Kiwi Businesses are Investing in New Opportunities with Big Data & Telco

Big data has long been touted as a tool for success in the enterprise, though Australasian businesses of all sizes can benefit from the ability to access customer data. Recently, small business owners in New Zealand have also been able to benefit from aggregated data. This comes as a result of cloud-based accounting firm Xero introducing its Xero Signals technology, which aggregates data from over 10,000 New Zealand businesses, helping organizations better achieve their goals through providing valuable customer insights.

It’s our responsibility to provide the technology tools to small businesses to help them thrive. These insights will enable New Zealand’s small businesses to assess their own business using comparative insight from thousands of other similar sized businesses.

— Anna Curzon, Xero Managing Director

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Lenovo starts rolling out Vibe P1 Marshmallow update

Lenovo has started rolling out the Marshmallow update to its Vibe P1 smartphone, which was launched late last year. The Chinese company announced the roll-out in a post on its official forums.

“We expect Marshmallow to be rolling out for the Vibe P1, P1A42, over the next few days,” the post said. However, comments left by users following the aforementioned announcement post suggest that the update has already started hitting units in India.

Given that the OTA roll out has just begin, it may take some time for the update to hit your device. However, if you’re feeling impatient, you…

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Second-gen Moto 360 and Moto 360 Sport get $50 price cut in US

If you are a Motorola fan and are in the market for a smartwatch, here is a deal for you: the company’s second-gen Moto 360 and Moto 360 Sport watches will soon be available at discounted prices in the United States.

The discount – $50 on both devices – is being offered by Verizon, and will be available starting next month (May 1 to be precise), with the deal running for the whole of the month.

The carrier currently has the Sport version listed for $300, so it will be available for $250 post discount. As for standard Moto 360, the 46mm variant with metal band for example will be…

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Demystifying Containers for a Better DevOps Experience

Working with containers in the enterprise often can seem daunting to a business which has no experience with them. Developers and DevOps teams alike can benefit from implementing containers into their infrastructure and pipeline, as a solid container-based development workflow not only allows for flexible and agile application development but with testing, staging, and bug fixes. Containers have seen a variety of improvements in the last year including better container visibility, enhanced log management, improved security, and a focus on scalability.

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