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Vodafone M2M reaches one million connections with new deal

April 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Vodafone New Zealand has reached over one million machine-to-machine (M2M) connections, thanks to a five year global agreement with International Telematics Limited (ITL) signed last week… read more...

Predictive analytics cracks down on crime

April 29, 2014 | Newsdesk
Listed New Zealand technology company Wynyard is predicting strong Australian demand for its crime analytics platform as it becomes predictive… read more...

TechnologyOne takes New Zealand into the cloud following IRD data sovereignty exemption

April 22, 2014 | Newsdesk
TechnologyOne has been granted permission by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) to store data for its New Zealand customers in Australia on the TechnologyOne Cloud as a third party provider. The IRD’s approval exempts TechnologyOne customers from data sovereignty rules requiring financial records to be stored in New Zealand… read more...

Traction for Office 365, slow grind to Azure

April 16, 2014 | Newsdesk
While Microsoft continues to gain traction for its cloud-based Office 365 – the company grinds on slowly toward opening a local Azure data centre, almost a year after one was first promised… read more...
Microsoft awards

Microsoft Partner Award winners 2013 announced

April 16, 2014 | Newsdesk
The mega-vendor took time to reflect on the changes it is making as a company and highlight the importance of its partners as it goes cloud and mobile-first – but it hasn’t forgotten about Dynamics… read more...

Debitsuccess parent acquires UK’s Harlands Group

April 15, 2014 | Newsdesk
The New Zealand-based e-commerce company is continuing its growth spurt with the acquisition of a UK-based direct debit billing provider… read more...

Heartbleed represents serious threat to online business and internet of things

April 15, 2014 | Newsdesk
Recent evidence suggests that the Heartbleed vulnerability is something business should be genuinely concerned about… read more...

Samsung wearables launch in NZ; has Apple lost its edge?

April 9, 2014 | Newsdesk
The new smartwatch companion to the Samsung Galaxy S5 could prove the tipping point for Apple devotees and will see wearable technology penetrate the enterprise… read more...

Pivotal offers try-before-you-buy big data option

April 8, 2014 | Newsdesk
Australian and New Zealand companies are being offered the chance to access Pivotal’s Singapore-based innovation centre to use agile methods and Pivotal technologies to prototype big data applications… read more...

Cloud sprawl may prompt enterprise bill shock

April 8, 2014 | Newsdesk
Enterprise appetite for local and global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) continues to mount – but without proper checks and balances businesses are facing bill shock and integration challenges… read more...

Gartner: NZ enterprise software spend up 8.3 percent

April 4, 2014 | Newsdesk
The research firm’s quarterly IT spending forecast shows enterprise software is the fastest growing IT segment in 2014 and New Zealand investment in IT is mature… read more...

Death knell sounds for Microsoft XP

April 3, 2014 | Newsdesk
Microsoft turns off support for Windows XP and Office 2003 next week meaning no more patches, updates or technical support which may spur both security issues and hardware sprees… read more...

Eye-opening A/NZ growth for Gen-i cloud contact centre partner

April 1, 2014 | Newsdesk
After an astonishing 66 percent growth in its A/NZ revenues in the last year contact centre technology supplier Interactive Intelligence has partnered with Gen-i to bring its managed cloud contact centres to New Zealand… read more...

Vend raises $25 million, celebrates at NZ Hi-Tech Awards event

March 27, 2014 | Newsdesk
New Zealand technology talent was on display last night at the Hi-Tech Awards finalist event where Vend featured prominently… read more...
Seismic shifts with CIO

Seismic shifts for sector as CIOs struggle to keep pace

March 26, 2014 | Newsdesk
Seven out of ten CIOs will switch vendors in the next two to three years as they struggle to keep pace with both changing technology and sectoral shifts… read more...

Hadoop big data vulnerabilities too often ignored

March 26, 2014 | Newsdesk
As the role of big data grows in the enterprise, organisations are looking to replicate information governance and security practices associated with other mission critical systems… read more...

Apptio begins ANZ push with CIO toolset

March 25, 2014 | Newsdesk
Software has been developed to support enterprise HR, finance, marketing and manufacturing functions but CIOs have tended to rely on spreadsheets to manage IT; the cobbler’s children are shoeless… read more...

Jade Software has money in bank, aims to dominate logistics market

March 21, 2014 | Clare Coulson
Despite a reputation for focusing on ‘made in Jade’ and selling off its best innovations, Jade Software has solid plans for success in the modern marketplace… read more...

International recruiter seeks Kiwi tech superstars

March 18, 2014 | Newsdesk
Australian recruitment company Talent International is planning to roll out the red carpet for APAC’s technology superstars and has enlisted Sir Richard Branson and Steve Wozniak to help… read more...

MYOB API alive and well, celebrates first birthday

March 18, 2014 | Newsdesk
The MYOB API team is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its AccountRight Live API with more enhancements to the developer programme and an increased public profile for its third party apps… read more...

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