Canadian IT Manager

SMB Nation Toronto

If you're in the Toronto area May 3rd and 4th and work with Small Business Server, you'll want to be sure to attend the SMB Nation Toronto Conference that's happening at that time. The 2 day event includes talks on VoIP, Response Point, virtualization, Read More...

Blogging is Big Business

Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) How many blogs do you read over the course of the business day? There are many blogs on the Internet today. Businesses are adopting blogging as a way to keep in touch with their Read More...

Get the Right Clients on the Bus

Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) We have all heard the saying that we must have the right employees on our business bus, but have you ever thought that you need to have the right clients on the bus as well? Read More...

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) Many small business professionals toss and turn in the middle of the night, losing valuable hours of much needed sleep worrying about making a difficult or in reality it may Read More...

A Small Business Rolls Out Vista and Office 2007

        Alan is the top IT guy (as well as the only IT guy) for a small vibrant company call AGSI located in Hornby, Ontario , just west of Toronto. I visited him at their funky new office location earlier this week to talk about his Read More...

Does Badmouthing Your Competition Get You Ahead?

  Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) The small business communities in any city across the world are normally very small, tight and communicate with each other frequently. So when I hear of competition bad Read More...

Butterfly Catching

  Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) What do you mean by Butterfly catching? Can you picture it in your mind, as the owners of your own small business consulting business, are you running around from idea Read More...

Surviving in a One-Strike Society

  Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) In today’s world of instant gratification, short attention spans and lack of patience, the one-strike approach to dealing with business is becoming a main stream Read More...

8 Ways to Kick Start Your 2008 Small Business IT Planning

Stuart R. Crawford (Calgary, AB - Business Development Manager of IT Matters) 2008 will be here before you know it - are you ready with what the market will throw at you in a couple of months? With 2008 just around the corner, now is a good time to start Read More...