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For more than a decade Microsoft Office 365 has been transforming the way businesses interact, work together and manage their data. With billions of users all over the world, it has become integral to productivity and collaboration in today’s digital age. Yet, many people fail to realise that despite…
Data backup is one of the most important tasks for any small business. Data is the lifeblood of your business, and you need to protect it from the following: Loss. Theft. Corruption. Disaster. Hardware failure. Malware attack. Human error. Fire. Flood. Theft. It can also help you comply with…
It’s never been more important for businesses and individuals to have a strong, compelling online presence than it is today. More and more prospective customers and clients rely on the internet to find service providers, which is why it’s so crucial that you make it as easy as possible…
Zoom is one of the most popular video conferencing platforms in the world, but using it can also pose major risks for your digital privacy and security. For many of us, this isn’t exactly news; the company has come under fire in the past for misleading consumers regarding the…
If you or your business are based in Australia and looking to register a domain name, this guide will provide you with a step-by-step process of selecting and registering a domain name. Step 1: Choose a domain name The first step is to select a domain name that represents…
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What Storage Problem? I think we can all relate to working on a project and getting to that crucial part where we need to save or add more data only to find that we’ve run out of storage space. anyone who has used Photoshop knows the “Scratch Disk Full”…
The numbers don’t lie. Realising the potential benefits, Australian businesses invested more than $2.3bn in CRMs in 2018 alone. This is a global phenomenon, with over 91% of companies with more than 11 employees now using a CRM. The gold rush for CRM software in Australia and abroad is…
What is Web Hosting? The short version – Web hosting is a service provided by a hosting provider that allows businesses or individuals to publish their website and content on the internet. Many content management systems (like Wix & Squarespace) provide their own managed hosting services, while the likes…
Managed WordPress Hosting Australia As of 2024, WordPress powers 43% of the internet – it’s the most popular platform for building websites in the world. Major brands such as Mercedes-Benz and The Walt Disney Company are using WordPress to run their websites. If you count only the CMS-built sites, then 62.7% of…
TrueNAS has a reputation as something you run on a box under your desk, not something you host in the cloud. That reputation is out of date. Whether you need TrueNAS as managed cloud storage, or you are asking whether you can run TrueNAS on a VM for your own environment, the honest answer is yes to both, with some real technical caveats worth understanding before you commit to Truenas in the cloud.
This guide separates the three, prices each one as accurately as public information allows, and compares the real total cost against Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and ownCloud.
There is a common assumption among Australian business owners that Nextcloud is a lightweight alternative to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, useful for basic file storage but not a serious contender for day to day business collaboration. That assumption no longer holds up.
If your business is looking for a way to store, share and collaborate on files without handing control of the underlying platform to a large cloud provider, Nextcloud is worth considering. It is an open-source content collaboration platform that can be self-hosted or delivered through a managed hosting service.
If a staff member left tomorrow, could your business say exactly which client files they opened in their final month? Not just what they changed, but what they viewed, downloaded or shared, and when? For most Australian businesses, the honest answer is no. That gap is exactly what the…