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How fintech is turning analytics into dollars
Looking for growth? It’s in the analytics as Juniper tips fintech for a revenue boost of 960 percent… read more...
How to navigate the disruption economy
Incumbents needn’t be victims of disruption if they recognise the crucial thresholds and act in time, write Chris Bradley and Clayton O’Toole (McKinsey & Company)… read more...
Outgoing NZTech chair: Bureaucrats and vested interests choke NZ Inc.
The march to New Zealand becoming an efficient digital nation is being strangled by selfish interests, charges Bennet Medary… read more...
Digital transformation? It’s all about the customer
Don’t let digital transformation distract from customer focus, writes Craig Beveridge, GM Australia at Jade Software… read more...
Not so fast on the SaaS march
‘100 percent’ of companies moving to Software as a Service is far from a sure thing… read more...
MYOB buys Greentree “masochists”
Auckland based Greentree has been bought by Sydney’s accounting software group MYOB for $NZ28.5 million… read more...
A/NZ needs to get (more) serious with mobility
Businesses had better start looking at mobility a little harder, because competitors certainly are… read more...
Oracle’s ‘surprise’ NetSuite acquisition
As late as last week, at least one major local Oracle and NetSuite partner didn’t see it coming… read more...
Start with the tech, transform later
Agnostic tosh is costing lost opportunities says Office365 protagonist Michael Sampson… read more...
Dirty software secrets and how ANZ is beating bloat
Smartphone users knows how easily apps bloat up – for enterprises the situation can be just as dire, leading to significant operational inefficiencies… read more...
When cybersecurity is just a game
Four out of five CEOs rank cyberattacks as one of the top three business threats – but few have first-hand experience of what it really means to be under attack… read more...
Microsoft’s ‘shocking’ shift to technology agnosticism
In a competitive world, interoperability is essential. And so is customer focus… read more...
One hundred percent SaaS?
Forget about on-premise software. The advantages of software as a service are just too good to resist… read more...
Fusion5 beefs up NetSuite capabilities by acquisition
Purchases competitor BPR Solutions… read more...
Application networks and why integration has gone strategic
Digital transformation delivers a ‘second great boost’ for integration specialists… read more...
Sixtree merges with Deloitte across ANZ
Needing additional funds to grow, systems integration specialist Sixtree has instead sold to Deloitte… read more...
Pastures new revealed for IoT
With more than two thirds of companies believing the Internet of Things is critical to future success, which industries are really benefitting?… read more...
Are ANZ companies doing enough to transform?
Analysing the results of its Digital Transformation Survey, IFS ANZ MD Rob Stummer was surprised that only 50 percent of antipodean respondents had a clear strategy for digital transformation… read more...
Exposed: The secret to superior digital experience delivery
While the results of SAP’s New Zealand Digital Experience Report are multifaceted, the clearest finding is that digital transformation is a business imperative… read more...
Pokémon Go (and how CFOs are rising to the digital occasion)
‘It’s never been a more exciting time for the technology industry’ – Oracle GM… read more...
