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Privacy Week: 79% of Kiwis concerned about businesses that share their personal info

Those on a lower income of $55,000 or less were more likely to be concerned about privacy (77%) than those with higher incomes (63%).

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Microsoft

Why Microsoft Intune is the next big thing for enterprise

Mobile Mentor launches Intune Management and App Protection services, marking a new era for MS 365 enterprise security in New Zealand's TaaS programme.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Global Stories

Retail stories

Data Analytics

The trouble with data hoarding — and how to fix It

A lot of companies have become data Hoarders, and they'll soon find themselves struggling with the cost of managing it all.

By Marina Brook • 4 min read • Wed, 9th May 2018

Storage

HPE announces the next generation of HPE Nimble Storage platform

Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveils the next gen of HPE Nimble Storage, promising unmatched storage efficiency and SCM-enabled low latency for real-time apps.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Unified Communications

Jabra names top partners in Australia & New Zealand

Jabra has honoured Polaris Communications and Ingram Micro at its APAC One Partner conference, highlighting their exceptional sales and market growth in ANZ.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Marketing Technologies

Why Kiwis tend to prefer contactless payment

Millennials continue to drive contactless payments, with almost 9 in 10 people aged 25 to 34 using contactless technology.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Cartech

Volvo to embed Google in next-gen infotainment system

Volvo announced it is working with Google to embed Google Assistant, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Fintech

Australia grants first banking license to fintech startup

Australia's first fintech banking license has been authorised by authorities in a bid to improve competition in a sector dominated by four major lenders.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Hyperscale

Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2018 draws a huge crowd

Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2018 wowed thousands at Qudos Bank Arena as 16 teams battled in a CS:GO showdown for a US$250,000 prize pool.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Cloud Security

Exclusive interview: More of the same not the answer to data protection

Organisations cannot constrain the problem away and need to find a way for companies to be able to use cloud applications in a secure manner.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Marketing Technologies

Aussie indie digital marketers win Bing innovation partner award

Sparro, a Sydney-based digital marketing agency, has managed to take home a big win from the Bing Partner Awards for their AI bidding solution.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Cybersecurity

Twitter password glitch showcases 'extreme jumpiness' in digital sector

More than 330 million Twitter users are being urged to change their passwords after an internal system glitch caused the passwords to be exposed.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Encryption

Prevention better than cure, strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents

With Bitcoin as payment, the ease of encryption technology and the open access to malware, everything has become simpler for malicious actors.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 4 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Digital Transformation

The CIO's IT transformation survival guide

Trapped in IT transformation jargon? Rackspace's free guide breaks down the complex process and offers a roadmap to successful digitalisation.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 7th May 2018

Fintech

The IT system behind Aussie success story STM

While laptops had slimmed down and became more fashionable in the 1990's, the bags that they were transported around were archaic.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 4th May 2018

Breach Prevention

Vector's Outage app hit by data breach last month - personal info stolen

The breach happened on April 26, 2018. On April 27 the company posted a FAQ section that detailed an API vulnerability in its Outage app.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 4th May 2018

Fintech

SuiteWorld 2018: Aesop on going global and the importance of localisation

Australian beauty brand Aesop shared its global expansion plans at SuiteWorld. The company revealed its NetSuite journey and focus on customer experience.

By Matthew Owens • 3 min read • Fri, 4th May 2018