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Jonathan Cotton
The best of the bank apps
The rise of the consumer bank app has well and truly taken place, and why shouldn’t it have? We can do everything else on our phones these days, it makes sense that we should be able to move our money around, when we’re on the move, too. But are all banking apps created equal? What’s on offer from the big names? And what’s in it for enterprise? iStart decided to find out… read more...
Unified communications comes of age
Three years ago iStart prophesised that unified communications was going to be the next big thing. But three years, in the days before BYOD and when the cloud was in its infancy, is a long time ago. So where are we now?… read more...
14 things your CRM system could be telling you about your customer (but probably isn’t)
CRM software is about as crucial as it gets when it comes to managing your sales activities. But while it may be crucial, it’s hardly sexy, and therefore it’s something of a ‘set-and-forget’ piece of tech… read more...
Has Kim Dotcom killed the cloud?
Jonathan Cotton unravels the seemingly far-fetched but very real story of Dotcom, and asks if he has killed the cloud…[View as PDF] read more...
Point of Interest: Vaughan Rowsell founder of VEND
How a Kiwi start-up is revolutionising the retail payment industry with a clever cloud-based POS alternative that’s rapidly going global… read more...
Switched on CEO: Michael Bennetts unmasking Z
Transitioning Shell from global outpost to fresh local upstart has presented some major marketing conundrums, and some tough technology challenges along the way… read more...
Innovation NZ: What we need to do to matter on the global stage
While New Zealand may be a small country at the bottom of the world, it is nevertheless a hothouse for entrepreneurship and innovation, boasting some of the savviest and most creative risk-takers in the world. Why then are we labouring in obscurity? iStart sat down with some of the country’s best and brightest to find out… read more...
Satisfaction flunk
Almost 80% of business decision makers responsible for customer satisfaction think they deliver ‘poor’ or ‘average’ results…View as PDF read more...