The month of October marks the release of a major upgrade to the DSM Remote Monitoring System. This upgrade is the result of significant programming and R&D we have just completed. We will be installing the upgrade in all our clients' sites that have our monitoring system over the next few weeks.

This pushes the capabilities of our monitoring system substantially and provides us with more advanced tools to deliver pro-active and re-active service and support for your system.

The DSM Remote Monitoring System will now be able to report and alert on more system elements, while providing better tools for DSM to use to help you. We are excited to have new executive reporting that will be produced monthly to give you valuable information about your system.

If you don't have our amazing DSM Monitoring System yet and would like more information, contact your account manager.

Many of our customers may not be aware that DSM is the leading system implementation service provider for Dell Canada in South Western Ontario. We have become one of the highest ranked service suppliers to Dell in all of Canada.

For over two years we have been providing network system installation service to Dell customers. Dell Canada resells DSM services for design and engineering, installation and post installation support services to companies that purchase Dell hardware solutions. Our relationship with Dell has been very successful for all involved and has proven that DSM is one of the best system implementation companies for small businesses in Canada.

We have seen seven companies come and go in our region as the Dell mandate is to have two providers in each geography. For the past year DSM has been the only service provider on the Dell price list for South Western Ontario due to both our success and the confidence Dell has in DSM and frustration they have experienced with other service providers that we have seen come and go.

We are very proud of our track record and relationship with Dell especially since they are diligent about measuring performance and success with every project we undertake.

This relationship has also allowed DSM to purchase Dell equipment for our customers at highly competitive prices and has positioned Dell as our leading hardware vendor of choice.

Firewall Solutions

One of the most important components in securing your office computing environment is the installation of a proper firewall. Until recently, the cost of this technology was out of reach for small businesses and only found in mostly mid-sized and large corporations.

At DSM, we spent over one year testing, researching and learning about available firewall solutions while on the quest to find a strong, affordable solution for our clients. Our vision has been to standardize on a best of breed product that our clients can easily afford.

The result has been the implementation of well over 100 Fortinet Firewalls. We have proven over and over again that this decision was not only sound but backed by top ratings in the industry, which appeared long after our discovery of this "hidden gem" of technology.

Today, there are hundreds of thousands of Fortinet Firewalls installed in small businesses and enterprise level corporations. The technology in these firewalls has proven to be leading edge and highly accepted in the IT world.

The value of a firewall is ultimately in the firewall monitoring, where alerts and reporting logs can be acted on immediately. DSM monitors all our clients firewalls 24 hours a day - 7 days a week to ensure security issues are dealt with pro-actively and without interruption to your business operations.

Behind the scenes, our team works with our clients firewalls daily to make sure the security and protection is properly invoked. In addition, our Fortinet Firewalls are updated automatically as many as 10 times a day to ensure the intrusion protection, spyware and virus protection are up to date and effective. Believe it or not, this level of interaction is required to keep you safe.

If you don't have a Fortinet Firewall in your company yet, contact your account manager to get more information. Also, you can get more information from the link below.