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Posted by Michelle Millar in: Real Estate, robotic process automation, Automation, RPA

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. - Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher

Posted by Michelle Millar in: industry news, business intelligence, Real Estate, data visualization, Integration, Data, Custom Software, Power BI, COVID-19

Many of our clients are currently facing an increased and urgent need to have all the data on revenue, risk and cashflow at their fingertips – quite literally in the case of those limited to mobile devices while working from home.

Posted by Lauren Tee in: industry news, Real Estate, Productivity, Work from home, DocuSign, COVID-19

Right now CRE individuals and teams are needing alternative solutions to patch the chasms that have been created from the rather abrupt work-from-home call to action.  Some solutions may be turned into a long-term fit, others will be temporary.

Posted by Michelle Millar in: open box, industry news, COVID-19

When the first cases of the novel coronavirus were reported late last year, few could have foreseen how quickly things would progress and how little time we would have to prepare for sudden and radical changes to our way of life. But when the signs started to point to serious times ahead, Open Box began calmly moving things into place to ensure we were prepared to continue supporting our clients as they faced their own challenges.

Posted by Abu Bakr Brey in: open box, COVID-19

As Covid-19, aka Coronavirus spreads globally, South Africa has just reported on its first positive case. This obviously raises concerns for both our employees’ wellbeing as well as our ability to service our clients should an outbreak occur in our immediate area.

Posted by Uwe Fuchs in: business intelligence, Real Estate, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, data-driven insights, analytics

With over 50 Commercial Real Estate clients, we often get asked “How can my business leverage our data to make better decisions?”

Posted by Lunda Wright in: industry news, business intelligence, Real Estate, data-driven insights, analytics

“Identifying patterns, anticipating outcomes and proactively optimizing a response will be the basis for competition in the future. In the next 10 years, the companies that don’t have analytics deeply embedded in their business model will most likely cease to exist.” – Gartner, Horizon Watch Trend Report in 2015

Posted by Abu Bakr Brey in: leadership, industry news, Open Box Academy, Learning

Cape Town is a hub of IT activity, and competition for talent is intense. Finding the right people to join our problem solving, creative thinking entity has been a constant challenge over the years.

Posted by Catherine van Rooyen in: Real Estate, ERP performance, MRI Software, MRI Workflows

In any environment where you have humans capturing data, you have a need for quality control. In the accounting world, this is often done using a second set of eyes double checking all the data; but off-the-shelf software seldom meets the exact requirements of your business process.

Posted by Matthew Burnham in: robotic process automation, Automation, Intelligent Process Automation, RPA, Awards

Last week was the second year of the EG Tech Awards and what a great event it was. Held at the Brewery on Chiswell Street, it felt a little bit more like going into a night club than a tech event but was full of the good and the great from the world of PropTech.