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Leighton Contractors extends managed print services contract with HP
Construction company says partnership with HP has already reduced costs and improved staff productivity… read more...
AppWrap: ICT news wrap up Q4 2009
iStart’s monthly summary of news and deals affecting New Zealand’s enterprise ICT market, compiled by iStart News Editor Simon Hendery… read more...
NextWindow selects Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management
Local optical touch screen exporter is the first company in New Zealand to deploy Oracle’s PLM solution… read more...
Pingar debuts kiwi-made enterprise search solution
Local software developer says while half of all searches don’t find the correct answer, it has the solution… read more...
Local Microsoft partner takes the stage at international SharePoint conference
Intergen’s Chris Auld shares his company’s experience with a global audience ahead of next month’s beta release of SharePoint 2010… read more...
Author-it and Lionbridge launch multilingual content delivery solution
Partnership focused on unified global content lifecycle solution for managing content in multiple languages and formats… read more...
Two-thirds of businesses planning Windows 7 deployment within a year
Australian survey finds waiting for Service Pack 1 is a thing of the past but uncertainty remains regarding deployment strategy… read more...
One in three Australian organisations already embracing web 2.0
Survey finds only 7% have decided against deploying the technology in the foreseeable future… read more...
Department of Immigration and Citizenship extends Unisys contract
Next phase of $50m outsourced desktop services deal will see server numbers cut from 107 to 8 through a virtualisation project… read more...
“Context-aware computing” tipped as the next business advantage
Gartner says within six years, context will be as influential in mobile consumer services and relationships as search engines are to the web… read more...
Organisations boosting investment in IT security strategies
Enterprises say they are planning to invest in IT security audits, data loss prevention, and consulting… read more...
Charlie Chidiac swaps Symantec for Websense
Technical support veteran now overseeing Websense’s Asia Pacific technical account managers… read more...
Macquarie Generation rolls out SAP mobile applications
Australia’s largest electricity generator looks to streamline business processes by mobilising SAP Maintenance Inventory on handheld devices… read more...
Businesses see enterprise web 2.0 as a must-have
Wikis, blogs, collaborative document management and Twitter are the key apps driving enterprise web 2.0 adoption… read more...
Punk legend Iggy Pop fronts for Orcon
Local telco’s latest promotion involves the music icon putting a band together – with kiwi talent he meets online… read more...
Plant & Food Research selects SAP Business Suite
Crown research institute says rapid deployment, and on-time, under-budget delivery adds up to good value… read more...
Health Corporate Network selects Objective
The WA Department of Health’s corporate shared service centre expects its new EDRMS solution will improve customer service and job accuracy… read more...
Delfin Lend Lease implements IPscape
Solution enables communities developer to add an SMS channel to its digital communications toolset… read more...
Statistics NZ selects IBM for 2011 Census imaging services
Contract aims to improve quality and accuracy of data captured during the five-yearly national head-count… read more...
IT confidence in US bodes well for New Zealand
KPMG says local technology firms will benefit from the new positive economic outlook of American IT companies… read more...
