Expert knowledge from practice: tips, strategies, and trends in IT infrastructure, provider management, and cloud computing.
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210 minutes of reading
latest November 6, 2026
DOLIBARR · November 6, 2026 · 6 min Reading time
Excel, invoicing software or ERP? An honest decision guide for small Austrian businesses: criteria, a comparison table and the cases where invoicing software is all you need.
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DOLIBARR · November 6, 2026 · 6 min Reading time
How do Austrian businesses hand data to their tax adviser? Which routes exist, what to clarify with the firm before introducing an ERP, and how ABOS handles it.
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CONNECTIVITY · September 30, 2026 · 10 min Reading time
SD-WAN or MPLS? What each does, where SD-WAN hits its limits, why most networks end up hybrid, and which access line should sit underneath.
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CONNECTIVITY · September 30, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
Which business internet products exist in Austria, what the carriers document, and how to compare service descriptions beyond the headline speed.
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CONNECTIVITY · September 30, 2026 · 10 min Reading time
What a leased line (dedicated internet access) is, what drives its cost, when business fibre plus 5G backup is enough, and who delivers in Austria.
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PROVIDER MANAGEMENT · September 20, 2026 · 6 min Reading time
What provider management means, how to recognise the need and how it differs from SIAM, vendor management and managed services.
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MONITORING · August 12, 2026 · 7 min Reading time
When the line is down, the first half hour decides. First establish where the fault sits, then report it properly, then keep working.
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MONITORING · August 11, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
On the afternoon of 11 August, thousands of people across Austria reported problems on the A1 network. Anyone reading the coverage understood "the network is down". Anyone measuring saw something else: data transport largely kept running, while voice, TV and the operator's central services failed. Why that distinction is the most important part of the story for any business running multiple sites.
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DOLIBARR · July 16, 2026 · 14 min Reading time
Dolibarr, Odoo, ERPNext, Tryton, metasfresh, Axelor, and Apache OFBiz cover the core processes of an SME without license fees. We compare the technology, strengths, and limits of all seven systems and show which one fits which business.
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MONITORING · July 16, 2026 · 13 min Reading time
What network monitoring must deliver, how Checkmk, PRTG and Zabbix differ, why alert quality matters and when managed monitoring pays off.
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DOLIBARR · July 12, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
An ERP system for SMEs brings purchasing, stock, projects, and accounting together in one database. We break down the concrete benefits, what an ERP costs, and how to recognise the right system.
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TELEPHONY · July 10, 2026 · 8 min Reading time
Teams as a phone system in Austria: Calling Plan, Operator Connect or Direct Routing, cost factors, keeping your number. With a six-step setup process.
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TELEPHONY · July 8, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
Cloud PBX in Austria: cost factors per extension, comparison with a classic PBX and when it pays off for small businesses. With number porting.
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AI & AGENTS · July 4, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
The biggest lever for AI in SMEs is the manual work between the systems. Why the ERP stays the system of record, where agents actually save time, and how an Operational AI Audit structures the first step.
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MONITORING · July 2, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
"Monitored 24/7" is a dashboard of red and green dots at most providers. For 200+ connections, that is not enough. How Anexum builds monitoring around three questions: what happens next, why is it happening, and what do we do now?
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DOLIBARR · June 10, 2026 · 7 min Reading time
For an Austrian construction company we extended Dolibarr into a construction-industry solution: ÖNORM calculation, bill of quantities, time tracking with BMD export, and mobile stock handling by scanner, all in one continuous data flow.
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COMPARISON · March 23, 2026 · 10 min Reading time
In-house IT too expensive? Five alternatives for SMEs: provider management, managed services, co-managed IT, cloud-only, full outsourcing.
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TELEPHONY · March 23, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
The ISDN network in Austria has been switched off since 30 June 2026. Businesses still on transitional setups risk downtime and higher costs. Timeline, alternatives, and migration strategy.
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PROVIDER MANAGEMENT · March 20, 2026 · 7 min Reading time
Oversized lines, duplicate services, missed notice windows: the five cost traps in SME provider landscapes and what an audit finds.
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CLOUD & COMPUTING · March 15, 2026 · 10 min Reading time
Cloud migration doesn't have to be risky. With the right strategy, the transition succeeds in under 4 weeks - with no planned downtime. Here is our proven 7-step method.
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IT STRATEGY · March 10, 2026 · 8 min Reading time
Rising IT budgets are not inevitable. With these five strategies, you can reduce your IT spending immediately and sustainably - without sacrificing performance.
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PROVIDER MANAGEMENT · March 5, 2026 · 6 min Reading time
Who owns which task in selection, incidents and contracts when a single point of contact sits between customer and carrier.
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TELEPHONY · February 28, 2026 · 9 min Reading time
Landline or VoIP? More and more businesses are asking this question. We compare both technologies objectively - with concrete numbers and a clear recommendation.
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IT SECURITY · February 20, 2026 · 10 min Reading time
Around 80% of all cyberattacks target SMEs. The good news: most attacks can be prevented with simple measures. Here are the 10 most important ones.
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