This month Audcomp marks its 27th year in business. Founded by Gary Sohal in 1986, Audcomp is Hamilton’s largest information technology company operating throughout Southwestern Ontario.

Hailed as the ‘best productivity suite’ by tech experts, Office 365 is recognized for its outstanding collaboration features, clean interface and updatability.

Today with several business-ready tablets and convertibles available on the market, that is changing. IDC predicts that tablet sales will be 117.1 million in 2013 and will grow to 261.4 million by 2015.

On July 1, 2013, Dell SonicWALL will transition its Gen4 firewall (and older) appliances to End of Support (EOS).

Obviously, one of the first steps in heading towards making your business mobile is choosing the right business tablets and mobile devices. Today, there are a range of tablets and convertible options available from different leading manufacturers.

Want to see the latest in commercial computing solutions from HP via presentations and interactive product demonstrations?

If you haven’t been thinking about Conusmerization of IT, you are for sure late in the game. The explosion of ‘mobile adoption’ is no longer a territory for the consumer world.

Your employees are the greatest assets for your organization. When it comes to data security, however, they could also be the weakest links.

The Canadian Mobility landscape is rapidly evolving as SMBs increasingly embrace mobile technologies.

BYOD or the consumerization of IT is challenging IT managers, but at the same time creating an agile workforce that gets more done.

VMware has announced the end of availability (EOA) for VMware products: Horizon Application Manager, View Enterprise Bundle/Add-on, and ThinApp Client/Suite.

The critical challenges with traditional data backup/restore and how cloud backup can solve these issues.

Cloud Demystified Conference, hosted by Audcomp, was a success in spite of the weather condition that made morning commute difficult. Held on February 27, 2013 at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club, the event was attended by several small and medium-sized organizations from both the private and the public sector.

Audcomp is hosting a business IT event that will focus on the benefits of cloud for SMBs.

So what are the differences between the various storage systems available? We hear about all kinds of offering but the basic requirements for users are DAS, NAS or SAN.

The Windows 8 environment features a significant change from its preceding OS platforms. Its touch capability and 'metro' interface that are geared towards mobile users might appear intimidating to business people who are not always excited about drastic changes.

What will 2013 bring for the rest of the Canadian Tech industry? Here are IDC's top 10 tech predications as reported by The Star.

Learn about a multi-user computing product that takes collaboration into the next level- Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft® PixelSense™

Shortage of skilled Canadian IT workers to reach 100,000 by 2016 – Will Impact Cloud Computing

Read about the storage solution that is recommended for businesses with limited budget to commit to high end storage options.

Security was among the top IT concerns in 2012. Mac-targeted malware has shown a significant increase. The Android OS has faced a big number of threats with 99% of mobile malicious attacks targeting at the platform .