Global Stories

Vendors up their game with acquisitions, partnerships, cloud and data

This year will see some big changes taking place in the world of IT as vendors and customers work to stay ahead against stiff competition.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 20th Jan 2016

Customer Experience

The top 3 IT opportunities for 2016

IT leaders must become catalysts for positive organisational change by enabling new services that are closely aligned to the organisation's strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 13th Jan 2016

Brocade

Brocade's answer to the IT infrastructure performance problem

Brocade introduces Analytics Monitoring Platform for its Fibre Channel Storage Area Network solutions to achieve greater ROI and reduced OpEx.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 1st Sep 2015

Customer Relationship Management

IT issues the number one restricting factor for contact centres

Nearly half (44%) of industry professionals say a primary barrier to running an effective contact centre is 'IT issues'.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 31st Aug 2015

Unified Communications

Dissatisfaction drives employees to the dark side of tech

Dissatisfaction with business collaboration tools is driving employees to turn to unsanctioned and unsecure technology, and driving up shadow IT.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 27th Aug 2015

Data Analytics

KPMG reveals CEOs goals and fears for the next three years

CEOs continue to transform their organisations and are more concerned about product relevance, customer loyalty and keeping current with new tech.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 13th Aug 2015

Hyperscale

How solutions-based SLAs can protect your enterprise

Outsourcing IT services can increase risk for businesses, but service-level agreements provide some insurance, says CenturyLink.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 31st Jul 2015

IT Industry

Empired strikes oil with second oil and gas win this week

Empired continues winning streak with second oil and gas sector deal this week, this time netting $10 million in a three year contract.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2015

Partner Programmes

The failing relationship between IT departments and service providers

There is significant misalignment between what services IT departments want and what IT service providers are selling.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 14th May 2015

Unified Communications

The real IoT and the power of the platform

The world of M2M communication is gradually moving to multi-purpose solutions, impacting businesses and consumers in the IoT.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 8th May 2015

Software Development

Wellington IT skills drought continues

Absolute IT says IT professionals are in 'hot demand' in Wellington and have released a statement encoraging those with IT skills to head to the city.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2015

Data Analytics

AppDynamics widens scope to IT managers

AppDynamics enhances software with business intelligence, aiding IT and biz managers with real-time insights at Vegas launch.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Nov 2014

Stories from Other Regions

High Performance Computing

Wellington supercomputing conference aims to ignite innovation

This month will see some of the most recognised authorities in computing converging in Wellington for the 5th Multicore World event.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Health Technologies

Kiwi tech pros have it made, industry looking bright

IT professionals starting out their careers can look forward to sharp increases in the first six years of their careers.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2016

IT Industry

New Zealand job market bolstered by booming tech industry

Employers in the IT industry dominate the latest figures, with a net 40.7% looking to increase or maintain permanent headcount across main cities.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Tue, 19th Jan 2016

Government

Govt needs to 'get with the programme' on NZ's gender pay gap

The Green Party demands urgent Government action on NZ's worsening gender pay gap, as men earn nearly NZD $8k more than women, per the latest report.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Jan 2016

Government

Govt encourages Maori to get involved in IT

The New Zealand Government has launched a Maori Technology Scholarship to encourage more Maori into the Information Technology sector.

By Catherine Knowles • 1 min read • Mon, 31st Aug 2015

DevOps

Asia Pacific IT skills gap widens, drives hybrid cloud adoption

Hybrid cloud adoption is growing across Asia Pacific, as technology spend moves outside of IT's control and a widening skills gap drives interest in h.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2015