Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process: 2023 Update from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process: 2023 Update from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canada’s centre of excellence for cyber operations. Part of CSE is the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security  (CCCS), Canada’s technical authority on cyber security. The Cyber Centre is the single unified source of expert advice, guidance, services, and support on cyber security for Canadians and Canadian organizations. As one of ...

Overcoming Frustrations: Boosting Productivity with Reliable Internet Connection

Overcoming Frustrations: Boosting Productivity with Reliable Internet Connection
In today’s fast-paced business world, a reliable internet connection has become the backbone of success for many Canadian business owners. However, one of the most common frustrations they face is dealing with slow or glitchy internet connections, which often leads to work delays and decreased productivity. In this blog post, we will explore this frustration ...

Rogers outage is a wakeup call: get ready for next disruption with low-cost failover options from Skyway

Rogers outage is a wakeup call: get ready for next disruption with low-cost failover options from Skyway
Last week the Rogers cellular and internet network endured a massive outage, and both businesses and consumers across the country suffered through a day — or in some cases even longer — without services. Though the media tends toward hyperbole, in this case they mostly got it right. For businesses, this is a “wakeup call” and ...

Prepared for the Risk of Cyber War overflowing into Canada?

Prepared for the Risk of Cyber War overflowing into Canada?
Recent analysis by Fitch Ratings has shown an increase in Russian cyberattack activity on businesses and government agencies with the risk of spillover attacks on non-primary targets becoming much more widespread. As part of their recent invasion, Russia blitzed Ukraine with DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks and data-wiping malware. Russian government attacks typically focus on other ...

Skyway’s Modern Edge: SD-WAN for today’s Business Communications

Skyway’s Modern Edge: SD-WAN for today’s Business Communications
With Voice over IP rapidly taking over the telephone market, BC and Alberta businesses are looking for the same kind of management of their Voice and Video network as is available for data networks. Enter Skyway’s Modern Edge: a fully managed SD-WAN cloud service which allows you to maximize the advantages of our modern SIP Trunks, Hosted ...

Navigata services getting cut off? Choose Skyway!

Navigata services getting cut off? Choose Skyway!
  On September 22nd the CRTC issued a consumer alert warning customers of Télephone Navigata Westel Communications (TNW, and commonly referred to as “Navigata”) that many of them may lose phone and internet service due to a commercial dispute between Navigata and TELUS. The CRTC is suggesting consumers may wish to explore alternative service providers. ...

iTech Vancouver FREE Passes still available

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iTech Vancouver is tomorrow (Oct. 8th), and if you haven’t already done so, register now as a guest of Skyway West… This free pass includes all keynotes, breakout sessions, vendor sessions, networking receptions and exhibit area access. Click Here for more about iTech Vancouver and to Register as a Skyway West Guest While at iTech, ...

Going Beyond MPLS: The Age of Network Virtualization

Guest post by Todd Davis and Pat Saavedra from TeloIP (originally posted on TeloIP blog on on 11/19/14 3:32 PM  Delivering Next Generation WAN Optimization WAN Optimization is about getting better network performance for less cost.  Earlier, we wrote about the challenges of WAN Management and the specific limitations of traditional WAN solutions.  Here we explain how Software Controlled Networking (SCN) virtualizes ...

Skyway Recommended Reading to December 31st

New Year Reading!: Can Gov gets new surveillance powers on Networks; 2015 Security predictions not pretty; Obama: Sony did the wrong thing; new Cdn Wireless Auction; Rogers tries to block Bell Acquisition; Google going through rough patch   Toronto Star, Michael Geist | Canadian Government documents reveal telecom providers envision surveillance-ready networks After years of failed bills, ...