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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bad SEO vs Good SEO. What Is the Difference? SEO is a technique used to optimise your website so that it will organically rank higher in search engine results. Good SEO is not cheap and requires a long term investment before its true benefits start to show. Bad SEO…
What Is the Best Email Hosting for Businesses in Australia? With the rise of Instant Messaging services such as Microsoft Teams and Slack, are they replacing Emails as the primary form of communication for businesses? 86% of professionals prefer to use Email for business purposes. Cloud technology has made…
Why You Should Switch to Elementary OS We Field Tested Elementary OS And Found 6 Killer Reasons Why You Should Make The Switch elementary OS is a modern, fast and open source competitor to Windows and macOS. It’s been designed with non-technical users in mind and is a great…
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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…