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Technology underpins thoroughly modern marketing

March 12, 2015 | Beverley Head
Successful marketing in the 21st century requires a fresh approach linking data, mobile platforms and creative but valuable-to-the-consumer campaigns… read more...

Apple matters: Apple Watch is ‘out’, but so is a new MacBook

March 10, 2015 | Mark Webster
Mark Webster considers the just-announced Apple Watch but, more intriguingly, there’s a very new MacBook, plus ResearchKit available… read more...
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Microsoft awards posturing in full swing

March 9, 2015 | Clare Coulson
Microsoft partners are touting their prowess and comparing achievements in the run up to the awards night on 19th March… read more...
Research in IT

Flow wins US market research agreement

March 6, 2015 | Newsdesk
MBA students from San Diego State University have signed up to do market research on Flow’s best method of entry into the US market… read more...
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Finalists for Microsoft NZ 2015 Partner Awards announced

March 4, 2015 | Microsoft
MEDIA RELEASE: Wave of new businesses entering competition with leading cloud and mobility solutions… read more...

Apple Matters: Return to Apple Maps

March 3, 2015 | Mark Webster
Much was made of Apple’s Maps app when it first appeared a couple of years ago, thanks to errors. Mark Webster looks at it now… read more...

Enterprise needs to leadfoot IoT security

February 26, 2015 | Beverley Head
Gartner estimates that right now there are barely any enterprises which have formal plans to address aggressive cybersecurity business disruption attacks via the internet of things, but things are changing rapidly… read more...
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Spark challenges ComCom copper pricing model

February 24, 2015 | Clare Coulson
New Zealand’s largest retail telco says an 80 percent premium above median international wholesale pricing is “unnecessary”… read more...

Eroad dangles $10k carrot for new recruits

February 20, 2015 | Clare Coulson
The rapidly-growing electronic road user charges and transport services company Eroad (NZX:ERD), is offering a NZ$10,000 signing bonus to new software engineers who join the firm… read more...
Identity of things

Industry steps up to identity challenge

February 19, 2015 | Beverley Head
In a connected world of people, things and enterprise, effective and efficient identity management and authentication is essential but complex… read more...

A/NZ uni spinoff targets big data demand

February 18, 2015 | Beverley Head
RoZetta Technology, officially launched this week, is an attempt by 40 Australian and New Zealand universities to commercialise their big data expertise… read more...

Apple Matters: Feeling secure

February 18, 2015 | Mark Webster
Everyone wants to feel secure and even the idea that someone might be snooping on electronic devices is unsettling. Mark Webster looks at security for Apple… read more...

Data demand surges – but at what price to enterprise?

February 17, 2015 | Beverley Head
Consumer appetite for mobile data is surging – but are corporates getting a raw deal if they are paying for it?… read more...
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Global ERP firm makes home in Auckland

February 17, 2015 | Newsdesk
Rapid local growth proves New Zealand is fertile ground for ERP sales… read more...

Infor announces crusade for recognition

February 13, 2015 | Hayden McCall
ERP vendor Infor is pushing for more adoption of its cloud suite, announcing a major sponsorship of the Crusaders rugby team to boost brand recognition… read more...

MYOB and Xero take battle on the road

February 12, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australia and New Zealand’s leading accounting software companies are going up against each other on three fronts; innovation, customer count and now roadshows… read more...

Orion Health partners with all five South Island DHBs for regional patient information system

February 11, 2015 | Vendor - media release
MEDIA RELEASE: 11 February 2015 – eHealth software company Orion Health has signed a commercial agreement… read more...

How APIs are building the new enterprise

February 10, 2015 | Beverley Head
Sydney is this week hosting up to 300 of Australia and New Zealand’s leading API developers at a conference intended to showcase the role of APIs in creating “composable enterprises”… read more...
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Samsung’s TV a sign of problems to come

February 10, 2015 | Clare Coulson
The company’s ‘listening TV’ has highlighted the coming privacy mine-field that smart technology and the internet of things will introduce for business… read more...
Internet Fiber

Spark/Vocus JV ups fibre ante

February 5, 2015 | Clare Coulson
Spark and Vocus have entered in to a joint venture in a move that has surprised some in the industry… read more...

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