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Posted by Matthew Burnham in: Real Estate, robotic process automation, Automation, Artificial Intelligence

In a recent blog post, I wrote a (slightly) tongue-in-cheek introduction to your new colleague, the one that was always up for the boring, mundane and repetitive work, because, at Open Box, we’ve always believed that machines will add most value when they work alongside humans.

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).

Posted by Malcolm Hall in: industry news, Real Estate, innovation, Automation

We learned that Miami in late April is a pretty nice place to be.

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.

Posted by Mark Kalkwarf in: industry news, Real Estate, robotic process automation, Automation, RPA

Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development and management company, has tapped into the power of Open Box’s Real Estate Automation Engine to automate the entry of manual billing information from its work order platform into its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

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.

Posted by Mark Kalkwarf in: industry news, Real Estate, robotic process automation, Integration, RPA

Open Box is making the transfer of operating budget data from TIER REIT Inc.’s budgeting system into its valuation platform automatic using a software robot.

Posted by Matthew Burnham in: Insider, Real Estate, innovation, robotic process automation, Automation, Digitalization, RPA

It’s a digital jungle out there. And like moving through a jungle, navigating to your digital future is tricky. You start off thinking you’re headed in one direction, only to discover you’ve been turned around and are suddenly facing a completely different direction with a whole new set of challenges.

Posted by Mark Kalkwarf in: industry news, Real Estate, MRI Software, Integration, MRI Workflows

Open Box works together with your Real Estate organization to implement the workflow solution that standardizes your business processes, helps you track and analyse those processes and coordinates overall teamwork. 

Posted by Matthew Burnham in: industry news, Real Estate, robotic process automation, Automation, RPA

In the naughties, business process outsourcing (BPO) was the holy grail. The silver bullet that was going to make companies more profitable, and allow them to offer their customers better service.