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Greentree plans US push with fourth generation ERP

November 19, 2014 | Newsdesk
The introduction of the first elements of Greentree4 which allows browser-based access to the ERP platform has delivered the impetus for the New Zealand company to tackle the US market… read more...

Digital marketers grasp the B2C nettle

November 18, 2014 | Beverley Head
There has been a surge in confidence regarding digital marketing from professionals in Australia and New Zealand… read more...

Zespri world first with SAP move to Azure

November 14, 2014 | Newsdesk
The kiwifruit marketer has chosen the US Azure cloud to help it combat disaster recovery and scalability issues in its business… read more...
NZ passport

Veda launches real-time passport verification service

November 14, 2014 | Newsdesk
New Zealand credit bureau, Veda, is the first company to launch a real-time passport verification service in the New Zealand market… read more...

Interest surges in data lakes as enterprises seek customer insights

November 13, 2014 | Beverley Head
There has been a surge in interest in data lakes over the last three months according to technology analyst Gartner, as enterprises scramble to make sense of their data… read more...

New asset management solution seals gap in SMB market

November 11, 2014 | Newsdesk
Cloud Awakening has opened shop, selling a cloud-based asset management solution targeted at mid-sized businesses in Australia and New Zealand, plugging what it considers a major market hole… read more...

Driverless cars zoom into focus for A/NZ

November 11, 2014 | Newsdesk
Within two decades driverless vehicles could become a significant feature on Australian and New Zealand roads – if Governments invest in supporting technical infrastructure and update road rules… read more...
Business growth

Kiwi SMEs put Aussie counterparts to shame

November 7, 2014 | Newsdesk
New Zealand’s SMEs are showing their highest growth in more than half a decade thanks to hard work and technology says new report… read more...

Fancy a free holiday? Stop turning up late to meetings

November 5, 2014 | Newsdesk
Meetings are the bane of the workplace; the average worker attends five a week, an executive ten – and because of habitual late starts we lose several days of productive work time each year… read more...

Infor steps up search for “beautiful” software

November 5, 2014 | Newsdesk
Global enterprise software company Infor has embarked on a mission to develop and deliver “beautiful” software and hired New York-based designers to help… read more...
knowledge sharing

NZ Councils to cut costs with launch of free online process knowledge library

November 4, 2014 | Newsdesk
From this week New Zealand councils can take advantage of each other’s process knowledge and experience for free thanks to a new online library that could save some councils tens of thousands of dollars… read more...

Success not guaranteed: preparing an ERP business case

October 31, 2014 | Hayden McCall
A rigorous business case establishes a foundation for discovering the potential benefits of a new technology solution… read more...
Bright Sparks drone

Teen’s sophisticated drone invention wins Bright Sparks award

October 30, 2014 | Newsdesk
Tauranga’s 17-year old Callum Riddington has won the Baldwins supreme award at Bright Sparks 2014 for his invention, Kiwi Drones… read more...

Microsoft switches on local cloud, software store

October 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Microsoft has switched on its Australian cloud, operated out of data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, announced Equinex and Telstra as express network partners, along with a cloud marketplace… read more...

Newly privatised BMC beefs up R&D spend

October 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Getting out of the public eye has allowed BMC to redirect shareholder funds into R&D and help it live up to its new motto “bring IT to life” – something that could refer to either the company or its customers’ IT projects… read more...

Mobile cast as the great retail leveler

October 23, 2014 | Newsdesk
Mobility has been identified as retailers’ biggest ally – able to restore some of the balance to the retailer-customer relationship which has been skewed by the internet… read more...
TIN

Tenth TIN100 report celebrates $8 billion NZ tech industry

October 23, 2014 | Newsdesk
The tenth annual TIN100 and TIN100+ report was released last night showing that software growth outstripped IT services growth for the first time… read more...

PayPal offers Aussies business loans; lines blur between technology and finance

October 22, 2014 | Beverley Head
Three of Australia’s biggest banks open innovation centres to spur technology development while PayPal offers small business loans as the lines blur between the technology and finance sectors… read more...

Intergen acquired by ASX-listed Empired, creates largest Australasian Microsoft services provider

October 21, 2014 | Newsdesk
ASX-listed IT services company Empired Limited (ASX:EPD) has acquired one of New Zealand’s leading IT services firms, Intergen Limited, for $A17.4 million via a Share Purchase Agreement to be paid over three years… read more...
MyRepublic

NZ’s first fibre-only ISP MyRepublic promises to challenge incumbents

October 16, 2014 | Newsdesk
The new ISP says it is designed specifically for the UFB world and will challenge outdated incumbent attitudes on the importance of customer experience, products and pricing… read more...

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