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CSx tackles concussion, wins Samsung Springboard
Inaugural event with $30,000 top prize draws 81 entries… read more...
Digital invaders identified too little too late
A growing number of CEOs now recognise that they may not see the competition coming because of the speed of technology fuelled digital invaders… read more...
ICT Grad school ‘ambulance at bottom of cliff’ says Orion CEO
While the introduction of a new graduate school for advanced ICT studies is a step in the right direction to produce the sort of candidates New Zealand high tech companies need, it is focused on the wrong end of the spectrum… read more...
Omnichannel for government?
The public sector could benefit from an omnichannel approach to service delivery much like the approaches being adopted by operators in the private sector… read more...
Plenty of tin in burgeoning tech sector
Annual TIN100 Report shows a $609m surge to revenues approaching $9B for leading 200 NZ tech exporters… read more...
Digitoil: RankBrain – Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm and how it impacts you
Google’s ranking algorithm currently has about 200 different signals that work in harmony to deliver great search results… read more...
Waiting isn’t healthy – Orion
The ubiquity of waiting rooms in hospitals is indicative of the malaise that plagues the healthcare industry… read more...
Apple Matters: The brand they hate to love
Mark Webster considers Apple’s latest earnings call and ponders what it means for enterprise and the future… read more...
CONGRATULATIONS ALL BLACKS!!!!
A perfectly executed RWC tournament from a group of true sporting professionals the likes of which I hope we are lucky enough to see again in ANOTHER FOUR YEARS!!! read more...
When a disaster isn’t a disaster (and how to better deal with ERP implementation complexity)
Many years ago, writes Owen McCall, a contribution to a study on ERP implementation failures threw up a completely surprising response… read more...
Digitising the boardroom: What took you so long?
While companies have generally focused digitisation efforts on line of business processes, there is one rather significant level to which automation hasn’t yet reached: the boardroom… read more...
HANA Vora to stimulate appetite for big data?
With the launch of a new software product, SAP sets out to help harness big data… read more...
The benefits of an open data approach
The rising adoption of mobile technology in the business world, says Jonathan Stern, is causing growing challenges for IT departments… read more...
ANZ IT spending plays tag with GDP
Australia’s investment in technology is likely to grow in line with the nation’s expected rise in GDP – while New Zealand’s pace of IT spending growth will be a tad slower in 2016… read more...
NZ SMEs embracing change, but internet satisfaction slips
Almost 60 percent of New Zealand’s SMEs say the pace of technology development is ‘about right’… read more...
The Luddite report? CAANZ and NZIER raise automation fears
Half of all jobs in New Zealand are ‘at risk’ of being automated over the next two decades, with rural New Zealand being hit the hardest… read more...
A top ten peek into the digital future
Gartner’s top strategic predictions for 2018 and beyond… read more...
Apple Matters: The Mac – Recent updates keep an old favourite relevant
The Macintosh has an enduring reputation as Apple’s flagship device. Launched in 1984, it’s still here and, with recent updates, it’s still growing, writes Mark Webster… read more...
Inbound marketing: (Not yet) All the rage
Inbound marketing software vendor HubSpot is pushing an APAC campaign to drive its solutions deeper into what it believes is a willing market… read more...
CDOs lead the way on digital transformation – for now
Chief digital officers may be all the rage among transforming enterprises – but they could find themselves with a very short corporate shelf life according to new research… read more...
