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UX: Creating beautiful software

December 31, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
Enterprise software has finally got the message that user-friendly also means productivity-friendly, and a bit sexy. We asked Anthony Doesburg to look at how to create simple-to-use software and websites… read more...

HR: How to transform paper shufflers into talent managers

December 31, 2014 | Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson explores developments in human resources (HR) management and discovers how technology is shaping this field… read more...
ICT skills

ICT skills shortage: A clear and present danger

December 31, 2014 | Clare Coulson
As businesses across the board are becoming increasingly digitised, technology and high-tech companies alike have been bemoaning the shortage of available ICT skills. Clare Coulson investigates whether there is a real possibility that this region is being left in the ICT dust… read more...
Politics of e-health

The politics of e-health

September 11, 2014 | James Riley
The benefits of digitising health are undisputed, as is the need to reduce healthcare costs with our aging populace. But e-health initiatives get bogged down in politics. We sent James Riley to take the temperature in New Zealand…[View as PDF] read more...
IoT how to

How to plug into the internet of things

August 28, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
Need to track your vehicles? Or monitor water? The internet of things delivers an extraordinary opportunity to connect and network all manner of things, but how?… read more...
Scanning the biometrics

Scanning the biometrics market

August 28, 2014 | Clare Coulson
Security analytics, biometrics and behaviourmetrics seem kind of Doctor Spocky, but are rapidly migrating from sci-fi movies into the real world. Clare Coulson looks at the complex world of security and crime prevention… read more...
Internet of Things

The internet of things: the precipice of a revolution

August 19, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
Driverless cars, wearable computers, location-based intelligence; they all rely on what has become known as the ‘internet of things’. And it certainly has people talking as Anthony Doesburg discovers… read more...
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Oracle sets sail for the cloud

August 13, 2014 | Newsdesk
For more than three and a half decades, Oracle has set the standard among top tier of database technology and enterprise applications; and as it has evolved and acquired best-in-class companies, that leadership has expanded into new areas… read more...
Call Centres

Satisfaction calling: does outsourcing contact centres work?

July 10, 2014 | Stephen Withers
Often maligned from within and outside, the contact centre is the coal face of customer service interaction. But so often the processes and people are dumbed down so they can be sent offshore and run more cheaply. Stephen Withers treads the political minefield…[View as PDF] read more...
Businessman

Liberating productivity: how to mobilise the desktop

July 1, 2014 | Clare Coulson
As mobile devices become more sophisticated, more of us are joining the ranks of Generation AO (“Always On”) and the enterprise needs to keep up. Clare Coulson spoke to three experts about the different options for taking the enterprise mobile… read more...
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Is cloud computing disenfranchising the CIO?

July 1, 2014 | Clare Coulson
Cloud computing is continuing its meteoric rise and as a partial result IT control and decision-making is moving to the line of business managers. In the middle of it: the CIO. Clare Coulson considers what these changes mean for the modern CIO… read more...
Telco business

Has the spark gone out of the telco business?

June 26, 2014 | Bill Bennett
Telcos are facing a swathe of new challenges from technological change, global over-the-top content providers and a new era of regulation and market intervention. Bill Bennett asks where is the telco business going?… read more...
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Protect and serve – how safe is your personal data?

June 23, 2014 | Clare Coulson
The revelations of the Heartbleed vulnerability in April and the recent implementation of Australia’s new privacy regime in March have put data breaches firmly back in the limelight. Clare Coulson finds out more… read more...
Hatch business idea

How to hatch your business idea

June 23, 2014 | Fiona Hanlon
The statistics are compelling; basically half of all new start-up businesses fail within two to five years. Since the rise of businesses incubators and accelerators statistics show that the successful completion of an incubator programme plays a significant role in the success rate of a company. Fiona Hanlon investigates… read more...
Finger on the customer pulse

Finger on the pulse – measuring customer sentiment

June 19, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
Successful businesses today must continually take the pulse of their varied customer base and respond to their wants and needs… read more...
Modern marketers guide

A modern marketer’s guide to technology

June 11, 2014 | Clare Coulson
The arrival of new technologies has opened opportunities for marketing, but taking advantage of them requires a significant shift in modus operandi. Clare Coulson asked industry thought leaders how businesses should behave and where technology fits…[View as PDF] read more...
Personal picks

Personal picks: 10 of the best for productivity

Paul Di Francesco and Clare Coulson worked the mobile social media networks to unveil the most popular productivity enhancing apps for work and play… read more...
Anatomy of technology

The anatomy of technology as a change agent

March 24, 2014 | Chris Bell
The joint forces of data analytics, mobile solutions, social applications and cloud computing are disrupting whole industries and forcing change. Businesses that do not adapt are in danger of becoming extinct. Chris Bell asks the experts if change today actually begins with technology, and whether it should… read more...
Tech Wreak

Stock market analysis: are we heading for Tech Wreck 2.0?

March 24, 2014 | Beverley Head
Technology stocks are flavour of the month as start-ups and angel investors flirt outrageously in the hope of joining the headlines, but some have been left scratching their heads and asking if we are heading for another tech wreck. Beverley Head investigates… read more...
What retailers can learn from manufacturing

What retailers can learn from manufacturing

March 23, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
The manufacturing sector is a prime example of an industry vertical that has embraced technology. MRP & ERP systems have transformed productivity and efficiency in a sector whose margins were squeezed by globalisation. Now retail is under similar pressures with the growth of online retailing. Here Anthony Doesburg uncovers the lessons that the retail sector can learn from the way manufacturing uses technology… read more...
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