Founder and CEO of Kerkhoff Technologies Incorporated and Crafty Penguins
Kerkhoff Technologies Do you think you’re safe because you have anti-virus, a firewall, and you are pretty careful with what links you click on? Ian, Curtis and I presented a special webinar where we discussed and showed (with a live demo) how: Hackers expand their access in your network Why even strong passwords are not…
Kerkhoff Technologies Earlier this month we hosted a webinar where we discussed the power of modern phone systems (with a focus on the 3CX software solution), and how key VoIP features (some lesser-known) can drastically improve your workflow and productivity, whether working out of an office/store or at home or a combination. When working from home,…
Kerkhoff Technologies If you’re leading a team of people, it is important to recognize the connection between employee mental health and the overall well-being of your company. It is estimated that employee burnout is one of the top reasons for disengagement, absenteeism, and turnover. Just this year, the World Health Organization upgraded its assessment of…
Kerkhoff Technologies We have been doing some extensive research on ‘remote work spaces’ to help our staff manage their family and work well. Many parents are facing a new challenge and a great challenge – how can we focus on work and engage our kids with social distancing, school, day cares, camps, and extra-curricular…
Kerkhoff Technologies Are you ramping up your Remote Work efforts? Especially if you’re already paying for a Microsoft Office 365 subscription already, you should check out Teams. Chances are that you’ve probably heard about it before. This is included with almost every subscription at no extra charge. It’s a powerful way to share documents, files,…
Kerkhoff Technologies I’ll jump right to the point here. Make sure your team is careful with what they click. Things aren’t always what they seem – crooks will use world events to trick unsuspecting users into giving away their passwords, opening attachments they shouldn’t, and to run viruses. Being able to quickly recognize telltale signs…
Kerkhoff Technologies The global circumstances around the Covid-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization is now calling a pandemic, continue to rapidly evolve. It is important that businesses be proactive and vigilant in order to minimize the risks. At Kerkhoff Technologies, we are regularly monitoring the situation and putting structures in place to continue to…
Kerkhoff Technologies I know that, like me, you’re getting inundated with emails from people you don’t normally hear about, as to what they are doing with Covid 19. To actually help you, I just wanted to share these free materials from LinkedIn on how to work remotely, considering culture, communication, tools etc. We’ve got no…
Kerkhoff Technologies Here are some of the SaaS resources that have been useful to me and my companies over the years. Let me know (email, contact form, or LinkedIn) if you have suggestions to add to it, or just to let me know if any of these have been useful to you too! -wim …
Kerkhoff Technologies As announced in a previous blog post, Richard and myself presented at the BC Tech Association several months ago. We shared our story on how we repurposed Open Source Tools DevOps, software development, and system monitoring tools (like Grafana) to transform our business by visualizing the key drivers to our business model. In…