The Ultimate Guide to Digital Transformation
A curated Kiwi edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Digital Transformation.
What to know about Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation is a pivotal topic shaping the future of business, technology, and society. This extensive collection of stories highlights how organisations across industries and regions are navigating the complexities of digital change, leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, cloud computing, IoT, and automation to enhance operations, customer experiences, and competitive advantage.
From global expansions and strategic partnerships to AI-driven innovations and challenges involving legacy systems, skills gaps, and cybersecurity, the narratives offer deep insights into the multifaceted nature of digital transformation. Readers can explore case studies of enterprises revamping their infrastructure, government initiatives accelerating digital services, and the evolving roles of leadership in driving technology adoption.
Engaging with these stories will provide readers with a broad understanding of current trends, practical strategies, and forward-looking perspectives essential for thriving in an increasingly digital world. Whether you’re a business leader, IT professional, or technology enthusiast, this tag offers valuable knowledge on embracing transformation to foster resilience, innovation, and growth.
Kiwi Digital Transformation News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
NRC explores how AI could boost council services and decision-making
The review could identify quick wins for Northland residents, while weighing privacy, security and ethical risks before any rollout.
New Zealand data centre strategy backs AI expansion
Growing use of cloud and AI is driving demand for local processing, as the sector warns New Zealand risks relying on offshore systems.
Companies must adapt to rising AI costs, tech CEO says
Rising token-based charges and compliance risks are forcing firms to monitor AI agents more closely, Fusion5's chief executive says.
Xero cuts phone bill by USD $500,000 after Dialpad switch
Unified cloud telephony has saved the accounting software group about USD $500,000 a year and simplified calls for 1,400 staff worldwide.
BoardPro launches AI Minutes for board meeting drafts
Board secretaries could cut hours of post-meeting admin as the new drafting tool works from Zoom and Teams transcripts, with human approval still required.
Aderant & First AML link compliance into law firms' workflow
Law firms using both systems can now cut handoffs and duplicate data entry as AML checks move inside their core practice management workflow.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Digital Transformation
Application modernisation services market set to soar
Infios named a leader in IDC MarketScape assessments
Hitachi Vantara posts 12% revenue growth on AI demand
CrowdStrike named leader in IDC MarketScape MDR study
Google named Forrester AI Platforms leader on strategy
Featured News
SUSE targets Australia's industrial edge to drive growth
Australian miners, shippers and utilities could be next to benefit as SUSE pushes edge computing and AI inference beyond data centres.
Measure/demonstrate: TechnologyOne boosts council digital transformation
Councils are being urged to track savings and focus on improvement after software roll-outs, as one New Zealand authority cuts ERP ownership costs by 38%.
Fresh perspective: New Gentrack CTO on AI-driven utility future
AI tools could cut utility costs and reduce customer friction as Gentrack's new Chief Technology Officer pushes a more proactive service model.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Resilience over prevention as AI reshapes security landscape
Rising ransomware speed is pushing ANZ firms to increase spending on recovery strategies as AI gives attackers new ways in.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
Archaic payment processes costing SMEs time and money
Australian SMEs are missing working capital gains as manual invoicing and EFTs leave payments slower and less secure.
SiteHive gains traction with unblinking eyes on the job
Construction firms can now monitor dust, noise and weather remotely, helping avoid delays and environmental breaches across hundreds of sites.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
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CorPlan launches CoreEPM: Rapid return AI-powered Business Intelligence
By replacing spreadsheets and manual finance work, the new platform aims to cut months-long implementation times and free staff for higher-value tasks.
AI reshaping cybersecurity - on defence and attack
Criminals are using AI to scale phishing and hunt flaws faster, forcing firms to harden defences as alert volumes and risks rise.
Reducing cyber risk is still hard: Why CTEM stalls at action
Security teams are still struggling to turn vulnerability alerts into fixes, leaving companies exposed for months when IT and operations must act separately.
Don't lose the human connection in AI-supported recruitment
Human judgement is becoming more valuable as AI screens CVs, with candidates wary of being reduced to data points and overlooked for potential.
UiPath assisting One NZ on journey to become AI leaders
Strict controls are now central to One NZ's AI push as it guards customer data and avoids costly errors in billing and finance.
'Lack of support' as Australia lags behind on blockchain
Years of regulatory delay risk leaving Australia behind as tokenised assets and digital investment platforms gather pace.
Data storage gets profitable as Exaba targets US expansion
Exaba's local cloud storage pitch could give US managed services providers higher margins as it challenges AWS and Azure in a crowded market.
Banks face AI balancing act as regulation tempers uptake
Australia's banks are steadily increasing their use of artificial intelligence, but regulation and data security fears are tempering adoption.
Data-driven transport: The future is here
Australia's truck driver shortage is set to triple by 2029, pushing fleets towards data tools that could make autonomy viable.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
Tech reinvent as Hejaz teases 'Wahda' superapp launch
Weeks before a planned August debut, the app aims to entice more than 2 billion Muslims with chat, video and faith-based AI tools.
Hype growing - but SMEs still face barriers to AI adoption
Small firms risk falling behind unless they adopt AI for practical gains, as SMEC AI says many are still confused by the technology.
'Smart people changing': How humans and agentic AI co-exist
Governance fears and skills gaps are pushing businesses to deploy agentic AI in secure systems while protecting staff from disruption.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
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Digidentity helping companies navigate AI fraud challenges
AI-driven fraud is pushing healthcare, government and carmakers to tighten identity checks as remote transactions spread worldwide.
New Zealand 'ingenuity' driving Lightspeed's global success
Auckland's engineers are shaping Lightspeed's products worldwide, as the company expands AI tools and keeps key leadership in New Zealand.
How Invetech and McGrathNicol modernised with SAP S/4 HANA
The move has cut month-end work and lifted invoice processing, while avoiding costly customisation and easing future upgrades.
Visibility can shield you against $15k/min downtime
Blind spots in monitoring are pushing outage bills higher, with Splunk estimating average downtime now costs USD $15,000 a minute.
Workday GO offers growth potential for mid-sized enterprises
Australian and New Zealand mid-sized firms will gain faster deployments and real-time people, payroll and finance insights from Workday GO.
Clean Core and governed AI enable SAP success
Australian firms can avoid costly upgrade pain and AI risks by pairing Clean Core with governed data and trusted partners.
Conference Room Audio Should Be Managed Like Enterprise IT
Better network oversight is letting firms scale meeting rooms, boost uptime and add AI captions, transcription and analytics.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Certes says be ready to protect data before Q Day hits
Only 3% of Australian businesses have started preparing for post-quantum cryptography, leaving sensitive data exposed to harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks.
Dext: Transformative AI made easy for accountants and bookkeepers
Accountants could cut errors and save time as Dext AI Assist brings prompt-based automation to bookkeeping workflows.
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'Didn't believe it': Dayforce optimising people management
Payroll headaches eased at Retail Apparel Group as Dayforce linked time and attendance with pay, cutting manual fixes and boosting morale.
Riverbed says go from ticket queues to zero disruption
AI-driven support tools could cut employee downtime, as Riverbed argues that fewer tickets may still hide unresolved problems.
The AI challenge - balancing governance and innovation
Many projects remain stuck at proof of concept as businesses wrestle with data governance, security and agent oversight before scaling AI.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Catchpoint acquisition by LogicMonitor 'makes a lot of sense'
The deal could help customers move from reactive IT monitoring to predictive AI-driven automation by combining two different data sets.
Guidewire: Modernising insurance with accountability
Regulators are warning insurers to keep humans accountable as AI speeds up claims work and other busy tasks, Guidewire says.
Deputy are shaping future of shift work administration
Managers in retail, hospitality and healthcare could save hours as the AI tool automates rosters and timesheets while flagging breaches.
Expert Columns
Why AI infrastructure planning must happen now
The psychology of better decision-making in the real-time enterprise
AI can produce the work, it can't produce the lawyer
Translation over technology: The channel's most undervalued skill
Asia Pacific's next chapter of digital growth will be defined by trust, resilience and sovereignty
Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
Why enterprise AI must learn to act, not just talk
Growing bigger and growing more complex are finally being treated as two different things
Your biggest competitor may have already launched, you've just never heard of them
What Role Does Data Quality Play in Data Governance?
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Digital Transformation News
New Zealand adds Applied Intelligent Systems subject
Students will learn to work with AI tools across multiple industries as New Zealand broadens senior secondary options to match labour-market demand.
Microsoft appoints Nick Walton as NZ Managing Director
The appointment strengthens Microsoft's push in New Zealand as businesses weigh AI adoption, cloud investment and data-residency demands.
New Zealand lenders adopt AI amid data readiness gap
Most lenders still lack the data quality and governance needed to trust AI, even as 76% use it for credit and fraud decisions.
Civil Contractors New Zealand conference heads to Wellington
With more than 600 delegates expected, the event will put transport, procurement and pipeline concerns in front of election-year politicians.
SiteHost launches local AI platform for New Zealand
Businesses wary of offshore AI will be able to keep requests in New Zealand, with usage-based billing and no upfront fee.
Your biggest competitor may have already launched, you've just never heard of them
Banks risk being blindsided by new digital finance firms that are already moving money faster and attracting users beyond the old model.
Chorus launches TimeSync precision timing service in NZ
The fibre-backed alternative could reduce reliance on GPS for banks, utilities and emergency services, improving resilience against outages and interference.
New Zealand SMEs widen AI adoption gap, MYOB finds
Smaller firms risk being left behind as medium-sized companies in New Zealand are far more likely to have AI embedded in daily operations.
SyncHub urges firms to fix fragmented financial data
Fragmented banking, payments and accounting data is slowing reporting and weakening AI answers for businesses trying to act in real time.
HomeVault launches AI property records platform globally
Missing warranties and compliance papers could now delay claims and sales less often, as the New Zealand startup takes its property records tool worldwide.
Datacom finds NZ firms untested on outage recovery
Many New Zealand firms say they could ride out an outage, but fewer than four in ten have tested recovery of critical systems recently.
Revolut partners OpenAI to add ChatGPT Go to plans
Millions of Revolut customers will get OpenAI's ChatGPT Go free for up to a year, as the fintech bundles AI into its paid plans.
One New Zealand names CFO, CTO in executive succession
The telecoms group has filled three senior roles from within as Jason Paris prepares to depart after nearly eight years in charge.
HP launches keyboard PC for compact business desks
Organisations seeking tidier shared desks may adopt a keyboard-integrated PC that supports four 4K displays and local AI tasks.
Tāmaki Health launches AI coach for primary care patients
Patients at selected Tāmaki Health clinics can now get round-the-clock coaching between appointments as demand for primary care rises.
Xero partners Revolut Business on cross-border finance
New Zealand exporters and online sellers could cut manual bookkeeping as transaction data and bills move automatically between the two platforms.
AI shifts property managers from admin to advisory work
Commercial property teams could spend less time on paperwork and more on tenant and landlord advice as AI takes over routine tasks.
Beyond automation: Why AI is forcing us to rethink how work gets done
Businesses that treat AI as a mere efficiency tool risk missing bigger gains from redesigning workflows, according to One NZ's Chief Executive Officer.
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Tax Traders appoints Chloe Kyrke-Smith as Head of Product
The hire signals a push beyond tax pooling as the fintech widens its product suite for accountants and small businesses.
Vero Insurance teams with The Optimisers on AI search
The insurer wants clearer online content to stay visible as customers increasingly rely on AI tools for comparisons and recommendations.
Job Moves
Microsoft appoints Nick Walton as NZ Managing Director
One New Zealand names CFO, CTO in executive succession
Tax Traders appoints Chloe Kyrke-Smith as Head of Product
Dentsu Aotearoa launches technology practice with Knox
HP New Zealand appoints Daniel Roberts as Head of Enterprise
Spectrum Consulting names Darryl van Rensburg for AI drive
Inde appoints Matthew Flatt as Technical Director of Data
EY New Zealand appoints Willett & Bremner to tech roles
TenPeaks appoints Whineray as Independent Chairman
