New Zealand small business jobs growth rebounds in September
about 1 hour agoHigher sales helped New Zealand small businesses lift hiring 2.5% in the September quarter, though payment times also lengthened.
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Samsung names seven young Kiwi innovators in prize haul
The competition's $24,000 prize pool was split among projects tackling communication, education, accessibility and environmental problems.
Hawke's Bay council records biggest capital programme
Only NZD $347,000 was left for unexpected costs after Hawke's Bay Regional Council spent a record NZD $75.1 million on capital projects.
Kōwhai Park solar farm commissioned in Christchurch
The project is set to power about 36,000 homes a year, adding one of New Zealand's largest solar assets to Christchurch's grid.
AIready audit finds many NZ sites hard for crawlers
Many New Zealand firms could be missing AI search visibility, after 158 audits found a median crawler-readability score of 55 out of 100.
New Zealand firms race ahead with AI despite data gaps
Despite weak data foundations, 65 per cent of local organisations are already running AI projects, while many cannot measure success effectively.
SAP to test AI model on International Space Station
The trial could sharpen early-warning analytics for factories and supply chains, as the model runs in orbit without waiting for Earth-based analysis.
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Sectigo targets ANZ growth as certificate lifespans shrink
Shorter certificate lifespans are pushing Australian and New Zealand firms to automate renewals, or face higher security and outage risks.
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Oracle NetSuite: Trust AI the way you'd trust a new hire
Oracle NetSuite's Brian Chess says trust is earned and built over time and through experience. That doesn't change when agentic AI is involved.
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Twilio evolves from APIs to conversational trust
As AI agents proliferate, Twilio is focusing on trusted, governed communications infrastructure rather than the apps that sit on top of it.
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Twilio bets on conversation infrastructure for the agentic AI era
Twilio says enterprise AI will fail without the communications plumbing to link customer data, channels and human workers across touchpoints.
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AI Investment in Australia and New Zealand Drives Data Focus
Many ANZ firms lack the data governance and integration needed to prove AI is lifting productivity, costs or customer experience.
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When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?
Schools and universities risk misjudging students if AI marks work without robust human oversight, as a Massachusetts error showed.
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From AI That Answers to AI That Acts
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Cisco warns Asia Pacific firms lack confidence on AI agents
Only 52% of firms across Asia Pacific, Japan and China feel ready to detect and respond to compromised AI agents, Cisco found.
SAP & NTT team up on sovereign cloud for governments
Governments and defence operators could gain tighter control over sensitive systems as the two groups target regulated customers with sovereign cloud services.
Dayforce deepens alliance with Deloitte on payroll tools
The tie-up will add shared go-to-market work and new payroll controls software as employers seek lower-risk HR system upgrades.
New Relic adds GitHub Copilot observability integrations
The tools aim to catch production regressions earlier, linking GitHub Copilot activity with live telemetry as AI code use grows faster than reviews can keep up.
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Zoho Analytics adds agentic AI layer for business data
Businesses can now let AI agents query company data with more context, as Zoho Analytics gains semantic and ontology layers plus workflow tools.
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Google named Leader in IDC agentic AI platform report
Enterprises are increasingly prioritising governance, security and integration as they move AI agents beyond pilots and into production systems.
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Legora & Sirion join forces on legal tech integration
Corporate legal teams can now move between contract data and legal research without manual transfer, as the pair link their platforms for shared customers.
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Intralogistics market set to hit USD $133bn by 2030
Warehouse operators are driving a shift towards software and robots as labour shortages and delivery pressures lift the intralogistics market to USD $133 billion by 2030.
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