Xero is your best friend Australia’s accounting software of choice Accounting can be tedious and time-consuming. Thankfully, cloud accounting software has taken the heaviest, clunkiest of business systems and given it wings. Cloud accounting isn’t new. The early adopters have done the groundwork in finding the best providers. The providers have tweaked and refined their systems...
How to sell like you have a plan Leverage your intuition You’re a salesperson, so of course, you know how to sell. It comes naturally, right? You could sell in your sleep, and sometimes you’re on such a natural roll that you may as well be driving this sales vehicle on auto-pilot. No matter how good you are at selling, there’s always another sales professional ready to pounce when your...
Several years ago there was a huge push from many vendors to virtualize unused physical servers. Whilst this push has considerable advantages, it also provided challenges as it increased the importance of backups of the virtual servers. With many vendors being single vendor focused, it can be hard to have an all-round complete backup and monitoring solution for the virtual environment,...
Recently, up to 145 million eBay users were affected by having their passwords accessed by attackers. Refer to the link below for the full story. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/386139,attackers-access-ebay-customer-passwords-personal-data.aspx?eid=1&edate=20140522&utm_source=20140522_AM&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter This brings to light the importance of...
There are four tier levels for Data Centres based on site infrastructure and availability as outlined by the Uptime Institute Date Centre Tier Classifications. These range from the simplest Tier 1 up to exceptionally highly available and fault tolerant Tier 4. Some of you probably think it may be “normal” to experience downtime periods often as this occurs in your workplace. As you can see...
Downloading free software can cost you money. Open source is computer software where the source code has been made available to the public and adheres to a set of criteria to enable fair distribution of the software. Although by principle Open Source software drives the excitement of getting modifiable free software, Open Source software is additionally subject to vulnerabilities due to the...
Anything but standard A path to prosperity It might seem like a dull path, but digital standardisation is anything but mundane. In fact, sticking to the standard is your first step towards optimisation and improvement. When your online tasks follow a determined pattern, and you use the same software versions and online platforms, it’s much easier to get through your day-to-day...
The benefits of working remotely Have you ever lost valuable staff due to their illness, injury, desire to start a family or perhaps because they wanted to work fewer hours? If you answered yes, you might like to consider offering your staff remote working options. Remote work can be established on a temporary basis for someone who has an injury, or on a permanent basis where it benefits both the...
