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                                                                                         Hi everyone, w elcome back to Week 5 of my series of blogs! Following our class discussion, this week’s blog I am going to talk about Cloud-based systems for Small Businesses. Are you a small business? Would you like to learn more about the available Cloud-based systems to suit your needs? Then keep reading 🙂 .   Firstly, you may ask what is a Cloud-based system? Well, a cloud based systems are systems that use cloud computing to provide IT resources and services over the internet. Cloud-enabled systems are so important for small businesses as they have many benefits, such as scalability, flexibility, increased security and opti...

                          SaaS ERP for SME's                                                                                                                                                 Hello everyone! Welcome back to this week’s blog! This week I am going to talk to you a little bit about SaaS ERP for SMEs (Software as a Service Enterprise Resource Planning for Small and Medium Enterprises). This is a cloud-based system ERP solution designed specifically to meet the needs of growing busi...

Hello and welcome back!   I don't know about you but I never use my physical credit/debit card, only apple pay. This week I am going to talk about the ‘Rise of Digital Payment Systems’. A digital payment is the transfer of money or digital currency from one account to another using digital payment technologies, such as mobile wallets i.e. PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, or mobile payment apps i.e. PayPal, Google Pay, Revolut and Venmo.     Fun facts: ·     In  2023, the number of non-cash transactions reached 1.3 trillion globally. By 2027, it’s forecast to reach 2.3 trillion.  ·       Ireland now serves as the European headquarters for Apple Pay and Google Pay.   Benefits of digital payments: 1.       Expand range of products/services people that can buy or have access to. 2.       Save costs through tighter efficiency. 3.       Transparent and secure online and offli...