2026 Stories - Page 102

Kiwi Stories

2026 stories

Outsourcing information security is optimal, says Advantage

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offers a combination of expertise that most organisations cannot themselves field, with the shared cost of the service.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 17th Feb 2023

Software-as-a-Service

TechnologyOne launches new Solution as a Service in New Zealand

SaaS+ is designed to help solve the three greatest impediments to investing in digital transformation: time-to-value, cost, and complexity.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Feb 2023

Global Stories

2026 stories

Robotic Process Automation

2032 digital substation market to be US$14.11 billion: FMI

The digital substation market was valued at US$6.5 billion in 2021. It is expected to be US$14.11 billion by 2032, growing at a 7.3% CAGR from 2022 to 2032.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Mar 2023

Semiconductors

2023, a crucial year for battery-electric vehicles: Gartner

Some important considerations are rising electricity prices, introduction of EV taxation, unreliable global charging infrastructure, and poor service quality.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Fri, 10th Mar 2023

Software-as-a-Service

BigCommerce advances enterprise platform to drive merchant growth

BOPIS continues to grow and has become an important tool for merchants with online and physical stores to provide a seamless experience between them.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Mar 2023

Cognizant

Cognizant prepares to triple NZ workforce by end of 2026

Cognizant is expanding its presence in New Zealand with the appointment of Simone Moors as Country Managing Director, New Zealand.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Mar 2023

Unified Communications

Can machines really deliver better customer experience than humans?

All eyes are on the big tech players as they battle it out to win the chatbot innovation race, but it's not been without its challenges.

By Christoph Börner • 5 min read • Tue, 28th Feb 2023

Breach Prevention

Gigamon unveils new worldwide channel and alliances VP

With 25 years of experience in channel strategy, Acquista brings a fresh perspective as she and the team build on the company's channel-first strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 17th Feb 2023

Hyperscale

Akamai launches new connected cloud and computing services

The new services offer a fundamentally different approach to the cloud by integrating core and distributed computing sites with a massively scaled edge network.

By Gaurav Sharma • 5 min read • Wed, 15th Feb 2023

Internet of Things

Thinxtra launches partner program, begins partner recruitment

The two-tier program is to enable partners to capitalise on Massive IoT growth in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Macau.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Feb 2023

DevOps

Deep observability market tipped to grow over 50% YoY in 2023

Enterprises face unique challenges in 2023, with hybrid and multi-cloud operations, AI disruption, and the need for deep observability.

By Alan Weckel • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Feb 2023

Data Analytics

Publicis Sapient acquires Tquila ANZ, expands Salesforce capabilities

The acquisition will ramp up Publicis Sapient's local Salesforce capabilities, while continuing to strengthen the company's global distributed delivery model.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 10th Feb 2023

Fintech

Xero, Stripe expand partnership to help small businesses get paid faster

Stripe and Xero have expanded their partnership to help small businesses worldwide get paid faster, by integrating Stripe Connect into Xero's platform.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Feb 2023

Clean technologies

Environmental sustainability makes it to top 10 of CEO priorities

Environmental sustainability has become a top 10 business priority for CEOs, demanding aligned environmental performance from souring functions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 3rd Feb 2023

DataCentre infrastructure

Red Hat Enterprise Linux now on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

The certified configurations of OCI Compute resources can now run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, giving customers choices in the distributed cloud environment.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Feb 2023

Firewalls

Gartner names Barracuda as Visionary in Magic Quadrant

Gartner assessed 17 different vendors in the process, determining the most suitable vendors for cloud firewalls and firewall-as-a-service offerings.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2023

Software-as-a-Service

Experts say ZTNA market to reach $7b in next two years

KuppingerCole analysts expect the Zero Trust Network Access market to reach USD $7.34 billion in 2025, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.4%.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Jan 2023