The Smile IT Blog

We update our blog regularly with IT industry news and all the lowdown from the world of Managed IT Services. Follow it for insights into the software we use, the industries we serve and other tech-related topics that grab our interest. Thanks for visiting, and get in touch if we can answer any of your questions!

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The Rise of Collaboration Spaces

The modern workplace has evolved at a rapid pace, particularly in the post-pandemic days. Remote work is now an integral part of many businesses, and the hybrid workplace is evolving and continuing to define itself. Technologies supporting this are growing in profile, and organisations are challenged to decide their own…
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Enhancing Superyacht Communications

Smile IT is located just around the corner from Hemmant and the Port of Brisbane, so we’re well positioned to deal with dock, shipping and yacht IT and connectivity needs. Occasionally these forays into maritime internet and communications take us a bit further afield, as they did with a particular…
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Reducing the Cloud Clutter

Knowing that your business-critical data is safely stored in the cloud definitely helps business owners sleep a little easier at night. But if the organization of your stored content isn’t up to scratch, it can cause heavy frustrations in the day! According to one study, 60% of office professionals spend…
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social engineering

Understanding Social Engineering

Social engineering sounds like it could be the organising of your weekend calendar! It’s a whole lot more sinister than that though, and this method of cyber-attack could wind up being extremely costly to your business. Today we’re going to give you an understanding of social engineering and its risks,…
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Why Office Culture is Important in 2023

It’s 2023 and office culture is more important than it has ever been! We’ve entered this new post-pandemic world of hybrid work where employees move between the office and home. It’s more flexible, requiring greater agility from staff and a strong commitment to the ethos and objectives of their employers.…
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What To Do About Mobile Malware?

Anyone else out there get surprised by your smartphone screen report every week? You think to yourself, ‘surely I’m not spending THAT much time on my phone’. You are though… we all are! As our phones have got more powerful and more ingrained in our lives, we’ve become more reliant…
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A Spotlight on Acronis

Smile IT were invited to the Acronis #CyberFit Summit in Miami, Florida in November. You can read about our Director’s and Founder’s trip to the conference here. They had an amazing time learning, growing, networking and hearing some of the world’s leading business minds talk! In honour of that exceptional…
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Smile IT’s Year in Review

Ah, 2022. A year of recovery around the world as we emerged out of the pandemic and back into the office! It’s been a great year for Smile IT, we’ve been through change and growth, saying hello to new team members and even a new headquarters! We’d like to thank…
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