Traction Watch: A look at why 5 tech startups failed
Let's face it, not every company will succeed. Sometimes there's a fine line between success and failure. Many factors can stop a good idea in its tracks – sometimes it's just dumb luck. There are...
View ArticleGender imbalance persists, amidst a plethora of programmes to promote women...
NZTech calls for a consolidation of these programmes.
View ArticleProgram to help innovative Kiwi tech startups go global
Winners of Samsung Springboard competition to get mentoring, cash and global networking opportunities.
View ArticleThe 15 biggest enterprise ‘unicorns’
These are 15 of the highest valued enterprise software companies that have received venture funding but have not yet been sold or gone public.
View ArticleDo we really have to call them unicorns?
Unicorns used to be special. Now there are so many of them that we should probably find a better name.
View ArticleWhat you can learn from startups
Digital guru, Steve Sammartino, on why big companies must learn from startups and the new players disrupting them.
View ArticleIT teams: How to remain an organisational asset in this 'digital or die' era
Insights from a former enterprise CIO and now chief operations officer for a startup.
View ArticleUse cloud to innovate like startups: AWS
“It is difficult in this day and age to compete if you are not agile and move fast,” said Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services senior vice president.
View ArticleThe 3 phases of successful digital transformation
...And why the CIO post may be split into several roles during the process.
View ArticleNo shortcuts to becoming a digital business
Pointers from Hamish Nuttall, now ‘outsourced chief digital officer’ after founding and selling a startup that became the Naked Bus company.
View ArticleDoing business with Ivan Seselj: ‘Only hire people who are smarter than you’
The CEO and founder of Promapp espouses building ‘no ego, non-hierarchical cultures’
View ArticleDoing business with Rich Chetwynd of ThisData: Startups, security and skiing
The best advice he has received? 'Listen,' says the CEO of security company ThisData.
View ArticleThe disruption of Disney
I believe that Disney is one of the smartest, most customer-centric corporate organisations in the world…but this paragon of service might well be under threat.
View ArticleWhy enterprise social platforms are an organisation’s primary innovation...
The crisis of engagement in the modern workplace isn’t because people don’t want to care: it’s that organisations make it so hard to care. Enterprise social platforms are one of the most powerful...
View ArticleStepUp: Xero and BizDojo launch mentoring programme for startups
“We see this as a great opportunity to develop our leaders by sharing their experiences with the next generation of entrepreneurs,” says Xero CEO Rod Drury.
View ArticleGlen Willoughby: Today’s CIOs wield revolutionary tools
And they must use these to deliver enduring value to the organisation, says Downer’s general manager of IT
View Article2016 NZ Hi-Tech awards finalists announced
“The record number of entries demonstrates that our entire industry is in great shape for the future,” says Wayne Norrie, chair of the Hi-Tech Trust.
View ArticleThis startup uses math to show whether your network is safe
How do you know your network is safe from attacks and failures? Veriflow, a startup with backing from the U.S. Defense Department, says it can make sure.
View ArticleTuhua fund raises $10 million for promising Kiwi startups
Fund is a partnership of Icehouse and ICE Angels
View ArticleHow to rebuild your innovation mojo
New Zealand enterprises need to rewire their ‘innovation brains’ or risk being sidelined by competitors. IDC’s Louise Francis lists three questions to jumpstart the process.
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