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Google runs insight platform on Amazon cloud
The fact that Google has bought Interactive Intelligence’s customer engagement solution, which runs on Amazon’s cloud, signals the growing IT spending power of business units… read more...
Spark tweaks leadership
Tim Miles, Rod Snodgrass out as telecoms operator ‘strives for return to growth’… read more...
Machine learning and AI for more secure banking
Turning data into real-time decisions to fight financial fraud… read more...
Rumoured Vocus/2degrees deal “will come down to price”
Following the finalisation of the Vocus/M2 merger in February, rumours have surfaced that Vocus is already looking at further expanding, this time taking over 2degrees… read more...
Online voting gets veto, lost opportunities flagged
Council elections to remain postal, but the real missed opportunity was the flag referendum (in more ways than one), says expert… read more...
The future calls for 2degrees
Amid speculation that Australian telco Vocus will soon acquire New Zealand’s 2degrees, telecoms analyst Paul Budde considers why 2degrees remains unprofitable and what its options are from here… read more...
The problem with projects: not fit to deliver value
What do IT projects and fitness regimes have in common? Owen McCall exercises his theory of the business value creation process… read more...
Tech high-flyer Julia Raue joins Jade Software board
The technology specialist and ex-Air NZ CIO will bring “huge benefit” to Jade… read more...
Which computing degrees get the big tick?
New Degree Accreditation programme helps students and businesses to identify courses that will best prepare them for the real world. read more...
Cautious welcome for Government telco reforms
The Government has announced a number of high-level policy decisions on the future regulation of the telecommunications sector, in a bid to achieve its 2025 targets… read more...
Prepare for the worst: cybercrime versus innovation
New Zealand is steadily making its way up the ranks of favoured destinations for cybercrime, but too much security can stifle innovation… read more...
‘Technology’ needed to help improve NZ’s low productivity
New Zealand’s productivity is low and not improving, but ‘new technology’ can change that… read more...
New ICE Angels fund to invest extra $10m in Kiwi start-ups
Twenty-five Kiwi start-ups will gain more than just a financial injection from the new Tuhua fund… read more...
IT spend victim of fluctuating economy
Investment in business process optimisation needed to make digital businesses fly is proving a hard sell for CIOs… read more...
Develop on Office: Microsoft further lowers proprietary walls
The Microsoft Graph is a recent addition to the vendor’s portfolio which it said ‘offers developers access to insights about how workers can be more productive’… read more...
Getting Siggy with IoT
There’s plenty of blather around the internet of things, but structural challenges have limited implementation… read more...
Is a smart city really a thing?
The hyping of the IoT by vendors and analysts may be moving to a new phase as city planners compete to be the cleverest… read more...
Farmers get on side with new OSH app
New Zealand’s first entirely online health and safety tool has been launched to coincide with the Government’s recent OSH reforms… read more...
IRD’s $500 million project shortfall
The IRD’s business transformation project could have been a poisoned chalice but instead it’s slashed a third of its budget and will soon offer one-click tax returns… read more...
Digital customer experience misses the human touch
Confusion around operational responsibility impacts success of new digital contact channels… read more...
