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Marketing and messaging trends shaping Facebook Messenger this year
Marketing Technologies

Marketing and messaging trends shaping Facebook Messenger this year

Improved group chats, realtime features, and visual messaging are just a few of the features in store for messaging app.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
Air New Zealand launching as a skill on Amazon Alexa
Unified Communications

Air New Zealand launching as a skill on Amazon Alexa

Air New Zealand is pioneering in Australasia with an Alexa skill, letting customers check flight statuses hands-free. It launches in early February.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
HPE helps Eni deploy world's most powerful industrial supercomputer
DataCentre infrastructure

HPE helps Eni deploy world's most powerful industrial supercomputer

Installed at the oil and gas company's green data centre, the new HPC4 supercomputer has a peak performance of 18.6 petaflops.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2018
Scale Computing and Schneider Electric form an alliance
DataCentre infrastructure

Scale Computing and Schneider Electric form an alliance

Scale Computing has been chosen as an Alliance Partner by APC by Schneider Electric to support its Micro Data Center Xpress solution.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2018
Frost & Sullivan: IoT security & surveillance sensor market set to flourish
Surveillance

Frost & Sullivan: IoT security & surveillance sensor market set to flourish

In 2016 the total sensors market in security and surveillance applications reached more than $6.2 million – a number that's set to double by 2023.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2018
Big change for Michael Hill as digital transformation journey kicks off
Customer Relationship Management

Big change for Michael Hill as digital transformation journey kicks off

Michael Hill operates more than 350 physical stores in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US, as well as four online outlets.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Apple to pump up data center spending by $10 billion
Manufacturing

Apple to pump up data center spending by $10 billion

Apple expects to invest over $30 billion in capital expenditures in the US over the next five years and create over 20,000 new jobs.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Blockpass joins Trusted IOT Alliance & Digital Identity Foundation
Blockchain

Blockpass joins Trusted IOT Alliance & Digital Identity Foundation

Blockpass aligns with the Decentralized Identity Foundation and the Trusted IOT Alliance, paving the way for the launch of its self-sovereign identity solution.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Business guru shares retail tips ahead of Amazon's arrival
Amazon

Business guru shares retail tips ahead of Amazon's arrival

Understanding the fundamentals of business in today's disrupted world will protect New Zealand retailers from Amazon, says author Ed Ludbrook.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Five ways Aussie retail can survive the arrival of Amazon
Customer Relationship Management

Five ways Aussie retail can survive the arrival of Amazon

Australian retailers can survive Amazon, says business author Ed Ludbrook. Retail is about problem solving and customer loyalty.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Fonterra, Alibaba collaboration ushers in new era of retail experiences in China
Alibaba

Fonterra, Alibaba collaboration ushers in new era of retail experiences in China

Hema utilises the wealth of data it gathers from consumers to provide a tailored and personalised shopping experience for each customer.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
APAC Cybersecurity trends ahead: The costs of connection
Malware

APAC Cybersecurity trends ahead: The costs of connection

The generally perilous state of affairs in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) arena presents a host of challenges of its own.

By Nick FitzGerald • 5 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Proficio to deepen APAC presence after 'record-breaking' 2017
Managed Security Services Provider

Proficio to deepen APAC presence after 'record-breaking' 2017

Proficio plans to expand its global presence across Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America after a record-breaking 2017.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Jan 2018
Adobe announces innovations for retailers in Adobe Experience Cloud
Marketing Technologies

Adobe announces innovations for retailers in Adobe Experience Cloud

Adobe unveils new tools in Adobe Experience Cloud to help retailers optimise in-store shopping, personalise experiences with big data, and enhance visual media.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Jan 2018
Parents beware! Malware may be hitchhiking on game apps
Malware

Parents beware! Malware may be hitchhiking on game apps

Cyber-criminals are targeting game apps intended for children, infecting them with 'AdultSwine' malware on Google Play, Check Point researchers warn.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Jan 2018

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Auckland's Paymark sold to French company for $190 million
Westpac

Auckland's Paymark sold to French company for $190 million

Auckland's Paymark, which processes a significant share of NZ's debit and credit card transactions, sold to France's Ingenico Group for NZD $190 million.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018
Bootcamp for startups tests entrepreneurial skills to the limit
SODA Inc

Bootcamp for startups tests entrepreneurial skills to the limit

Do you have entrepreneurial tendencies or tendons, where it's a part of your body and you can't do anything else?.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2018