Hi there,

Economic and political uncertainty be damned – New Zealand businesses are buoyant in their plans for IT spend this year if the latest Gartner spending forecast is anything to go by.

New Zealand and Australia are both tracking ahead of the global average for growth in spend for the year ahead, with software spend forecast to see the biggest growth.

Other sections of the IT market, however, aren’t doing so well – and the prognosis for some isn’t going to improve next year either.

In other news:

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s Toshiba’s new quantum-beating algorithm
What does Google’s cookie crush mean for online advertising?
Carbon negative goals for Microsoft
Top trends for the year ahead

We also take a look at how one dairy solutions provider milked a new ERP system for improved business efficiencies, new traceability and visibility and faster decision making.

If business intelligence is on your agenda for the year, you might want to include the 2020 Business Intelligence Summit in your diary. The two-day event, running in Auckland in March, has a super saver offer available until January 28.

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz

TECH INVESTMENT

Software spend key focus for local businesses

What Gartner’s latest spending forecast says about the changing face of business IT…

When it comes to IT spend for the year ahead, it’s all about the software for Australian and New Zealand companies.

Maturing cloud environments is an example of how this dilemma is alleviated.

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ALGORITHM

Toshiba hypes new miracle algorithm

‘Simulated bifurcation algorithm’ could revolutionise logistics, finance, and even drug development, says tech multinational…

Tobisha says it has created a desktop PC algorithm that can solve certain kinds of problems faster than a supercomputer.

Toshiba claims its algorithm can outperform even supercomputers using just desktop computing hardware.

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ONLINE ADVERTISING

Google’s cookie-killing plans

As the cookie crumbles, what’s the replacement?…

Google’s cookie-killing plans – which will see the behemoth end third party cookie support within two years – have prompted opposition from advertising bodies.

“It may choke off the economic oxygen from advertising that startups and emerging companies need to survive.”

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GREENER IT

Microsoft vows carbon negativity by 2030

Supply chains face scrutiny as Microsoft goes carbon neutral – and then some – in a decade…

Microsoft has announced it will go ‘carbon negative; by 2030, pledging a billion dollars in carbon reduction tech and new incentives for its suppliers to go green.

Assuming the targets are actually reached, the proposals seem to go well beyond the usual piecemeal offerings of most corporate giants.

[Read more]

TECH TRENDS 2020

The world according to Alibaba, Gartner, Accenture et al

From data intelligence to hyper-connected manufacturing to the next generation of computation…

What would the start of a new year – and a new decade to boot – be without a trends report?

“Enterprises are wishing to innovate, and in doing so, need their networks to be secure, reliable and resilient.”

[Read more]

BUSINESS INSIGHT

Rising to the top with real-time data

When divestment prompted leading NZ dairy solutions provider DTS to transform their systems, they turned to Abel ERP…

As a former rugby player, Dairy Technology Services CEO Gavin Thwaites understands how important expertise, vision and agility are for a team’s success.

"It's making it easier for the whole organisation to succeed."

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