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How the right systems can determine M&A success
Acquiring a company or merging with a peer can strengthen a business but, like any financial strategy, there are risks involved… read more...
Volvo and Microsoft cosy up for better car buying experience
New partnership promises holographic technology to configure and preview car choices in 3D before purchase… read more...
Four considerations on the road to multinational business
Expanding overseas can be an effective way of broadening the customer base and increasing profits… read more...
Digital push must come from CEO and board to succeed
Enterprises which want to transition from traditional operations into a digital business need the CEO and board to drive the agenda, or they will likely fail… read more...
NZ security startup cashes out with Kordia acquisition
Kordia NZ is expands cyber-security portfolio with purchase of Wellington’s Aura Information Security… read more...
CFOs remain wary of cloud
ANZ chief financial officers remain wary of the cloud for their own use, even though they’ve had a decade of signing cloud cheques for CMOs and CIOs… read more...
Trade Me: NZ companies need more intelligence
Business intelligence done well is a ‘fantastic tool’, according to Trade Me senior BI architect Philip Seamark, because it can provide the insight to shape focus and efficiency… read more...
Board-level marketers must embrace data, technology and finance
Marketers gain a place on the board, credibility and strategic support from director-level peers only if they speak the right language… read more...
Acronym soup and the changing C-Suite
A changing workforce model is behind evolution in the executive suite, according to Accenture’s NZ country manager… read more...
Microsoft busts out Surface Pro 4
‘Laptop replacement’ gadget available for purchase in New Zealand from today… read more...
Telcos the new TV stations?
Make space Sky, TVNZ, Freeview and Mediaworks, because telcos are becoming pay-TV operators… read more...
The case of Rackspace’s technology innovation study
‘Curious’ organisations more likely to see greater technological innovation and application in the workplace… read more...
Canon acquires Converga
Canon Australia has fully acquired The New Zealand Post Group’s managed services and business process outsourcing company, Converga, for an undisclosed sum… read more...
PwC identifies ten behaviours for digital success
The key behaviours that correlate strong digital investment to profitability are highlighted by PwC New Zealand’s 2015 Global Digital IQ Survey… read more...
CSx tackles concussion, wins Samsung Springboard
Inaugural event with $30,000 top prize draws 81 entries… read more...
Digital invaders identified too little too late
A growing number of CEOs now recognise that they may not see the competition coming because of the speed of technology fuelled digital invaders… read more...
ICT Grad school ‘ambulance at bottom of cliff’ says Orion CEO
While the introduction of a new graduate school for advanced ICT studies is a step in the right direction to produce the sort of candidates New Zealand high tech companies need, it is focused on the wrong end of the spectrum… read more...
Hybrid cloud boost as Microsoft cosies with Red Hat
Microsoft and Red Hat announce partnership to drive hybrid cloud computing… read more...
Medtech looks to States for growth
Kiwi company the latest to target US market with healthcare solution… read more...
Omnichannel for government?
The public sector could benefit from an omnichannel approach to service delivery much like the approaches being adopted by operators in the private sector… read more...