1:24pm September 28th, 2009Join Our Team!

Are you looking for an exciting career working with Web 2.0 and emerging technologies in a dynamic, creative and fast-paced environment? Simplaris™ is a new full-service web-based technology brand from Loose Foot Computing, an established, 13-year-old company. This specialized, high-profile Software Developer position will play a pivotal role in this innovative new solution, working alongside ot...

1:09pm September 18th, 2009Our New Ad

Check out our shiny new 20 foot wide advertisement at the Regina International Airport!

1:30pm August 20th, 2009Simplaris Community Involvement

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4:42pm June 3rd, 2009Simplaris: The ‘Why’ and ‘How’

With several posts now on the ‘What’ of Simplaris, you may now be wondering about the ‘Why’ and ‘How’. Technology is undergoing a period of accelerated change. Software delivered on-demand over the Internet, often called Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or Web 2.0, has made small business technologies more intuitive and better at solving real-world problems. In tur...

2:56pm April 27th, 2009The Making of Simplaris

Identifying the need for a product is satisfying. Conceptualization is exciting. But the greatest reward comes when it jumps off the drawing board and onto your monitor. Then you know it’s real. The initial stages of Simplaris involved a flurry of research, market testing, brand and collateral development, intellectual property protection, project planning, establishing key partner relations...

8:33am January 21st, 2009Who’s Behind Simplaris?

Simplaris began because of the desire of a technology company to be, well, less about technology. We wanted to find new ways to help small businesses succeed on their own terms, and focus on their true passion and expertise, by utilizing new technology to its fullest while freeing them from its complexities. The company that Simplaris is built upon is LFC Hosting, established in 1996 to provide ra...

2:09pm December 18th, 2008Small Business Technology: You’re Not Alone

In May ‘08, The Toronto Star published a fascinating article citing the results of a 2007 Dell survey of twelve countries (Canada, U.S., France, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Brazil, China, Britain, Japan, Germany and India) related to their small business technology needs. On a broad level, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are coming into their own, currently representing o...

11:30am November 28th, 2008Why It’s Called ‘Simplaris Blogcast’

“Less is more” has never been as relevant as it is today. As a company, we at Simplaris believe in delivering needs-based services with an emphasis on business value over pushing technology, features and price.

That is why when our marketing team discovered what was known as ‘Flog Blog’, a simple and effective application we could use to deliver our blog conten...

4:29pm October 6th, 2008Who ‘Ya Gonna Call?

We all have our trusted contacts who we call upon to make our lives easier. Whether it’s a reliable mechanic or a doctor who’s always there, we become dependent on those who step in and just ‘handle’ a problem. We know they’ll be there when we call and often their contact information is committed to memory. Imagine picking up the phone when you have a technology quest...

2:29pm August 20th, 2008Eliminating the Technology Fear Factor

When I set out to establish my first business, I was in over my head. There were many tempting online offers including free marketing plans, free website templates, free web calendars, free online business advertising, free this and that. There didn’t seem to be a shortage of resources, except for the one I really needed: a central source for the most important tools and someone to explain t...