July 1, 2019

Exploring digital twins part 1: Azure DevKit and IoT Hub

This is the first in a series of tech blog posts about some recent Innovation Lab work on Internet of Things (IoT), digital twinning, and the 3D visualisation of IoT device sensor data in Mixiply, Theta’s augmented reality (AR) platform.

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May 31, 2019

MiniDevs launch AR/VR platform Mixiply

For the past two years, we’ve been working with a group of students at Newlands Intermediate School, the MiniDevs, to design and develop a platform for making and sharing AR/VR games and apps, called Mixiply.

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Theta

May 17, 2019

Food Product Recall: saving time, costs and reputation

I recently attended the Food Safety and Compliance Conference in Auckland. When speaking with other delegates, it was clear that focusing attention on managing food traceability and recall processes was of great importance. Many of those in attendance were keen to find out more about the tools and systems available to manage these processes too. In this blog I’ll be laying out recall in NZ and reducing time, costs and protecting your reputation during a recall scenario. Written by Yuko Saito from Theta's ERP and Business Solutions team.

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Theta

May 3, 2019

Sharing the magic of AR/VR app Mixiply at NZ Games Festival

Last month we hosted a Mixiply workshop for kids at Capital E in Wellington, part of the NZ Games Festival 2019.

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Theta

April 17, 2019

Automating expense reporting with robotic process automation

Nobody likes entering expenses into their company’s business management system, so we decided to tackle the frustration head on. How could we make expense reporting faster? Better? Funner? (ok maybe that’s not a word but you know what we mean!). Could robotic process automation help?

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Theta

April 5, 2019

Race report: Absolute Wilderness Adventure Race 2019

Theta’s adventure racing team - Alan Moore, Jason Free and Bruce Anderson - competed this year in the Absolute Wilderness Adventure Race in Twizel as a focus for our fundraising efforts for Cure Kids. We’ve previously competed in the Cure Kids Great Adventure Race, and wanted to continue our racing and fundraising efforts. Team captain Alan Moore reports back on the challenging day.

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Theta

April 5, 2019

Race report: Absolute Wilderness Adventure Race 2019

Theta’s adventure racing team - Alan Moore, Jason Free and Bruce Anderson - competed this year in the Absolute Wilderness Adventure Race in Twizel as a focus for our fundraising efforts for Cure Kids. We’ve previously competed in the Cure Kids Great Adventure Race, and wanted to continue our racing and fundraising efforts. Team captain Alan Moore reports back on the challenging day.

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Theta

March 25, 2019

MODE+ALT+SHIFT: using technology to unlock travel choices

On 15-17 March 2019, Rose McColl, Ben Daly and Jim Taylor from our innovation lab were part of NZTA’s MODE+ALT+SHIFT hackathon. The 100+ participants in the hackathon were tasked with creating a solution that encourages people living in our cities to make travel choices that reduce the number of single-occupancy cars on our roads. Our team reports back on the weekend.

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Theta

March 1, 2019

MicroStrategy HyperIntelligence embeds Zero Click Analytics into Web Interfaces

MicroStrategy HyperIntelligence surfaces analytics from any browser-based application. CRM and ERP systems as well as custom apps and portals are just the beginning.

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Theta

February 27, 2019

MS Ignite the Tour: conference highlights and tech trends to watch out for

Microsoft conferences came closer to home this year, with MS Ignite The Tour in Sydney plugging a gap in the conference calendar for AU/NZ. Principal Integration Architect Wagner Silveira and Emerging Technologies Architect Jim Taylor share their impressions from the event.

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Theta