NZ Tech News

Melissa’s global phone verification delivers real-time accuracy, fraud protection and compliance, turning unreliable phone data into growth.

Industry voices are divided on whether AI will diminish consulting roles or augment them by shifting the nature of the work.

Rimini Street urges ERP users to resist vendor upgrade pressure, touting Smart Path and Agentic AI as cheaper, longer-life alternatives.

Highlight names Martin Saunders CEO as founder Richard Thomas becomes Chairman in leadership reshuffle to drive partner-led growth.

Coverbase and Crowe forge AI-focused partnership to streamline vendor risk reviews and procurement oversight in tightly regulated sectors.

Conga buys PROS’ B2B software unit, fusing AI-driven pricing with quoting and contract tools for over 10,000 enterprise customers.

Splashtop has introduced an AI-driven codec promising smoother 4K remote work, higher frame rates and lower bandwidth use for media teams.

Canon dominates Keypoint Intelligence’s 2026 BLI awards, taking A3 Line of the Year for imageFORCE and a Pick Award for uniFLOW Online.

Avast rolls out Deepfake Guard for Windows and takes Scam Guardian global on mobile in a push to combat rising video-led fraud.

SkillsVR launches EVA, an AI assistant unifying VR, mobile and web training with real-time learner guidance and automatic record tracking.

AI is deployed everywhere but embedded deeply in fewer than half of firms, as leaders warn integration and skills gaps risk a two-year setback.

Data Privacy Day spotlights a shift from privacy promises to provable controls, as AI, governance and regulation demand accountable data use.