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disruptive acquisition

Disruptive acquisition

January 16, 2014 | Clare Coulson
Directors and boards are used to navigating post-acquisition IT roadmaps, signing off on piles of cash to standardise information systems and deliver the sought-after cost efficiencies… read more...

Getting your business on the map

January 16, 2014 | Paul Di Francesco
In this ‘social, local, mobile’ world we live in, being able to pinpoint where we are, what is in our immediate vicinity and how to get there, is vital… read more...

Freelancers take flight

January 8, 2014 | Anthony Doesburg
The way we work is changing. The market for recruiting creative and project resources has gone global… read more...
Big bad wolf

Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? – restructuring and redundancy

January 7, 2014 | Erin Boyle
When changing markets or new technology result in the ‘R words’, the processes and systems need to be in place to avoid staff challenging the outcomes and further extending the pain…. read more...

How to justify your technology choice

January 7, 2014 |
As technology plays an ever-stronger role in modern business models, predicting and measuring productivity gains from technology investment is becoming paramount to getting project sign off… read more...
Man machine

Man, machine and the productivity story

January 7, 2014 | Chris Bell
Technology has increased productivity and emancipated humankind from day-to day tasks, enabling automation over drudgery, hasn’t it? The march of the machine continues into the digital age… read more...

Fletcher Building lays foundations for success

November 2, 2013 | Clare Coulson
Fletcher Building is a NZ$6.5 billion company operating with 19,000 staff in more than 40 countries, manufacturing and distributing building and construction products… read more...
ANZ national merging

ANZ/National: merging is no horseplay

October 3, 2013 | Amanda Schaake
Two million customers, 8500 employees, over 400 IT systems, two very different brands and a thousand ways that it could have gone very wrong. Amanda Schaake speaks with ANZ New Zealand CEO David Hisco on integrating the ANZ and National banks… read more...

Appealing Apps: 10 of the best for business

October 2, 2013 | Clare Coulson
With more than 1000 apps being submitted to the Apple App Store each day, not to mention those created for Android, the apposphere is a fast-changing environment… read more...
Accounting for time

Accounting for time

September 24, 2013 | David McNickel
In a service-based economy where time really is money many businesses are literally leaking dollars and cents like a sieve. David McNickel investigates the new wave of service automation systems that can help manage service workers more profitably… read more...
Cyber crime

Cybercrime scene investigation

September 20, 2013 | Stuart Corner
Stuart Corner takes a look at how security intelligence software is helping those involved in corporate security and justice to narrow the field of suspects, and keep the cybercriminals at bay… read more...

Does marketing automation deliver on promises?

September 19, 2013 | Anthony Doesburg
As the lines between marketing, sales and service blur ‘smarketing’ is the way forward. Anthony Doesburg investigates this blend of sales and marketing and asks if the tools are delivering on their promise, or are they just more marketing puffery?… read more...
Obama mosaic

Big data buzz gets ‘BS’ tag

September 17, 2013 | Anthony Doesburg
Is big data “bullshit”? Anthony Doesburg sifts through the big data brouhaha and considers the reality behind the buzz… read more...
Is Forex breaking your bank

Is forex breaking your bank?

September 12, 2013 | Beverley Head
Bank fees are part of life, but when it comes to international transaction payments we could be paying over the odds. Beverley Head reports… read more...
iStart guide to buying IT

The iStart guide to buying tech

August 21, 2013 | Xavier Russo
Half of all IT projects fail to deliver on expectations. If you don’t want this to be you then you had better get your metaphorical ducks in a row… read more...
The right ERP solution

Back the right ERP solution to win

August 21, 2013 | Newsdesk
Purchasing and implementing an ERP system is a complex undertaking and continues to be regarded as a high-risk project by most companies. Subject expert UXC Eclipse offers its top recommendations for successfully choosing and implementing a new ERP solution… read more...

E-health technology shows vital signs

August 21, 2013 | Chris Bell
From referrals systems to electronic health records and devices that allow patients to monitor their symptoms, health sector technology is evolving… read more...
social media explained

Does social media suck for B2B?

June 18, 2013 | Clare Coulson
In the last few years every business has jumped on the social media bandwagon. It has fragmented marketing budgets and sucked up time and money, but to what end?… read more...
social media explained

Six reasons to use LinkedIn for B2B

June 18, 2013 | iStart
Earlier this year LinkedIn broke through the 200 million member barrier and is continuing to grow by two new members per second… read more...

Fibre wars: the future of super fast internet

June 17, 2013 | iStart
Some millions of column inches and billions of public funds have been dedicated to the broadband initiatives on both sides of the Tasman, but serious questions remain unresolved… read more...
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