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Businesses slow to connect to UFB could cost economy dear
UFB connections are up 135 percent on last year. Although businesses are lagging behind consumers in uptake, Minister for Communications Amy Adams says she is not concerned… read more...
CSC’s UXC acquisition a done deal
Global technology solutions company CSC is to complete the acquisition of UXC Limited within the next few weeks… read more...
Customer experience: Apple excepted, mass personalisation is the new frontier
Companies focusing on developing ‘one to one’ relationships are winning an emerging battle of customer experience – but how come Apple pays so little attention to it?… read more...
Beating device incompatibility in the workplace
Can you confidently say you know what and how many mobile devices are connected to your network at any given time, asks Safi Obeidullah… read more...
Insurance industry next on IT innovation hit list
Insurers are starting to take stock of how IT can help boost business as the industry exits its rocky patch… read more...
Technology lock-in could be holding your company back
One of the single biggest barriers to digital strategy is the impact of capital depreciation and multi-year licensing contracts… read more...
Retailers ignoring contactless payment tech short-change themselves
Changing purchasing habits, including growth in the sharing economy, show retailers who don’t keep up will be left with an empty piggy bank… read more...
Technologies to disrupt digital commerce in 2016
Juniper Research reveals top transformational technologies in e-commerce… read more...
How APIs are supporting a revolution in the financial services sector
Throughout the world, financial services companies are facing a period of rapid and fundamental change, writes Jonathan Stern, and APIs are emerging as a competitive necessity… read more...
Xero updates tax and switches guard
Cloud accounting software company Xero has announced a slew of updates for its Australian tax module, along with a changing of the guard at the pointy end in both Australia and New Zealand… read more...
Worldwide BI to hit US$16.9 billion in 2016
Especially solid growth for analytics in ANZ in otherwise tepid IT market… read more...
Goodbye Koorb with latest Fusion5 acquisition
The wave of consolidation of trans-Tasman enterprise solution providers continues apace as Fusion5 snaps up the remnants of Koorb… read more...
Security blanky makes way for quilt
Enterprises need to rethink blanket rules regarding access to corporate information systems, and instead take more of a “patchwork quilt” approach according to a former FBI agent… read more...
Data proves as important as financial capital
Data is a form of capital on par with financial capital, even though it can’t yet be shown on a balance sheet, according to Paul Sonderegger, big data strategist for Oracle… read more...
Bulletproof to acquire Cloud House
NZ AWS partner snapped up by Australian cloud service provider… read more...
What’s eating Apple?
To industry pundits and casual observers, it came as a shock this week when Apple projected that growth for its iPhone sales would hit the slowest pace since 2007, the year of the iconic phone’s release, writes Howard Yu… read more...
Cloud ERP? Make sure it is IRD-compliant
Businesses looking to move to cloud solutions should make sure their provider is compliant with applicable Inland Revenue Department requirements… read more...
Automation comes to live TV production
With the introduction of the Sony Hawk-Eye automated system, NZ Live set to revolutionise broadcasting… read more...
NZTech takes steps towards national alliance of industry bodies
Readies up to ink agreement with Canterbury Software Cluster… read more...
SAP enterprise omnichannel software available as a service (but not yet in ANZ)
A new agreement between systems integrator Dimension Data and SAP makes the vendor’s Hybris Commerce available on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis for the first time in APAC… read more...
