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COMPANY NEWS: Leading technology service provider Tecala Group today announced that it has achieved the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisations and is now certified as carbon neutral for its Australian business operations, the first mid-market managed services provider in Australian to achieve the certification.

GUEST OPINION by Rajith Haththotuwegama, Manager – Data Analytics & Automation at Tecala:  Automation has been on the radar of Australian organisations for some time. Though the promise of the technology is fairly well understood, it has faced some barriers to broad-scale use, particularly in the mid-market, which is home to many economically important Australian businesses. But this is about to change.

According to new research conducted for MYOB, 76% of mid-sized businesses plan to make changes to their business operations, and the top three investment areas are technology (37%), more full-time staff (35%) and marketing and advertising (28%).

Adelaide-based startup The Big Middle aims to provide mid-market businesses with industry-specific systems based on Salesforce and Oracle.

MYOB has been taking a look at midrange companies and the issues they face.

OPPO keeps rolling out new models in its bid to conquer the smartphone market – at least in its homeland of China where it is now #2. The A77 is a definite conqueror in the mass-to-mid-market sgement.

Samsung has used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to release its new Galaxy A series of smartphones offering almost all the flagship GS7 features for a lower cost.

Australian businesses looking for cost efficiencies and an improved bottom-line are predicted to adopt cloud services in bigger numbers this year.