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Digital Island Partners With Verint To Drive CX And AI Automation To New Zealand
Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:02:25 +1200 | Digital Island
The partnership will enable Digital Island’s customers to access Verint’s best-in-class Open CCaaS (Contact Centre as a Service) platform, designed to deliver faster AI business outcomes at scale, enabling businesses to streamline customer interactions ...More >>
New Sorted Retirement Navigator A One-Of-A-Kind Tool For Spending In Golden Years
Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:58:22 +1200 | Retirement Commission
Based on extensive modelling and drawdown ‘rules of thumb’ created by the RIIG, the retirement navigator addresses a common dilemma – how not to spend too much and run out of money or spend too little and unnecessarily compromise quality of ...More >>
AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Replaces, Says Nimbl Thought Leader
Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:36:02 +1200 | Nimbl
In a new thought piece titled “Customer Service at the Speed of AI”, Ackroyd argues that AI will unlock a wave of new employment opportunities by enabling businesses to deliver highly personalised, real-time services at a hyperscale.More >>
Christchurch Tsunami Sirens Face Axe After Failed Test, Communication Breakdowns
Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:17:24 +1200 | RNZ
A scheduled test never happened, when the Auckland-based contractor was distracted by a car accident. More >>
What Is Cloud Migration And How Does It Work
Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:05:45 +1200 | Hugh Grant
Organizations that move from one cloud provider to another have to undergo a form of cloud migration as well. In either case, at least some of the work can normally be automated, while certain tasks need a more human touch.More >>
Plane Crash In Ahmedabad – Expert Reaction
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:52:36 +1200 | Science Media Centre
The airline, Air India, said 229 passengers and 12 crew members were killed in the crash; it has confirmed there is one survivor.More >>
Datadog Expands Log Management Offering With New Long-Term Retention, Search And Data Residency Capabilities
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:46:28 +1200 | Datadog
At its DASH conference in 2023, Datadog launched Flex Logs, which has since become one of its fastest-growing products. Flex Logs decouples the costs of log storage from the costs of querying. More >>
Local Businesses Get Google AI Search Reprieve - But For How Long?
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:38:05 +1200 | Alexanders Digital Marketing
According to Alexander, aiming to rank through well-structured pages with video, local SEO, and schema markup for ecommerce products is still fundamental, as website visitors are more likely to be sales-ready when they arrive, having read the AI overviews.More >>
Datadog’s Internal Developer Portal Boosts Engineering Autonomy And Helps Ship Code With Confidence
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:43:25 +1200 | Datadog
Datadog IDP accelerates incident response by bringing a live, centralised engineering knowledge base into every incident for faster triage, better decision making and improved coordination. More >>
Datadog New AI Agents To Enhance Application Issue Resolution
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:30:16 +1200 | Datadog
Bits AI now delivers domain-specific AI agents and Applied AI capabilities that accelerate incident resolution for development, security and operations teams. More >>
Students Unveil AI Creations At University Of Auckland Hackathon
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:20:16 +1200 | University of Auckland
The AI tools were designed and developed over five weeks to address real-world challenges facing researchers and universities in New Zealand and overseas. More >>
How Data And Technology Could Help Shape Our Future Electricity System
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:44:31 +1200 | Electricity Authority
The Authority wants to expand its view of emerging technology so it can remain agile and responsive to changes happening in the sector and adjust the market rules to ensure regulation supports innovation while also protecting consumers’ interests.More >>
New Zealand Hits Digital Economy Milestone
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:05:41 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The NZBN is a simple idea with a big impact. It gives each business a unique identifier that makes it easier to work with government, other businesses and suppliers – saving time, cutting duplication and reducing admin. More >>
Umbrellar Technology Group Honored With Pax8 Beyond Award At Beyond 2025
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:30:56 +1200 | Umbrellar
Held in Denver, from June 8th-10th, Beyond 2025, provided Pax8 partners with three days of immersive learning, community, and innovation. Attendees gained critical business insights through keynote presentations from industry leaders and custom-built ...More >>
TTC Global Appoints Katrina McNicholl As General Manager – Southern Region
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:39:10 +1200 | TTC Global
McNicholl joins TTC Global from Foodstuffs South Island, where she led the Quality Engineering function for nearly a decade. During her tenure, she oversaw one of New Zealand’s most advanced SAP deployments and led a high-performing QE team supporting ...More >>
How To Refill A Prepaid Mobile Phone
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:06:10 +1200 | Hugh Grant
There’s an unexpected financial advantage to using prepaid phones: they give you more control over your spending. Since you pay upfront, you can avoid surprise bills and overdraft fees that can inconvenience some users of postpaid plans. More >>
AI Gun Video Of Nelson Councillor Campbell Rollo Sparks Warning For Voters
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:30:49 +1200 | Max Frethey - Local Democracy Reporter
The councillor says voters should always look for an authorisation statement or something that's genuine. More >>
The Pentagon, NZ And The New Nuclear Overlap
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:55:24 +1200 | RNZ
The US is modernising its nuclear weapons command and control system - but what does that mean for New Zealand? More >>
Joint Statement On Use Of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) In Retail Settings
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:28:51 +1200 | Joint Media Statement
We are firmly of the opinion that FRT, when used fairly and accurately, can be a valuable intervention to help keep customers and employees safe. More >>
Honeywell Unveils AI-Powered Building Management Solution
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:38:41 +1200 | Honeywell
Verizon and Vanderbilt University are early adopters of Honeywell's technology. More >>