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  • Peter Thiel's Founders Fund sells remaining Facebook shares

    Early Facebook Inc backer, Founders Fund, has sold all of its holdings in the social media giant as part of a previously established trading plan by the venture capital firm's partner, Peter Thiel, according to a regulatory filing from late Monday.

    Written by Reuters28 Aug. 19 06:44
  • Forum aims to reach and teach Kiwi youth about cybersecurity

    Cyber attacks are sent every 39 seconds which can accumulate to 300,000 new malware each day. It may be already too late but have you wondered how safe your device is? This is the key message Ytech aims to impart to Kiwi youth as it launches its first forum on cybersecurity.

    Written by Divina Paredes13 Aug. 19 08:22
  • Uber plans to sell around US$10B worth of stock in IPO

    An IPO of this size would make Uber one of the biggest technology IPOs of all time, and the largest since that of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in 2014.

    Written by Reuters11 April 19 06:19
  • Microsoft's stock market value pulls ahead of Apple's

    In recent months, technology shares have been punished due to investor worries about rising interest rates and fallout from the trade war between the United States and China, but Apple has suffered more than other Silicon Valley stalwarts

    Written by Reuters29 Nov. 18 06:22
  • In pictures: IT Leaders Breakfast | Digital Now and Digital Savvy - Auckland

    How can IT leaders continuously reinvent the business - with technology at the core - to stay competitive and address internal and external stakeholder demands? Technology and digital leaders share insights on this and other challenges in the cloud era, at the CIO and Computerworld breakfast forum in Auckland, held in conjunction with Zoho.

    Written by Divina Paredes04 Oct. 18 06:00
  • In pictures: 'Digital now, digital savvy' breakfast forum in Wellington

    Technology and digital leaders share ‘real-world’ stories of how organisations - already on the digital transformation path - can continue to realign IT to engage, compete and grow. The breakfast forum in Wellington featured presentations by NZQA CIO Lukasz Zawilski on ‘NZQA’s digital transformation: getting the culture right, challenging the norm'; Stats NZ chief digital officer Chris Buxton on ‘what digital first means for today’s business leaders’; and Zoho president Raj Sabhlok on ‘IT in the cloud era’. Vince Warnock, digital marketing manager at Cigna and Wayne Loke, senior manager for strategy, planning and performance at Stats NZ, joined the group for a panel discussion on steps organisations are taking to thrive in the digital era. ​The CIO and Computerworld New Zealand event, in partnership with Zoho, was also held in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne.

    Written by Divina Paredes02 Oct. 18 06:30
  • CIO upfront: In praise of intelligent bots, not smart ones

    If your chatbot replaces one kind of wasted time with another, or makes information harder to find, bin it. If it’s a decorative replacement for a checkout process, don’t build it, writes Ian Lurie of Portent

    Written by CIO New Zealand25 Sept. 18 06:30