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Dammit, New Zealand businesses, transform already
Research suggests local operators are all mouth and no trousers when it comes to the DTs… read more...
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Cognitive computing and a better customer experience for all
Chatbots can revolutionise how we interact with everyday services… read more...
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How VR is transforming healthcare
Multiple applications for lifelike simulations… read more...
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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...
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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...
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Demand for ‘intelligent automation’ accelerates
Vendor strengthens in-country representation as service management catches on… read more...
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Social media entrepreneurs drive audience numbers
Kiwi tech set to revolutionise live event ticket sales… read more...
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No surprises in Sage’s big bets as it plays catch-up
Pitch rests on AI and the cloud… read more...
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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...
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‘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...
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Word soup with new name, expansion for SAP PaaS
In SAP-land, everything good is called HANA. Except HANA Cloud Platform… read more...
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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...
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Gartner announces latest BI & Analytics contenders
Zoomdata among new arrivals looking to disrupt established players… read more...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BI & Analytics 2017: NZ to spend over $100m, Aus approaches a billion
Get chequebooks ready as BI and analytics continues growth spurt… read more...
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M&A activity continues as Fusion5 and Myriad join forces
Australasian business solutions company Fusion5 merges with Myriad IT… read more...
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Deloitte + AWS + HANA: It’s all about analytics. And the cloud
Professional services firm Deloitte has formed an AWS cloud shop which it said has 2,500 practitioners globally… read more...
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Culture shift needed before transformation
Fear of the machines is real, so focus on people first, then tech… read more...