Blog Archive - Small Business

$90 for PCI Validation? Get real.
May 3, 2012
Our merchant services provider, Global Payments, sent us a letter stating that we must be PCI Compliant, or face consequences such as fines, termination of our merchant account, and general woe and spiders. We already follow the prescribed standards. So, no problem? No, problem: they want us to pay $90 to fill in a self-assessment questionnaire.Read more...
Fax-to-Email for Canada
June 27, 2011
Let us start out by saying that finding a fax-to-email solution that met our requirements was a chore. Most people we asked for advice told us, "Faxing is archaic. Forget that and use email instead!". We agree, but as long as people insist on sending us important things by fax, we will need a way to receive them.Read more...
Business Equipment Leasing Tips
May 16, 2010
Mango runs the IT department at his day job, which involves evaluating business equipment for purchase or lease. Here are a few tips that we would really like everyone to know. Or if you don't care about leasing but like making fun of sales people, you can just skip to the bottom.Read more...