Going Greener and Working Smarter: What Smart Work Can Do for Planet Earth

Going Greener and Working Smarter
One of the old ways of thinking about business that’s still haunting us today is the question of how we should interact with the environment while operating a company. In the past, businesspeople saw this as a dilemma; we believed that we had to make a choice between making money or being kind to the planet.

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Smart Work at the Movies: A Continuity Story

Smart Work at the Movies: A Continuity Story

How one remote worker kept an iconic film alive (and what that means for your business)

Like plenty of other millennials, I grew up raised in no small part by the first two Toy Story films. The reasons why these movies appealed to me are no doubt obvious to anyone who’s seen them; the characters, the humor and the emotionally resonant adventures all connected to my young imagination in a way few other movies could.

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Women in Tech: Kelly Hopp, Marketing Manager at Altitude Communications

For all the ways global brands are currently dominating the telecom sector, there remains plenty of space for small businesses to achieve success within their own respective markets. Such has certainly been what Kelly Hopp discovered in her 11 years working at Altitude Communications, a Wildix Partner in Alberta, Canada.

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Owning Your Customer: The Only Way to Succeed in Modern IT

Owning Your Customer: The Only Way to Succeed in Modern IT
Out of all the telecom terms out there, the one I like emphasizing more than any other is the acronym of MSP: Managed Service Provider. The reason why is that being an MSP means you do far, far more than just pass tools from a vendor to an end-user — instead, it means you’re someone who provides high-value services and IT management. Continue reading “Owning Your Customer: The Only Way to Succeed in Modern IT”