Internet outages hit differently when you’re outside the city. For businesses in central Edmonton, a brief internet disruption is an inconvenience. For businesses operating in rural Alberta — where infrastructure is thinner and weather has a much more direct impact on connectivity — an outage can mean a full day of lost work with no […]
First Nations organizations across Alberta are managing more technology than ever before — and doing it with fewer IT resources than almost any other sector. Band offices running department-specific domains. Health centres handling patient records under the Health Information Act. Education departments managing student data. Housing, social services, fire halls, and daycares all operating on […]
Not all IT support is the same — and choosing the wrong model for your Edmonton business can cost you significantly more than you realize, either in surprise invoices, inadequate coverage, or systems that aren’t being properly maintained. IT support models for Edmonton businesses range from paying someone by the hour when things break, to […]
Every hour your systems are down, your business is losing money. But most Edmonton business owners have never sat down and calculated exactly how much IT downtime actually costs them — and the number is almost always higher than they expect. IT downtime cost for Alberta businesses in 2026 has become one of the most […]
If you’re spending more time dealing with IT problems than running your business, outsourcing IT support is probably the conversation you need to have. Outsourcing IT Edmonton businesses consider has grown significantly in 2026 — and for good reason. The cost of hiring in-house IT staff has risen sharply, the complexity of managing cybersecurity, cloud […]
Yesterday the GuidePost team drove 258 kilometres to Frog Lake Cree Nation for a scheduled on-site IT support visit — one of several First Nations organizations across Alberta we provide managed IT services for. That’s part of the job. Reliable IT support means showing up, not just answering tickets from a desk. What We Got […]