FROM THE MAIN HALL

So here we are then, into the fall, and most of us with considerably different businesses than we had this time last year.

What a year it’s been! 

What was new and scary back in the early spring has now become routine, and almost dull for some. It’s a cliché, but we’re looking at our “new normal” right now, aren’t we?

And the way we’re doing business today is going to be how it’s done for at least the next year… maybe longer.

So how’s business going for you? Have you adapted and pivoted? Are you surviving, or maybe even thriving? 

However you’re doing, my team and I are giving you virtual back slaps right now. Because we’re in the privileged position of supporting our clients in very in-depth ways, we feel their emotions when they’re struggling, or doing well.

See, we don’t just supply our clients. We genuinely partner with them. We feel their highs and lows too. 

It’s a source of huge pride for me every day to be so closely involved in other peoples’ businesses. 

If you don’t have that kind of close partnership with your IT support company… we really should talk. Give me a call any time at 519.489.0646

Until then, stay safe, 

Chris Davis
CEO
You MATTER, Unless you multiply as the speed of light.  Then you ENERGY

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1956, the 5MB hard drive on IBM’s new 305 RAMAC computer weighed over a ton.

It was built to help businesses with accounting. And went on to be the first electronic data processing system for the Olympic Games in Rome, in 1960.

I wonder how many Olympic weightlifters they needed to move it around…

Dragon Tip
Tech Tips By Cloud

Some Fun Technology Facts

G’day  - Cloud here. I decided to share a bit of fun technological trivia to break up all the technology talk lately.

Did you know?

1. The 30th of November is known as “Computer Security Day”.
2. Email has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
3. HP, Google, Microsoft and Apple have just one thing in common, other than the fact that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
4. Bill Gates’ house was designed used a Mac computer.
5. There are approximately 6000 new viruses released every month.
6. The original name of Windows was Interface Manager.
7. 51% of internet traffic is “non-human”. 31% is made up from hacking programs, spammers and malicious phishing.
8. The first computer was almost 2.5 meters high and weighed nearly 30,000kg.
9. The name Google was created accidentally. A spelling error was made by the original founders who were under the impression they were going for Googol.
10. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute, less than half the normal rate of 20.

Until next time, have an awesome month.

NEED A LAUGH?

The computer programmer got stuck in the shower because the instructions on his shampoo bottle told him to lather… rinse… repeat.

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