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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...
Small NZ surf brand Coastlines rides cloud with SAP
A year after launching its cloud-based Business ByDesign suite in the New Zealand market, SAP has announced its first local adopter, and it’s much smaller than its traditional clientele… read more...
Tool shows A/NZ software developers are world class
A benchmarking tool that lets software teams compare themselves with the world’s best suggests that Australian and New Zealand development teams outperform their peers in terms of quality… read more...
Gen-i enters Aussie agreement with Telstra
The ICT services company is renewing its focus on New Zealand businesses and the Telstra partnership will remove the burden of its Australian clients while offering expanded services… read more...
Kiwi ISP buys Orcon
CallPlus hits 220,000 customers and $200 million with purchase of Orcon… read more...
Telecom banks on cloud to power future profits
Telecom is continuing to reinvent itself in its bid to survive in an increasingly digital marketplace, with the announcement this week of the acquisition of a cloud services business… read more...
Top Kiwi tech start-up acquired by Microsoft
Microsoft Azure has strengthened its Big Compute offering with the acquisition of its partner and successful New Zealand technology company GreenButton… read more...
SAP cloud lures 46 percent of user base
There are already 35 million users of SAP cloud services worldwide – but that is likely to prove just the tip of the iceberg according to a new study of 100 of the world’s biggest enterprises… read more...
Revenue Minister lays out plans to avoid a Novopay on IRD project
Simplification and industry consultation will be key to updating the IRD’s ancient computer system says Minister Todd McClay… read more...
Millbrook Resort golf carts first in NZ to receive interactive GPS system
The internationally recognised golf course at the luxury resort has added a new dimension to its golfing experience and managers promise there is more to come… read more...
Salesforce releases developers’ kit for wearables
Software-as-a-service giant Salesforce has released a developers’ kit to support the creation of apps for wearables that can be integrated with Salesforce enterprise applications… read more...
IDC outlines the tech battlefields of the future
After 205 years’ continuous operation Australia Post has confirmed its original business model has been savaged by technology, this week re-organising itself and confirming 900 job losses in the process… read more...
IDC forecasts end of IT vendor dinosaurs
Technology analyst IDC Australia has forecast a “mass extinction event” among technology vendors which fail to transition their business models to cope with what it terms the “third platform”… read more...
Market snapshot: internet of things on accelerated growth path
The ‘internet of things’ has moved beyond the buzz and is forecast to exceed $7 trillion by 2020, according to IDC… read more...
Retailers chase their e-tails
The retail markets in both Australia and New Zealand are in a state of technology-induced flux even though consumers in both countries still spend less than $7 out of every $100 online… read more...
Gartner: Microsoft /Salesforce partnership “pragmatic”
Last week’s partnership announcement between Microsoft and Salesforce shows a pragmatic Microsoft leadership that wants to integrate more with existing ecosystems… read more...
Greentree board appointment adds legal expertise, maintains family connection
Mike Bowman, former executive director of Bancorp New Zealand and son of the late Greentree founder Don Bowman, has been appointed to Greentree’s board of directors… read more...
Cloud dishes up self-serve enterprise mobility
Dimension Data’s newly announced enterprise mobility as a service solution will be served up to local users out of its data centres around the world, including A/NZ, and is just one sign of significant growth in the managed mobile services market… read more...
