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How to use AI in your business

Let's be honest – AI can be overwhelming. The hype is everywhere, promising to revolutionise every aspect of business. Every business we’ve spoken to about including AI in their technology wants to do it but doesn’t know how. As a business leader, how do you cut through the noise and strategically leverage AI to achieve tangible results? This blog post aims to be your no-nonsense guide to AI implementation from a strategic perspective. We'll start ...

Strategic AI Integration: Tips for Establishing Effective Staff Guidelines

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potent tool that elevates your workforce's productivity, efficiency, and creativity. However, its implementation comes with challenges and risks that businesses must navigate to harness its benefits effectively. Businesses must set clear ethical guidelines, often called "AI rules," governing staff interaction with AI. This ensures transparency in the use of AI for handling business data. Employees may only utilise AI with established guidelines, leading to missed opportunities for significant time savings.  ...

Strategies for Success: Upgrading Workforce Technology in Small Businesses

Technology plays a crucial role in enhancing efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness. For small businesses, the modernisation of workforce technology presents both an opportunity and a challenge. Modern technology can empower small businesses, enabling them to thrive in the digital era. However, many of them need to catch up on modernisation efforts. For instance, over 30% of small businesses last updated their systems over four years ago. Several factors contribute to the reluctance of SMBs to ...
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The Best Customer Service for an IT Provider

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you got a good break in before the 2024 work year begins. I hope you weren’t hoping for too much sun, as it’s only felt like summer in patches. Our 2023 year finished with a few games of Darts down at Oche on Elizabeth St before heading up to Gingerboy for a banquet for the ages. Earlier in the month, we had our first photo shoot with the team. ...

“Secure By Design” Cybersecurity Practices: Why It Matters

Did you know that last week, cybercriminals hacked a small family-owned builder?[1] Or a small car dealership was attacked due to poor passwords?[2] It's easy to think that cyber threats only exist for large companies like Subway or Dymocks. However, cybersecurity is a critical foundation on which businesses, no matter their size, must rely. The implications of cyberattacks can have far-reaching and long-term consequences that may include significant financial losses, reputational damage, and the compromise ...

7 Ways to Transform Your Customer’s Digital Experience

"ANZ kills cash…" screams the media as the headline is splashed across news sites and your feed. "Why you soon won't be able to withdraw cash…" Is this the end of cash? Are we all expected to now pay contactless with our smartphones or watches? Well, the move to a cashless society continues to gain pace - with only 27% of all transactions completed by cash post-pandemic.  Aside from the convenience of not carrying physical ...
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What is Essential 8?

What is Essential 8? The inception of the Essential 8 aimed to foster robust security and operational protocols among Australian government bodies, departments, local councils, and other entities operating in the public domain. Many private enterprises consider the Essential Eight an advantageous starting point for evaluating security measures and establishing a fundamental groundwork for cybersecurity. The custodianship of the Essential Eight is under the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) purview. What are the eight mitigation ...
How Intuitive IT uses Power BI in our own business

How we use Business Intelligence (Power BI)

As organisations want to understand their businesses better, more and more conversations are around Business Intelligence or BI. The more meetings we have around BI, the more we realise that outside a specific scope of existing reports and data, owners and management aren't really sure what other insights they need. So inevitably, the question of how we use Power BI or Google Looker in our business is asked. Here is one way we use Business ...

7 Reasons Your Business Is A Tech Company

Looking back at any TV show or film from 15 to 20 years ago, it is plain to see how advanced our technology has become. For many businesses and companies, the rapid increase in digital tools has created a need to understand an array of systems, software and apps to complete their core function - selling goods and services. So whether you're an accounting firm in Blackburn or a cafe in Richmond, your business relies ...

These Data Privacy Trends Will Impact Your Business

You know what it's like when you have a new neighbour move in.  Questions you ask yourself. Do they have young kids? Any pets? Will you all get along? And like most people, you want to respect each other's right to privacy. But if you live in the outskirts of Melbourne, that can be easier said than done. With Melbourne's rapidly growing population and housing estates bursting at the seams, land availability continues to be ...