Another great honour bestowed to our growing resume of achievements.  What makes this an even greater accomplishment is that we have been named to the Profit list 4 years in a row!  Being an organically grown organization we have had to manage quality, service experience, and growth all at the same time.  This 4th nomination means a lot; 2010 and 2011 have been largely retooling years for our organization.   We have made heavy investments in new technologies for operations, finance, and marketing to take us to another level.  We want to thank our customers, partners, and great team members for helping us achieve another milestone.

By Lawrence Cummer, published to Computer Dealer News​

Toronto-based IT consultants Jolera made a very conscious decision a few years back to have environmentally-sound operations permeate though its business.

It did this in both big and small measures: consolidating all servers into a virtualized cloud environment to reduce air conditioning and cooling needs; converting to electronic forms to reduce printing; relocating to a location more central to clients to reduce travel, even issuing staff public transit passes.

On the customer facing side Jolera is providing counsel that not just evangelizes, but also demonstrates green IT benefits, says Alex Shan, CEO.  "It shows them what's possible.  If we can do it for ourselves, it's a pretty good venture of a guess that we can also propose our clients to do the same things."

Shan said that over the past two years, the economy has been pushing frugality from businesses, and what was in 2009 a bigger push in the market for green solutions for the sake of the environment alone has given way to solutions that solve both cost cutting and carbon reductions, for example enterprise virtualization. In addition, Jolera's customers are becoming increasingly interested in virtual desktop solutions, which Shan suggests can extend the average lifespan of a desktop from two to five years out to as much as seven to 10 years, cutting landfill waste.

​Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.  Each year, their work impacts the lives of more than 3.5 million families and their children in over 25,000 communities.

Jolera designed, developed, and implemented a web-based application that allows Plan Canada staff to simply enter the Child-ID.  The application then accesses all of the various databases and collects all pertinent data.  The data is compiled into a standard template and presented to a volunteer who checks the quality and ensures that all content is included.  If there are any issues with the content, the volunteer can reject, change, delete, or resubmit the request.  Rejected content automatically notifies the originator to make modifications or add additional content. 

When the volunteer approves the template content, the job is added to the appropriate print queues and the final materials are produced.

Dell Recognizes Jolera - Small Business Excellence Award Finalist

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Technology facilitates interaction and trust with customers. Successful small businesses are leveraging that asset to grow their businesses,” according to Kevin Peesker, vice president and general manager Small and Medium Business, Dell Canada. “The ten finalists clearly demonstrate innovative application of technology, and we are proud to recognize them.