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IoT vulnerabilities tipped as ‘weakest link’ of the future
While ubiquitous internet connectivity is benefitting businesses, it’s also providing a rich seam for cybercriminals who continue to seek out enterprises’ weakest links… read more...
A/NZ sees share of digital universe dwindle
Australia and New Zealand’s share of the digital universe is shrinking – from 2.6 percent in 2010 to 2.2 percent today – by 2020 it will be even lower even though enterprise data stores will balloon… read more...
Amazon, Fonterra, US Dept of Agriculture, China to share exporting insights at NZ conference
The Connect 2014 conference at the end of this month will host global and local experts on exporting, product traceability and digital technologies to address the critical issues involved in supplying products to China and other major markets… read more...
Board members ignorant, wilfully stupid? IT security blindspot risks critical infrastructure
An IT security blindspot has left the world’s critical infrastructure at risk from targeted attacks by nation-states and criminal organisations, and rendered other industry sectors vulnerable as a result… read more...
Ovum: Analytics and loyalty will drive mobile payments growth
Ovum’s senior analyst for financial services technology Gilles Ubaghs discusses the mobile payments market… read more...
IRD Business Transformation project seeks nominations for ICT reference group
The group is designed to offer a forum where outside perspectives can be shared and views exchanged in a free and frank manner between the ICT sector and the Inland Revenue… read more...
Frost & Sullivan defines the ‘connected living’ market
The analyst says massive technology-led disruption across all industries globally, driven by the rapid proliferation of connected devices and services, is moving everyone and everything towards a state of ‘connected everything’… read more...
Drury fires up political debate
Last night Minister for Communications and Information Technology Amy Adams and her opposition counterparts attended a political panel on ICT… read more...
Cloud integration platform replaces legacy systems by stealth
Integration platforms which allow applications, data and cloud services to be woven together into a seamless computing fabric are also being credited with allowing legacy systems to be replaced by stealth… read more...
NZ crime buster Wynyard boosts Sydney operations
New Zealand-based Wynyard Group has opened an Asia Pacific Operation Centre in Sydney, more than doubling its Australian headcount and boosting its data analytics capabilities… read more...
Dear John letters won’t cut it for modern marketers
Clear evidence has been uncovered of the benefits of personalising marketing campaigns for individual clients and customers – but most A/NZ marketing executives stall after adding a name to an email… read more...
AppWrap: ICT news wrap up Q2 2014
A wrap-up of the past quarter’s ICT news… read more...
Microsoft restructures, “eliminates” Nokia
Microsoft has today announced a restructuring plan that will eliminate up to 18,000 jobs over the next year as it aligns the recently-acquired Nokia and repositions the business to be a productivity and platform company… read more...
Telecom jockeys for position
Telecom is making clear moves to diversify its offerings and survive in a digital age, making a large number of announcements in the last month, including naked ultra fibre services and, this week, new 4G services over its new 700MHz spectrum… read more...
NBN Co starts fibre-to-the node rollout
More than 650,000 Australian premises are now theoretically able to connect to the National Broadband Network, and 210,000 have done so according to a mid-year update from NBN Co… read more...
Domecq launches new cloud-based business navigator
Technology entrepreneur and ex-Localist CEO Christina Domecq last night launched her latest project that has the potential to turn the small to medium business world on its head… read more...
Respect Network turns personal data into currency but maintains privacy
Australia is one of the first four countries to host personal clouds for people wishing to use the still fledgling Respect Network as a gateway to connect them with online products, companies and services… read more...
Gartner sheds light on local IT spending patterns
The recent IT spending forecast for Australia and New Zealand shows, among other things, a growing desire for customer experience-related enterprise software… read more...
Gartner revises IT spending forecast down for 2014
Worldwide IT spending is still increasing, but not as much as Garter initially predicted due to changes in the market… read more...
Aussie’s Vocus could shake up NZ data solutions market with FX acquisition
The purchase means Vocus is now an integrated provider of fibre, data centre and internet in New Zealand and aims to replicate its successful Australian formula across the Tasman… read more...