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Analytics, chatbots and the mass personalisation challenge
From banking to botrytis, new ways of doing business better are an ongoing experiment… read more...

Call of duties be damned: gaming at work is all good
Gamers (and real people) reckon video games make you see better, remember more and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound… read more...

A closer look at Kiwi startupland
MYOB report shows NZ is a top spot to start a business – but ‘more can be done’ to support start-up ecosystem… read more...

From counting fish to Wynyard woes
New data-science-as-a-service provider talks data, drudgery and why software isn’t the answer… read more...

Trust Me: NZ’s top trader explains the foundation of online business
Trust is central to Trade Me’s operations. What role does it play in yours?… read more...

The smart future of manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence and the production floor revolution… read more...

Employee anxiety in the age of automation
Automation likely to be next decade’s major labour market disruptor… read more...

Xero AI: Sweating the small stuff for big gains
Grand plans for AI, machine learning and automation starts with minor improvements… read more...

LoQalising big data SaaS for tourism
Qeyboards suffer again as Qrious expands product offering… read more...

Ready up for ‘ubiquitous AI’ (but beware ‘AI washing’)
Here we go again, as its AI’s turn for a massive hype… read more...

APIs are taking off, big time
Just how important are APIs in your business?… read more...

Data Vault: All the data, all the time
NOW Consulting adds data modelling alternative to address rapid change use cases… read more...

What’s next for the sharing economy
Predictions on where disruptive business models will strike next… read more...

SkyCity heads into the cloud
Intergen lands major deal for new Microsoft CRM/ERP solution… read more...

FinancialForce: Plugging the services gap
Newcomer ERP vendor targets lucrative niche… read more...

Australians, Kiwis wary about sharing data…and no wonder
With continual high-profile data breaches, people are rightfully selective about info sharing… read more...

This week in fintech: All is flux
Bitcoin instability, under reporting of dodgy activity and ongoing malware mayhem are the order of the day in global fintech… read more...

The few and the many: What the IRD’s job cuts reveal
Why bureaucratic job cuts are good news for all citizens… read more...

Digital transformation more difficult for risk averse companies
MIT SMR and Deloitte backs obvious conclusions with research… read more...

Worldwide IT spending to grow 2.4 percent in 2017
Driven by enterprise software – and Australia and New Zealand outstrip global average… read more...