While Xero was named winner of the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards’ most prestigious prize, the depth and breadth of Kiwi ingenuity on display at the recently held event attests to an industry in rude health… read more...

CRM customer support and service provider Verint is launching an upgraded platform that can identify callers from their voice alone, and analyse what they are saying and their emotions on the fly… read more...

Conferenz and IDC have announced this year’s finalists in the CIO Awards… read more...

A wrap-up of news stories that caught our eye over the the past quarter of ICT news including appointments, departures, deals done, implementations completed, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships… read more...

Dr Michelle Dickinson is continuing to lobby for girls to get involved in technology by joining Bright Sparks… read more...

Enterprises which want to wring the most benefit from Agile processes and practices need to shift away from annual plans to more regular quarterly planning sessions… read more...

Some departments have a long way to go to hit the ‘Better Public Services’ 2017 targets for online transactions… read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook may not be attention-grabbing like his predecessor Steve Jobs, but Mark Webster finds he has kept the tech company on a very sound footing indeed… read more...

The SME sector has surprised many this week by indicating that many business people do not think technology has an important role to play in growing their organisations… read more...

Software integrator Ndevr, which describes itself as Australia’s most highly regarded Oracle JD Edwards consulting partner, has signed a strategic partnership with local ERP vendor Greentree… read more...

Ross Mason ordered an Apple Watch last week – but first he asked his wife… read more...

Companies that want to protect their brand online might have to make difficult choices regarding audience reach… read more...

It’s not just an appellation the all-new MacBook is missing. There is no ‘Pro’ or ‘Air’ after ‘MacBook’, and also no ports. Mark Webster finds himself wondering who it’s for… read more...

HP has revealed details behind its partnership with Microsoft that has it serving up business-process-as-a-service solutions for the automotive, financial services and public sectors… read more...

Big data analytics could be harnessed to support the Australian Government’s recently announced crackdown on crystal methamphetamine, aka P… read more...

The NBN and UFB projects have dominated the national and tech media headlines ever since their inception, usually due to squabbling over which technology should be used, who’s paying for what and whether progress has been fast enough. Here we take a step back and discuss the big picture for both project rollouts… read more...

With less than 100 days to the end of support for Windows Server 2003, Microsoft says that more than 60 percent of New Zealand organisations could be left vulnerable… read more...

A landmark Federal Court Decision will force leading ISPs in Australia to hand over the names and addresses of 4,726 people who may have illegally copied a movie over the internet… read more...

Asia Pacific government CIOs are facing more budgetary pressure than their international or private sector peers… read more...

Gerry McGovern invites you to reimagine your business in the digital age by taking a walk down memory lane… read more...