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Donovan Jackson
ERP vendor says integration still a bugbear
The CEO and president of IFS chats with iStart about integration, unconstrained development and operational intelligence as the ‘IoT’ moves from concept to proof of concept… read more...
Data-driven experience electrifies energy consumers
Electricity retailing. It’s not really the sort of business ripe for innovation or differentiation for customers, you say? Well, according to Flick founder and CEO Steve O’Connor you are “wrong”… read more...
Gartner’s mid-market ERP Magic Quadrant: Which vendors shine?
With the release of its Magic Quadrant for Single-Instance ERP for Product-Centric Midmarket Companies, Gartner has pointed out those vendors which are delivering the goods… read more...
Rejoice, liberal arts student, your career in data analytics awaits
There’s plenty of hype around analytics and Gartner is tipping this sector of the industry for big things throughout 2016. But just how ready are businesses to take practical advantage of their data stores?… read more...
CSC’s UXC acquisition a done deal
Global technology solutions company CSC is to complete the acquisition of UXC Limited within the next few weeks… read more...
Customer experience: Apple excepted, mass personalisation is the new frontier
Companies focusing on developing ‘one to one’ relationships are winning an emerging battle of customer experience – but how come Apple pays so little attention to it?… read more...
Powered by cloud, CFOs are the new innovators
Finance, as essential a function as it is to any business, isn’t generally known as a hotbed of innovation. However, according to Oracle, perceptions and reality are changing where finance is concerned, and it is perhaps not hard to see why… read more...
Xero promises big data for small business with new Microsoft ties
Power BI integration likely to get spreadsheet aficionados fired up… read more...
Goodbye Koorb with latest Fusion5 acquisition
The wave of consolidation of trans-Tasman enterprise solution providers continues apace as Fusion5 snaps up the remnants of Koorb… read more...
First Software’s Xero integration eases road to ERP
Cloud ERP vendor’s Xero integration means more clients can access complete business management software… read more...
Despite ‘shocking’ state of global information security, it’s business as usual
Just 45 percent of organisations confident in security posture; attackers launching ‘more sophisticated, bold and resilient campaigns’… read more...
Generation rent
Everything as a service and nary ownership of it… read more...
Crowdfunded technology investment to hit US$8 billion by 2020
Researcher Juniper said crowdfunding platforms will deliver a sevenfold increase in technology investments within 5 years; local operator describes NZ performance as world-leading… read more...
Yellowfin punts new version of ‘accessible BI’ at Auckland roadshow
Australian BI vendor with big global footprint pops by NZ… read more...
Another big IT company appoints a chief customer officer
Kaseya’s new CCO stops by in Australia and New Zealand; ‘as a service’ mobility means increased focus on customers… read more...
Pay with your Android as ANZ introduces GoMoney Wallet
It’s very nearly 2016 and we still use plastic tokens – essentially a 1950s technology – to make payments… read more...
Big data after the hype
Big data is perhaps another of those IT industry things that makes you go ‘oh, really, show me the money’. But while a little hype fatigue can be expected, the use cases are steadily appearing… read more...
Cloud shakeup for the contact centre market?
Let there be contact centre solutions for all… read more...
Why (and how) your company has to become a talent magnet
In advice which Lotharios everywhere have made a part of their DNA, Greg Savage says talent acquisition is the art of seduction… read more...
Trade Me: NZ companies need more intelligence
Business intelligence done well is a ‘fantastic tool’, according to Trade Me senior BI architect Philip Seamark, because it can provide the insight to shape focus and efficiency… read more...
