The internet’s energy consumption is growing fast. It may need computers to help it sleep if it’s not to pose a green threat… read more...

SAP’s acquisition of mobile specialist Sybase will allow it to deliver its ERP software to mobile devices… read more...

After a decade of ERP acquisitions, Microsoft has struggled to educate the New Zealand market on the differences between their Dynamics GP, NAV, SL and AX. We’ve dug up some history – and some speculation as to where they might be going in the future… read more...

Major contracts worth over NZ$90 million altogether have been awarded to build the new Auckland Council’s customer-focused ICT infrastructure… read more...

Greenpeace’s latest Guide to Greener Electronics shows some electronic companies making headway while others are falling behind… read more...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

A New Zealander whose rapidly growing online business includes NASA and Volvo as clients is about to open offices in the US… read more...

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

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...

Ovum says major vendors are well-placed as the economy improves… read more...

Crown Fibre Holdings announces indicative timetable for network build partner selection process… read more...

Energy-guzzling business shows no signs of slowing down, says Frost & Sullivan… read more...

ESRI founder Jack Dangermond to present keynote address at Annual GIS Senior Executive Summit in Wellington… read more...

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