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Support communities are where customers are won and lost
Support communities, indeed social media in general, is how a potential customer finds out what an organisation is really like, says Gerry McGovern. So why are so many companies getting the support community model all wrong?… read more...
Otago Polytechnic students battle nerves in industry leader Dragon’s Den session
14 groups of Information Technology students from Otago Polytechnic have pitched their business project to a panel of industry leaders in a tense ‘Dragon’s Den’ style session in Dunedin… read more...
Apple opens up over sweatshop allegations
Tech giant Apple has enlisted an independent investigator to inspect its Chinese operations, in an attempt to quell a potential consumer backlash over allegations of worker abuse in its supply chain… read more...
KiwiNet hits innovation ball into business court
Innovative NZ science research projects are being put up to attract investor interest for commercial development… read more...
$8m boost for hi-tech start-ups
Wellington-based angel investment group Angel HQ is partnering with the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund to invest up to NZ$8 million into start-up companies… read more...
Bigger than Apple – Samsung surges ahead to become world’s biggest smartphone seller
Samsung has kicked Apple off the top of the heap as sales of Samsung electronics overtake those of former market-dominator Apple Inc… read more...
Fujitsu entices SMEs with free cloud offer
Fujitsu is targeting SMEs and ISVs by offering a free trial of its Australian-based computing cloud platform as it attempts to push beyond the enterprise sector… read more...
Orion strikes major e-Health deal with Microsoft
Orion health Asia Pacific has signed an agreement to purchase Microsoft’s hospital information software assets which will enable it to offer to provide solutions to the global eHealth market… read more...
Telecom settles with Commerce Commission for $31.6M after discrimination accusations
Telecom will pay rivals $31.6 million to resolve allegations of discrimination under the Telecom Separation Undertakings… read more...
CallPlus dumps Vodafone for Telecom XT
CallPlus and Slingshot today announced they are abandoning former partner Vodafone and switching to Telecom Wholesale to provide “faster, flexible and more competitive mobile services” to the burgeoning Kiwi smartphone market… read more...
NZ feels surge in spending during the first week of RWC
NZ businesses are enjoying a sharp increase in spending, as RWC tourist spending spikes dramatically, even before the opening ceremony kicked off on Friday night… read more...
Simon Power: SMEs to be freed from general purpose financial reports
The Minister of Commerce has announced proposals that will see SMEs enjoy drastically simplified financial reporting, a move expected to cut business compliance costs by $NZ90 million a year… read more...
Cloud computing code of practice proposed
Plans for the development of a voluntary Cloud Computing Code of Practice to inform and safeguard the public around cloud computing issues have been announced… read more...
Online advertising continues to climb as advertisers look ‘beyond the click through rate’
Online advertising in New Zealand experienced double digit growth for year-on-year ad revenue in Q2 says a new report, as mobile devices, video and social media continue to attract advertisers… read more...
MYOB sold to US firm
The bidding war over MYOB has ended with the accounting software giant being sold to US private equity firm Bain Capital for a reported $A1.2 billion… read more...
NZ IT firms score big with science and innovation grants
The government has announced a $50 million round of technology grants this week, to aid the research and development projects of several Kiwi companies… read more...
NZ IT firms score big with science and innovation grants
The government has announced a $50 million round of technology grants this week, to aid the research and development projects of several Kiwi companies… read more...
1 in every 5 online minutes wasted on social networking
comScore has released the State of the Internet New Zealand study and the results show that social media is far and away the biggest time-sink when online… read more...
iPad makes compulsory stationary list at Auckland school
Parents of Orewa College students have been told that they will need to purchase an iPad2 for year nine students for 2012… read more...
Business Intelligence: at the forefront of business investment
As last issue’s iStart 2011 Investment Intentions Survey clearly showed, Business Intelligence has become the ‘must-have’ application of the moment… read more...
