Internal controls software is designed to help organizations implement, monitor, and manage their internal control systems. These systems are essential for ensuring the accuracy of financial reporting, compliance with regulatory requirements, and the prevention of fraud. The software typically includes features such as risk assessment, control activities, continuous monitoring, automated audit trails, compliance management, and detailed reporting and analytics. By streamlining these processes, internal controls software enhances operational efficiency, ensures adherence to regulatory requirements, and provides a robust framework for governance and risk management.

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ERP solutions are primarily developed to securely store sensitive data within your organization's firewall. This data is fundamental to your internal operations and back-office functions. In contrast, cloud solutions are designed not only for internal use but also to facilitate collaboration with external stakeholders, enhancing core business functions.

Procurement SaaS solutions, are specifically crafted to streamline the entire procurement process. This includes everything from identifying vendors and soliciting quotes/proposals to contract management and overseeing the entire lifecycle of contracts, all while focusing on achieving business objectives and mitigating risks.

Different industries have unique requirements and controls. For instance, industries like mining and heavy assets face challenges in integrating plant maintenance and direct procurement. The optimal approach often involves integrating ERP systems with specialized procurement SaaS solutions to handle complex end-to-end processes effectively. 

Some of the best solutions also offer benchmarks that you can measure yourself against. Our customers find this very helpful.

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ERP solutions are primarily developed to securely store sensitive data within your organization's firewall. This data is fundamental to your internal operations and back-office functions. In contrast, cloud solutions are designed not only for internal use but also to facilitate collaboration with external stakeholders, enhancing core business functions.

Procurement SaaS solutions, are specifically crafted to streamline the entire procurement process. This includes everything from identifying vendors and soliciting quotes/proposals to contract management and overseeing the entire lifecycle of contracts, all while focusing on achieving business objectives and mitigating risks.

Different industries have unique requirements and controls. For instance, industries like mining and heavy assets face challenges in integrating plant maintenance and direct procurement. The optimal approach often involves integrating ERP systems with specialized procurement SaaS solutions to handle complex end-to-end processes effectively. 

Some of the best solutions also offer benchmarks that you can measure yourself against. Our customers find this very helpful.

Maybe another interesting question would be: eCommerce with or without GenerativeAI? 

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Google Suite was built from the ground up for collaboration across the Internet. Office was born when local area networks adapters were an optional expensive extra expansion for your Personal Computer. It shows. I use both in a global organisation where collaboration across timezones the the default mode of operation. For me and my organisation, Google Suite wins hands down on document creation and review. Gmail is inferior to Outlook by a long stretch, but who does emails these days?

G-Suite is cloud-native and was built with collaboration at its core; there is no software to download on the end-user PC other than Google Chrome. This alone massively simplifies the management of end-user devices and makes BYOD simpler to manage. 
Office 365 has always felt that collaboration was bolted on top of the core model of editing documents on a PC versus directly in the browser. The beauty of G-Suite is that documents stay in the cloud and are never downloaded to devices, making it easy to offboard staff. 
Real-time collaboration on a Google Sheet / Doc over video calls is fantastic; you can also embed Google Sheet elements in Google Slides for real-time updates. 
Connecting Google Sheets to Looker Data Studio for building dashboards is extremely powerful. 


Personally, I would never use Office 365.

M365 integrates with your current AD security structure better and offers more granular security controls than Google; important in a very regulated industry.

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Office 365 is good, one need to negotiate hard for good pricing  though.

O365 is good, but pricey. O365 has better Office productivity apps (powerpoint, etc.). Gdrive vs OneDrive is a tossup. I'd probably favor OneDrive as slightly better. Exchange and Outlook is WAY better than Gmail. Teams is better than Meet and Hangouts for video conferencing, but Teams is terrible for chat/collaboration. Teams is basically a Slack wannabe done poorly. I will say definitively that the security in O365 is way better than Gmail and this was a big driver for us to migrate off Google, BUT MS charges you for this. You get way you pay for I guess.

G-Suite has horrendous insecure runaway permissions. We moved to o365 and never looked back. 


Office 365 has better functionality etc. Tried to use Google sheets and unfortunately had some issues. So, we stayed on Office 365. 

Office 365 offers a stable, known platform.  Google is fighting to catch up, but hobbled by privacy and security concerns

People keep saying one is “better” over another but I get the sense they are making this a matter of taste. I support several companies at a time and see both worlds side by side. In my experience, G Suite produces much less helpdesk load and there are fewer outages. Business types prefer MS, scientists and engineers prefer Google. If either is already implemented, I think the headache of migrating from one to the other is almost never worth the headache. 

Office365 though little expensive, one can derive lot of value from the solution if and only if one is smart to carve solutions using these tools for collaboration, data security, eDiscovery, etc...

We moved from G-Suite to O365, primarily because of the collaboration capabilities that Microsoft Teams & Sharepoint and of course the full Office Suite of Products.  Additionally, what was of immense value was the integration of these collaboration platforms with Power BI, which we have now standardised for delivery of MIS within the organisation.  

Lastly, the integration with D365 - the ERP & CRM Suite too helps enormously.  We did not go with Talent, as we found the HR Suite to not be mature.

Whilst I personally prefer O365, price wise I think there is a place for a low cost, simpler alternative for many organisations that don't need the full suite of functionality provided in O365 and who would get more value investing in other parts of their technology ecosystem.

O365&#39;s practical advantage is its user base and inertia, even where security is not a top concern.  The inertia includes the baggage of quirks, features, bugs that impact formatting, creating the risk of incompatibility when trying to edit Word and Excel docs in Google.   This becomes a frequent headache when sharing documents with customers and partners who are using different tools.  Consequently we are forced to buy O365 even when Googles docs would be more than adequate.  Add in the security advantages and we really are getting what we pay for.

I use both based upon my involvement with different companies. I recommend Office 365 for its information management feature. G-Suite is centered on user accounts and does not have strong features for managing group documents beyond sharing between accounts. While I am not a fan of Teams, Office 365 does provide a stronger set of tools for managing documents and files at an organizational level.

One caveat - if you are not a Windows/Mac shop, you should use G-Suite as a lot of the power behind of Office 365 is not web based. Another option is to run Windows as a guest on Linux machines. Beyond Office 365, running Windows provided a method for better control of corporate information assets while allowing developers more freedom in the Linux host.

Planning to move out of Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace due to high cost and complexity of the licenses pricing of Microsoft

We moved from Office on prem to Office 365.  Reduced costs and implementation was smooth.

O365 is extremely expensive, and has complex licensing where they are always trying to upsell you to E or M5. Google is less expensive, has good collaboration tools, but lacks the finish and polish of O365 office suite.

I think the size and age of the company makes a big difference. I would agree with those that said O365 has better security (you do have to pay for it).


In terms of advanced features for say Excel/PowerPoint there is no real comparison however most people don&#39;t surface or use this. I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that most people, when they work in a large company or smaller company (outside tech), are exposed to the Windows/Office ecosystem creating a feedback loop: since most users are used to Office and don&#39;t really see the cost difference inertia kicks in.


I wonder what would happen if companies exposed the difference in licensing costs and say something like &#34;if we go with Workspaces everyone will get $ back each year&#34;.

We use a hybrid setup. Google is the primary productivity platform for email, collaboration as it is cheap and simple and works better for remote working and basic usage.
For advanced users with ERP and PowerBi, we provide an O365 license. This way we manage the cost and get the best of both worlds as per user requirements.

As a young startup, we opted for Zoho&#39;s suite. 
The range of services are vast and not very pricey.

Google Suite was built from the ground up for collaboration across the Internet. Office was born when local area networks adapters were an optional expensive extra expansion for your Personal Computer. It shows. I use both in a global organisation where collaboration across timezones the the default mode of operation. For me and my organisation, Google Suite wins hands down on document creation and review. Gmail is inferior to Outlook by a long stretch, but who does emails these days? 

I wonder if Microsoft will lose some of this foothold with its pricing and billing changes.   For many organizations Office 365 is overkill for many seats.



O365 is clunky and has terrible account switching capabilities. The only real plus side is the office suite which we allocate a separate account for people who need those tools(executives and sales team). I run engineering for two different companies 1 on Teams for free with O365 and Slack with Gsuite. Everyone one the Gmail + Slack combo is far happier and more collaborative without Teams ruining their day.

Office 365 is a more mature offering and has more features and functionality. We bought a company using GSuite, and we&#39;ve migrated them to o365. Great experience, and unless I am trying to save money, I don&#39;t see any competitive advantage to GSuite over o365.


Office 365 has gotten more stronger and integrated. The end user experience as well as increased ease of configuration has helped ramp up teams and business. It has further reduced onboarding times for new employees and consultants.

G-Suite is cloud-native and was built with collaboration at its core; there is no software to download on the end-user PC other than Google Chrome. This alone massively simplifies the management of end-user devices and makes BYOD simpler to manage. 
Office 365 has always felt that collaboration was bolted on top of the core model of editing documents on a PC versus directly in the browser. The beauty of G-Suite is that documents stay in the cloud and are never downloaded to devices, making it easy to offboard staff. 
Real-time collaboration on a Google Sheet / Doc over video calls is fantastic; you can also embed Google Sheet elements in Google Slides for real-time updates. 
Connecting Google Sheets to Looker Data Studio for building dashboards is extremely powerful. 


Personally, I would never use Office 365. 

O365 easy to use an integrate with their productS

M365 integrates with your current AD security structure better and offers more granular security controls than Google; important in a very regulated industry.

The integration across the O365 stack and beyond, into Azure and the Power Platform, etc, is more complete and easier for most end-users to consume. 

O365 is a good solution but very expensive for organizations with a high number of users

Office 365 or Google suite for global business? If you moved from one to the other, what were some of the reasons? What worked out well or not so well?

We recently implemented a new system for managing admissions at our college (a mission critical process). Previously, the process was highly manual, fraught with errors, and with lots of digital friction. The new process was designed to follow the system capabilities (instead of trying to make the system align with our - broken - way of doing things). It noticeably reduced the effort of all staff involved, and even though we've encountered problems during implementation (the usual errors and omissions), the team is thrilled with the new system.


The director of that area has been involved in dozens of projects in this college and others and says it's the first time she's seen a change go in of this type that hasn't encountered a massive wall of resistance, and the first time she's seen a team legitimately excited to get a new system.


We're seeing the same feelings about changes to our telephony and queueing systems as well.


The main difference is perhaps that we've really listened to front line staff to ask what parts of their jobs are frustrating, annoying, or just a straight up barrier. Then we selected projects that would address those systems, either changing, replacing or implementing new systems that specifically addressed those concerns (while also addressing student experience problems and improving internal controls).

What’s a recent tech or software upgrade your org has implemented that had a positive impact on employee morale?

We recently implemented a new system for managing admissions at our college (a mission critical process). Previously, the process was highly manual, fraught with errors, and with lots of digital friction. The new process was designed to follow the system capabilities (instead of trying to make the system align with our - broken - way of doing things). It noticeably reduced the effort of all staff involved, and even though we've encountered problems during implementation (the usual errors and omissions), the team is thrilled with the new system.


The director of that area has been involved in dozens of projects in this college and others and says it's the first time she's seen a change go in of this type that hasn't encountered a massive wall of resistance, and the first time she's seen a team legitimately excited to get a new system.


We're seeing the same feelings about changes to our telephony and queueing systems as well.


The main difference is perhaps that we've really listened to front line staff to ask what parts of their jobs are frustrating, annoying, or just a straight up barrier. Then we selected projects that would address those systems, either changing, replacing or implementing new systems that specifically addressed those concerns (while also addressing student experience problems and improving internal controls).

What’s a recent tech or software upgrade your org has implemented that had a positive impact on employee morale?

Given the focus that SolarWinds has created around code security and how people are looking at the supply chain, we’re always looking at solutions in that space because now everything is under a microscope. In terms of actual source code, we have internal controls in place from multiple people involved in the process before the code is deployed anywhere, so our risk is lower compared to other areas right now.


There are best practices that you can implement that significantly reduce your risk. When I think about perimeter security, infrastructure security, cloud security, the things that I'm driving our portfolio companies to work on is to make sure they have two factor authentication and SSO integration, and that their identity management is in place so that they have AWS and Azure.


You have all these different things going on, but you're managing access to those platforms through a workflow that can be managed. Then they need to make sure there's governance around it, because the biggest challenge is exceptions. There’s always a situation where someone needs to do this work because production is down but then no one goes back and looks at it.

A stat about SNMP basic protocol that came up in my discussions with some fortune 10 companies really opened my eyes. The vulnerability that we&#39;ve got in that protocol, across literally everything from building management systems to air conditioning, v1 and v2 exist everywhere. SNMPv3 is “theoretically” secure, but in reality it&#39;s completely hackable. And where do the target breeds come through? An HVAC system that got them in to compromise the other systems. Our grid today is all set up in that manner. They&#39;re using SNMPv3 “securely” and then our grid to the digital infrastructure, to all the other aspects. So there are the vectors just in applications on cloud, but you also have to think about how many holes are underneath.

What’s the top priority: securing your code or your infrastructure?

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