News, views and analysis from NZ’s tech sector No Images? Click here Hi there, My inbox today, like yours no doubt, is flooded with Black Friday sales. On top of Singles Day (aka 11/11), Click Frenzy and Cyber Monday…November is now e-commerce month. But while Australian retailers are confident the shopping rush will continue through to Christmas, with strong growth assured, that same buoyancy isn’t being seen from New Zealand retailers. In fact, they're rather despondent in what is a fragile wider economic outlook. Their reality is that without user- (and Google-) friendly and efficient online retail systems to capitalise on the click season, they miss the only growth segment in the market. In other news:
We also take a look at how Workday is rattling the cages of SAP & Oracle as they reveal the strategy behind their acquisition of Adaptive Insights. Enjoy the read, Heather Wright Are e-retailers too complacent about Christmas?Judging by the buoyant mood you could be forgiven for thinking Amazon’s retail revolution has been called off. But not so fast... What a difference a year makes. This time last year retailers, particularly in Australia, were making grim predictions based on Amazon’s recent touchdown in the country. “With businesses in a funk, it’s fair to say that the road ahead is looking less assured.” NZ tech sector gets unionisedAotearoa Tech Union launches, and yes, it really is a union… Kate Pearce is unequivocal that the newly formed Aotearoa Tech Union (ATU) will be serving its members, and its members alone. “We don’t have to be antagonistic, but if it comes down to it, we’re there for our members.” Is it time for an IoT crack down?Security vendors will always find something to make us paranoid, but for IoT, some sort of policy framework is surely the order of the day... There’s a growing chorus of voices warning that governments need to take a good, hard look at IoT’s future – and start taking regulatory action. “Central Government has many tools and methods through which it can promote the development of IoT.” Real estate ready to wash money laundering from industryBut there is a cost for agents... REINZ is confident the majority of Kiwi real estate agents are prepared for new anti-money laundering legislation – despite concerns from some in the sector about burdens of the legislation. “It is a significant piece of legislation providing that whole herd immunity approach to AML.” TIBCO brings AI to BIAcronyms abound!... TIBCO is finally lifting the covers off its new analytics and data visualisation platform which is designed to use both real-time and historical data in the same environment. “While AI is not replacing BI, BI tools that infuse AI functionality will displace those that don’t.” Workday snapping at Oracle and SAP’s heelsCompany starts talking up its ERP credentials... When enterprise cloud finance and human resources vendor Workday acquired Adaptive Insights earlier this year, it wasn’t just adding operational planning to its line-up. "We can be an ERP replacement today." This week's sponsor: Upcoming events: > Future Government | Feb 26-27, 2019 | Wellington iStart is proudly supported by these leading Latest Buyer's Guides ERP Buyer's Guide | CRM Buyer's Guide | HR/HCM Buyer's Guide | BI Buyer's Guide Privacy statement: We have sent this weekly eNewsletter to you at your e-mail address: [email address suppressed]. iStart will never share your e-mail address, but you may from time to time receive other event invitations or partner communications from us. You can opt out of these by managing your subscription preferences, where you can also update your e-mail address and other details. Find out more about iStart | Advertise with iStart | Subscribe
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