How many times have you been on your way to a meeting or have traveled and have reached for your Blackberry to send an email, grab a phone number, work on a document, schedule a meeting, or a myriad of other tasks that you find yourself having to do? It’s no wonder that they call the BlackBerry a regular workhorse offering the business person a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a media player or a messaging phone, or….

BlackBerry was specifically designed to help you, the very busy executive that needs to reach out and touch a myriad of people internally and externally to the company at a moment’s notice. What if you could choose some applications that would help you increase your productivity while getting the most out of your workhorse? What would the applications look like?

In a recent American Express OPEN article, AMEX offers up 5 Free BlackBerry Apps for Business that your local Toronto IT support team would like to summarize for you here. Choose those that are right for you and your business.

• HandyLogs - If you’ve ever been stressed out at expense reporting time, this app will help you sort your expenses and allow you to customize lists and categories while the built-in odometer will automatically figure out the distance.  In addition, HandyLogs offers nice-to-haves like adding notes to all listings and information for helping you to file and sort your expenses.
• UPS Mobile - Have you ever had to ship packages through UPS and not been able to track the shipments? This handy-dandy app will give you all the tools you need to track your UPS shipments (sorry – it won’t do FedEx or DHL), make your labels, and even custom name them so you can stay on top of everything, definitely making this app a nice app to have.
• Nice Office LITE – Have you ever owned a Swiss Army knife? It had lots of neat tools on it, didn’t it? Well, Nice Office LITE is the Swiss Army knife for the BlackBerry, allowing you to manage your email, calendar, contacts, and more. You can even enjoy the option of backing up whatever you did.
• DataBackup – DataBackup is the ideal app for backing up every piece of information on your BlackBerry, and you don’t even have to worry about messing around with automated reports or updates. Save everything from your contacts, photos, documents, or whatever. Just be sure to get the SD card installed before you try to save anything with DataBackup.
• Scoop – Do you have a lot of information that you need to share with clients and/or employees? Scoop is similar to using Google Docs where you can share text, pictures, and audio with a group of people. You can then turnaround and edit or make notes to what you shared with them.

Busy Toronto business professionals need to take advantage of extra tools of the trade that will make their business (and even their personal) lives easier. The above apps are just a few of the apps specifically designed for the BlackBerry that can make things easier for you.

In much the same way, Dynamix also offers additional tools of the trade that will take the stress of worrying about managing your IT issues off of your shoulders, letting you manage your business while we manage the computer support for you. Why not contact your Toronto computer network support team today!

Toronto (WIFT-T) is a not-for-profit professional organization, that was founded in 1984. This organization is growing quickly as women become engaged in all areas of screen-based media to build, advance and sustain their careers nationally and internationally. According to Susan Ross, WIFT-T Chair, “Globally, women produce, share and consume digital and interactive content at a tremendous pace. At the same time, women remain underrepresented in the digital economy. Through knowledge transfer, networking and mentorship, this initiative will recognize and encourage the participation of women so they can continue to play a key role in innovation and leadership.”

Here is where Dynamix Solutions (http://www.dynamixsolutions.com) will play a vital role in the development of the WIFT-T Women in Digital Media Summit & Speaker Series. The two-year initiative was initially designed to support and celebrate women in a digital media environment in their business operations. The Summit itself will be sectioned into three parts — an international summit in October, 2011; an ongoing speaker series that will be ongoing during 2012 and a web portal that will be planned to stimulate local and international collaboration, research and mentorship.

Dynamix Solutions is a managed Toronto IT outsourcing service provider that is focused on bridging the gap between core business and technology services. Dynamix is adept at looking at the big picture with a Managed Service approach. So the WIFT-T Summit is right up their alley. Dynamix is known for making the complex simple and being proactive in providing IT outsourcing services to businesses in an offsite environment.

“Companies outsource some or all of their IT services to Dynamix, and many on the business side don’t pay much attention to IT until there’s a problem,” James Moutsos, President of Markham, Ont.-based Dynamix Solutions. “We are delighted to be working with such an organization as WIFT-T who is planning to be proactive right from the start.”

Dynamix Solutions provides a range of Managed Information Technology Services designed to accelerate business productivity, from expert installation and implementation to remote and on-site system management and offer a proven service portfolio to customers for complete managed IT solutions and implementation services. If you’d like further information, you can call James Moutsos at 416.657.2449 or visit http://www.dynamixsolutions.com.

Have you thought about Microsoft SharePoint for your growing Brantford business?

Look no further than your team Toronto IT Consultants to help you with figuring out which Microsoft Office SharePoint Server solution best fits you.

Microsoft SharePoint provides some key services many businesses have adopted to manage workflow, provide document libraries and help with simple and complex business processes. There are many GTA businesses using SharePoint today and your team of Toronto IT Support specialists are serving businesses each day with questions around deploying, using and managing Microsoft SharePoint.

SharePoint has proven to help both large and small businesses to quickly respond to changing business needs and challenges. When your business moves ahead with SharePoint 2010 (the latest version), your employees and staff can easily share ideas and ability to create customized business solutions for specific needs, and find the right business information to make better overall decisions.

We are your local Markham Microsoft Partner. Dynamix helps many Toronto-based Law Offices, Accountants and Bookkeepers, and other business owners understand how to increase efficiencies using technology.  Using tools and applications found in Microsoft Office, your staff can easily get to work accessing business information stored on your Microsoft SharePoint Server of for smaller businesses Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.

For those businesses looking at reducing costs through technology, SharePoint can combine your business intranet, wide area network and Internet sites on one secure platform.  SharePoint fits perfectly, even should you decide to run your servers in your office or take advantage of SharePoint’s cloud services model.  Dynamix’s consulting services are here to help you decide the right course suited for your business.

SharePoint provides great out-of-the-box applications with the ability to develop customized business solutions.  SharePoint’s security platform is the perfect fit for your Toronto business.  Contact your local Microsoft SharePoint Specialists to discuss how SharePoint will fit into your business.  Contact your professional IT consulting team today us by calling us at 416.657.2449.