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PwC’s Next big thing is in the cloud

February 23, 2016 | Newsdesk
PwC is bringing clarity to cloudy data in Australasia by integrating more than 60 cloud accounting tools and other applications in one centralised platform to be launched in March… read more...
IBM partnerworld conference

IBM approves of Kiwi firm’s gamble

February 23, 2016 | Newsdesk
The IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference took place in Orlando, Florida, last week, unveiling a new partner programme and digital experience for its partners to help serve their clients in “the cloud and cognitive era”… read more...

CDOs ‘not aware how to successfully design organisation’ – Gartner

February 23, 2016 | Newsdesk
The rapid adoption of the chief data officer (CDO) role — from 400 in 2014 to 1,000 in 2015 — raises important questions about the structure and positioning of the office of the CDO in organisations… read more...
Vaughan Rowsell

Vend’s ex-CEO talks fear and the future

February 23, 2016 | Clare Coulson
Vaughn Rowsell has a reputation for being the moustachioed maverick of the New Zealand tech industry and last week he did not disappoint, stepping down as CEO of his company Vend… read more...
Auckland bus driver strikes

Your Chariot app-ily awaits

February 19, 2016 | Newsdesk
Kiwi ride-sharing app launches in Beta today, against the backdrop of Auckland bus driver strikes… read more...
Business slow connect to UFB

Businesses slow to connect to UFB could cost economy dear

February 19, 2016 | Clare Coulson
UFB connections are up 135 percent on last year. Although businesses are lagging behind consumers in uptake, Minister for Communications Amy Adams says she is not concerned… read more...

CSC’s UXC acquisition a done deal

February 18, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
Global technology solutions company CSC is to complete the acquisition of UXC Limited within the next few weeks… read more...

Insurance industry next on IT innovation hit list

February 16, 2016 | Newsdesk
Insurers are starting to take stock of how IT can help boost business as the industry exits its rocky patch… read more...

Technology lock-in could be holding your company back

February 16, 2016 | Newsdesk
One of the single biggest barriers to digital strategy is the impact of capital depreciation and multi-year licensing contracts… read more...

Cloud arbitrage headed for A/NZ

February 16, 2016 | Beverley Head
Global Cloud Xchange is within a month of switching on its first A/NZ node, intended to allow local enterprises to deploy a cloud arbitrage strategy… read more...
Retailers contactless payment

Retailers ignoring contactless payment tech short-change themselves

February 16, 2016 | Newsdesk
Changing purchasing habits, including growth in the sharing economy, show retailers who don’t keep up will be left with an empty piggy bank… read more...
SAP highlights

ERP giant steps up focus on key markets

February 10, 2016 | Beverley Head
SAP ANZ establishes Public Services and Financial Services business units… read more...

Xero promises big data for small business with new Microsoft ties

February 10, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
Power BI integration likely to get spreadsheet aficionados fired up… read more...

Technologies to disrupt digital commerce in 2016

February 10, 2016 | Newsdesk
Juniper Research reveals top transformational technologies in e-commerce… read more...

Xero updates tax and switches guard

February 4, 2016 | Beverley Head
Cloud accounting software company Xero has announced a slew of updates for its Australian tax module, along with a changing of the guard at the pointy end in both Australia and New Zealand… read more...

Worldwide BI to hit US$16.9 billion in 2016

February 4, 2016 | Newsdesk
Especially solid growth for analytics in ANZ in otherwise tepid IT market… read more...

Goodbye Koorb with latest Fusion5 acquisition

February 2, 2016 | Donovan Jackson
The wave of consolidation of trans-Tasman enterprise solution providers continues apace as Fusion5 snaps up the remnants of Koorb… read more...
cloud hosted infrastructure

More cloud consolidation as Plan B acquires ICONZ

February 2, 2016 | Newsdesk
Founding NZ ISP ICONZ is now part of Plan B as the acquiring company said it is ‘creating scale as a provider of business and continuity solutions’… read more...

Security blanky makes way for quilt

February 2, 2016 | Beverley Head
Enterprises need to rethink blanket rules regarding access to corporate information systems, and instead take more of a “patchwork quilt” approach according to a former FBI agent… read more...

Data proves as important as financial capital

February 2, 2016 | Beverley Head
Data is a form of capital on par with financial capital, even though it can’t yet be shown on a balance sheet, according to Paul Sonderegger, big data strategist for Oracle… read more...

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