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WINNIPEG, Canada - Constant C, Winnipeg’s most trusted IT support company for over 35 years, is delighted to announce the recommencement of their extremely popular Lunch & Learn webinars. The webinars will begin, once again, in March, providing small to medium-sized business owners with the opportunity to increase their IT knowledge in a fun and friendly learning atmosphere.

IT has always been a complicated affair - in 2020, and moving into 2021, it’s only getting trickier. With so many people working from home, there’s never been a better time for a network assessment.

What is a network assessment, exactly? It’s an evaluation of your entire IT infrastructure, usually conducted by a third-party.

Businesses have telephony needs that are quite different from those of residential customers. There can be dozens or even hundreds of different employees, and to give each of them their own individual phone numbers would be an exercise in absurdity.

Enter business phone systems - a diverse array of setups designed to eliminate the need for multiple phone numbers and allow for directory systems.

COVID-19 has led to businesses rapidly shifting their IT infrastructure as droves of employees move from offices to work at home. There may well be benefits to this change, but the focus of this article won’t be on those. Rather, it’s important to consider the security risks that you may have been exposed to.

Business ownership is all about balance - you’ve got to conserve money where you can, and spend money when it will help your business grow. The Internet package you choose for your business is a good reflection of this - spend too little and you’ll create bottlenecks, spend too much and you’re wasting money.

Understanding cybersecurity can be a bit tricky. Fortunately, physical security measures provide us with some excellent (if silly) analogies. Imagine an Ocean’s Eleven-esque caper: There’s a safe filled with diamonds - you’re the safe owner. Criminals are trying to break in.