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Kiwi Stories

Interactive stories

Angelina Farry named new CEO of IAB New Zealand

IAB New Zealand appoints Angelina Farry, a veteran of the NZ advertising industry with over two decades of experience, as its new CEO.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2024

Gaming

Spark unveils Esports initiatives: Game Arena and 'The Rise Cup':

Spark announces the launch of Spark Game Arena, with the nationwide tournament The Rise Cup featuring Fortnite, and a $30,000 prize pool up for grabs.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Oct 2023

Global Stories

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IT Automation

Riverbed improves AI-driven automation for IT service desk efficiency

Riverbed expands its AI-driven automation capabilities, enhancing IT service desk efficiency with features aimed at incident prevention, faster resolution times, and improved user experience visibility.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Mar 2024

Unified Communications

Brendan Maree joins ProHance to spur growth in Australia & New Zealand

ProHance hires experienced IT leader Brendan Maree as Vice President and Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, marking a major stride in regional expansion.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2024

Marketing Technologies

Liam McCarten joins StackAdapt as VP of Sales for APAC

Former Meta APAC exec, Liam McCarten, to spearhead operations at programmatic ad platform StackAdapt, predicting major growth within the Asia Pacific market.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2024

Gaming

iCandy partners with Matter Labs to boost Web3 gaming with zkCandy

iCandy joins forces with Matter Labs to pioneer zkCandy, a new venture aimed at enhancing Web3 gaming by exploiting AI and interactive gaming on zkSync.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2024

Unified Communications

PPDS appoints Patrick VanTreese as Director of Education Sales

PPDS eyes aggressive growth in education sector with appointment of seasoned AV/IT expert, Patrick VanTreese, as Director of Education Sales, set to drive new business opportunities and partnerships.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2024

Supply Chain

Dow Jones and Oliver Wyman launch predictive credit risk tool

Dow Jones partners with global consulting firm Oliver Wyman to develop Factiva Sentiment Signals, an AI-driven tool able to anticipate credit downgrades using news data, up to three months early.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Jan 2024

Converged Infrastructure

EY's Catriona Campbell awarded MBE for services to technology

Catriona Campbell, Chief Technology and Innovation Leader at EY UK and Ireland, has been awarded an MBE for her two-decade contribution to technology and AI innovation.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Jan 2024

EduTech

BenQ unveils new generation of smart boards for dynamic educational environments

BenQ introduces EDLA-certified smart boards, the BenQ Board Pro RP04 and BenQ Board Master RM04, integrated with Google services to enhance education settings.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2023

Semiconductors

Amazon announces AWS Graviton4 & Trainium2 for advanced AI applications

AWS introduces Graviton4 and Trainium2 chip families with improved performance and energy efficiency for AI applications.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 30th Nov 2023

Customer service

Vudoo appoints Peter Manten as Managing Director for APAC

Melbourne-based pioneer Vudoo has appointed Peter Manten as its new Managing Director for Australia and Asia Pacific.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Nov 2023

Application Programming Interface

Imply launches Developer Center to boost real-time analytics production

Imply launches Developer Centre aimed at enhancing real-time analytics app production by supporting developers.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Nov 2023

Data Protection

Rackspace Technology unleashes first APAC AI data assistant

Rackspace Technology has partnered with Straits Interactive to create an AI Data Protection Officer Assistant with FAIR on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Oct 2023

Partner Programmes

Interactive announces partnership with CrowdStrike

The partnership expands Interactive's cybersecurity offering and strengthens its position as a leader in the technology industry.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Oct 2023

Customer Experience

Jason Leonidas named VP at New Relic

New VP for South Pacific region of New Relic focuses on observability adoption and customer experience excellence.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Oct 2023

Stories from Other Regions

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Customer Experience

How Australian businesses can transform customer interaction

Enhancing digital interaction, including live chat and advanced voice solutions, can bolster customer loyalty and operational efficiency for Australian businesses.

By Robert Woolfrey • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2024