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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...
New network highlights emerging NZ ICT project opportunities
The launch of the Kiwinet collaboration network is promoting NZ ICT projects looking to commercialise… read more...
ICE Ideas Conference a sellout success – review
NZ Inc needs to get aggressive and get noticed if kiwi innovation is to leave its mark – that was the conclusion from last Friday’s hectic Ice Ideas Conference in Auckland… read more...
5 email tips to boost personal productivity
If you or your team are not managing email effectively, they are not managing their time effectively. Office productivity expert Debbie Mayo-Smith has provided iStart with a few ‘freasy’ tips to get on top of the email overload… read more...
The web is critical. The web team is not.
Most organisations consider their website to be critical, yet web teams rarely have respect, power or resources. Here’s how to change that… read more...
Glitch sees Dick Smith giving items away for free
Dick Smith was forced to take its site down this morning after a glitch allowed customers to purchase items for the mistakenly displayed prices of zero dollars… read more...
Google+ unleashes the spam
Google+’s first snafu sees beta users plagued with spam… read more...
Alasdair Thompson sacked from the EMA
Alasdair Thompson has been dismissed from the role of chief executive with the EMA following comments about female employees taking excessive sick leave due to their periods… read more...
NATO server hacked, files now online
Servers belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have been breached again, this time with some 2,646 files from the server posted online as proof of the exploit… read more...
Microsoft Launches Office 365: full iStart review
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft Office 365, the company’s newest cloud service, in Australia and New Zealand… read more...
The Pope sends first Tweet
Leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has broadcast his first Twitter message, praising Christ and informing the faithful that the Vatican’s new news site has been launched… read more...
$1.5 million kick-start business fund announced
The public and the private sector have teamed up for a new initiative that could provide up to NZ$1.5 million to encourage SMEs to expand their businesses… read more...
