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Xero takes home NZ international business award
Mon, 28th Nov 2016
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Xero wins Excellence in Leadership award at New Zealand Business Awards. CEO Rod Drury accepts and emphasizes company's commitment to social challenges.
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Facebook inspired to do more with social platform
Fri, 18th Nov 2016
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While it’s still very early in this journey, we’re inspired by the good our community already does and we are committed to doing more to help people.
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Who are 2016’s top tech billionaires? Don't worry, they're all men
Fri, 4th Nov 2016
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While 2016 has been a tumultuous year for lots of companies, tech billionaires continue to dominate the ranks of the world’s wealthiest people.
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Microsoft WPC expected to deliver $70-million boost for Toronto
Wed, 13th Jul 2016
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For the third time in 12 years, Toronto is serving as host city for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC).
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Cloud hardware market hits $6.6 billion in Q1
Mon, 4th Jul 2016
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Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue grew 3.9% to $6.6 billion on slowed demand from public cloud in the first quarter of 2016.
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Empired offers up eScribe paperless meetings for public sector
Thu, 2nd Jun 2016
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Empired has signed a deal with Canada's eScribe Software, which will see it spearheading the company's expansion here and pushing paperless meetings.
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Telstra invests in machine learning based app delivery platform
Mon, 25th Jan 2016
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Telstra Ventures has invested in a company whose application delivery platform learns user behaviour to download only relevant aspects of a webpage.
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Wynyard inks $27 million deal with national security bureau
Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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The Auckland-based company will provide its security solutions to help the bureau solve high consequence crime, security and big data problems.
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NZ dollar benefits from commodity currency gains after RBA decision, Canadian GDP
Wed, 4th Mar 2015
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The New Zealand dollar rose along with other commodity currencies after the Australian Reserve Bank chose not to cut interest rates yesterday and foll.
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Michael Hill shares jump 7% after 1H profit rises 46%
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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Michael Hill International shares jumped as much as 7 percent after the jewellery chain posted a 46 percent rise in first-half profit.
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Wellington needs to be better at attracting tech students
Wed, 3rd Dec 2014
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Wellington City Council and Absolute IT discuss attracting and retaining IT talent in Wellington and building the tech sector.
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Wynyard hires former Darktrace, GCHQ officer Andrew France
Mon, 17th Nov 2014
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Wynyard Group, the security software company spun out of Jade Software last year, has hired Andrew France, former deputy director of cyber defence.
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Dropbox makes play for NZ business
Thu, 8th May 2014
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Dropbox is looking to convert NZ businesses to its Dropbox for Business offering and has launched its partner programme here.
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NewLease founder Doug Tutus passes away
Wed, 19th Feb 2014
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Leading software firm NewLease has announced that co-founder and managing director Doug Tutus has sadly passed away.
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Microsoft names new global Channel Chief
Mon, 2nd Sep 2013
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Company veteran replaces Jon Roskill, who served for three years as corporate vice president of the company’s Worldwide Partner Group.
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Waikato students win place at international 24hr CaseIT comp
Fri, 18th Jan 2013
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Students to represent New Zealand at a 24hr IT business case competition in Canada, where it will compete against 15 teams from top international universities.
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New Zealand fails to make tech grade
Fri, 30th Nov 2012
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No Kiwi cities in the top 20 tech hubs around the world, but Sydney and Melbourne make the cut.
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Symantec reports record revenue
Thu, 25th Oct 2012
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Symantec achieves a record NZ$2.1 billion revenue in Q2 2013, reflecting solid growth ambitions and strong sector performance.
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Canada joins Huawei boycott
Thu, 11th Oct 2012
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Chinese company faces exclusion from planned government network across North America as concerns over security risks continue.
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Online helpdesk spreads satisfaction in NZ - Updated
Wed, 1st Feb 2012
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95% of kiwis satisfied thanks to cloud-based customer service network.
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Optimizer HQ offers ultra-cheap SMS marketing
Tue, 10th Jan 2012
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New Texta service aims to make text message promos affordable for small businesses.
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Facebook frustrations
Thu, 1st Dec 2011
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Facebook's new privacy settings mean that photos you tag now can be seen by friends of the person tagged, not just your own friends.
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Kobo purchased for US$315 million
Wed, 9th Nov 2011
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Rakuten Inc to acquire Toronto's Kobo for $315m, broadening global eBook reach and diversifying into new markets.
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NZ ranked second-best business location in the world
Thu, 6th Oct 2011
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Forbes says kiwi economy has held up well during global recession.