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Businesses urged to up backup game as cryptolocker re-emerges
Disaster Recovery

Businesses urged to up backup game as cryptolocker re-emerges

Australian businesses are being urged to take data back-up seriously as the Cryptolocker ransomware virus re-emerges, hitting local businesses.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
'Challenging' market drags Dick Smith profit expectations down
Fintech

'Challenging' market drags Dick Smith profit expectations down

Dick Smith Holdings has lowered its 2016 profit expectations by up to $8 million after disappointing October sales figures and market concerns.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015

Global Stories

Retail stories

Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere
Data Analytics

Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere

Eight Wire's Conductor product solves the headache of data migration between systems, supporting multiple formats and databases.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
UrbanSherpa climbs into crowdfunding
Crowdfunding

UrbanSherpa climbs into crowdfunding

On-demand delivery start-up UrbanSherpa has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign as it seeks to expand beyond Auckland.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
Five tips for tackling cloud security concerns
Public Cloud

Five tips for tackling cloud security concerns

Industry association CompTIA offers up five simple tips to help companies and their IT partners tackle security concerns for the move to public cloud.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
Apple, Samsung, Huawei among smartphone winners as Microsoft, BlackBerry, LG falter
Microsoft

Apple, Samsung, Huawei among smartphone winners as Microsoft, BlackBerry, LG falter

Lumia shipments - and revenue - plummet on back of Microsoft's 'updated strategy' while BlackBerry drops to lowest shipments in 10 years.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
New appointments to bolster Aerohive enterprise play
Health Technologies

New appointments to bolster Aerohive enterprise play

Aerohive has made two new appointments with a new ANZ country manager and a new senior channel account manager, as it ups its enterprise push.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 30th Oct 2015
Road to 2025: Digital economy to hit $4.8trillion during second digital revolution
Supply Chain

Road to 2025: Digital economy to hit $4.8trillion during second digital revolution

A fresh wave of digital transformation is coming, with industries across the board impacted by the 'Second Digital Revolution'.

By Steven Hartley • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Oct 2015
Premium releases on way as Huawei NZ claims 15% smartphone share
Huawei

Premium releases on way as Huawei NZ claims 15% smartphone share

Huawei New Zealand garners 15% share of the Kiwi smartphone market, with New Zealand now among the top performing markets for the Chinese vendor.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Oct 2015
Alcatel-Lucent signs new Chorus deal, opens NOC and eyes Kiwi growth
Chorus

Alcatel-Lucent signs new Chorus deal, opens NOC and eyes Kiwi growth

Alcatel-Lucent is eyeing up a bigger chunk of the NZ outsourced network operations market after signing a new deal with Chorus and opening a Kiwi NOC.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015
Hands-on Review: Huawei P8 Lite
Gaming

Hands-on Review: Huawei P8 Lite

Huawei has released its new budget phone, the P8 Lite. With solid performance and affordability, can it live up to its predecessor?.

By Patrick Pilcher • 5 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015
Mobile advertising analytics company opens Sydney office
Data Analytics

Mobile advertising analytics company opens Sydney office

Marchex has expanded its Australian presence with a new office in Sydney, and has extended its technology facilities to support growing demand.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015
The apps sucking the life out of your phone
Power / Energy

The apps sucking the life out of your phone

The latest report from AVG Technologies reveals what the top apps are for draining battery life on Android devices.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

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Dick Smith NZ posts best sales performance since acquisition
Fintech

Dick Smith NZ posts best sales performance since acquisition

Dick Smith's Kiwi operations have had their best quarterly sales performance in years, but it's not enough to stop a downward revision for NPAT.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015
Garmin takes on Fitbit with new heart rate watches
Fitbit

Garmin takes on Fitbit with new heart rate watches

Garmin challenges Fitbit with its new Forerunner series, featuring wrist-based heart rate tracking for NZ$429 to NZ$679, available late 2015.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015
ANZ updates FastPay app to include Eftpos
Fintech

ANZ updates FastPay app to include Eftpos

ANZ extends its FastPay app to EFTPOS, allowing merchants to process smartphone payments. New card reader also introduced for faster transactions.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015
Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools
EduTech

Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools

Managing Internet access at schools is a very hard job. Linewize's cloud-managed firewall which doesn't merely block all content that's nominally off-topic.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015