Three quarters of Australian and New Zealand organisations claim to use big data analytics for better insight and decision support, yet so far only a handful are reporting any great success… read more...

One of the country’s largest home improvement retailers and builders’ merchants says it believes that engaging with customers through digital channels is a key factor in its success… read more...

New Zealand’s software industry has lost a pioneer with the passing of Don Bowman, founder of Auckland-based global business software developer Greentree International… read more...

Sir Ray Avery and other heavyweights debated the future of medical technology at a public panel discussion ahead of the Health Congress 2013… read more...

The winners of the inaugural KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards were recently announced at a two-day forum and awards dinner… read more...

Telstra, which runs the biggest IT shop in Australia, has achieved an 80 percent reduction in infrastructure rollout cycle time, using a 55 percent smaller team – all thanks to Agile… read more...

Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish Computerworld, and sister publications Reseller News and PC World early next month… read more...

In the last few years every business has jumped on the social media bandwagon. It has fragmented marketing budgets and sucked up time and money, but to what end?… read more...

Earlier this year LinkedIn broke through the 200 million member barrier and is continuing to grow by two new members per second… read more...

Amanda White answers the question thousands are asking with these highlights from her MBA thesis on the subject of businesses moving to public cloud technologies… read more...

The Unisys Security Index reveals that Kiwis are not taking individual responsibility for the data being collected by their mobile apps… read more...

SAP and New Zealand training company Auldhouse are offering a course that aims to close the widening gap between IT and non-IT managers… read more...

Some millions of column inches and billions of public funds have been dedicated to the broadband initiatives on both sides of the Tasman, but serious questions remain unresolved… read more...

VeriFone Mobile Money’s mobile payment implementation for the Pacific Islands combines NFC and biometric security for payments on the go… read more...

Telstra, Telecom and Vodafone have gone to tender for a builder and are considering landing sites for their new telco cable… read more...

Security vendors whip us in to a frenzy of paranoia when it comes to keeping our businesses safe… read more...

Doing business with China presents more than just a language barrier. We sent Richard Chirgwin to investigate how other companies have overcome the various challenges of manufacturing in a foreign land… read more...

While not every organisation has a formal bring-your-own device program, every organisation should develop policies and processes regarding the use of personal devices for work. Citrix offers some best practices to consider when defining and implementing BYOD… read more...

Any investment has to stand up to commercial rigour, IT projects even more so given their risk profile. A weak business justification for a project can lead to poor management buy-in and ultimately an unsuccessful project… read more...

The results of the Novopay inquiry are out and show that a lack of overall governance and quality assurance were instrumental in creating the massive payroll issues… read more...