VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Jan. 15, 2020 (Press Release) BlueSilverShift and Celestial Systems announced today a long-term partnership that will enable forward-thinking companies across North America to move from competing to leading in the digital age. Both companies pride themselves on their cross-industry expertise and are launching the partnership to help clients look for opportunities to disrupt their …
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Early Teams Adopters – Microsoft is Offering a Free Move of Your Core Data to Reside in Canada
Opt-in for data migration if you have been using Teams in Canada prior to August 2018 Microsoft says: Office 365 has a datacenter geo in Canada. We offer a migration service that now includes Microsoft Teams chat service data. Meet your data residency requirements and maintain resiliency with Office 365. Benefit from in-geo data residency for …
2 New Reasons that Microsoft Will Continue to Win the Canadian Cloud War
Microsoft makes a significant announcement in the Canadian Cloud market and it really will fuel innovation (and keep data) in Canada. On January 9th, 2020 Microsoft made what is arguably it’s biggest announcement (in terms of impact to business growth and digital transformation in Canada) since 2016. At its Envision event in Toronto, Microsoft announced …
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AI: Why creativity is the future of work
Microsoft says: AI can and will replace rote work and repetitive tasks in business and aspects of everyday life. It can also help to unlock human potential. Creativity is becoming more attainable–and more valuable–than ever before and your business can realize that value easier with a simple to use AI platform. The BlueSilverShift Perspective: Artificial …
The Risk of Re-Using Passwords
As I mentioned in my previous post, it can be easy for hackers to access a company’s important data. First they access low privileged accounts and then leverage their permissions to become an admin. We discussed how we can take advantage of Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to eliminate an attacker’s penetration, even if they compromise …
Bill Gates is bullish on tech in 2019
Microsoft (and Bill Gates) says: Quality of life for many people today is much better than it was 20 years ago. Bill Gates is bullish on tech that focuses on improving happiness and living conditions around the world. He believes that focusing on improved well-being in the next 20 years can fight back disease and …
BlueSilverShift Named Member of the Trust X Alliance
BlueSilverShift Named Member of the Trust X Alliance BlueSilverShift, a local technology solution provider, today announced it has been selected as a member of the Trust X Alliance. TrustX Alliance | BlueSilverShift —VANCOUVER, British Columbia – June 12, 2019 — Founded by the world’s largest technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc. and led by its members, the Trust …
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BlueSilverShift named 2018 Ingram Micro and Microsoft Azure Partner of the Year VANCOUVER, British Columbia – March 26, 2019 – PRLog — BlueSilverShift was named the 2018 Ingram Micro and Microsoft Azure Partner of the Year for Canada at Cloud Summit X on March 11th, 2019. The 10th annual Cloud Summit, hosted by Ingram Micro, was the premier industry event …
Prepare for End of Support. SQL Server + Windows Server 2008.
Prepare for End of Support. SQL Server + Windows Server 2008. Prepare for the END. Update: February 26. The store event it over. Thanks to all those who attended. We are now hosting a bi-weekly webinar though. Click here for more details and to book your spot. On July 9, 2019, support for SQL Server 2008 …
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Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2018 Media Roundup.
Some of the media coverage of Blue Silver Shift’s Craig Slack, Managing Partner and Founder from his panel session at the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2018: ChannelBuzz – IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing ChannelNomics – The most impactful strategy we’ve had for IaaS: Solutions providers share IaaS experiences And a big …
BlueSilverShift nominated for 2018 Canadian Cloud Partner of the Year Award.
It is with great pleasure that BlueSilverShift would like to announce that we have been nominated as one of only three companies for the 2018 Canadian Cloud Partner of the Year Awards in the cloud infrastructure category for our work and significant growth in using Microsoft Azure. We are especially proud to be the only …
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Ransomware – How can you mitigate the risk of the next WannaCry?
Ransomware – How can you mitigate the risk of the next WannaCry? What Is Ransomware? Ransomware, What is WannaCry – Ransomware is a malicious software that blocks access to user data or data on the user’s system until the person affected pays a ransom to the person or organization who has blocked the data. More …
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