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Kiwi online retail giant Mighty Ape finds fitting new home

Mighty Ape scales up with a new eco-friendly HQ in Silverdale, doubling capacity for its growing online empire.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018

Deloitte appoints 17 new leaders

Deloitte's presence in the Central North Island is broadened with the admission of Lee Gray and Tamarapa Lloyd who have joined the Rotorua office.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018

Platform-as-a-Service

Oracle makes massive investment in autonomous cloud platform services

Oracle is ramping up its autonomous capabilities across its Cloud Platform, aiming for a self-sustaining PaaS with new AI and machine learning integrations.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018

Marketing Technologies

Passion for STEM sparks early for girls in Asia Pacific

When the girls were asked what would encourage them to pursue a career in STEM, parental encouragement was considered the most important influence.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018

Artificial Intelligence

Unlocking the benefits of leading a multi-generational workforce

Diversity – and not just gender diversity – brings different ideas, backgrounds, and assumptions to the table.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018

Storage

The seven critical skills all IT teams should possess

Skillsoft's EMEA MD explains how embedding key skills within in-house IT teams can help keep an organisation's data safe and its employees productive.

By Steve Wainwright • 5 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Supply Chain

Amazon and eBay pushing department stores to extinction

The new generation of tech-savvy shoppers prefer to shop with online platforms like Amazon and eBay that provide lower prices.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Digital Transformation

What NZ's public sector can learn from the Horowhenua District Council

By developing an online portal that enables self-service for council interactions, Horowhenua becomes a more desirable place for businesses.

By Benjamin Cowling • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Private Cloud

Alibaba gives AWS, Microsoft and Google a run for their cloud money

New data from Synergy Research Group has solidified the world's most dominant cloud providers as Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, Google – and Alibaba.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Cloud Access Security Broker

Qualcomm not convinced by Broadcom's offer despite $8b safety-net

Qualcomm say regulatory and revenue risks are too high as billion-dollar customers threaten to take business elsewhere.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Digital Transformation

The Warehouse Group creates new executive role to drive 'crucial' IT transformation

The Warehouse Group appoints chief transformation officer to drive digital future and fix retail fundamentals.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Unified Communications

Australian-designed 4G router delivers NBN speeds

Accelerated Concepts announced it has launched an Australian-designed 4G failover router that delivers NBN speeds.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Semiconductors

Intel releases Spectre & Meltdown patches for some Skylake processors

Intel has rolled out patches for Spectre and Meltdown flaws in some Skylake processors, aiming to enhance data security amid previous update issues.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Marketing Technologies

GitHub reveals open source project trends for 2018

Last year, 24 million people from over 200 different countries worked together on GitHub to code better and build bigger.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Hyperscale

Lawsuits & landmark deals: The fascinating relationship between Getty Images & Google

Google has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images, following a 2016 competition law complaint by Getty against the tech giant.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Unified Communications

Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem selected for 5G NR trials

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G modem will power live 5G NR trials with Vodafone and other global operators as part of a push to commercialise 5G by 2019.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018