Over two days at the Microsoft Partner Summit, Eaglecrest Technologies heard from a range of industry leaders on technology trends for business, education and government. We spoke to specialists from Microsoft and other vendors about opportunities in many areas.

Come and hear this unique story and learn how Mazen is rapidly achieving his goals to become the best brewery selling the best beer in Australia. Saint John Craft Beer will be featuring a selection of Hawkers beers on tap to ensure you are able to fully appreciate and share in their success.

Up until May this year, Australians connected to the nbn™ had a choice of connection speeds up to 100mbps down and 40mbps up. As a company we worked with wholesale partners and negotiated with nbn™ to ‘unlock’ a new plan that was 1000mbps down and 400mbps up.

Our team member Ben sat down to interview our CEO David Pretorius so you can get to know him, and get an insight into the way he runs Eaglecrest Technologies, and why we’re a good choice to help manage technology for your business.

Do you have big plans for the next financial year? Maybe you have seen some great opportunities or have some new contracts commencing? Now is the time to plan and improve your systems so nothing is holding you back.

In the last 12 months, the rate of cyber attacks (particularly from ransomware) has continued to increase with some companies being attacked for the second or third time. The question for small businesses is no longer what they are going to do if they get attacked, but what they are going to do when it happens.

A business is a complex network of technology-based and manual systems and processes, some of which are more important than others. A properly constructed DRP is key to your business being able to overcome any interruption to these critical systems with as little impact as possible

February is the time of year when you realise that your brilliant plans are being hampered, losing focus or not getting the desired result, and we want to help. Eaglecrest Technologies wants to help you if your business has big plans but is being held back

Do you want to find out how to take the easiest, most noticeable step towards making your business look professional online? Do you love flexibility in the workplace? Do you have an affinity for Apple and Google? If so, your business needs to look at G Suite!

In the last few years, the types of software available to small businesses has changed drastically with the explosion of cloud-based software like Xero and Dropbox. Cloud-based software programs bring significant opportunities for a business to improve the delivery of products and services, however the majority of small businesses have not taken full advantage of these opportunities.

Xero is the most talked about business accounting tool since someone started selling pads with pre-ruled debit and credit columns. While it is still seen by many as the 'new kid on the block', 2017 will see it celebrate 10 years since the much-loved product exploded out of New Zealand in 2007.

I can imagine that the conversations leading up to the development and launch of Office 365 were quite interesting. There were probably two sides to the conversation, and it is a bit of the ‘chicken and the egg’ scenario about which came first.