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SaaS anti-fraud tool for safer etailing
Retailers gain real time access to risk profiles based on more than 12 years of retail transaction data.. read more...

Workflow: Ditch paper for the cloud
Wrangling printers and fax machines can be infuriating, making paperless workflows an appealing option, writes Dave Rouse… read more...

Customer data is dollars – but many ignore it
Many organisations do not manage customer data as a corporate asset, and the monetary value of that data is often ignored, according to Gartner, Inc… read more...

Dell deal top of mind for VMware forum
For the Australian VMware users already signed up to attend vForum in Sydney next week, there will be just one topic of conversation – what will the Dell takeover of EMC mean?… read more...

Shaky ground inspires solid app as NZ’s Hexagon bags international GovHack award
Safety notification and tracking app wins kudos in Sydney… read more...

Wellington gets ICT Grad School
New VUW ICT Graduate School expected to boost Silicon Welly, fuel Kiwi growth… read more...

Innovation is saying ‘no’ to old ways of managing IT
As businesses across the Asia/Pacific region name innovation as the top ICT initiative for 2015/16, Simon Piff argues that the NO in innovation is important… read more...

Kiwi tech firms undergunned in digital marketing battle
NZ exporters are ‘bringing knives to a gunfight’ when it comes to marketing themselves in offshore markets… read more...

Large organisations unsure how to embrace end-user computing
Large organisations are immature when it comes to planning end-user computing initiatives, preferring to measure feedback instead of acting strategically… read more...

Customer experience: at the heart of disruption?
Customer experience is nothing more than getting it right, making it easy and simple for customers to do business with you… read more...

Is NZ executive leadership holding Agile back?
New research indicates discontent as exec suite limits Agile deployment… read more...

CIOs to spend US$2.5 million per minute on IoT
The Internet of Things is eating IT budgets, with Gartner forecasting that next year CIOs will spend $US2.5 million a minute on IoT deployments… read more...

Good news for dead shark as former partner acquires Mako
US telecommunications service provider D&S Communications acquires assets of failed Mako Networks… read more...

Epicor beefs up exec suite with key appointment
Epicor Software Corporation has appointed industry veteran Sabby Gill as executive vice president overseeing operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC)… read more...

CSC targets UXC in AU$428 million takeover bid
US giant CSC has given itself just five weeks to complete the due diligence on Australia’s largest listed software and services business, UXC Ltd, ahead of a planned $A428 million takeover… read more...

Orion Health wins major US contract
Local company makes headway in key market of the United States… read more...

Lawrie steps down as Cisco announces new leadership
Planned executive transition sees new country manager for Cisco Systems NZ… read more...

Mobile advertising company seeks investment to take on USA
SaaS platform apparently delivers less intrusive smartphone advertising… read more...

Omnichannel retail win for First Software
Cloud ERP solution provider First Software has signed up a rapidly expanding furniture retailer to implement its N2 software… read more...

OMG Tech takes steps to get more children into technology
Initiative to get kiwi kids interested in technology launched… read more...