Coca-Cola Amatil unifies business with IBM Cloud hub in Sydney
Posted on 10-Apr-2014 10:06 News, SaaS
IBM has signed a five-year multimillion dollar cloud agreement with Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA). The cloud project will streamline CCA's operations and processes across the South Pacific region and is expected to drive significant operational costs out of the business.
Zomato redefines restaurant discovery with latest product revamp
Posted on 9-Apr-2014 14:40 News, Social media
Zomato's revamped product is built on two simple pillars of thought - that individual preferences vary, and that building a more trusted ecosystem of recommendations will result in quicker and easier decision-making.
Heartbleed vulnerability major issue for website owners
Posted on 9-Apr-2014 14:04 News, Security
InternetNZ CEO Jordan Carter said website owners are advised to check their sites and patch them where required. Individual users should change their passwords as a matter of course.
Symantec sees new era of "Mega Breaches"
Posted on 8-Apr-2014 22:02 News, Security
New Symantec report reveals the number of mega data breaches went from one in 2012 to eight in 2013, with 552 million identities exposed in 2013.
TCF launches blacklisted IMEI checker
Posted on 8-Apr-2014 13:18 News, Mobile
The New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF) has today launched an online service that allows mobile phone users to check whether a handset has been blocked from use on New Zealand networks before they buy, saving innocent purchaser's time and money.
Wellington Tech Startup Loomio Wins International Management Innovation Award
Posted on 3-Apr-2014 14:26 News, SaaS
Loomio, the online decision-making tool built by a Wellington-based startup, was yesterday named a winner of the MIX Prize Digital Freedom Challenge, an international management innovation award run by Polly LaBarre, co-founder of Fast Company magazine.
Pivotal changes the economics of Big Data forever with new
Posted on 3-Apr-2014 14:20 News, SaaS
Big Data "Mega Bundle" gives customers easy and flexible access to Pivotal's Hadoop data platform, MPP relational database and in-memory transaction database with a single subscription price.
Microsoft showcases latest updates to Windows, opportunities for developers
Posted on 3-Apr-2014 12:18 News, Windows
Wednesday at Build 2014, Microsoft Corp.'s developer conference, the company announced several advances to Windows including Windows Phone 8.1, the availability of Windows 8.1 Update, a converged developer platform, and a $0 royalty licensing program for OEM and ODM partners developing smartphones and tablets with screens under nine inches.
Microsoft expands cloud services for mobile scenarios
Posted on 28-Mar-2014 10:00 News, SaaS
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced several new and updated applications and services including Microsoft Office for iPad and free Office Mobile apps for iPhone and Android phones.
BlackBerry receives "Full Operational Capability" approval by U.S. DOD
Posted on 28-Mar-2014 09:42 News, BlackBerry
The designation follows the Company's Authority to Operate (ATO) certification and enables government users with a BlackBerry 10 smartphone connected with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) to securely access email, data, apps and other DoD network resources.
Cloudera receiving Intel investment
Posted on 28-Mar-2014 09:40 News, Computing
Cloudera will develop and optimize Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH) for Intel architecture as its preferred platform and support a range of next-generation technologies including Intel fabrics, flash memory and security.
Orcon wraps up Kim Dotcom campaign
Posted on 25-Mar-2014 11:20 News, Broadband
Orcon today announced its campaign featuring Kim Dotcom is coming to an end, as the internet mogul focuses on his political aspirations.
2degrees to launch 4G trial
Posted on 24-Mar-2014 11:14 News, 4G
2degrees is about to begin its journey into fourth generation mobile with the start of its 4G trial in Auckland next week.
Web conferencing company BigMarker opens server in Sydney
Posted on 10-Mar-2014 19:10 News, VoIP
Web conferencing network BigMarker now allows New Zealand Australian users to host public webinars for free, on a mission to make help and knowledge more accessible.
