Atum & IT Industry Blog

We are living in an era of great change, even for industries not known for their flexibility or frequent modernization. Law firms are adapting to new Federal rules and procedures, and as a result they are not operating the same way they did 10 years ago. It has been transformed. …

Whether you’re a store owner, an entrepreneur, the CEO of a multi-million dollar company or one of the 6.8 billion consumers in the world – money is driving your decisions. You walk into a clothing store and pick out a jacket you like, the second thing you do …

A ‘drop test’ is often performed to test out the durability and resiliency of technology devices. It’s exactly what you think it is. Some pass with flying colours, escaping without a scratch or malfunction. Others crack (literally) under the pressure of sudden impact. You can try this at …

Atum is excited to announce that High Availability solutions are here! As part of our continued mission to provide the most robust VPS hosting offerings, we are allowing our customers to buy SAN space as an addition to an existing VPS or to purchase the SAN storage option …

Q: Does it make a difference what Data centre your host uses? Short answer? Yes! But let’s discuss the longer answer to that question. When you are deciding on a host, there are a few variables that come into play. The ‘big five’ are: Price, Location, Uptime, Support …

We all recognize that customer service isn’t what it used to be. We don’t expect personal attention anymore, we expect to serve and ultimately fend for ourselves – like online banking, or bagging your own groceries! There are certain exceptions, such as when you are researching hosting or …

I’m sure by now you noticed that Atum is a frequent blogger. On average, we make sure to post about a blog per week covering hosting news, technology news, what’s going on with us or some marketing tips. There is much value in “corporate blogging” because it not …

Atum, an IT hosting provider from Toronto, must be doing something right. They have currently a 100% customer retention rate that often leads to questions of how exactly they are able to have such a rare percentage. What is the company’s secret in maintaining such an exceptional number? …

Although deemed fiction by Mark Zuckerberg, “The Social Network” brought up some valid transferable business points on how to create a competitive company that thrives in a time of slow and even negative growth. How can the hosting industry take multibilliondollar online projects like Facebook as an example? …

Atum received silver for Best Small Business Solution provider at the CDN Elite Channel Awards! We’re happy to announce that Atum reinforces itself yet again as a leader in small business server hosting solutions! We are proud to announce that we have received Silver in the Best Small …