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IBM announces global payments blockchain solution live in ANZ, Pacific Islands & UK

Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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The solution is run from the IBM Blockchain Platform on Hyperledger Fabric and was built in collaboration with Stellar.org.
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Vend partners with Commonwealth Bank to be on SMB payments tablets

Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Vend joins forces with Australia's top bank, elevating SMBs with high-tech point-of-sale solutions on CBA's Albert tablets.
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Robo-advisors, chatbots & NZ's artificially intelligent future

Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand encourages Kiwis to embrace AI benefits and warns of potential impacts on economy and society.
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Cisco dominates resurgent Indian networking market

Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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Cisco has snapped up the WLAN market lead in India, adding to its dominant position in the Ethernet switch and router markets.
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DoubleLocker ransomware encrypts Android files and changes your PIN

Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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New Android ransomware DoubleLocker hijacks PINs and encrypts data, posing serious threats to mobile security.
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Intel and BNZ use AI to detect money laundering

Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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In 2016 alone, approximately 15.4 million consumers were victims of identity theft or fraud, resulting in $16 billion in losses.
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MYOB tackles gender inequality with Male Champions of Change STEM

Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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MYOB celebrates one year of membership in Male Champions of Change, aiming to increase women's representation in STEM leadership.
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MYOB CEO Tim Reed joins Business Council of Australia board

Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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Reed says it was a unique opportunity to provide input on the key public policy issues which will drive Australia's future economic prosperity.
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Xero launches machine learning automation to improve coding accuracy for SMBs

Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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50% of businesses use 10 or more expense codes, while others create their own codes, which means that information is often entered incorrect.
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Reckon announces partnership with VIP Home Services franchise

Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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As part of the agreement, Reckon will offer ongoing financial management software training and support for the cleaning and gardening franchise.
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Interview: Know your enemy - MapR talks big data and DDoS prevention

Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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We spoke to Steve Nunez about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and how big data is helping to fend them off.
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SMBs in regions showing steady growth – MYOB

Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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44% of operators in Waikato and the Bay of Plenty saw their revenue improve in the last 12 months, with similar levels of growth seen in Southland.
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Xero announces integrated new feature for requesting client documents

Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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Xero unveils 'Ask', an innovative feature to streamline document collection for accountants, ending the chase for client papers.
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Reckon's new feature simplifies data collection

Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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SyncDirect allows accountants to collect clients' accounting data regardless of which desktop or cloud-based accounting package they use.
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Xero passes quarter of a million subscriber milestone in UK

Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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Cloud accounting leader Xero celebrates surpassing 250k UK subscribers amid digital tax shift and banking partnerships growth.
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Hills new appointments target enterprise and channel growth

Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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Hills boosts leadership team, Garde and Kubsch join focussing on security growth in enterprise and channel sectors across ANZ.
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Oracle NetSuite unveils host of new products, partner wins at SuiteConnect

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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A new data centre, increased functionality, more products, and enhancements to the partner programme were announced.
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Salesforce cloud tech helps banks fix customer loyalty problem

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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Banks face loyalty problem with one-third of customers defecting to competitors, says Salesforce. New cloud service aims to change that.
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Fintech disrupting international payments industry by ditching SWIFT network

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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InstaREM's service differentiates itself in two ways: it's transparent about the cost, and doesn't take a cut of the money transferred as fees.
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Ever wanted to know how Xero does incident management?

Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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DevOpsDays Auckland commenced yesterday, featuring a packed schedule of talks on incident management and the use of chatbots.