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IT managers blast cloud SLAs
Technology executives may buy cloud services, but they have little faith in the service level agreements on offer and almost three in four think cloud companies actively hide problems… 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...
MasterCard launches digital wallet ecosystem in New Zealand
While Visa has publicly admitted it is considering changes to its current model for digital wallets, MasterCard is getting closer to its dream of a virtually invisible payments process online and in-store… read more...
Cebit kicks off new venue, new line-up
One of the highlights of the region’s information technology calendar kicks off in Sydney next week in a new venue and with a whole new line-up…hopefully… read more...
Tait secures Brisbane Airport contract ahead of G20 summit
The communications company will design, deploy and manage a critical new communications system for the airport, allowing it to focus on its core business… read more...
Vodafone M2M reaches one million connections with new deal
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
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
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
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 Partner Award winners 2013 announced
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
New Zealand technology talent was on display last night at the Hi-Tech Awards finalist event where Vend featured prominently… read more...
Seismic shifts for sector as CIOs struggle to keep pace
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...
