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New Zealand ranks 28th in global innovation
Just cracks top 30 in how domestic policies support worldwide innovation, according to Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) think tank… read more...
Promapp secures Callaghan funding, looks to build US presence
Cloud business process management (BPM) vendor awarded R&D Growth Grant… read more...
Are we over-doing Risk Management?
For many years, New Zealand seemed oblivious to risk, notes Gary Nelson. “She’ll be right” chorused around the country as projects began, and usually succeeded… read more...
What about the small data?
It’s easy to argue that big data is only getting bigger – yet, while collecting and analysing big data will remain a priority 2016, David Oakley believes organisations should also be looking more closely at small data… read more...
Strong performance bodes well – VMob
Location-based intelligence provider ‘positioned for success in 2016’… read more...
Worldwide IT spending to grow – but only just
Just how much will the tech-crazy world blow on IT in 2016? Around US$3.54 trillion… read more...
IT professionals face daunting security KPI
IT professionals need to prepare for a new KPI that will track their ability to manage system security “dwell time”… read more...
Vodafone moves to the North Shore
Local telecoms giant to cross the Harbour Bridge… read more...
Private equity firm takes stake in StorageCraft
TA Associates to invest U$187 million in backup and recovery software provider… read more...
SAP and Accenture tighten links
Accenture, which already has 42,000 staff dedicated to providing SAP services (46 percent of them in the Asia/Pacific/Japan region), has further tightened its links with the German software giant … read more...
Consumer tech faces rocky start in 2016
While the New Year kicked off with the annual circus that is the Consumer Electronics Show, revealing gizmos galore, the portents for 2016 in this segment of the tech sector seem more dour… read more...
Be aware of these six trends – and get ahead in 2016
The business landscape can expect to see even more competition amid soft economic growth in 2016 which will drive organisations to consider new technology or systems to gain a competitive edge… read more...
The PC party is over as worldwide shipments deflate
Worldwide PC shipments of 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 are 8.3 percent down the same period in 2014 said Gartner… read more...
Generation rent
Everything as a service and nary ownership of it… read more...
Data analytics enters new phase of maturity
Data analytics is about to get a whole lot more interesting as pioneering companies work out how to empower their business executives without unleashing information anarchy… read more...
Crowdfunded technology investment to hit US$8 billion by 2020
Researcher Juniper said crowdfunding platforms will deliver a sevenfold increase in technology investments within 5 years; local operator describes NZ performance as world-leading… read more...
Interesting times lie ahead for New Zealand in 2016
Particularly strong growth in high-tech startups and young entrepreneurs looking for more creative ways to generate jobs bodes well for 2016, writes Robert Gosling… read more...
MuleSoft’s five key trends for 2016
What is 2016 likely to bring? The answer, as is quite usual for the technology industry, is highly likely to be an intensification of concepts already in the market, writes Ross Mason… read more...
How application dependency maps can enhance user experience
In the age of users who demand flexible and responsive apps, dependency maps can enhance user experiences, writes Pritika Ramani… read more...
Dead unicorns on the horizon
Just as in the Game of Thrones series, the ‘winter is coming’, and with it, so are huge risks to investors and employees of the so called unicorns, writes IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes… read more...
