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Open Box Software awarded MRI Trusted Client Advisor – two years running!

Posted by Brendan Canny in: MRI, MRI Software, Awards, MRI Integration

Open Box Software is honoured to be recognized as the MRI ‘Trusted Partner Advisor of the Year’ for a second year in a row. We appreciate this award as we feel it is a testament to our dedication and commitment to serving the commercial Real Estate industry for over two decades.

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Dipping a Toe in the Data Lake

Posted by Brendan Canny in: industry news, Real Estate, innovation, Emerging Technology, COVID-19, ERP, microsoft platform

Data is constantly produced by every organization, but the question we all face is how to convert that data into actionable information. A popular analogy likens data to crude oil, in that the true value is only realized once it’s mined and refined.

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Bringing Spreadsheets Back In From The Cold

Posted by Brendan Canny in: robotic process automation, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, IPA, Intelligent Process Automation, RPA

We all love to hate spreadsheets, but they really are a victim of their own success. They are just so useful, and packed with features and programming ability. A recent report from the Altus Group, entitled The Innovation Opportunity in Commercial Real Estate: A Shift in PropTech Adoption and Investment shows that they are still an important tool for our industry, despite the emergence of newer technology.

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Getting Out of The Starting Gates With Robots-as-a-Service

Posted by Brendan Canny in: Automation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IPA, Intelligent Process Automation

Despite uncertainty over the impact of rapidly emerging technologies and technology-enabled innovation, an increasing proportion of the CRE industry is testing emerging technologies and embracing an active role in innovating.

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Open Box and LEVERTON Whitepaper: How Intelligent Processing Automation Can Benefit Your Organization

Posted by Brendan Canny in: industry news, robotic process automation, Automation, IPA, Intelligent Process Automation, LEVERTON

Open Box and LEVERTON explore the world of IPA and detail how you can start using it to benefit your real estate organization.

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MRI IUC: Atlanta Was A Buzz With Festivities

Posted by Brendan Canny in: industry news, ERP performance, MRI, robotic process automation, MRI Software, Integration

October 14th through 17th saw around 1,400 people descending on the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta for the 2018 MRI User Conference. The IUC combined with the Atlanta Pride Parade,the Falcons game and the Oktoberfest Beer festival meant that Atlanta was a buzz with energy!

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Realcomm 2018: What Happened in Vegas

Posted by Brendan Canny in: industry news, Real Estate, Realcomm, Automation

The Open Box team looks forward to the Realcomm & IBCon event every year, as it offers a great opportunity for us to catch up with current clients, meet new prospects as well as keep up to date with the latest trends (be they cutting edge, or simply pain points being experienced by the industry).

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What is RaaS?

Posted by Brendan Canny in: Real Estate, robotic process automation, Automation, RPA

Simply put RaaS stands for “Robots as a Service”. Great, but what does that mean and why should you care?

It is swings and roundabouts as the business world shifts between horizontal specialization and vertical integration and back again.

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Is RPA the Same as Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Posted by Brendan Canny in: robotic process automation, Automation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, RPA

In my previous blog, I introduced the concept that RPA and our Automation Engine should be seen as a robust “toolkit” used to re imagine the tasks we currently assign to human beings. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) etc. fit into this concept as simply being additional tools within one arsenal.

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BitcoinCRE Event: What You Need to Know

Posted by Brendan Canny in: industry news, Real Estate, innovation, Bitcoin

I'm taking a rain check on answering my next Automation FAQ, as I attended the very thought-provoking BitcoinCRE event and so I thought I would share some of the insights I picked up.

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