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Technology Planning for Charities and Non-Profits

The 2 Big Guys — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:03:40 +0000

Technology planning is an important part of running business or non-profit or charity. In this Episode Jeff and Rob discuss the importance of a long term view of the organizations use of technology in the context of best practices, which do not necessarily cost much more.

A technology plan makes sure the whole organization has covered their network security, privacy obligations, as well as their Business continuity. Backups done on a regular basis, with appropriate security measures in place alleviate the problems of disk failure, or loss of key documents and files due to corruption or viruses.

Charities in Canada and the US have reporting obligations on their financial status to their donors and regulators just as much as business has an obligation to shareholders, securities regulators and stock exchanges. Listen as Jeff gives ideas to protect and prevent through the use of good technology planning.

Episode 19- Technology Planning for Charities and Non-Profits

This podcast is sponsored by Codefusion Communications Inc.

Charities and Non-Profits Can Maximize Technology

BigOne — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:12:31 +0000

Meeting the technology needs of Charity & Non-profits is of particular interest to the 2 Big Telecom Guys. As both of us have been on boards of charities we see the bigger picture both of the organization and their funders. In this episode we talk about the skillsets that can be assisted by outside help in the planning and implementation of their operations from a technology standpoint.

We discuss the gifts of old equipment and the need for a plan as a way of maximizing their resources and the need to know how to be able to participate in vendor programs that will gift new software and hardware to charities.

Episode 18- Charities and Non-Profits Can Maximize Technology

Charities and Non-Profits Can Maximize Technology

This podcast is sponsored by Codefusion Communications Inc.

Getting To Know Like and Trust

BigOne — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:28:33 +0000

Rob Metras

Episode 17 is a solo episode with Rob Metras describing the process he got to know,like and trust Jeff Brodie, his partner in the 2Big Telecom Guys Podcasts. As a listener we wanted to give you a little background on your two hosts and the process Rob as business customer went through in order to find a reliable and trustworthy integrated telephone and computer supplier after dealing with the salesforce of a major telephone company.

Jeff Brodie

I hope that the 2 Big Telecom Guys Podcast will continue to be useful to you the listener as we are cutting down the length of our episodes at your suggestions. Thank you for your comments and keep them coming.

We appreciate your support and hope you will also get to know ,like and trust us as you get the picture on how the 2 Big Telecom Guys got together to do this podcast for you.

This podcast is sponsored by Codefusion Communications Inc.

Virtualization- What's In It For You

The 2 Big Guys — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:39:17 +0000

Virtualization is the topic for Episode 14. Rob and Jeff discuss the best integration strategies and tactics to make your business or office run faster, simpler, and with less hassle. Learn how you can have a Virtual-CIO (Chief Information Officer) at hand but not on your premises. We discuss Software as a Service (SaaS), Hardware as a Service (HaaS) and the concept of data protection on-site and off-site, using both physical devices and the Cloud.

Virtualization can make your business have similar tools,capacity and scalability that a Fortune 500 company has without the ongoing expense of direct labour. See how you can make hardware do more with less and gain all the improvements of new software with Software as a Service.

Jeff's firm Codefusion Communications Inc. is a Toronto based Microsoft Gold Certified Partner as well as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist. Codefusion is also an AltiGen Platinum Technology Partner with AltiGen, the leader in IP-based telephony. Listen in as they discuss this new computing idea to do more with less. Jeff also blogs about technology on the Codefusion website.

This podcast is sponsored by Codefusion Communications Inc.

Cloud Computing- Whats Up There ?

The 2 Big Guys — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:06:29 +0000

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Episode 13 covers the relatively new area ,to small and medium size businesses, of Cloud Computing. We provide some definitions,uses for it and considerations for implementation. SaaS (Software as a Service is one of the uses for the Cloud as well as for scalable storage. This podcast itself is stored in the Cloud on Amazon's S3 Servers to enhance availabilty ,scalability and take the load off our regular server.

Jeff's firm Codefusion Communication Inc. is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner as well as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist and Rob is a long time Windows user who also has a Mac. Listen in as they discuss this new storage and remote computing method.

This podcast is sponsored by Codefusion Communications Inc.

Windows 7- Should I Upgrade ?

The 2 Big Guys — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:58:35 +0000

In Episode 12 Rob and Jeff answer the question- Windows 7- Should I Upgrade ? Windows 7 is the latest incarnation of Windows, the Microsoft© Operating System for personal computers.

Windows 7- Should I Upgrade

Upgrading to Windows 7 can be done on most older Pentiums and new Dual Core Intel and AMD processors alike. The benefits of Windows 7 include a new user-friendly GUI interface and less problems with integration than the Windows Vista edition. Primarily this is due to the extensive field testing and integration with a wide variety of other drivers, coupled with the distribution of the beta Release candidate.

Jeff's firm Codefusion Communication Inc. is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner as well as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist and Rob is a long time Windows user who also has a Mac. Listen in as they discuss this new software.

This podcast is sponsored by Codefusion Communications Inc.