Articles and whitepapers on in-house business data, automation and AI for SMEs. Practical, honest and without sales talk. New content added regularly.
Nothing found for this search term. Try a different word, or ask your question directly.
On De AI Storm (RTL Z and RTL 7), Rinse explains why digitalisation works better when you start from your business data rather than the software, and where things go wrong with separate systems. In Dutch.
Watch the videoSeven in ten SMEs use AI, but only a third for insight into business performance. Why text is easy, why business data still feels risky and what sits in between. With diagrams.
Read the articleFor most businesses next to nothing, for some quite a lot. Why it depends on your role rather than your size, which date counts for whom, and what the Digital Omnibus is still changing. With diagrams.
Read the articleThe word is in every proposal and means something different in each one. The three layers that together make a data layer, why it is not a data warehouse, and the two situations where you should not build one. With diagrams.
Read the articleYour vendor sets the date, not you. The four kinds of data in an ERP, why only one of them exports cleanly, what breaks quietly and what has to stay yours. With diagrams.
Read the articleYour gut feeling about where the hours go is rarely right. Five traces manual work leaves behind, a measurement week in four steps, and the four questions that decide which task qualifies. With diagrams.
Read the articleWhich processes to automate first, the three levels from fixed rules to agents, a six-step plan and the pitfalls we see most often. With diagrams.
Read the articleA migration rarely fails on the technology. It fails on what nobody counted or requested up front. Seven steps in order, with what each one delivers and what the Data Act entitles you to.
Read the articleSince 21 August your CDN can rewrite your robots.txt. Run through these seven checks and you'll know whether ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity can read and cite your site. Each check includes what a good outcome looks like.
Read the articleBeing mentioned in an AI answer is less a writing exercise than a technical matter. Five layers that need to be right, and why you need access to your own site to fix them.
Read the articleFrom 12 January 2027, your software vendor will no longer be allowed to charge switching costs. What the Data Act concretely means for SMEs, and what you can already arrange now.
Read the articleShadow spreadsheets in Excel, per-user licenses, data that's locked in and AI plans that stall. Five signs your CRM is holding your business back, and what the alternative looks like.
Read the articleWhy an open, in-house data layer replaces the monolithic CRM, what that means for your existing systems, and how to start small with it.
Request the whitepaperWhy the default choice of ten years ago is a ball and chain today, and why moving to an in-house website is easier than it looks.
Request the whitepaperHow to deal with Salesforce's data limits, how to export all your data, and how a migration to in-house management works without data loss.
Request the whitepaperHow HubSpot's tier model determines your bill, how to fully export all your data, and how a migration to in-house management works without data loss.
Request the whitepaperHow to deal with the Dataverse capacity limits of Dynamics 365, how to export all your data, and how to migrate without data loss.
Request the whitepaperHow the SAP cost model works, why 2027 is a decision point, and how to migrate your customer and process data to in-house management.
Request the whitepaperData limits filling up and licenses that keep rising. How to fully export your Salesforce data and migrate it to an open data layer that's yours. Includes whitepaper.
View the guideTier jumps, seats and paid marketing contacts. How to bring your HubSpot data, including every relationship, into an environment without counters. Includes whitepaper.
View the guideDataverse capacity filling up and a license tangle nobody can oversee. How to migrate your Dynamics data while Outlook and Teams keep working. Includes whitepaper.
View the guideIndirect access, consultancy for every change, and the end of ECC maintenance in 2027. How to unlock your customer and process data, alongside or instead of SAP. Includes whitepaper.
View the guideYour complete website taken over and upgraded to the latest standards within one week, fully in-house. Includes whitepaper.
View the guideFull data migrations between systems: records, documents, folder structures and history. With a test migration up front and a verification report afterwards.
View the guideReading is a good start. Looking at where your business stands works better. No obligation, on location, no strings attached.