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Warning to BlackBerry Users: Beware the PhoneSnoop
Could your competitors be listening in on your business calls? A simple BlackBerry app makes corporate espionage easy – at least in theory… read more...
IT Spending Survives the Global Recession
Survey finds CFOs are demanding efficiency gains and cost savings from IT initiatives, and modifying existing systems is often the preferred option… read more...
NextWindow selects Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management
Local optical touch screen exporter is the first company in New Zealand to deploy Oracle’s PLM solution… read more...
Pingar debuts kiwi-made enterprise search solution
Local software developer says while half of all searches don’t find the correct answer, it has the solution… read more...
Local Microsoft partner takes the stage at international SharePoint conference
Intergen’s Chris Auld shares his company’s experience with a global audience ahead of next month’s beta release of SharePoint 2010… read more...
Author-it and Lionbridge launch multilingual content delivery solution
Partnership focused on unified global content lifecycle solution for managing content in multiple languages and formats… read more...
Punk legend Iggy Pop fronts for Orcon
Local telco’s latest promotion involves the music icon putting a band together – with kiwi talent he meets online… read more...
Plant & Food Research selects SAP Business Suite
Crown research institute says rapid deployment, and on-time, under-budget delivery adds up to good value… read more...
Statistics NZ selects IBM for 2011 Census imaging services
Contract aims to improve quality and accuracy of data captured during the five-yearly national head-count… read more...
IT confidence in US bodes well for New Zealand
KPMG says local technology firms will benefit from the new positive economic outlook of American IT companies… read more...
CourierPost marks birthday with super-fast Kiwi sorting system
The national courier is now 20 years old and still keen to innovate. Its locally developed automated sorting technology has increased parcel-sorting capacity by a whopping 600 percent, it says… read more...
Amway signs mobile deal with Vodafone
Partnership will see Vodafone handsets and services promoted through Amway’s network of independent business owners… read more...
Vector’s Nigel Bernie appointed SAP User Group chair
Infrastructure company’s IT business systems manager plans to expand the NZSUG’s reach as Business One and SAP BusinessObjects users come onboard… read more...
Survey finds over half of IT departments fail to deliver value
Importance of ‘service value management’ tipped to grow as lack of real-time metrics aligning IT with business needs continues to frustrate corporates… read more...
Microsoft gifts $1.4m of software to Barnardos
Corporation says its donations to non-profit organisations in New Zealand topped $5.5 million over the past year… read more...
Improve your business pitch, NZX boss tells IT start-ups
Investors looking to buy into fledgling technology companies want to hear business plans, not product details, says Mark Weldon … read more...
Agile expands Networks Group
Company appoints Phil Josephs as business development manager responsible for growing its carrier and service provider business… read more...
Windows Mobile app stores to sell business applications
The forthcoming iTunes-style store will offer downloadable applications aimed at small business as well as the more usual fun consumer apps… read more...
Zintel Acquires Cogent
Communications solutions provider says the $1.9 million deal will broaden its telephony offering… read more...
Air New Zealand awards telco contract to Gen-i
Global network management services agreement aimed at saving costs and improving technology… read more...
