Commercialising IoT proves too costly for some Kiwi firms
The cost of Internet of Things applications is hampering development and deployment in New Zealand, research shows.
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CIO upfront: The Internet of Things – who pays when things go wrong?
Mark Campbell of Russell McVeagh discusses what companies can do to protect themselves.
Radio silence as Cryptopia shutdown continues
The fall-out impacting the Cryptopia security breach has entered the seventh day, with the Christchurch-based company still unable to operate.
Microsoft side-steps channel in direct Azure play
Microsoft will allow customers to bypass the channel and purchase Azure services direct, in a strategy aimed at increasing adoption among SMBs.
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Security in the hybrid cloud
Cloud services are not new. Many of the technologies, such as remote access to applications, ready-to-use infrastructure and pre-configured environments have been around for many years. What has changed is the scope of different services and the scale they can offer. And the idea of having to size a system before deploying it is disappearing as new cloud platforms offer almost infinite scalability. Read more
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Buying Slack could give Amazon another enterprise toehold
Amazon is apparently interested in buying Slack Technologies, a move analysts say could allow Amazon to push further into the enterprise.
Should Google buy Slack to bridge messaging gap?
As Slack continues to get more popular, Google's lack of a blockbuster app for team messaging could become a problem for the tech giant. Experts weigh in on whether or not a Slack acquisition makes sense for Google.
Making sense of Microsoft's messy collaboration strategy
Microsoft's Office 365 suite recently expanded with more apps for enterprise collaboration, but will the-more-the-merrier approach prevail, or is consolidation inevitable?
What's next for LinkedIn?
Following Microsoft's blockbuster $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, many questions remain regarding the professional social network's future.
IT investment rate slows as businesses put on the spending brakes
“Aside from exchange rate volatility, IT spending has been relatively stable for the past five years.”
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I don’t like being force-fed Windows 10
The nagware announcements are gone, but Microsoft, along with AMD and Intel, has made darn sure you’ll be running Windows 10 and not Windows 7 on the next PC you buy.
Google's takedown policy: Celebrity nudes today, your right to know tomorrow?
Google last week did something that is really hard to find objectionable: It said it deleted quite a few ("tens of thousands") nude pictures stolen from celebrities. But as with anything that involves such an influential company as Google, this move creates a precedent, and it's a dangerous one.
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Hands on: The iPad Pro -- It's a laptop! It's a tablet!
With the arrival this week of the iPad Pro, Apple launches a salvo in the hybrid, 2-in-1 wars. It's clearly a great tablet, but will it replace a laptop?
Enterprise guide to Windows 10
Windows 10 is now available for consumers, but for IT executives thinking about enterprise deployments, here's what the upgrade path from Window 7 or Windows 8/8.1 looks like.
