small business

Marketing advice for small businesses offered at recent Collision conference

At the recent “Collision at Home” conference, I had the opportunity to offer a mentorship session on marketing for startups

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IT professionals, can you avoid the curse of multivendor mountain?

You park your car in the usual spot and take a deep breath. “Another day in paradise,” you think, as

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Digital transformation: A business primer

“What is digital transformation?” If you’ve asked yourself this question, you aren’t alone. One word – digital – is reasonably

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Keeping up with the little guy

Typically, tech companies set their sights high, going after the biggest companies they can, hoping to net the biggest fish

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Take the Meraki Challenge and Find out if Cloud Managed IT is Right for Your Business

We all hear that the role of IT in today’s companies is becoming increasingly complex. In Canada and around the

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Using Technology to Stimulate the Economy of Small and Medium-sized Businesses in Quebec

There is much talk of delayed productivity in Quebec. This problem should not be taken lightly, since, in the current

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Not another phone system: Raising the Table Stakes for communications systems.

“We initially went looking for a phone system, but we found a lot more with the Cisco Business Edition 6000. 

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Four questions every Small Business owner must ask when considering collaboration technology

They say communication is the key to success in a relationship, and that rule certainly applies to the relationship between

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How to find the right financing plan for your small business

It’s October again and that means a few things: the weather is starting to cool down; it’s almost time to

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BYOD for Small and Mid-Size Business: Moving from Challenge to Opportunity

I hope you’ve been enjoying our Small and Mid-Size Business-Focused Blog Series. So far, we’ve provided an overview of the technology challenges we feel

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Q&A with Sean Stanleigh, Challenges of Canada’s Mid-Size Business Sector

I recently sat down to chat with Sean Stanleigh, editor of the Report on Small Business properties at The Globe

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Introducing Our New Small and Mid-Size Business-Focused Blog Series

Hi my name is Gary Isaacs, Vice President Mid-market and Small Business at Cisco Canada. Welcome to Cisco Canada’s new

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The benefits of collaboration to a growing mid-market business

We can all agree that collaboration is important to any thriving business.  Mid-market companies are a prime example of why

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How technology is transforming my business

By Bayo Odutola, Managing Principal, OLLIP P.C. Technology can transform small and medium-sized (SMB) organizations. For proof of this, look

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Why BYOD is critical to your mid-market company

The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon has dramatically changed the way many Canadian organizations do business, especially those in the mid-market sector.

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Why we are in a time of opportunity for Canadian SMBs

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) are often defined by several different variables – annual sales, net revenue, size of assets

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Why SMBs should embrace the cloud for more than just e-mail

The computing model can help SMBs deploy collaboration technologies usually reserved for large enterprises If a Canadian small or medium-sized

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Join Us for a Small Business TweetChat on the Value of Technology Partners

According to a recent survey by IT World Canada, Canadian small businesses listed their biggest IT problem as ‘staying current

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