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Private equity firm takes stake in StorageCraft
TA Associates to invest U$187 million in backup and recovery software provider… read more...
SAP and Accenture tighten links
Accenture, which already has 42,000 staff dedicated to providing SAP services (46 percent of them in the Asia/Pacific/Japan region), has further tightened its links with the German software giant … read more...
Consumer tech faces rocky start in 2016
While the New Year kicked off with the annual circus that is the Consumer Electronics Show, revealing gizmos galore, the portents for 2016 in this segment of the tech sector seem more dour… read more...
The PC party is over as worldwide shipments deflate
Worldwide PC shipments of 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 are 8.3 percent down the same period in 2014 said Gartner… read more...
Data analytics enters new phase of maturity
Data analytics is about to get a whole lot more interesting as pioneering companies work out how to empower their business executives without unleashing information anarchy… 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...
Half of us will use smartphones or wearables to make payments by 2018
Mobile payments are gaining acceptance among consumers in North America, Japan and some countries in Western Europe, according to Gartner… read more...
Dead unicorns on the horizon
Just as in the Game of Thrones series, the ‘winter is coming’, and with it, so are huge risks to investors and employees of the so called unicorns, writes IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes… read more...
Universal opprobrium for copper pricing decision
TUANZ, Vodafone, Spark voice discontent with ComCom draft decision on copper pricing… read more...
How farmers can get OnSide with health and safety
New health and safety system for farmers to launch next year… read more...
Finally, less form filling for online payment
Digital easy in a good week for payments in NZ… read more...
Orion goes global with Amadeus, looks to accelerate Precision Medicine
Platform to enable highly personalised healthcare and the implementation of Precision Medicine… 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...
Spark boosts cloud services capabilities by acquisition
Spark has signed a conditional agreement to acquire privately-owned South Island based IT infrastructure and professional services company Computer Concepts Limited (CCL) for $50 million… read more...
New partnership heralds en masse precision medicine
Trifecta to deliver ‘world-leading integrated precision medicine solution’ right here in NZ… read more...
TechnologyOne says 2015’s been pretty good
Australian software provider TechnologyOne has increased its footprint in New Zealand… read more...
Fronde’s new CEO
Former Fisher & Paykel exec takes top job at tech solutions company… read more...
Seven considerations in the journey from legacy to cloud
Many organisations still rely on legacy systems and but are considering a transition to the cloud… read more...
