by RichardGardiner | Sep 14, 2012 | Energy
Coping with the worst recession in living memory has forced businesses to leave no stone unturned in the quest to improve their bottom line. Electricity is one cost that impacts on everyone and businesses impacted by the deregulated NZ energy markets fall into two...
by RichardGardiner | Sep 3, 2012 | Energy, ICT, Waste
Marc Wendelborn looks at why negotiating new utilities contracts doesn’t have to be a painful process. Negotiating supply contracts for electricity, natural gas, waste, and telecommunications is no fun. You have to do your homework, have meetings with potential...
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 RichardGardiner | Jun 26, 2012 | Energy
There has been much debate recently about the sell-off of State Owned Enterprises – both in the media and across boardroom tables. However in the public arena, debate has not focused much on the fact that privately owned companies are already growing at the...
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...
