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Forrester: US$22 billion RPA market growth expected by 2025

Wed, 2nd Mar 2022
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A new Forrester report says the significant RPA market growth in 2021 will continue throughout 2022, due to pandemic-induced automation demand.
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Legal challenge over decision that AI machines cannot be granted patents

Mon, 28th Feb 2022
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opinion
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patents
A legal challenge is being prepared to overturn the Intellectual Property Office's (IPONZ) decision not to recognise a machine as an inventor.
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Forrester reports on how digital technology is changing how we bank

Mon, 28th Feb 2022
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digital transformation
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payment technologies
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clean technologies
Digital banking is transforming the industry as new customers join, contactless payments surge, and challenger banks rise, says Forrester.
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Experian report finds data quality linked heavily to business success

Thu, 24th Feb 2022
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fintech
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cost
The Global Data Management Report by Experian found that 75% of businesses that improved data quality in 2021 also exceeded their business objectives.
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Klarna brings rewards program, new features to New Zealand

Thu, 24th Feb 2022
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martech
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commerce systems
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bnpl
Klarna launches rewards program in NZ, offering perks for on-time payments and meeting demands of NZ shoppers.
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Equinix part of Sustainable Trading network to reach ESG goals

Wed, 23rd Feb 2022
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hyperscale
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dc
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partner programmes
Equinix is one of 30 founding members of a new Sustainable Trading network to develop best practices, benchmarking, and transparency in the trading industry.
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Rage against the machine: Can an AI programme be an inventor?

Tue, 22nd Feb 2022
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ai
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opinion
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patents
New Zealand has been caught by a global fight between humans and machines that might define intellectual property rights for the rest of the century.
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Kacific and Farmer Charlie to tackle agriculture and sustainability in new deal

Fri, 18th Feb 2022
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agricultural technology
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spacetech
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digital transformation
Satellite operator Kacific has joined forces with Farmer Charlie to address agriculture and sustainability across the Pacific.
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Main invests in verification specialist as demand grows

Fri, 18th Feb 2022
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semiconductors
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nfc
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investment
Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in InnoValor, the creator of ReadID - a global, mobile identity verification software provider using NFC.
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Australian companies risk losing millions by not going digital

Wed, 16th Feb 2022
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digital transformation
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risk & compliance
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api
Australian businesses could potentially lose an average of AU$6.5m if they don't follow through with digital transformation initiatives.
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Verdantix warns EHS executives must be operationally ready for AI

Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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healthtech
Environment, health, and safety executives should be operationally ready to deploy AI projects as adoption benefits become too great to ignore.
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Is DeFi signalling the great financial evolution?

Thu, 10th Feb 2022
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blockchain
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cloud services
DeFi, the emerging concept in blockchain finance, is rapidly gaining attention for its potential to revolutionize global financial markets.
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'Regulatory challenges' kill NVIDIA's Arm acquisition deal

Thu, 10th Feb 2022
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nvidia
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m&a
The deal's off but NVIDIA still loses $1.25 billion, which Arm owner SoftBank Group will treat as profit in Q4.
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UserZoom unveils Live Interviews to scale UX research and collect insights faster

Thu, 10th Feb 2022
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data analytics
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cdp
UserZoom has announced new automation capabilities that make it faster and more efficient to collect user feedback and deliver customer insights.
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SenSen Networks' AI breakthrough granted new US patent

Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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data analytics
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planning
Enterprise AI software and solution provider, SenSen Networks, has announced it's been granted an additional patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
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RingCentral & Vodafone launch UC solution in Hong Kong, Singapore

Wed, 9th Feb 2022
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uc
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5g & beyond
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wireless networks
Vodafone Business and RingCentral team up to offer unified communications package with video phones and 5G in Asia, UK, and Europe.
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Three years to afford an iPhone? New global data reveals how long it could take you

Fri, 4th Feb 2022
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
The affordability of the latest iPhone model has been put to the test in a new global study, and New Zealanders may have to start saving their pennies.
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Block completes Afterpay buyout as Square & Cash App first to offer integration

Fri, 4th Feb 2022
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martech
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commerce systems
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supply chain
Block, the company behind payment apps including Square, Cash App, Spiral, and TIDAL, is already making the most of Afterpay's buy now, pay later offering.
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Australian energy suppliers actively using digital transformation to reach Net Zero goals

Thu, 3rd Feb 2022
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datacentre infrastructure
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Australian energy suppliers are leading the way in digital transformation to achieve their Net Zero goals, a survey has found.
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Data the biggest technical challenge for 81% of fintechs - report

Tue, 1st Feb 2022
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edutech
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data analytics
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fintech
Security was also found to be a significant challenge, followed by cloud support / multi-cloud deployment and administration.