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Event: The business benefits of entering the 2010 Plain English Awards

May 25, 2010 | iStart
iStart is supporting the annual WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards. The awards promote businesses that communicate clearly and raise awareness about the benefits of using plain English. Businesses enter to gain recognition for the way they communicate and to show their commitment to clarity. Entry is free and there are categories to suit any business… read more...

How secure is your smartphone?

May 5, 2010 | Newsdesk
With staff increasingly mobile and mobility applications burgeoning, security threats are becoming as real on smartphones as they have been for some time on PCs. Being aware is the key to staying clean… read more...

LG’s Android lands in New Zealand

April 16, 2010 | Newsdesk
Mobile phone maker LG announces its first handset based on Google’s Android operating system will be available in the local market… read more...

Epicor’s next-generation ERP looks to SMBs’ needs

April 16, 2010 | Newsdesk
ERP goes mobile, as well as focusing on helping users reduce costs and encourage a better response from their own customers… read more...

Has big ERP had its day?

April 13, 2010 | Newsdesk
It’s good for big business, but large-scale ERP can be an unwieldy and expensive beast for smaller businesses to handle. Many have opted for a modular upgrade approach, but getting the various modules to ‘talk’ to each other is a challenge… read more...

There’s sales in them thar blogs

April 1, 2010 | Newsdesk
Once upon a time, those with a sharp commercial eye might have mined the hills, with pickaxes, for gold, now they mine the web with software tools for the golden sales opportunities out there… read more...
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Rugby scoreboard goes high tech

March 23, 2010 |
While there are lots of iPhone applications to keep track of the score of top-notch rugby, Gordon Brown realised there wasn’t one for simply keeping the score in grassroots rugby… read more...
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Kiwi project software heads for Silicon Valley

March 12, 2010 | Newsdesk
A New Zealander whose rapidly growing online business includes NASA and Volvo as clients is about to open offices in the US… read more...
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Wirelessly yours: Mobico wins double award

March 11, 2010 | Newsdesk
It was a double act for Mobico at the recent Motorola ANZ Awards – it picked up two major awards… read more...

No.8 fencing wire ‘innovation’ no longer enough

February 24, 2010 | Newsdesk
The traditional, resourceful Kiwi ‘You can fix anything with No.8 fencing wire’ take on innovation once served us well, but no longer. An IBM study found Kiwi innovation flatlined between 2000 and 2007, and then nosedived… read more...

Local software market tipped to continue recovery

February 22, 2010 | Newsdesk
Ovum says major vendors are well-placed as the economy improves… read more...

Timetable for Government’s ultra-fast broadband network announced

February 22, 2010 | Newsdesk
Crown Fibre Holdings announces indicative timetable for network build partner selection process… read more...

Fast-paced data centre growth continues

February 22, 2010 | Newsdesk
Energy-guzzling business shows no signs of slowing down, says Frost & Sullivan… read more...

Geographic Information Systems pioneer to attend NZ summit

February 17, 2010 | Newsdesk
ESRI founder Jack Dangermond to present keynote address at Annual GIS Senior Executive Summit in Wellington… read more...

Auckland IT event to feature leading vendors

February 17, 2010 | Newsdesk
Organiser Eagle Technology hopes the initiative – allowing direct interaction with a range of providers – will become an annual event… read more...

Microsoft seeking ‘road warrior’ sales staff to promote Office 2010

February 8, 2010 | Newsdesk
Top salespeople invited to apply for audition and four-month contract… read more...

Intergen first to win elite SharePoint status

February 8, 2010 | Newsdesk
Kiwi integrator’s expertise pays off as it becomes the world’s first Microsoft SharePoint Elite certified partner… read more...

Social media ‘key to increasing customer engagement’

February 8, 2010 | Newsdesk
Survey finds New Zealand businesses believe social media builds customer relationships, but few are prepared to invest in it significantly… read more...

Malware and Spam rise 70% on social networks

February 8, 2010 | Newsdesk
Report finds three out of four businesses fear corporate security risks from staff use of social networking sites… read more...

Dell signs Simms International as NZ distributor

February 8, 2010 | Newsdesk
New arrangement in local SMB channel mirrors a similar approach Dell has taken in other markets, the company says… read more...

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