The New Farm Product: Big Data
My uncle had a love for technology. In the early 1980s, he bought a suitcase-sized “portable” personal computer with an integrated monochrome monitor. Every couple of years he would purchase a new...
View ArticleGlobally-Minded SMEs Are Challenging Competitors of All Sizes
Small and midsize businesses are operating in an extraordinary business environment marked by economic uncertainty and increasing global competition. Yet, they are rising to the challenge — rethinking...
View ArticleBig Data a Big Deal for SMEs
On my birthday this year, I received several birthday emails. I had expected ones from my friends and colleagues but surprisingly these emails were from my insurance company, the online web stores I...
View ArticleHow Globally Minded SMEs Are Winning Through Collaboration
In my previous blog, I talked about how small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) are targeting international markets to deliver on their growth strategy. Today, we’ll take this discussion further by...
View ArticleSMEs and Analytics – Four Steps for Beginners
As the name suggests, this is a short introduction to analytics, aimed at small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) getting started in the area. Step One – What does “Analytics” mean Anyway? You will come...
View ArticleTeenagers, SMEs, and Technology – A Curse or a Gift?
Anyone who has a teenager knows at some point they are going to ask for a cell phone. Our time came before the start of our daughters’ school year. So, how do you incorporate a new phone or...
View ArticleGrow with Your Software
I recently moved to a new house. Besides the joy of searching for items after the move – how did the PlayStation and its remote get put into different boxes? – other common tasks required my...
View ArticleSMEs Are Embracing Radical Change
Locals who shy away from international ambitions. Technophobes afraid of change. A recent study by Oxford Economics, SMEs: Equipped to Compete, finally buries these stereotypes about small and midsize...
View ArticleFor Successful SMEs, Technology Is At the Heart of Transformation
In my last blog, we looked at how SMEs regard transformation as key to business success. This blog focuses on the growing role that technology is playing as SMEs reinvent business models and transform...
View ArticleFeeding The Fire – How Fast-Growing Businesses Keep Their Start-Up Spark
Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are thinking ahead and creating flexible platforms to enable fast growth in the future, according to recent research by the Economist Intelligence Unit,...
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