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When we see the words CHEAP plastered across a product or service, we often write it off as low quality. The first Pineapple brought back to Europe sold for $7,500. Temples were built to honour this illustrious fruit, and it was so exclusive that only royalty could afford to…
Instant Messaging (IM) is an integral part of our everyday lives, even more, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IM brings us closer together by allowing us to connect and collaborate with people regardless of their location and helps centralise the conversation for quick reference. A brief history of Instant…
Nextcloud Vs Zoom Vs Microsoft Teams In 2021, webcam’s were one of the most sought after tech items. You would probably have had better luck climbing Mount Everest without an oxygen tank. Video conferencing experienced a surge in demand. In a world of self-isolation, it became the most critical…
Microsoft 365 continues to dominate business productivity software, but it is not the only option. A growing number of Australian organisations are reviewing their software strategies and discovering alternatives to Office 365 that deliver similar functionality, often at reduced cost and with greater control over data. For businesses concerned…
TrueNAS Backup Options: What’s Available for Business TrueNAS backup is not one feature. It is a set of tools that work together, and which ones you use depends on what you are protecting against. Snapshots: near-instant, read-only point-in-time copies of a dataset, used to recover from accidental deletion, a…
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software You may have heard three letters “ERP” being thrown around by a large number of companies, all offering different solutions. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) encompasses a wide variety of business functions and can quickly become an area of confusion for most businesses. To keep…
Odoo Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is designed to simplify and improve interaction with your customers. As the name implies, everyone inside your organisation will have access to the CRM allowing them to better manage the relationship and keep track of potential sales, leads and…
Email Marketing Email marketing is one of the best marketing tools for generating ROI, this has been the case for the past ten years. On average, every dollar spent on email marketing generates $38 in ROI. With an abundance of different marketing strategies available from a plethora of “marketing…
What is web hosting? When building your first website, the first question that comes to mind is. Who should I host my website with? Or, if you’re new to the game, you might be thinking what is web hosting? Web hosting allows your business to post your website on the…
I’ve been involved in commerce as a developer since 1999 and operated as an online retailer for 20 years, so apart from feeling like an old fart, I have seen and experienced all manner of options over that time. Today I look at platforms beyond the marketing fluff to…
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…