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Family homes become the latest IoT battleground
In less than a decade the typical family home in Australia and New Zealand could contain several hundred internet connected devices as the cost of making a device internet-smart drops to around $1… read more...
Kiwi smarts lead to world-first video calling app for CRMs
A New Zealand company has launched the world’s first recordable video calling from within your CRM system… read more...
Equip your salespeople for on-the-road success
Evidence shows that the ‘hard sell’ does not generate loyalty, but a good experience does. The experts at MYOB discuss what salespeople need to achieve this… read more...
How technology trends are helping Life Sciences
The experts at UXC Eclipse say there are a number of technologies that are driving the Life Sciences market forward… read more...
Online tool takes guess work out of hiring accountants
An online tool that tests accountancy technical competency was launched last week at the HR Game Changer Conference, giving those hiring accountants a reliable way to measure technical ability for the first time… read more...
Apple seeks slice of payments market
The launch of Apple Pay, which will turn the new iPhone6 and Apple Watch into tap-and-go digital wallets, can’t take place in A/NZ before 2015 because part of the security framework is missing… read more...
Infographic: Online retail sales index
BNZ has released the results of its latest Online Retail Sales Index and the results show that traditional local retailing is under mounting pressure… read more...
TechEd NZ: Microsoft enters sexy tech race
In a battle for the ‘sexiest’ tech company you’d be forgiven for not even considering that Microsoft could be in the running, but after the last couple of days, things could be about to change… read more...
Megatrends and what you need to know about them
Global research firm Frost & Sullivan recently announced the winners of its inaugural New Zealand Excellence Awards, preceded by its Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Congress 2014… read more...
Only one A/NZ business makes grade on supply chains
Only one organisation based in Australia has made the cut for Gartner’s annual list of the most effective supply chains in Asia Pacific – and New Zealand fails to rate a mention… read more...
Salesforce community plug-in described as LinkedIn for corporates
Salesforce has released software templates that allow organisations to build communities of customers, resellers or employers so they can interact and collaborate in the cloud including from mobiles and wearables… read more...
Code Club opens young eyes to IT careers
An after-school computer code writing programme for intermediate and secondary school Kiwis will officially kick off at ITx, New Zealand’s conference of IT, in early October. IITP’s Techblog editor Simon Eskrow reports… read more...
Opposition R&D tax credit policy described as ‘scattergun’
Electioneering focused on the tech sector this week with a political debate in front of the country’s top high-tech companies where politicians aired their science, technology and innovation policies… read more...
NZ’s science and tech policies better than Australia’s
New Zealand’s science, technology and innovation policies have been under scrutiny in the lead up to this month’s election, iStart’s Australian correspondent, Beverley Head, reports from across the ditch… read more...
Ovum says telcos must do more to win M2M land-grab
Ovum forecasts that the M2M market will reach $US66 billion by 2019 and urges operators to invest in their own capabilities if they want to gain share in the much-hyped but equally important IoT market… read more...
Is your email signature legal?
The laws and legislation surrounding email disclaimers are tightening all around the globe with the prospect of significant fines for non-conformists… read more...
Online ad market growth moves up a gear
The local online advertising market saw healthy growth in the latest quarter but the star performer differs from international trends. read more...
Hypecycle identifies technologies ahead of their time
Organisations experimenting with internet of things deployments, wearables, cryptocurrencies or big data could be in for a long wait before they bear real fruit. Beverley Head reports… read more...
NZ’s oldest honey brand pots tech world-first
Amongst the current focus on manuka honey authenticity and traceability, one 100-year-old Kiwi honey-maker has turned to technology to prove its quality and provenance… read more...
Westpac inks deal with Moven, turns money management on head
The New York mobile money management start-up is taking a different approach to the way people interact with money and is going global starting with an exclusive deal in New Zealand… read more...