Acumatica Summit 2024, held in Las Vegas at the end of January, focused on Acumatica’s growth in technology, community, and strategy. CEO John Case opened the event, emphasizing the company’s commitment to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The Summit covered topics including customer expansion and community, partnerships, and introduced a Professional Services Edition, offering insights […]
Author: Laurie McCabe
Navigating the Future: SMB Workforce and Workplace Trends for 2024
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are continually adapting to rapid changes in the workforce and workplace, and staying ahead of the curve is more crucial than ever. The latest eBook from SMB Group, SMB Workforce and Workplace Trends for 2024, sponsored by Dell Technologies and Zoho, examines SMB workforce, workplace, and collaboration plans and trends. […]
New eBook from SMB Group: 2024 SMB Priorities: Aligning Technology Investments to Business Requirements
In a world where small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) navigate an ever-evolving landscape, understanding the intersection of technology investments and business requirements has never been more critical. In our new, free eBook, 2024 SMB Priorities: Aligning Technology Investments to Business Requirements, sponsored by Dell Technologies and Zoho, we share important trends about SMB business and technology […]
Catalyzing the Circular Economy: How Dell’s Concept Luna Aligns with SMB Sustainability Ambitions
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and programs are now common practice for most large, publicly traded corporations. While small and medium businesses (SMBs) tend to lag behind their large enterprise counterparts, SMB Group research indicates that 75% of decision-makers agree that a strong sustainability strategy can help them improve business results—up from 57% a […]
2024 Top 10 SMB Technology Trends From SMB Group
Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed the holidays, and wish you a happy and healthy 2024. Here at SMB Group, we are ringing in the new year by sharing our annual SMB Group Top 10 SMB Technology Trends, required reading for SMBs (small and medium businesses), and for the vendors that serve them. Our Top […]
SMBs and AI: Embracing the Future of Smart Business
In an era increasingly driven by technology, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly interested in using artificial intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for growth and innovation. A comprehensive survey conducted by SMB Group highlights this trend, revealing the attitudes and adoption rates of AI among 744 SMBs. SMB Interest in and Adoption of AI […]
Back to the Future: Current HR Strategies to Future-proof Small Businesses
How can SMBs future-proof their HR strategy? In this Mineral webinar, I spoke with Mineral’s Kelley Butler, Marketing Manager, and Kerry Lear, JD and Senior Director of Content Services to discuss the implications of Mineral’s 2023 State of HR Report. The report, produced jointly by Mineral and SMB Group, surveyed more than 700 decision-makers at […]
AI For SMBs: Interest, Exploration and Considerations
By SMB Group’s Kelly Teal, Contributing Analyst, and Laurie McCabe, Co-founder If you’ve watched “Mrs. Davis” or joked that the world feels a little Skynet-esque, you aren’t alone in wondering about the real-life implications and repercussions of artificial intelligence. The sudden surge of AI tools in 2023 has generated (pun intended) a lot of buzz […]
HubSpot’s AI Vision: Transforming Customer Connections
HubSpot’s Inbound 2023 conference was held last week in Boston. Like seemingly every other tech event this year, the theme of Inbound was AI — specifically, how businesses can use AI to better connect to and engage with their customers. In this blog, I delve into HubSpot’s AI strategy and offerings, as discussed in the […]
New SMB Group eBook Examines SMB Trust, Readiness and Safeguards
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic, grabbing headlines and sparking discussions. Our recent survey, “The Impact of AI on SMBs,” conducted by SMB Group in June 2023, takes a closer look at how SMBs are engaging with AI. In our new eBook, Impact of AI on SMBs Part Two: SMB Trust, Readiness and […]