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Has Trade Me/Harmoney investment put cat among the pigeons?
As peer to peer lending platforms gain momentum, traditional lending institutions will need to evolve to remain relevant in a new lending culture… read more...
Windows 10: A new generation of Windows
REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 21, 2015 — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of Windows, with a wide range of experiences designed to usher in… read more...
NZ Hi-Tech Awards – six weeks until entries close
NZ Hi-Tech Trust chair Wayne Norrie invites the technology industry to enter the 2015 NZ Hi-Tech Awards… read more...
2014 Christmas shopping a last-minute affair
Consumers in New Zealand rushed to the shops at the last possible minute in 2014 while Australians took a more sedate approach to the Christmas rush… read more...
Wynyard software hunts felons State-side
The Kiwi company’s crime analytics software is helping to fight crime globally, most recently the notorious Felony Lane Gang… read more...
Online TV battle lines drawn
Spark announces hook to attract customers to free-TV-streaming, in a market place that is getting crowded… read more...
Quantum computing heralds better data security
Advances being made in Australian and New Zealand Universities are beating a path toward information systems which offer orders of magnitude improvements in security… read more...
Software world-first carves the costs of BYOD
Good Technology has released software that allows personal and corporate consumption of data on a BYOD device, making employee reimbursement somewhat easier… read more...
Enterprise software spending growth leads the pack
Enterprise software is a standout in Gartner’s 2015 IT spending forecast – though market competition and consolidation may threaten some vendors’ coffers… read more...
NZ MBAs provide solid IT foundation
On a recent trip to the region the CEO of the Association of MBAs was impressed by New Zealand’s coverage of technology in MBA courses… read more...
Office 365 add-on crash tackles cloud ERPs and accounting
A Sydney-based business is taking on ERP and financial software vendors with a tightly integrated bolt-on for Office 365 that is being hosted in Microsoft’s Australian data centres… read more...
Technology at centre of NZ policing excellence
A New Zealand Police report on its Policing Excellence initiative has shown how technology helped the organisation to exceed its predicted targets… read more...
Xero US listing on cards next year
After a rugged year on the stock exchange the cloud accounting provider has got its mojo back indicating US growth and listing plans… read more...
Local 365/Dynamics turn-around signals change in Microsoft style
Australian hosting of Office 365 and Dynamics CRM, coupled with per-user pricing is being tipped to boost A/NZ demand for Microsoft’s cloud and shows the company is listening to its customers… read more...
AppNexus cracks down on click fraud
An initiative designed to block online advertisement fraud will be rolled out across Australia and New Zealand in the second quarter of 2015… read more...
Telcos blindsided by ComCom draft prices
The telco industry is up in arms and signaling higher end-user prices following the release of the Commerce Commission’s higher than anticipated price proposal for copper and broadband… read more...
AppWrap: ICT news wrap up Q4 2014
A wrap-up of news stories that caught our eye over the the past quarter of ICT news including appointments, departures, deals done, implementations completed, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships… read more...
Research specialist appointed as CEO for NZTech
Well-known technology industry face Graeme Mueller has been appointed to the industry group to take its evolution to the next stage… read more...
Kiwi tech revelling in awards season
The winners of the eighth CIO Awards were announced last week at a gala dinner at Sky City – just one of many ICT-stacked awards ceremonies scheduled this year… read more...
TUANZ announces new CEO
Following the March resignation of its current high-profile CEO Paul Brislen for an executive director post at Jane Sweeney’s new PR agency, TUANZ has announced Craig Young as its new CEO… read more...