I've been thinking recently about how AI will start its encroachment into small and medium business. Whether we like it or not, AI is rapidly moving into large business as they try to take advantage of what AI can offer in the way of superior...
Businesses compete within their industry in many different ways, but one area of competition often neglected is a business's internal systems and processes. This area, usually facilitated by various technology and application layers, is seen as a back-office function and easily overlooked as non-core or...
Chatbots have been around for years in one form or another. However, the technology behind them has been developing at a remarkable rate, making them now 10 times faster to develop than a similar application performing the same function. This changes the whole value equation...
If you’re running a successful small-medium business (SMB), chances are that over a number of years, you would have developed some pretty robust processes along the way to manage the myriad of your business processes. You probably haven’t had the time or bandwidth to perfect...
Like other far-sighted small businesses, Acurus knew it needed the support of a bona fide ERP system before reaching the tipping point of exponential growth. A successful and growing Melbourne-based IT Services company dealing in consulting and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions, Acurus had plans to move...
Nowadays, the ways that we access business applications are diversified: laptop, tablet, and smart phones. We use business applications more than ever because we have access to them anytime anywhere. When an employee needs to make urgent report to the manager, or manager needs to...
Most small businesses start on accounting systems such as MYOB and Quickbooks and receive the benefit of a mature accounting software platform with a large user base and best practices. SMBs are able to run off these systems quite adequately for a number of years...