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Hi there,
Ahhh, data science. It’s been held up as a holy grail and a new survey shows big enterprises are certainly counting on it as a key for their long-term success, with the majority of companies polled expecting new revenue growth from their data prowess.
CDOs, however, aren’t so confident, saying their companies aren’t investing enough, and they aren’t investing in the right places. What has been delivered is not really cutting it for long term results. They know it but getting other execs to genuinely embrace data-led thinking is a more complex task.
If the top end of town can’t get data science right, what hope is there for the rest of us? And where to even begin?
The report suggests it’s time for a pretty major makeover across people, processes and tools – and a change in focus from short term gains to long term wins.
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz
In this issue
> Execs to data science: Grow up!
> NZTech slams 'completely irrational' govt inaction
> Stepping up to the application modernisation challenge
> The state of play for e-invoicing
> Tech salaries a tale of two halves
> Technical debt an innovation killer
> AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Execs to data science: Grow up!
It’s a world of splashy, limited impact investments…
Expectations are outpacing investment.
NZTech slams 'completely irrational' govt inaction
Warns window is closing to address ongoing issues...
"The government is completely non-responsive to this.”
Stepping up to the application modernisation challenge
App modernisation is up, but is it enough?…
The biggest challenge is knowing the risk to reward ratio before acting.
The state of play for e-invoicing
Where are the key cloud SMB accounting solutions at?..
Cloud accounting companies are getting on board to make it easier for more to join the growing e-invoicing network.
Tech salaries a tale of two halves
Warning: Salary expectation gap ahead…
Just 26 percent believe they have the skills required to achieve their business’ strategic objectives.
Technical debt an innovation killer
Shortcuts now can equal compounding debt later…
Enterprises spend 41 percent of their IT budget addressing technical debt.
AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
AWS and Australia’s The Dream Collective have launched a free online learning programme to encourage NZ women into tech.
The Commerce Commission looks set to allow HP NZ an exemption to engage in resale price maintenance, enabling it to specify the prices.
John Deere is acquiring autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics in a US$250 million deal.
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