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Running from June 17-19 in San Diego, California, we had a blast learning real-world business strategies at DattoCon19.

For 3 days, DattoCon19 shared the business building secrets to success, invaluable product and technical best practices, industry trends that matter, growth strategies, and killer networking events filled with a powerful network of MSPs.

We had access to technical experts and peers that shared tips, tricks, trends, and secrets to business success.

With sessions exploring ransomware recovery, networking technologies, managed IT, and so much more, we had a great time talking to other business owners about the essentials of IT business communications.

Be sure to catch the next one, happening in 2020.

—Chris Stratton
CEO, President—Canadian Division

2018 is coming to a close, and IntelliSyn would like to wish everyone and their families a happy holiday season.

We’ve had a busy 2018, and we look forward to continue working with current and new clients in 2019.

As a reminder, our service desk will be closed from Dec 24-26, and will return to normal hours on Dec 27 and 28.

We will again be closed from Dec 31 through Jan 2, 2019.

Clients with 24/7, after-hours, and emergency service level agreements are not affected and may continue to contact our service desk via email or phone call to receive support.

Happy Holidays!

– Chris Stratton
CEO, and President (Canadian Division)

IntelliSyn is looking for an experienced professional who would be responsible for the monitoring, management, and deployment of applications and environments hosted at IntelliSyn’s data center.

We are looking for a team player that can think outside the box and develop and implement solutions to unique challenges and hurdles.

The ideal candidate has experience in:

• Firewall administration & security — SonicWALL & Fortinet
• Windows Server Administration — Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS
• Hypervisors & virtualization — XenServer & Hyper-V
• Windows Application Management — Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, CRM, etc.
• Load-balancers
• Networking — VLANs, QoS
• VoIP

Join IntelliSyn as System Administrator and work in a dynamic 24×7 environment.

The position is full-time, with a negotiable yearly salary and benefits.

Contact IntelliSyn today for more information or to apply.

With all the cyberthreats and attacks in 2017, your business is more vulnerable than ever before.

We saw the Wi-Fi KRACK attack threaten every device using Wi-Fi in the world, putting business and personal data at risk of theft and corruption.

We also saw Petya and Shark (later named Atom), notable ransomware threats circulating the internet encrypting computers around the world, forcing people to pay ransom to get their data back.

Those are just two of many threats to your cybersecurity in 2017, with more to come in 2018.

If your network isn’t protected by the latest security technologies, you’re leaving your business wide open for attack. Eliminate the risk with scalable, turnkey managed security and unified threat management (UTM) services.

Protect yourself with IntelliSecure, our complete security service, tailored to your unique business environment. IntelliSecure allows you to take advantage of the latest technologies and industry standards without the associated infrastructure, management, and support costs.

With IntelliSecure, you get:

• A complete, turnkey security solution
• Proactive security monitoring
• Secure, encrypted, remote administration
• Comprehensive support, including security patches and updates, as required

Contact IntelliSyn today to secure your business data and files with IntelliSecure.

—Chris Stratton
CEO, and President (Canadian Division)

IntelliSyn would like to wish everyone and their families a wonderful holiday season.

With a new Ottawa office, the launch of IntelliShare, a webinar series on growing your business with the cloud, and our recap of the last 20 years in technology, IntelliSyn has had a busy and exciting 2017.

We look forward to continue working with current and new clients in 2018.

As a reminder, our office will remain open over the holidays with the exception of December 25^th and 26^th and January 1st.

Clients with 24/7-hour service and/or support contracts will not be affected by the closure.

Enjoy the holidays!

Chris Stratton
CEO, and President (Canadian Division)

A keen reader, collector of rare books, robots, and antiquated computers, and lover of golf and tennis, Shah Usama Javed is the newest addition to the IntelliSyn team as Director of Business Development.

Shah will be working diligently to develop and maintain working relationships with new and existing partners of both the Canadian and USA divisions of IntelliSyn.

Before joining IntelliSyn, Shah spent 2 years at Softchoice, where he was responsible for driving innovation among private- and public-sector clients in the mid-Atlantic U.S. and Canada, and partnered with vendors to achieve aggressive growth targets and increased market share.

He also held a combination of sales and technical positions working with the Trillium group, leading the effort in developing and building a digitization framework for B2B sales processes and implementing a predictive analytics engine in a move towards an eCommerce platform.

Prior to that, he spent 3 years as a techno-functional consultant involved in ERP implementations for clients in different sectors at the planning, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance phases of the SDLC.

With a Bachelor of Arts (honors) degree from the University of Toronto, with a specialization in Political Science and Economics and a minor in Biology, Shah holds certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Dell, and Oracle, and is licensed to consult clients on what solutions they choose.

Shah volunteers his time educating new immigrants, women, and minorities about the different aspects of the technology landscape and niche IT sectors at a non-profit called MicroSkills.

IntelliSyn is extremely excited to have Shah’s presence in our Canadian and U.S. divisions!

As you may have heard, a serious weakness in the WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) protocol has been found, allowing cyberattackers to intercept passwords, emails, and data on devices or access points within close range.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the technology specifics:

This is an extremely dangerous weakness and affects almost every Wi-Fi device in the world. Your personal and business devices are at risk.

This is an extremely serious issue that can drastically affect your privacy and personal information.

Usernames and passwords, banking information, and other private credentials can be obtained easier than expected.

Whether you are an IntelliSyn client or not, I strongly urge you to contact IntelliSyn today to keep your personal and business Wi-Fi devices safe.

Chris Stratton

The Forum for Young Canadians is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that provides youths aged 15 to 19 with an opportunity to learn more about the importance of public affairs and how they can proactively be a voice in helping others understand Canadian politics in relation to the world around them.

With outdated hardware and software issues, the Forum for Young Canadians sought out IntelliSyn to completely transform their IT operations.

After a full technology review and thorough analysis, IntelliSyn suggested a complete overhaul and consolidation of all business communications services under IntelliSyn’s IntelliTalk and IntelliOffice solutions.

Read the full case study to see how IntelliSyn structured a complete solution that addressed all of the Forum’s requirements and made the migration process seamless.

IntelliSyn has been reminiscing on the last 20 years of business and the technology milestones along the way.

We’ve seen the inception of the first iPhone, the founding of Facebook, and about 7 versions of Windows®.

While those technological advances were happening, we were adding new team members, launching new services, and surviving Y2K.

Take a look at the full timeline of all the major technology evolutions parallel to IntelliSyn’s achievements and growth throughout the past 20 years.

I’d like to thank all past, current, and future supporters and customers of IntelliSyn for making the last 20 years something to remember and the years to come something to look forward to.

Chris Stratton

What was IntelliSyn doing when the first iPhone came out?

How about way back when the term “Wi-Fi” was just introduced?

Check out our technology timeline to see important milestones in technology history.