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Jonathan Cotton
World’s top IT companies tackle Industry 4.0 – with free education
Tech giants come together to train world’s workers to survive Fourth Industrial Revolution… read more...
2018: The year of zero-login, smart cars & the biometrics of things
What’s your mother’s maiden name? Don’t ask… read more...
IBM digitises global shipping supply chain
Big Blue and Maersk look to reinvent logistics using blockchain… read more...
The honeymoon’s over: Bitcoin topples
Panic in Asia spreads to rest of the world as South Korean government vows to get tough… read more...
2018: The year of social payment wars
P2P payments take off as Apple, Google and Facebook all start vying for that sweet, sweet social dollar… read more...
How AI and automation will power your new ‘no-collar’ workforce
With hybrid human/machine roles becoming a reality, one thing’s for sure: HR and IT departments – not to mention low-skilled workers – are in for some big changes… read more...
Economic downturn? Keep on collaborating
New research indicates that recessionary thinking has all the hallmarks of a self-fulfilling prophecy… read more...
Introducing your new workplace headache: Gen Z
The new (est) breed takes a different approach to tech than their Millennial predecessors… read more...
Turns out marketers are just guessing
If you ever get the feeling your marketing person is a little full of it, you may have been onto something… read more...
Can too many experts hurt your venture? Experts say ‘yes’
You may think stacking your business-deck with brains is crucial to innovate, but new research indicates the opposite may be true… read more...
Gartner CIO agenda 2018: CIOs must ‘remix’ their role beyond IT
Controlling costs, improving processes, exploiting data, driving revenue, scaling digital: the modern CIO must master it all… read more...
Govt to mandate open banking data access
New legislation will shift the control of users’ data from the bank to the customer (and may just supercharge the fintech sector)… read more...
Fake news and cyber security
Why thinking clearly about security is so hard… read more...
Uber not above dodgy dealings
It may be a year old hacking scandal but as Uber starts to come clean it just gets worse and worse… read more...
Techweek looks to import VIP contingent
It seems in 2017 every country wants to rebrand itself as an innovation hotspot, and New Zealand is no different. But what are we doing about it?… read more...
Hollywood’s eyes wander down under
MPAA has come out swinging against Australian copyright laws, Kiwi piracy… read more...
From Russia with Like
What to do when your platform is loved by users and Russian propagandists alike? read more...
Beyond the banner: Is display advertising about to go bust?
Online ad spend across Asia/Pacific continues its upward trajectory but that may be about to change… read more...
NBN CEO: ‘Stop comparing Australia to NZ’
Bill Morrow leaps into print to defend NBN rollout from Kiwi comparisons (but fails to nail the landing)… read more...
Business transformation driving new SaaS and PaaS appetite
Huge opportunities for vendors as enterprises look to modernise legacy systems (and have the budgets to match)… read more...