Why Brisbane Businesses Need the ‘Internet of Things’
The conversation around ‘Internet of Things (IoT)’ in Brisbane and Australia is growing as it becomes more prevalent in our businesses and homes… but do you know what it means? Or are you that person whose eyes glaze over when IoT is mentioned faster than Alexa can find a hit…
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Let’s Clarify “The Cloud”
It’s an inescapable buzz term of the tech industry these days, and most businesses are using the cloud in some way. (Unless you’re still working on typewriters. Then we can’t help you.) Yet despite its omnipresence, it’s one of those arbitrary terms that’s hard to describe. We’re going to try…
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Backup and Archive
Tricky Computer Terms: Backup and Archive Alright kids, gather around the Smile IT campfire of knowledge. It’s time for the computer terminology equivalent of Kum Ba Yah, so dust off the thinking caps and prepare yourself for enlightenment. Today we’re focusing on two members of the IT vocabulary that we…
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What is Replication?
Tricky Computer Terms: Replication When I take my car to the mechanics, he’ll rattle off a long monologue about what’s right with it and what’s wrong with it. It normally ends with “She’ll be ‘right mate.” And it’s always met with a blank stare from me as I try and…
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Childproof Your Technology
It’s back to school week and all across Australia broken-hearted parents will give teary waves at the school gates to their little cherubs. Are they crying because of the empty void in the family home for the next few hours, or is it the cost of that Surface Pro the…
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Why Best Practice Matters
What is Best Practice? At Smile IT we know that our efficiency is the key to keeping your business running smoothly. We have a number of approaches that help streamline our operations, and one of the more effective is using ‘Best Practice’. This is a set of processes, standards and…
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