Toronto Electricians and Electrical Contractors

Imagine you own a small business, maybe a bakery or a retail shop, and you come to work in the morning to find the power is out. You can’t turn on the lights, and security systems as well as HVAC systems are down. Even worse, the point-of-sale (POS) system, which is the operational backbone of your business, won’t work. Once the POS system is offline, you not only can’t conduct sales transactions, but you also lose the ability to process critical data including inventory, reservations, accounting, customer loyalty programs and more. You simply can’t conduct business under these conditions. It’s going to be a very bad day both in terms of revenue, operations and your reputation, unless of course, you had the help of an expert electrician who prepared you for such an event by providing proper backup power or uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units. These UPSs will supply power protection for systems that are critical to the operation of your business. As this example illustrates, for...

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the last decade, you’re certainly aware of how the Internet-of-Things (IoT) has begun permeating every facet of our lives. From the vehicles to phones, everything we use and everything we do is becoming more and more connected. IoT is the next level of global networking, reaching farther and deeper than ever before. As it does, it’s enabling a paradigm shift in how organizations must manage their operations. Though the seeds of IoT began in a many different industries, it has finally and fully migrated to the world of power distribution . Whether you’re a specifying engineer, designer, system integrator, contractor, or anyone else working in the electrical field, you need to keep abreast of this fast moving evolution. IoT for power promises not only to make your job more efficient, it will also give you a competitive edge. Ultimately, this is because your customers are becoming very aware of its advantages. They may already be demanding these c...

As business are digitizing, companies get more and more vulnerable in front of cyberattacks. The numbers are impressive: in 2025 is expected to be 75 billion connected devices . Considering that more than 300.000 new malware programs are created every day , the risk is real. According to a recent McKinsey survey , only 16% of the participating companies say that they are well prepared to deal with cyber-risk. Organizations are starting to realize that they need specialization when it comes to protecting the system. Not only knowing how to react to cyber-attacks and malwares, but also knowing how to implement preventive controls. It is a common mistake to leave all the responsibility of this issue to the IT department because they are linked to technical processes, but it’s more and more something that affects the whole business . Therefore, board members should be able to create a strategy to counter these cyber security issues . Gartner says that the incapability of IT security ...