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Donovan Jackson
Windows 10 ushers in OS-as-a-service
Implied annuity payments won’t happen with this iteration, but what comes next?… read more...
Tapping the data asset: the emerging Chief Data Officer
The IT world bandies big data about as some kind of nirvana but the reality is that data is a pain point for most. But organisations are starting to value data as an asset they need to get serious about… read more...
Post-PC Windows 10 eyes up Internet of Things
The timing has never been more challenging for the launch of a new version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system… read more...
Complexity causing data centre blues? Hyperconvergence to the rescue
The physical contents of data centres tend to stealthily expand, becoming increasingly difficult to manage… read more...
Technology comes to le Tour de France
198 riders form mesh network broadcasting data to the world… read more...
Australia Post looks to NZ’s ShipIT for better ecommerce service
Under pressure postal service looks to capitalise on online retail boom… read more...
Microsoft’s Muckleston heading to Seattle
Former Microsoft NZ MD to take up worldwide role as GM for Surface channel sales… read more...
Enterprise cloud works best with feet on the ground
Cloud solutions only as good as local support is… read more...
The end of an error as Microsoft nukes Nokia handsets
Nokia handsets are dead and Microsoft killed them. Where to for the Surface… read more...
The internet’s gone to the dogs as Bow Wow Box seeks investors
Pets aren’t being left behind in the march to the subscription-based digital economy… read more...
Orion Health makes hay in Vietnam
Orion Health to provide solutions to Vinmec International Hospitals, signs a strategic partnership with VITCORP… read more...
Hey NZ, don’t forget about us
Kiwi email signature company heads to Microsoft WPC as sole NZ sponsor… read more...
Mixed outcome in Commerce Commission draft decision disappoints
While Spark is ‘encouraged’ by the Commerce Commission draft decision on wholesale copper charges, TUANZ is ‘disappointed’… read more...
How Freeview is addressing the Netflix effect
The dreaded ‘N’ word wasn’t mentioned at the launch of Freeview Plus in Auckland this morning, but its presence was certainly felt in the room… read more...
Fog day afternoon: Networking supremo goes large on Internet of Things
Knowing a good thing when it sees it, Cisco has announced a broad portfolio of products and solutions to get more things on the internet… read more...
Consumer electronics retailer hitches wagon to ‘Internet of Things’
The tech industry is notorious for misunderstandings, blurred definitions and, perhaps above all, three letter acronyms (TLA)… read more...
Move over cowboy, the UrbanSherpa is here
As a species, humans have never had a problem paying for convenience… read more...
Business is taking charge of digitisation effort
Line of business managers are taking a far more direct role in choosing the technology they use, working alongside, rather than under, their IT team… read more...
Free on Play: Office for Android
Finally, millions of Android users can use Microsoft Office apps to view Microsoft Office documents… read more...
Kiwi companies indifferent to Windows Server 2003 end-of-support
With three weeks to go, there are still plenty of Kiwi businesses completely ignoring Microsoft’s FUD machine… read more...
