How Restaurants Can Be More Sustainable
Sustainability isn’t a temporary trend. It’s becoming a bigger customer demand and it’s set to stay…
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How to Create The Best Restaurant Experience
Serving up delicious dishes and delivering great service are two of the most important factors when it comes to providing a great customer experience at a restaurant, but is that enough?
Is best of breed the solution for your software needs? – Pt 2
This is part 2 of a blog series around different approaches to business software. While this blog stands alone, you can read part one here. Same, same – but different People that know me are probably sick of me comparing Kobas to the iPhone, but in case you’ve not had this pleasure, I’ll say it […]
Is best of breed the solution for your software needs? – Pt 1
Giving more by offering less I’m going to say something here that’s going to upset, or at least annoy, a lot of people. At face value it will seem self-serving, but hear me out and see if you still disagree in a few minutes. Here goes: Getting every ‘best of breed’ solution is normally NOT […]
Kobas & Covid – The 2022 Update
This is the latest update from the Covid-19 update series from CEO, James O’Sullivan. See part 1, part 2 and part 3. Anyone that knows me will know that I skew quite heavily to the optimistic end of the spectrum. If a trip would take 45 minutes in ideal conditions, allowing 50 minutes is ample […]
Kovid pt3 – New Heights
This is final part of the Kovid story. If you haven’t read part 1 or part 2 it would make sense to do so first. You have to feel sorry for Orderella and their backers. Founded in 2012 and ultimately meeting its demise in 2017, Orderella was an app that allowed customers to order their […]
Kovid pt2 – Finding a Purpose
This is part 2 of the Kovid story. If you haven’t read part 1 it would make sense to do so first. “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. It provides the opportunity to do things that were not possible to do before” is quote attributed to Rahm Emanuel (or Paul Romer […]
Kovid – The descent
March 17th was already a date of note in my calendar as my wife is Irish and it was the date my father’s mother passed away. Other circumstances that intertwined with these happy / sad events probably secured the fledgling application that became Kobas. That is a story for another time, but the date now […]
Kobas Favourites: Pride Themed Cocktails
We at Kobas are firm believers in equal rights for everyone whether we’re straight, gay, bisexual, non-binary, trans, asexual or anywhere else on the spectrum of gender and sexuality. Our team is proud to be made up of a diverse group of individuals who each bring something unique to the table to make Kobas the […]
AURES EPoS Predictions Report 2018
AURES have released their EPoS Predictions Report for 2018. For the report, AURES asked industry leaders for their input on the future of POS. One of them is our very own CEO, James. Here are some highlights about what he had to share. Where do you see the future of POS in the next 5 […]
Updated Privacy Policy and Marketing Consent
If you have been following the Kobas blog in 2018 then you will have learned that we take data protection very seriously. Whilst these may not have been the flashiest of updates that we’ve put out over the years, they have helped put our users in control of their personal data and ensure that our […]
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Information
In my capacity as the Kobas Data Protection Officer (DPO), I’m pleased to provide an update on our preparations for the EU GDPR enforcement deadline coming this May. We’ve recently tightened our data retention policies and will be implementing improvements over the coming weeks, so please read on to ensure your organisation is also prepared […]