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I remember the first time my dad gave me a box of tools. I was moving out for the first time, and he gave me a box filled with an old hammer, two screwdrivers (one flathead, the other Phillips head), a rusty wrench, and a tape measure. It wasn’t much but it showed me that…

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but it also well known, among the vernacular of the younger generation, as Spooky Season. Most people are more concerned with ghosts, ghouls, and goblins than they are with the dangers lurking in the dark corners of the Internet. Which is understandable, it’s more fun to think about the fake…

If you’ve watched any sci-fi movie, you probably understand the perceived dangers of the digital world. Primarily the unrealistic dangers of artificial intelligence. Now, I’m not saying that AI won’t be a threat in the future but it’s important to note that right now the people using the Internet pose a much bigger threat than…

Have you ever wondered where all those weird holidays come from? Like, who got to decide that April 23rd was National Talk Like Shakespeare Day? Or that Squirrel Appreciation Day would fall on January 21st? Or that the last Friday of every April would be National Hairball Awareness Day? An entire day to make sure…

Tech Ally proactively monitors your important systems, so if they happen to go down, we can immediately work on solving the problem, resulting in less downtime. Knowing what’s up! This morning a client called – and I already knew what it was about. A minute before the phone call a notification came through that their…

It’s risky creating contracts or signing agreements without input from your Lawyer.It’s risky filing your taxes without it being reviewed by an AccountantIt’s really risky not securing your information and assets without the help of a Cyber Security Specialist. Being an entrepreneur means wearing many hats throughout the day – however not being an expert…

Managed backups are the best way to ensure your critical data is secure, without the hassle of trying to do it yourself. It offers one less thing you need to worry about and ensures the safety of your information. Backups are monitored remotely and alert the provider if there are any problems. Testing of the…

Managed IT services, working even though you can’t always see it At Tech Ally with our Managed IT Services, we always work for our clients behind the scenes. You’ll often not even realize that we are there, but be sure we are constantly monitoring and investigating. Alerts and reports are created specifically for each customer…

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) has new provisions coming into effect on July 1st, 2017. When the legislation was introduced in 2014 it  drastically changed how companies could communicate with their customers. These changes were made in order to help reduce the amount of SPAM that Canadians get as well as protecting them from security threats.…