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BI and analytics spend rises as data volumes explode
High volume data processing and real time analytics on the shopping list for CIOs drowning in a data (and vendor) soup… read more...
On the agenda: CIO Summit 2017
Quality hobnobbing, national and international speakers, masterclasses and round tables… read more...
How to annoy (good) hackers
We’ve all heard the usual security spiel; make life hard for the hackers, layered security, complex passwords, blah, blah, blah… read more...
Machine learning gets real (for a select few)
Xero reckons it is walking the talk… read more...
Dammit, New Zealand businesses, transform already
Research suggests local operators are all mouth and no trousers when it comes to the DTs… read more...
Cognitive computing and a better customer experience for all
Chatbots can revolutionise how we interact with everyday services… read more...
How VR is transforming healthcare
Multiple applications for lifelike simulations… read more...
GitHub shifts from tool for nerds to business collaboration platform
GitHub might sound like a silly name but it has become a trusted tool for developers, and now other business people, to store and share information… read more...
Which vendors come short when measuring up the big boys of ERP?
Panorama Consulting’s ‘Clash of the Titans 2017’ report compares SAP, Oracle, Dynamics and Infor… read more...
Demand for ‘intelligent automation’ accelerates
Vendor strengthens in-country representation as service management catches on… read more...
Social media entrepreneurs drive audience numbers
Kiwi tech set to revolutionise live event ticket sales… read more...
No surprises in Sage’s big bets as it plays catch-up
Pitch rests on AI and the cloud… read more...
Collab about more than apps (and potentially less about hot-desks)
It’s clear office workspaces are changing. The days of the private office are behind us, replaced by open-plan offices where people are placed in corrals that often make us feel more like farm animals than workers… read more...
‘Don’t panic’ as AWS goes down
There’s a broader lesson in the downing of Amazon Web Services’ S3 service in North America and that is simply ‘don’t panic’… read more...
Word soup with new name, expansion for SAP PaaS
In SAP-land, everything good is called HANA. Except HANA Cloud Platform… read more...
Have your employees got the best tools for the job? Probably not
Less than half of respondents to a global study have the ‘latest technology’ to do their jobs… read more...
Gartner announces latest BI & Analytics contenders
Zoomdata among new arrivals looking to disrupt established players… read more...
Fulcrum expands into Australia
New Zealand-based data startup Fulcrum launches on both sides of the Tasman, plans to tackle Asia and the US later this year… read more...
Like wine? You’ll love it more with AI
Finding the best tipple for any situation or drinker is made easier and better – thanks to the machines… read more...
Smart glasses tipped for big things, despite probably still making you look stupid
Google Glass might be dead, but the segment in which it inspired a good deal of public opprobrium isn’t… read more...