by DavidSpratt | Aug 2, 2012 | ICT
Who owns your data if it resides in the cloud somewhere? Let’s say that you are using a cloud based CRM system and the company delivering it goes into receivership. What happens to your data? Can the receiver sell it to a competitor? Can they even demand...
by DavidSpratt | Jul 16, 2012 | ICT
In the 36 hours since Vodafone announced its intention to acquire TelstraClear there has been a flurry of conflicting opinions regarding the potential impact on the NZ telecoms market. Pundits’ opinion on the consumer impact of this move has ranged from there being a...
by DavidSpratt | Jun 7, 2012 | ICT
Zespri has just bucked the trend. At a time when New Zealand companies of all sizes are being hit by rising fixed costs and sinking profits, the kiwi fruit marketing business has managed to push their phone, data and networking costs down by almost a third. But...
by DavidSpratt | Apr 23, 2012 | ICT
In the final part in a series of three articles on cloud computing, David Spratt, ICT specialist at Total Utilities Management Group (TUMG) answers the question: Does cloud computing genuinely offer benefits to New Zealand businesses or is it another example of ICT...
by DavidSpratt | Apr 23, 2012 | ICT
Cloud services have emerged as a genuine threat to established hardware and software providers as well as to the livelihoods of the many thousands of IT professionals who have made their living selling and supporting these products over the last twenty or more years....
