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CIOs lose control of the enterprise IT budget
A recent report from Forrester Research reveals that chief information officers are losing their grip on enterprise IT budgets with line-of-business managers taking up the slack… read more...
Ellison snubs Oracle World to go sailing
Despite the Oracle world conference currently being held in San Francisco, iStart’s source on the ground says founder and CEO Larry Ellison seems to have his mind firmly on his other pet project… read more...
Companies without a mobile offering are missing out
SAP’s mobile strategy expert says businesses need to go mobile now… read more...
Westpac launches new digital strategy and platform
Westpac has announced its new mobile-first strategy, unveiling its re-engineered banking platform that puts the customer front and centre… read more...
Gartner: SAP an ERP leader but Epicor a visionary
The SAP Business All-in-one solution remains squarely in Gartner’s ERP Magic Quadrant ‘leaders’ category while Epicor ERP maintains its ‘visionary’ status for the fourth consecutive year… read more...
Emirates Team New Zealand a “tech company”, says Ian Taylor
The CEO of Animation Research Limited says the America’s Cup is more than just a boat race – it is also a tech showcase… read more...
Xero receives offshore data storage approval for NZ customers
Following updates from the IRD that allow tax data to be stored in offshore clouds, Xero is one of the first companies to be given approval… read more...
LinkedIn and Facebook battle for territory
LinkedIn opens up to teens while Facebook adds a professional skills category… read more...
BNZ device turns smartphones into payment terminals
BNZ has partnered with Australian developer Mint Wireless to launch PayClip a device that transforms smartphones into mobile payment machines to solve the problem of cash flow for SMBs. read more...
Council candidate launches talking campaign billboard
A council candidate is using augmented reality to communicate more directly with his constituents and encourage better voter turnout. read more...
Chief digital officers tipped as key to future business success
Almost half of Australian businesses surveyed already have a chief digital officer but the new role must be better articulated to avoid conflict with existing CIO responsibilities and promote acceptance. read more...
Tech secrets of Emirates Team New Zealand
The America’s Cup might be the oldest active trophy in international sport, yet it creates one of the most dramatic displays of cutting edge technology in action and now it’s talking big data and data centres… read more...
Online voting to be trialled at 2016 elections
Government aims to boost voter turnout with a digital solution… read more...
Public cloud services spending grows; focus shifts to innovation
The forecast hails a shift into ‘chapter two’ of cloud adoption, where businesses are focused on innovation and industry transformation… read more...
Details of 700 MHz auction released
The auction conditions ensure that at least 90 percent of New Zealanders have access to a 4G network and faster mobile broadband coverage within five years… read more...
Wellington growth planned for FNZ
Little known Kiwi success story has announced plans to hire 30 new staff for its Wellington office… read more...
Xero breaks through 200,000 user barrier
Cloud based accounting software upstart Xero has broken through the 200,000 customer barrier marking what chief executive Rod Drury refers to as the “end of the beginning”… read more...
Software patents thing of the past with new Patents Bill
IT industry bodies are celebrating the near unanimous passing of the Patents Bill in Parliament, which will effectively remove software patents from New Zealand… read more...
Domino’s Pizza the big cheese in digital retail
The quick service retail company invested millions in e-commerce when others thought it was a joke but it proved to be the perfect growth recipe for the pizza franchise… read more...
GeoOP follows in Xero’s footsteps with IPO plans
Indications from cloud-based company GeoOP and its bank investors, who led the Xero IPO, suggest the company has the potential to be the next major Kiwi cloud-computing success story… read more...
