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Could Kiwi businesses be cashing in on Pokémon Go?
If you haven’t heard about it, Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game, that requires trainers to go outside and seek out digital monsters. Goody Card’s Rory Moss looks at the game’s business applications… read more...

ITx names Victoria MacLennan IT Pro of the Year
Top award for Wellington information technology industry figure… read more...

Competitor got hacked? Don’t laugh, you’re next
Information security, or indeed the lack thereof, has become so commonplace that it is a bit boring. Don’t let it be… read more...

Is it time to appoint an application undertaker?
After 40 years of continuous acquisition of applications most large organisations have application portfolios that are bloated, expensive and slow to change. This is unsustainable writes Gartner Fellow Andy Kyte… read more...

Digital experience delivery NZ: Mixed results illustrate ‘disruption gap’
Poor digital experiences closely tied to loss of customer loyalty, advocacy and insights… read more...

Software spending rises in Australia and New Zealand
Overall IT spending in Australia and New Zealand is tipped to rise by 2.8 and 1.9 percent respectively in 2016 compared to last year, while global investment is flat, even “lacklustre” year on year… read more...

Keeping trim: Timely’s quiet success
NZ Hi Tech Awards finalist Ryan Baker, co-founder of Timely scheduling software, reflects on the differences in setting up two tech start-ups a decade apart and the impact of the VC market… read more...

NZ’s ShapeShifter cutting it fine in LA
How global apparel manufacturers optimise resources with Kiwi technology… read more...

Mobility as a Service: Could car ownership disappear?
Could ‘everything as a service’ empty your garage? It’s an interesting concept, particularly with the advent of driverless cars and the extension of the ‘service’ model from computing and application resources to the requirement for transport… read more...

Tech sector frustrated by Ministry of Education announcement
Initial IT sector reaction to digital technology curriculum changes is one of frustration and missed opportunity… read more...

Tech industry going great guns, but business sector lags
TUANZ says digital enablement delivers results, but SMEs have been slow to engage and leverage the opportunity… read more...

Boundaries blur between robots and real life
As robots emerge from laboratories and science fiction to take on roles in factories, transport systems, hospitals and households, humans are having to come to terms with them… read more...

Colluding not colliding: disruptive innovation in the public sector
Innovative disruption is not something new. We have been innovating since our distant ancestors first learned to tame fire and some even attribute the first human disruption to the opposable thumb… read more...

Whanganui aims for best broadband economy
Whanganui District Council has missed out on the top award for broadband economies at the Intelligent Community Forum Summit, but its CIO Jason Simons is not disappointed… read more...

Oracle and NetSuite lose local heads
There’s been a changing of the guard in leading technology companies including the Australian subsidiaries of ERP giants Oracle and NetSuite… read more...

Economic growth? It’s the internet, stupid
Connectivity key for NZ’s future… read more...

Expectations high for new Ministry of Health CTO role
Chai Chuah, director general of the Ministry of Health, has thrown down the gauntlet to the tech sector as he searches for a CTO to take health digital… read more...

NZ’s Tech Report
Comprehensive economic study shows the tech sector makes a significant and growing contribution to the economy… read more...

Personal tech poised to further disrupt enterprise
Gartner has identified five personal technologies it believes will deliver a fresh wave of disruption to the enterprise and IT operations over the next 5-10 years… read more...

How NASA landed a ton on Mars
The out-of-this-world power of collaboration… read more...