
Criminals use the latest and greatest in tech to break into your company and steal your resources. Did you know your IT provider has access to all the same tech? Why not get it working for you? That’s where pen testing comes in. By: F12.net Scroll down to the bottom of the page to watch […]

Does your business use Apple products? Looking for a macOS friendly IT partner? Good news – F12.net embraces Apple devices. Love working with Apple products, but find resistance from IT when you try to bring your device to work? Is your IT Managed Service Provider reluctant to support Apple devices? Are you searching for an […]

In the November 2022 newsletter: Is your IT helping you innovate? Too often, we think of IT as a break-fix service. But IT is so much more—and this month we’re focused on how technology can help you innovate. We recently hosted a webcast on how SMBs can out-innovate the competition, and guess how you do it? […]

The “Fourth Revolution” is upon us, and a business that doesn’t adapt may risk getting left behind. What technologies should you add to your company’s toolkit to help you innovate to improve your business? How can SMEs out-innovate the competition? By: F12 In early 2022, F12’s CMO Devon Gillard was at an industry event […]

An in-depth look at the future of business connectivity and how to make sure you’re using the best technologies for your business. CMO Devon Gillard recently hosted an exciting webcast with our friends at iTel Networks. iTel is Canada’s leading data infrastructure organization. Not only do we recommend them to our clients for affordable […]

If you’ve recently onboarded a new employee, this scenario might sound familiar: it’s Monday morning and they’ve just arrived, ready to work, but HR forgot to let IT know the new hire’s start date. The employee’s computer is sitting in its box on their desk. Even with advance notice, it takes IT about a day, and sometimes longer, to get a company’s machine set up to business standards with all the necessary applications installed. But it doesn’t have to be that way. And you may already own the solution; you just didn’t know what it was or hadn’t activated your subscription. It’s called Autopilot.

Last year, more than half of Canadian businesses hit by ransomware or malware paid the ransom amounts demanded by cybercriminals in 2021. To educate businesses on how to protect their data, we recently brought together three key industry experts to share lessons and tips with our webinar attendees: Tom Sides, partner at Dentons Canada LLP; Brendan Salvo, Director at Blackpoint; and Calvin Engen, Chief Technology Officer at F12.net. Hosted by Devon Gillard, Chief Marketing Officer at F12.net. Here are the key takeaways from the webinar.

While F12’s solutions design team is busy testing and hardening Windows 11 for the business world, many are starting to get their first look at consumer devices. So, our CMO, Devon Gillard, asked his father-in-law, Murdoch Macleod, a retired journalist, to share his experience. And he didn’t hold back!

Merging businesses can be stressful for owners, management teams, and employees. Problems with information technology (IT) on either side will only compound the workload involved in the process. Here is a closer look at what to look out for and how to avoid pitfalls.

DaaS is an all-inclusive virtual cloud desktop service designed for businesses of all sizes. In previous decades, organizations had to purchase desktop computers (and allied hardware) for each employee and equip them with all the necessary software. They also had to recruit an IT team to maintain, troubleshoot, and update all their computer systems, resulting in substantial technology overheads.