Canada’s advanced network infrastructure, world-class data centers, low-cost green energy, and strict privacy laws make it an attractive data storage venue for US, European, and Canadian businesses.
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Information Technology
What Protocols Send & Receive Email With The Mail Server?
Although it may not seem like it today – in the era of Smartphones, Tablets, and Facebook – I think we can all agree that email’s a pretty revolutionary technology. The development of email rendered a whole crop of traditional communications methods all but obsolete.
But why does this matter?
What is Net Neutrality?
Today is the day we all work together to make the Internet a better place.
Internet Service Providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T want to end net neutrality so they can charge extra fees to control what we see & do online. The end of net neutrality rules means that Internet Service Providers will be able to split the Internet into “fast lanes” for companies that pay and “slow lanes” for the rest. This will negatively impact consumers and businesses across the country.
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DDoS Attacks Will Stop Your Business In Its Tracks
This October, some the biggest websites and online service providers in the world went offline. Twitter, Reddit, GitHub, AirBNB and a host of other companies were essentially out of business for a few hours.
The culprit: a massive Distributed Denial of Service attack against a key infrastructure provider. (more…)
How to Design Killer Landing Pages
You’ve worked hard (or paid big bucks) to build an innovative, content rich website. You are happy with the ways you can: (more…)
4 Ways to Build a Website with Dynamic Content
Building a website with engaging, dynamic content is part art, part science, and usually requires a decent amount of technology savviness. A static, promotional website with stale content doesn’t tend to generate the sort of authority needed to keep visitors coming back. (more…)
How to Select the Best CMS for Your Hosted Website
Most inbound marketing or web design experts would agree, you are way better off building a hosted website on a web content management system than custom coding. (more…)
The Four Ways a Hosting Provider Can Safeguard Your Company’s Reputation
If you are running a small business there are many competing priorities which place demands on your time and energy: (more…)
Web Proxies and VPNs: How to Browse the Web Anonymously
No matter what your motivation for browsing the internet, having the option to visit pages on the internet without being “profiled” is your right. Many savvy web browsers use web proxies, proxy servers and VPNs to keep their web surfing activities private. You might want to hire a divorce lawyer, find a new job, or find out why you have that troubling rash. (‘Nuff said)
Mobile Friendly Web Design – How to Survive Mobilegeddon
Another Google algorithm update has been rolled out. Has your ranking been impacted? Does Google find your website to be Mobile Friendly? If you aren’t sure, there are a number of ways you can find out if your Google ranking is doing well for smartphone users, or if you have some work to do. Should there be a need to modify the design of your website for smartphones, you’ll find a number of resources here about mobile friendly web design.