Backup and Archive

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsData Security

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…

Data Replication Explained

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsData Security

Data replication is the act of keeping exact copies of your data in multiple locations, such as cloud environments, different servers or data centres. It’s a powerful way of improving your organisational resilience. Multiple copies of the data in different locations means if one copy can’t be used, another copy…

Childproof Your Technology

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsHelpful Tech

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…

10 Ways to Stay Healthy at a Desk Job

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsHelpful Tech

Not many people have sat at their desks and said “I’d much rather be digging a ditch.” But the truth is that sitting hunched over a desk, breathing recycled air and pumping your retinas full of artificial light can be a lot less healthy than outdoor manual labour jobs. Unfortunately,…

Why Best Practice Matters

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsIT Explanations

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…

The year of the #chicksintech

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsNews from the IT World

Research shows that back in the 80’s women had little enthusiasm in computing. Computers were sold as “toys for boys” and gaming was something women didn’t show much interest in. For whatever reason that cultural stigma has stuck and there is now a need to eradicate the cultural norms. It’s…