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CodeHQ harnesses the power of ‘product-mode’
When it comes to digital transformation, we're all familiar with the project-style engagement of a team selected from a specialised pool of talent. The team works for a specified time, building or enhancing software and achieving great things. Then, after all the celebrations of a job well done are over, what happens? They move on to the next job (or client). CodeHQ asks "what if there is another way?"
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App Dev & DevOPs
CodeHQ harnesses the power of ‘product-mode’
When it comes to digital transformation, we're all familiar with the project-style engagement of a team selected from a specialised pool of talent. The team works for a specified time, building or enhancing software and achieving great things. Then, after all the celebrations of a job well done are over, what happens? They move on to the next job (or client). CodeHQ asks "what if there is another way?"
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Riding the Digital Wave with CodeHQ
CodeHQ gives us the low-down on overcoming the uniquely New Zealand challenges of creating great software, such as smaller talent pool, an incredibly tight market, complex employment regulations and legacy systems. Find out how their smart solutions are helping CodeHQ build software destined to change the world.
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How Kubernetes is leveling the tech playing field
It’s no secret that the technology industry is in the midst of a serious skills shortage. For example, researchers estimate that Australia will need another 156,000 new technology workers by 2025 to capitalise on a $10b economic growth opportunity, and New Zealand is in a comparable position.
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Why reinvent the wheel? Low and no-code approaches and the rise of citizen developers
The urgency to speed up application development and a software development skills-shortage is fueling the rise of low and no-code platforms. New Zealand companies are taking notice.
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The case for a national IoT network
Everything from the farm gate to the factory production line is set to join the Internet of Things revolution. There’s only one problem - big gaps in connectivity are holding back our IoT aspirations. One engineer has floated a potential solution.
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The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of DevOps: ‘Faster, safer value streams’
DevOps is an underused business concept that has far-ranging enterprise value – but what exactly goes into it, and how can we figure out the best way of using DevOps for our specific business needs? DevOps & Software Engineering specialists, ClearPoint on defining an often misunderstood tech area.
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Meet Aroha: A chatbot to help young New Zealanders cope with stress
The Aroha chatbot was designed to help young New Zealanders during COVID-19. It’s part of the growing HABITs ecosystem of digital self-help tools.
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Azure in the virtual datacentre: Rehosting guide
Here are the 5 major steps to set your business up for migration to the Microsoft Cloud, for those starting on their digital transformation journey.
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Gisborne District Council’s new intranet improves communication with Office 365 and Information Leadership
Gisborne District Council (GDC) is a local government authority based in the North Island of New Zealand. Information Leadership partnered with GDC to deliver an intranet on their existing Office 365 platform. This sets them up to take advantage of the Office 365 toolset and incorporate cloud technology enhancements as required. The purpose of the project was to improve communication and bring staff together.
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These 75 evidence-based innovations could add to our future of farming toolkit
Why is it that some innovations gain mass appeal and uptake, whereas for others all we hear is a fleeting mention and nothing more?
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Engaging and empowering staff in a new work world
The question top of mind for many business leaders: how can they keep their remote employees engaged and invested? After all, as the pandemic pushes us towards new ways of working, the steps business take now could impact how they fare into the future.
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PC is overtaking mobile – smartphones saw it coming
As we proceed through the uncertain times of the pandemic, reports from leading virtual providers remind us that PCs are here to stay.
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Real-time, contactless payment systems shown to be the way of the future with Covid-19 – GlobalData
Real-time payment systems, where money is digitally deposited and instantly transferred between accounts, is gaining in interest as the Covid-19 lockdown continues, according to a GlobalData report.
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Should you automate your dev cycle? We hear from a digital experience engineer
How can we move faster, save money, take away the pain of timely legacy IT? ClearPoint was helped some leading kiwi companies Fonterra and the Warehouse up the ante on process. Hamish Webber sits down with Rob Cleghorn, ClearPoint's head engineer, to talk about the continuous automation, engingeering, and culture journey that is DevOps. Get insight into what it means, and why it's best to start with the low hanging fruits first.
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Aben Samuel – Bringing innovation
Aben Samuel is a manager at consultancy firm and Microsoft Partner, Fusion5. He speaks with Umbrellar's Head of Cloud, Dave Howden, on all things cloud transformation, including changing customer requirements, security, Microsoft 365, dynamics and the entire cloud stack. How have needs of the cloud changed, from add-on services to foundational business scaffolding? These two experts share their insights.
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A chat with Walkerscott – Finding meaningful data
Join Blair Scott and Paul Knox as they talk to Dave Howden about the changes Walkerscott have seen since their inception: IOT and the collection of future looking data, getting your organizational data in order, and the buzz around bees.
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Azure Reserved VM Instances (RIs) – Are they right for you?
Reserve virtual machines in advance and save up to 80 percent. How?
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A conversation with Telesmart – Ring, ring, hello?
Geof Robinson, Co-founder and Director of Telesmart talks with Julie Cooper, Umbrellar Partner Manager. An insightful conversation about Telesmart, the road map of traditional telephony, his learnings and more.
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Enabling hospitals with real-time MRI data: Aceso at Future Now
In Microsoft’s first New Zealand Future Now conference, Umbrellar CEO, Dave Howden, and Aceso Health Director , Dalibor Ftrunik, revealed the mechanics behind their use of Power BI to help private healthcare provider Mercy Radiology dig deeper with data from MRI machines. Who uses them, who misses appointments, and how can machines be deployed to where they're needed? Watch the video to see how they delivered this solution in an impressive five weeks!
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Too busy to back up? Automate! Replicate!
“We don’t have time!” is the most common reason people give for not backing up their data and applications. And it’s particularly true in small-to-medium businesses, where bad IT habits can be hard to break. Yet effective backing up is one of the easiest things to automate.
