New Zealand bucks flat government IT spending trend
Local public sector IT spending expected to grow almost 1.4 percent this year, but elsewhere figure is a decrease of 0.1 percent from 2012.
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Air NZ appoints new GM of IT production
David Shepherd replaces Chris Trigg, who has moved to Genesis Energy.
Computerworld to leave Fairfax stable
Licensee IDG signals it will remain in New Zealand.
Prism doesn't have CIOs in a panic - yet
Revelations over the US National Security Agency's surveillance program have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy's impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.
Most data breaches caused by human error, system glitches
When it comes to data breaches, hackers and organised crime garner most of the headlines, but most data breaches are caused by human errors and system glitches.
IT isn't going away, says Fox CIO
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Forrester CEO touts CIO-CMO collaboration
CIOs must move away from IT - from the fixing role of putting the fires out - and focus on the customer, says George Colony.
New Zealand's IT leaders announced at CIO Awards
At an event attended by over 700 IT professionals in Auckland last night, New Zealand's outstanding industry leaders were recognised at the annual CIO Awards.
How to solve 4 impending Windows 8 problems
Enterprises have been slow to adopt Windows 8 - and when they have, they've encountered migration, usability, security and hardware issues.
CIO Agenda: Innovate and transform on the 'third platform'
CIO Summit highlights additional challenges and opportunities for CIOs as cloud, big data, social and mobile continue to impact business models.
BlackBerry pitches to NZ businesses in bid to recapture market share
We are redesigning from the ground up, says ANZ managing director Matthew Ball.
Amazon CTO: Stop spending money on 'undifferentiated heavy lifting'
Almost every industry is changing dramatically because of the availability of cloud computing, says Dr Werner Vogels.
Gartner: BI software market growth rate slowed in 2012
The BI (business intelligence) software market cooled off a bit in 2012 after 'a few historic banner years' of spending growth, due to difficult economic conditions and even confusion over industry buzzwords such as 'big data,' reports Gartner
IT departments won't exist in five years
IT departments are quickly becoming consultancies in companies increasingly driven by consumer technology, and the control they once had over tech use is quickly dissipating.
SAP buys e-commerce vendor Hybris in strike back at Oracle, Salesforce.com
SAP is buying privately held Hybris in a bid to build out an e-commerce software offering that connects with customers across multiple 'channels, devices and touch points'.
CIO Summit 2013: Transform, Innovate, Engage
A powerhouse of global and NZ speakers are featured in the premier event for ICT executives on June 11 and 12 in Auckland. The CIO Summit will not only honour the most innovative leaders and teams in business technology, but also showcase another facet of ICT professionals - as musicians.
CIO100 2013: healthAlliance is number one three years in a row
Changes across CIO role and technology trends cited in annual report on the top ICT using organisations in New Zealand.
CIOs should be prepared for litigation disasters
IT departments usually have careful plans for what to do in natural disasters, but they need a litigation-readiness plan, too, so they'll be ready to handle ediscovery requests
Datacom awarded Queensland Government contract
Datacom, has extended its relationship with the Queensland Government through a new, three-year contract.
IT security vendors seen as clueless on industrial control systems
They try to sell technology that could easily damage the devices found in plants running the nation's critical infrastructure, experts say.
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