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Westpac App Challenge reveals world-class quality on our doorstep
The competition quality was such a success that an extra winner was selected and now Westpac plans to replicate the format internationally… read more...
DB receives award for full strength customer service with SAP
The iconic New Zealand brewer has cooked up a new recipe for customer satisfaction using e-commerce ingredients… read more...
Xero on track to become global darling
The New Zealand based cloud accounting company is set to take off in the US market after a capital raising exercise that yielded $180 million… read more...
Survey reveals damage from lack of corporate investment in mobility
Lack of investment in mobility is compromising the transformational technology’s ability to deliver productivity gains and opening companies up to security threats… read more...
Positive effect of outsourcing R&D abroad spells opportunity for NZ
A new study shows that businesses that outsource R&D overseas are more likely to innovate than those who outsource at home… read more...
GeoOp private share offer significantly oversubscribed
The mobile job costing company could be shaping up to be the next Kiwi cloud darling as it makes moves to float on the stock market… read more...
Gartner offers top predictions for industry sectors
Transformative technologies are set to continue to disrupt the enterprise in 2014 and beyond… read more...
Gartner: Top technology trends you cannot afford to ignore
Gartner has published its annual list of the top strategic technology trends, which includes software-defined anything (SDx), 3D printing, mobile apps, cloud/client architecture, hybrid cloud and IT-as-service-broker and smart machines… read more...
WXC Communications wins AMI Insurance business
The communications vendor leverages positive track record at parent company IAG to win more business at its subsidiary… read more...
BNZ taps facial recognition software for marketing campaign
The bank is using the technology to help get New Zealanders talking about their finances, but the software creator nViso sees many other business applications for the technology… read more...
Gen-i says goodbye to training cash cow Auldhouse
The ICT provider continues to realign its business, divesting IT training company Auldhouse through another management buy-out… read more...
ASB extends mobile banking to business customers
Mobile banking for business is currently the focus of the banking industry as it catches up with consumer banking offerings… read more...
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...
