »
VPN gets used as a catch-all term for very different things. A consumer VPN service that hides your browsing from your ISP is a very different product from the business VPN that lets your staff securely connect to your office network from home. Understanding the distinction, and knowing which type your business actually needs, helps
VPNs: Site-to-Site vs Remote Access Read More »
If you’re setting up or consolidating your business productivity platform, the choice almost always comes down to two options: Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Both are mature, capable platforms used by millions of businesses. The right choice depends on your team’s existing habits, your software requirements, and how you work. This isn’t a feature-by-feature comparison
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace: A Practical Guide Read More »
Every time you type a website address into your browser, something happens behind the scenes that most people never think about. That something is DNS, and while it’s invisible when working correctly, it has a significant impact on your network’s speed, reliability, and security. What DNS Is DNS stands for Domain Name System. It’s a
DNS: What It Is and Why It Matters for Your Business Read More »
The term “reverse proxy” sounds technical, but the concept is straightforward once you understand what problem it solves. If you run any web-based services (internally or externally) a reverse proxy is a tool worth understanding. What a Reverse Proxy Does A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of one or more backend
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“Move to the cloud” has become standard advice for small businesses, but it’s not always clear what that actually means. Cloud hosting covers everything from storing files in OneDrive to running virtual servers in a data centre, and the right choice depends entirely on what you’re trying to do. What Cloud Hosting Actually Means At
What is Cloud Hosting and Which Type Does Your Business Need? Read More »
Where most businesses go wrong is in how they set it up. The Mistake Most Businesses Make When you register a domain, your registrar — GoDaddy, Namecheap, Google Domains, or whoever you used — will usually offer to host your email as well. It’s convenient, it’s cheap, and it’s almost always the wrong choice for
How to Set Up Email (And Why Your Registrar/ISP Shouldn’t Host It) Read More »