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...
by Jonathan Gardiner | May 21, 2012 | Energy
Renegotiate your gas contracts within the next 12 months or risk being tied into contracts based on higher unit costs – that’s the advice from specialist power, gas and ICT procurement specialists, Total Utilities Management Group. Gas customers have been enjoying...
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....