Who is Nadia Phillips? Women in ICT Awards finalist

Finalist in the Reseller News Women in ICT Awards and Head of Partner Success at Umbrellar, Nadia Phillips, discusses her journey into the IT industry, battling the glass ceiling and the influence a few kind words can have.

Women in Tech Panel: Sarah Webb, Amelia Gain, Alliv Samson

In this episode Paul Spain is joined by three outstanding leaders – Sarah Webb: COO at LawVu, Amelia Gain: CEO & Co-Founder at Preno and Alliv Samson: Co-Founder at Kami. Each has a natural affiliation to tech and have garnered years of experience in tech and leadership. We discuss their challenges in leading and establishing a startup, hiring and diversity, business confidence and inspiring more representation for women to be encouraged to enter and to lead in business and tech.

Who is Craig Murphy? Channel Lead at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Responsible for the channel business for HPE in New Zealand, Craig enjoys a great deal of variety in his role with the management of his team, fine tuning partner processes and building on those partner relationships. Craig reveals his productivity hacks, questionable golfing skills and his outlook on the next 12 months.

App modernisation: Everyone is doing it but how do you do it well?

Every organisation has its own unique story of digital transformation undertaken in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.

How to rely less on sales unicorns and get more rigour into your sales processes

Techweek 21: While traditional marketing channels are reopening, Kiwi tech companies’ over-reliance on star salespeople needs to give way to a more systematic approach.

Who is Derek Wilson? Get to know Red Hat’s New Zealand Country Manager

Taking time out of his busy schedule, Derek Wilson talks about the lessons learned in 2020, work-life balance and scrumptious New Zealand-inspired dishes.

IBM banks on hybrid cloud and AI to get it back into growth mode

IBM’s Think 2021 virtual event this week was dominated by talk of artificial intelligence as a key tool of digital transformation and the company’s efforts to position itself as the lead player in hybrid cloud offerings.

The deluge of Covid-related data and the AI helping doctors make sense of it

Last February, as the world woke up to the fact it was dealing with a deadly pandemic, something else was starting to go viral - misinformation.

11 questions with Nathan Steiner, Head of System’s Engineering ANZ at Veeam Software

Get to know the man behind world class technical teams at Veeam Software. Head of System’s Engineering ANZ Nathan Steiner talks marriage, work/life balance and Kenny Rogers’ Greatest Hits.

Using Microsoft 365 in the public sector – what every CIO and information manager needs to know

If you want to live in a fair and just democracy, you need to be able to examine how decisions are made by the public agencies that represent our interests.

The benefits of adopting a scalable workforce

As business’s scale to meet the evolving needs and demands of their customers, a number of challenges – and opportunities arise when tackling the operational growing pains associated with expansion.

Processing Data at the Edge of the Edge: Reimagining Possibilities

How well do you know your organisation’s edge? Better yet, how far away is your data from it?

How to… 5 steps to avoid your web applications getting hacked

2021 has gotten off to an ominous start on the cybersecurity front, with a continuation of the more sophisticated hacking attacks that culminated in December with revelations about the major SolarWinds exploit.

What’s an application modernisation strategy which is best for your organisation

Innovation-hungry businesses should look “up” rather than back.

Who is Grant Broadbent? An interview with the Managing Director of Stellar Consulting

A poster child for 'Work Hard, Play Hard', when Broadbent isn't delivering business intelligence to Kiwi businesses, you'll catch him on his motorcycle, off-roading, mountain biking or hitting the slopes.

Modernising legacy apps: How your business will benefit

The times are ever-changing – why not your organisation?

Microsoft Ignite: Five key developments from the world’s largest software maker

Microsoft’s holographic video system Azure Mesh provided the sizzle at Microsoft’s virtual developer conference, but the underlying message was all about the accelerating power of working in the cloud.

Why you should be modernising your legacy apps

Here’s a question with only one right answer: Do you want your organisation to be fragile or agile?

Overcoming Covid technical debt: If it doesn’t bring you joy, ditch it!

With half of IT managers across Australasia admitting they are struggling with the legacy of IT systems hastily assembled during the pandemic, it's time to get out of the shadow of Covid technical debt.

Expectations versus reality – why some Cloud projects don’t realise their full potential

Why do some Cloud projects fail to achieve their expected outcomes? Accenture's latest research looks at the barriers to success in cloud migration projects and what Kiwi companies can do to overcome them.

Microsoft New Zealand cloud business lead appointed to regional role

Microsoft New Zealand cloud business lead appointed to regional role

Who is… Andy Jassy, Amazon’s new CEO

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is relinquishing his grip on day to day oversight of the e-commerce giant he created. His replacement has big shoes to fill and a background steeped in cloud computing.

Microsoft completes senior leadership team with new M&O lead appointment

2021 Global tech outlook

The deplatforming question – cynical ploy or moral play, the outcome is more regulation

‘We think we are alone in this world – the opposite is true’ – Jimi Hunt on learning to ask for help and building mental resilience

It was 2012 and Jimi Hunt, suffering from depression and anxiety, was desperate to turn his life around.

“Stress less, life’s short!” – coping with the mental impact of a tough year in business

Most offices around the country will be closing up today or next week as the bulk of the country’s workforce starts a well-earned break after a tiring and challenging year.

A Tinder-type service to help fund your not-for-profit? It’s in sight.

For the arts, sports and not-for-profit sector, accessing corporate or government funding is often the difference between merely surviving, and thriving. Now, an online platform is redefining the complex funding application process with the goal of becoming the Tinder of external funding.

The Umbrellar Connect survey – What you learned from a year of crisis and your aspirations for 2021

We may have avoided the public health disaster Covid-19 represented for many countries around the world, but the pandemic put a dent in business for many and reinforced the importance of being adaptable.

Regulating Big Tech: Imagining Facebook without Instagram and WhatsApp