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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.

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.

Posted by Dustin Strydom in: robotic process automation, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, IPA, Intelligent Process Automation, valuations

Our client, a company that provides CRE property valuation services to large real estate funds, was excited about the possibilities process automation offered in terms of laying a solid foundation for their longer-term digitalization ambitions.

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.