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Avoiding the tech apocalypse

December 17, 2013 | Paul Budde
Paul Budde offers his thoughts on how new open ‘people technologies’ could help us to avoid a cataclysm and create a smarter society… read more...

Printer vendor combats decline in traditional print volumes

December 12, 2013 | Newsdesk
Ricoh is realigning its business to the digital era, planning to grow its IT services and consulting divisions to a projected 50 percent of its overall business by 2015… read more...

Crystal balls polished as New Year looms

December 11, 2013 | Newsdesk
As 2013 ebbs away and 2014 looms, computer vendors are polishing their crystal balls and issuing year-end predictions about just what enterprise will invest in during the new year… read more...

Google Compute Engine announcements begins new cloud market era

December 9, 2013 | Newsdesk
Google is pushing further into the cloud with the announcement that its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product, Compute Engine, is now generally available on the Google Cloud Platform… read more...

NZ Hi-Tech Awards launch 2014 entries online

December 6, 2013 | Newsdesk
The 2014 Awards not only mark the 20th anniversary of the Awards but also the return of the Gala Dinner to Christchurch and a new home-grown online entry system… read more...

Wellington Developer Academy launches

December 6, 2013 | Newsdesk
Backed by Xero, Telecom, CarnivalLabs, Powershop and Grow Wellington, the new DevBootcamp-style course offers motivated self-starters a foot in the door of local tech companies… read more...

Online marketing set to surge in 2014

December 3, 2013 | Newsdesk
Investment in online marketing is tipped for a sharp increase in 2014 as organisations prepare to spend more on social media, email and mobile campaigns across Australia and New Zealand… read more...

Skills shortage still stymies big data

December 3, 2013 | iStart
The dearth of skills has been fingered once again as the primary barrier to more successful deployments of big data analysis in Australia and New Zealand… read more...
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Auckland fibre: too hard, too slow

November 30, 2013 | Paul Brislen
Paul Brislen discusses why other cities have got the technology edge on New Zealand’s largest conurbation… read more...
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Microsoft CRM 2013 release notes

November 28, 2013 | Newsdesk
The new Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 is now available worldwide and experts are saying it represents a significant leap forward from previous versions, reflecting the way that people work rather than dictating processes… read more...

ANZ banks on digital future

November 28, 2013 | Newsdesk
The ANZ Bank has spent $150 million on new digital platforms to support customers and staff and plans to invest up to $100 million annually for another four years… read more...

Simpl Group focuses new brand on health

November 22, 2013 | Newsdesk
The Simpl Group has this week announced a new brand, Simplhealth, that will focus entirely on the development of healthcare information technology solutions… read more...

Kiwibank helps home hunters on the go

November 21, 2013 | Newsdesk
Kiwibank has released a new app that it believes will turn searching for a new home on its head… read more...
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Bill Buckley named as 2013 Flying Kiwi

November 19, 2013 | Newsdesk
A 120-people strong audience, including a who’s who of the New Zealand hi-tech industry, gathered to see Bill Buckley honoured as the peer-reviewed ‘Tait Communications Flying Kiwi’ and the next member of the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame… read more...

Tech exports boosted by ICT sector

October 31, 2013 | Newsdesk
ICT companies were responsible for almost half of the $260 million revenue growth for technology exporters this year… read more...

SMX appoints new CEO to go global

October 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
The Kiwi start-up has engaged international expertise to take it to the next level… read more...

NetSuite reaffirms SAP-switch deal for ANZ users

October 30, 2013 | Newsdesk
Cloud ERP vendor NetSuite has confirmed its offer to switch Australian and New Zealand users of SAP’s Business by Design system to its platform for free for a year… read more...

Telecom considering 10,000 wi-fi hotspots nationally

October 25, 2013 | Newsdesk
The telco’s new wi-fi network is so popular it is thinking of increasing its target number of hotspots fivefold… read more...

Westpac App Challenge reveals world-class quality on our doorstep

October 23, 2013 | Newsdesk
The competition quality was such a success that an extra winner was selected and now Westpac plans to replicate the format internationally… read more...

DB receives award for full strength customer service with SAP

October 22, 2013 | Newsdesk
The iconic New Zealand brewer has cooked up a new recipe for customer satisfaction using e-commerce ingredients… read more...
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