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Kiwi companies indifferent to Windows Server 2003 end-of-support
With three weeks to go, there are still plenty of Kiwi businesses completely ignoring Microsoft’s FUD machine… read more...
How Workspace-as-a-Service can cure SMB IT headaches
Does the thought of managing, upgrading, or keeping up with the latest IT trend send you running for cover? Citrix’s David Nicol suggests a better way… read more...
ASX/NZX: Tech stock watch
The recent flurry of tech listings across the ASX and NZX has created a liquid market for A/NZ business software stocks. In the first of a regular series, Hayden McCall sets out to keep track of their fortunes…[View as PDF] read more...
Q&A: CIO of the Year Peter Muggleston on Foodstuffs’ Project Lightning
Deploying an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution is no mean feat, often involving millions of dollars and spanning the course of several years… read more...
Big data needs a big network: Cawthron joins REANNZ
Cawthron Institute joins over 40 research and education institutions across New Zealand to encourage big data research… read more...
Globalisation: you’re standing in it
Technology has long been the driving force behind globalisation. Both have been good to Australia and New Zealand in the past. Now there’s a fear we will be casualties as a new globalisation wave disrupts industries and displaces workers while creating Silicon Valley billionaires. Bill Bennett investigates… read more...
Swift flexes muscles on Apple Music, passes ‘most powerful’ test
In getting her way, Swift has arguably validated her spot on Forbes’ power index… read more...
CricHQ scores US$10 million funding
CricHQ has secured up to US$10 million funding from Singapore-based private equity firm Tembusu Partners… read more...
Cisco releases VNI research, says net neutrality is a concern
Surge in demand doesn’t come with a business case for infrastructure providers… read more...
IITP welcomes new software procurement model
Recently, the MBIE and the NZ Police launched a Request for Proposals for the development of a a mobile 111 app and related technology. But, writes IITP CEO Paul Matthews, this was no ordinary RFP… read more...
‘This is a video story’: Charting NZ’s internet future
Research anticipates doubling of NZ IP traffic by 2019, with 35 million connected devices… read more...
PwC launches dedicated Digital consultancy
PwC has launched what it calls a ‘unique kind of digital consulting’ in the New Zealand market… read more...
Apple Matters: Goodbye to all Mac
Mark Webster evaluates calls that Apple should abandon the Mac and finds short answer is ‘No’. The long one is ‘N-o-o-o-o-o-o!’… read more...
Fresh capital to spur Unleashed Software’s growth ambitions
Kiwi inventory management vendor to intensify USA operations… read more...
Xero briefly collects unlikely accolade at SAP’s expense
In what must have come as a considerable surprise to both Xero and SAP, market analyst IDC briefly named the cloud accounting vendor as the New Zealand market leader in enterprise resource planning software… read more...
Does big business want a smart watch?
New research report anticipates a warm welcome for smart watches and wearables in the enterprise… read more...
Don’t sell technology, satisfy needs
Selling IT solutions might at first blush appear a terribly complex undertaking, but achieving success doesn’t necessarily depend on the technical specifications. Instead, Owen McCall, independent IT consultant, shows that sometimes all that’s required is a firm grasp of what the business really needs…[View as PDF] read more...
No more landfill for Fuji Xerox
Minister recognises Zero Landfill Scheme at printer company’s Auckland headquarters… read more...
Bigger, better, faster, more: Technology takes off in travel
If there is an industry that has had to respond to the impact of technology then travel is it. Donovan Jackson explores how technology is transforming everything from booking flights to catching a taxi and managing travel expenses… read more...
Customer experience priorities are changing
Organisations have changed their customer experience (CX) priorities for 2015, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc… read more...
