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Heather Wright
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NZ’s SwipedOn bought for $11m
While Soul Machine garners new investment… read more...
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Switched on CIO: DX, robots, failing CIOs and FAANG lessons
KPMG CIO Cowan Pettigrew talks digital strategy and the role of the CIO… read more...
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Australia and NZ to take leadership roles in (some) open banking
Europe may have the jump on open banking, but A/NZ might just get it right… read more...
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Robots, automation…and longer holidays
Forget robots stealing our jobs – can they help make the four-day work week a reality instead?.. read more...
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AgTech meets RegTech in health and safety apps
And now insurance is about to join the party… read more...
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Commercial drones take flight
But regulation is yet to catch up… read more...
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Finance failing to keep pace with digital transformation
Too much siloed data continuing to hold finance back… read more...
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CTO be damned, tech sector forges ahead regardless
Kiwi tech profitability up and exports on track to hit $10b in three years… read more...
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Anti-money laundering legislation has a few hooks
New AML requirements will place new demands on Kiwi businesses… read more...
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Stripe, Slack, Canva… Cloud’s dominance grows
Forbes announces top 100 private cloud companies… read more...
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There’s big money in RegTech
And it isn’t just about the banks… read more...
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Forget RBI, Pāmu and Vodafone serve up connectivity to farms
Rural Connect pumps connectivity out to 300,000ha of farmland… read more...
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When cyber-crime strikes
Insurance moves from tangible to intangible assets, but who’s buying?… read more...
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Data, data, everywhere…
Data disarray a big stumbling block for Kiwi AI uptake… read more...
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Smart City 3.0: Are we ready?
From city smarts to integrated city-building-vehicle smarts… read more...
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Empired’s Intergen scoops up multimillion Kiwi govt win
Intergen to help DIA ‘reimagine’ Kiwi access to govt services… read more...
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Global venture capital turns spotlight on Kiwi agritech
New Agritech NZ deal offers access to millions in Series A funding… read more...
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Spark NZ, 5G take to water with Emirates Team NZ deal
5G will be a key enabler in ‘technology arms race’ that is the America’s Cup… read more...
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Data science for the people
You don’t need a PhD to discover the value of data… read more...
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Agritech NZ partners with US growers
New deal sows seeds for further growth… read more...