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Is HR just an administrivia?
Gartner’s “Maverick” research is designed to spark new, unconventional insights, in order to deliver disruptive ideas. Here Morgan Yeates offers some provocative thoughts on HR technology… read more...
Signing on the digital line
Despite the fact that technology use has almost become an extension of the human condition, there is one area where we stubbornly stick to the old… read more...
Want to go global: 10 questions to ask
The opportunity for New Zealand businesses to sell in a global market is immense, but it’s a little more complicated than sorting out how to ship products overseas. Mike Sullivan candidly shares his insights… read more...
Business intelligence: what are you really investing in?
Gartner’s Ian Bertram looks at the evidence on business intelligence and asks whether it’s worth the investment… read more...
Some manufacturers just don’t get IT!
Keith Jessop laments the lost opportunities that he sees from 20,000 feet when manufacturers do not leverage their system capabilities to do better business. read more...
QlikView and the power of gray
Letting the mind wander can often throw up better results than a direct answer to an initial question. This associative thinking style can also be applied to software queries as the experts from QlikView explain… read more...
How malware could kill BYOD efficiency
Dylan Persaud asks if the future of BYOD will be compromised by the rising threat of malware-laden apps read more...
ERP is not an IT decision
The technology to drive your business must be chosen by business heads, not by techies. By Philip Morgan, Director, Verde Group… read more...
Convenience trumps security
Encryption that is very hard to crack by the NSA (the US spy agency) has existed for years. But it’s not easy to use so hardly anyone does. We trade convenience for security says Gerry McGovern… read more...
Cloud the only future for ERP
When IBM asked Australian companies about their cloud computing progress it was surprised to learn many remained at the researching or planning stage… read more...
CRM automation: efficiency versus effectiveness
Gartner analyst Praveen Sengar says you need to judge sales tools by their impact on sales success, not the cost of sale… read more...
5 cloud myths unplugged
Cloud computing is one of the most popular yet continually misunderstood terms in the modern technology world. Cloud expert Craig Deveson sets out to dispel some of the enduring myths… read more...
Getting the best from your briefs
Jane Smallfield offers a few words of wisdom on not slacking when it comes to your briefs… read more...
How to avoid the IT hall of shame
IT security and project stuff-ups are certainly nothing new in our field. But things seem to be getting worse and sadly, most of these issues are preventable… read more...
Quality search requires quality people not just algorithms
On its own, search technology will not help us find the right things quickly. We need human expertise and human management… read more...
Project success comes from the top
Approximately half of all significant ICT projects fail in terms of delivering what the business expected. Marg Roberts considers what needs to be done to improve the success rate… read more...
Management practice lags behind tech innovation
In many organisations management practice is about 20 years behind the web. Gerry McGovern discusses what this really means… read more...
Gartner predicts mobile analytics as top CIO priority
Every business is looking at how to make better use of the data it has and to make sense out of all the small details. As 2013 gets well underway, Gartner analyst Daniel Yuen outlines a number of BI trends that organisations will need to consider over the next four years… read more...
My Jaguar versus your systems
Owen McCall talks cars, computers and reliability… read more...
Making BYOD a success in retail
Retail BYOD shifts the focus of the retail assistant from expertise to enablement, but will the customer journey suffer? Aldas Palubinskas discusses this up and coming trend… read more...