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Practical guides on cloud, security, websites and running the technology side of a growing business.
Digitalising your counter: a complete POS guide for a new business
Opening a shop in Sri Lanka? What a point-of-sale system actually does beyond ringing up a sale, how cash drawer control works, how customers pay here — and what you need on day one.
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Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 in Sri Lanka: which one should you actually buy?
Both are good, so the decision comes down to one question — and to three things the international comparisons never mention: USD billing, regional pricing that is not the US list, and who actually supports you at 9am Colombo time.
Introducing WorkSuite OS: a Debian-based desktop where the business platform is the point
A Linux desktop OS built on Debian 13 where signing in to the computer is signing in to WorkSuite — offline-first, centrally managed, with an AI assistant that has no network access at all.
Digitalising a Pradeshiya Sabha: what an integrated council system looks like
Rates in a ledger, receipts in a counter book, complaints in a register nobody can search. What it takes to put a Sri Lankan local council on one integrated system — in Sinhala, Tamil and English, and still working when the line drops.
Fleet management and GPS tracking in Sri Lanka: owning the data, not renting it
Most Sri Lankan fleets already have GPS tracking — in a portal that knows where a vehicle is and nothing about what it costs. How WorkSuite Fleet joins tracking to fuel, maintenance, compliance and total cost of ownership.
Setting up WireGuard VPN on Windows: a practical guide
WireGuard on Windows is a dozen lines of config — but one default will silently cut off a user’s printer and local network. Here is how AllowedIPs, the kill switch and DNS actually behave.
RustDesk: the self-hosted, open-source alternative to TeamViewer
RustDesk is an AGPL-licensed remote desktop tool you can run entirely on your own server. Here is what it does well, what the free version leaves out, and how to deploy it without creating a security problem.