Hi there,

Sweating your enterprise software assets is apparently coming to an end for many local businesses, according to a survey of 261 senior A/NZ executives, with a staggering two out of three saying their organisations are planning to overhaul their enterprise software.

The predicted ‘tidal wave’ of spend also comes with a warning of a major shift in buying power – and the potential for integration challenges – according to the IBRS study (commissioned, it should be noted, by ASX-listed software provider TechnologyOne).

In other news this week:

Agtech buddies up with Spacetech... and Airbus
Apple gets the pip in face of landmark Appstore lawsuit
Extending reality has a dark side – are brainwaves next?
Social media platform companies pledge action (we think!)
Beyond seat of your pants decision making

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE

‘Tidal wave’ of enterprise software spend

Big spending, integration woes and the rise of enterprise-grade shadow IT…

A/NZ enterprises will be spending up on enterprise software this year – but SaaS spending by business units may pose some integration headaches.

“Business-procured systems often work in isolation of other information sources and processes within the business.”

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SUSTAINABLE FARMING

Challenge goes to space for new dawn in sustainable farming

Bringing SpaceTech back to earth…

From solar powered high-altitude drones capable of flying to the stratosphere to near real-time autonomous environmental monitoring, the agricultural sector is about to get a helping hand – from space.

We are right on that interface where it is now affordable for agriculture.

[Read more]

CONSUMER TECH

The People vs Apple’s dodgy logic

When is an Apple App store customer not an Apple customer?…

It’s been a no good, very bad couple of weeks for Apple, with the Supreme Court clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit against the company.

Apple's line-drawing does not make a lot of sense, other than as a way to gerrymander Apple out of this and similar lawsuits.

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AUGMENTED REALITY

Combating the dark side of extending reality

It’s all fun and games at the moment but the the risks of VR, AR and all the rest are real says a new report…

Extended reality seems to be having its moment, cracking the mainstream and surprising many with real-deal emerging business-use cases.

Anonymous data collected about our brain waves today may be transformed into identifiable insights… by someone else, years later.

[Read more]

SOCIAL MEDIA

Platform providers offer own anti-terrorism ‘actions’

Christchurch Call signatories pen their response – but is it all just virtue signalling?…

Anti-terroism actions by social media platforms

The social media platforms who signed up to the Christchurch Call have (allegedly) now committed to corrective actions in a nine step pledge.

It is critical to consider the wider context in which digital media is having a growing and increasingly negative impact.

[Read more]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Hardening our hunches

Intuition often breeds innovation, but so too does data…

When we think of some of the world’s most enigmatic leaders and entrepreneurs, there’s an image of a person in tune with their own intuition.

There are clear benefits in getting the balance right and in adopting what is essentially a two-speed approach to innovation, harnessing both intuition and data.

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