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BNZ banks on Surface for helping SMBs succeed

Helping Kiwis be good with money is the heart of what BNZ, one of New Zealand’s largest banks, aims to achieve. Around 97 per cent of enterprises in New Zealand are small businesses, and BNZ offers products and services designed to help these small businesses and start-ups succeed. The Small … Read more »

Trade Me: Turning Data Into Gold

Organisations across Asia-Pacific are experiencing a new industrial revolution driven by digitization today, forcing business leaders to adapt to stay relevant. For many, this means embracing digital transformation as a key corporate strategy and leveraging data as an additional resource to drive new revenue streams. With 3.7 million active members … Read more »

Auto parts dealer transforms business with Microsoft solutions

PartMaster is a Kiwi auto parts business founded 20 years ago that has grown to become a 17 branch network across New Zealand, with a team of 110 employees. Growing to this size and maintaining the same personalised service true to Partmaster’s values has been an ongoing challenge, one that … Read more »

HoloLens set to feature at Microsoft Ignite NZ 2016

Attendees to get sneak peek and chance for hands-on demo of Microsoft’s new mixed reality device, following announcement of pre-order availability for NZ With just a few days left until Microsoft Ignite NZ 2016, and precious few tickets remaining, Microsoft has announced a stunning new feature to the event line-up – … Read more »

Kiwi ‘AI’ innovation acclaimed in tertiary education ICT sector awards

AUT wins Overall Innovation Award at the 2016 Microsoft Tertiary ICT Innovation Awards for Artificial Intelligence bot for guiding student learning Auckland University of Technology has taken out the Overall Innovation Award at the Microsoft Tertiary ICT Innovation Awards in Manukau City, Auckland for an artificial intelligence ‘bot’ that automatically … Read more »

Microsoft joins NZ Blood Service campaign to ‘fill the gaps’

– Today marks the launch of Missing Type – the world’s largest blood donor recruitment campaign – A and O blood types are always the most in demand, so leading New Zealand businesses, charities and celebrities are removing A and O from names, brands and logos nationwide in support of the … Read more »

Dona Sarkar announced as keynote speaker for Microsoft Ignite NZ 2016

Microsoft NZ proudly announced today that Dona Sarkar – legendary tech developer, published author, blogger, fashion designer and entrepreneur – will be the keynote speaker for Microsoft Ignite NZ 2016. Dona Sarkar is currently the Head of the Windows Insiders Program at Microsoft, and also recently led the developer engagement … Read more »

Microsoft NZ receives the Rainbow Tick

This week was a moment of great pride for Microsoft New Zealand, says HR Director, Ebeny Kurz-Firth Since the beginning of this year, we have been working towards achieving accreditation from the Rainbow Tick programme – a continual quality improvement programme designed to help an organisation ensure it is a … Read more »