So you've started a new business or have an existing business.  You require a email address. Many business owners want to keep their expenses low by opting for free email services such as hotmail.com, gmail.com or their Internet Service Provider email service. They'll either select for their name, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or their business name,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. So why should you bother with a professional email address? Professional emails are inexpensive and in...

 Working remotely has been a growing trend around the world over the past couple of decades. Studies show that up to 52% of workers did their job remotely at least once a week in 2018. In some counties — Australia, for example — over two-thirds of the workforce spent at least one day a week working away from their workplace. The prospect of being able to work from home, at least once in a while, is unlikely to draw detractors, and there are even reports saying that 99% of employees would ap...

Whether you are using your computer or device, can be for personal use or for business purpose, disturbance in its functionality can cost you time and money if you do not know how to resolve it in a short period of time. Especially for a businesses where time is money.  Your computer or business system can lose its functionality at any point of time without even any warning and that is when you will need the service of an experienced professional IT Consultant.  In today's modern compu...

Cloud computing is one of the technological blessings that can help you to get a competitive advantage and become more agile in the world of business.  What Is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is not a mere fad but is more becoming a necessity in the business world. It took many years to shift from the traditional software models to internet-based models and it is here to stay. What exactly is cloud computing? Well, it is 'kind of' outsourcing your data and applications. Once the data or ap...

As a business owner, Internet Security is a thing that should worry you. The fact that you own a small business doesn't help because, believe it or not, small businesses are routinely under attack. Data from the United States show that more than two out of five cyber attacks target small businesses. In 2017, more than five hundred thousand Australian small and medium businesses were affected by cyber crime. If your business employs between 100 and 500 people, the average cyber attack will s...

Digital transformation isn't easy. No business transformation is, but it seems that going digital is even more difficult. Some surveys indicate that digital transformations have significantly lower success rates than regular business transformations. And at 12%, regular business transformation success rates should be easier to beat. But still, digital transformation seems to be a popular topic, and businesses seem to be resolute to see it through. After all, who would say no to better profits, w...

As more and more aspects of our lives happen in the digital part of an ever-connected world, it becomes increasingly harder to say "no" to being online. In fact, the inability to connect could leave some of us with a sense of unease. So much so that we now use terms such as FOBO, an acronym for fear of being offline. But every internet user — that's over half of the world's population — should be aware the internet isn't exactly safe. Staying on top of cybercrime trends is something we should al...

Here's a fun little fact you've probably never heard: Australians spend 800 thousand hours per day looking for lost things. In total, Aussie households spend $1.2 billion every year replacing lost things. That's a lot of money that goes towards buying new TV remotes, shoes, glasses, phones, wallets and purses. But those are just the households that lose physical items. How bad do you think businesses have it when it comes to problems with data? On average, a data breach will cost a business $3.9...