We are excited to announce that in February 2021 we successfully completed the CyberSecure Canada certification. This is a new certification program created by the Canadian Federal government and is Canada’s only cyber certification program. Canada’s cybersecurity certification program helps small and medium-sized organizations implement certification requirements so they can protect themselves against cyber attacks to protect their business, their clients and partners.

As we approach the end of another year we wanted to take a moment and send season’s greetings from all of us. Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and all the best in the coming year.

Ed & Henrietta VanderLaan, Adrian VanderLaan and staff:

Maurice Brink, Gary Halbig, Joel Harsevoort, Mark Kottelenberg, Mickael Moco, Tina Morris, Mike Tigchelaar, Alvar Vandenbeukel, David VanderMeulen, Dan Vespa and Allen Zwicker.

Mickael Moco joined our team in March as part of an internship for a program he completed at triOS College in Hamilton. Mickael recently earned the CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network + and CompTIA IT Operations Specialist designations. Since then he has been busy getting up to speed on our support tools and best practices.

April has been a busy month at PCM as we assist our clients while we all adjust to new working environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This last month we have seen a 30% increase in support requests, and we continue to work hard to respond to all requests in a timely manner.

Last year was a busy one for PCM and it quickly became apparent that more resources were needed to serve the growing client list. We are excited to announce that our team has expanded again with another experienced technical consultant.

We are excited to announce the launch of our new customer portal. This updated website features a brand-new look that is more modern and easier to use. The new portal allows clients to submit and look up service tickets, view invoices, view projects and project tickets as well as manage user permissions.

As we approach the end of another year we wanted to take a moment and send season’s greetings from all of us. Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and all the best in the coming year.

Effective November 1, 2018 the Government of Canada implemented new privacy breach reporting requirements related to PIPEDA. All companies (both small and large) that collect and store personal information are subject to these new regulations.

Last month we hosted an Open House to celebrate our 25th anniversary and our new office space. As part of this we also invited 3 of the core vendors we partner with to join us. HP, WatchGuard and Datto came with their latest products and had some great discussions with people on their technology solutions.

This year marks our 25th anniversary from a company perspective. What started out in 1993 as a 1-person consulting firm has developed into a mature managed services company with 10 full-time staff. In the technology world 25 years is a long time and so much has changed through the years!

Back in 1993 computers were just starting to get connected to the outside world using dial-up modems, and the Mosaic web browser was released to bring web to the masses in a user-friendly way.