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June 16, 2025
Watch Now - The Innovation Circuit: MOBILE APPS EXPOSED!
Our panel pulls back the curtain on the evolving landscape of mobile applications. They dive into the role these apps play in our daily lives, what drives businesses to invest in them and the real-world challenges behind development - from fragmentation and maintenance to long-term sustainability. The conversation also explores future trends, including the rise of GenAI and the continued importance of user feedback in shaping app success.
September 24, 2024
Launching Our GenAI Centre of Excellence
We’re excited to launch our Generative AI Centre of Excellence (GenAI CoE). Our mission is to give customers access to the most advanced insights and technology in Generative AI, helping them keep up in this rapidly evolving field and achieve sustainable AI success in their organisation.
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April 11, 2024
Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud?
The triggers for moving to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud are commonly around similar themes: flexibility to scale up and down, cost control, better integration with other core systems and tighter security.
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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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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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.
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.
February 14, 2019
Learning, exploring, innovating with Azure – a summer at Theta
We love having interns at Theta, and for the second year running we’ve had two students working in our innovation lab over the summer, to complete their Master of Information Technology Degree at Auckland University.
February 11, 2019
Two homegrown Microsoft partners join forces
Theta completed the acquisition of Designertech, an Auckland-based tech company, this month. The move sees us expand to 275 staff, with an additional office in Ellerslie complementing our Auckland city office and others in Wellington, Christchurch and Tauranga.
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December 12, 2018
HackMini: Tackling big issues with Minecraft and Mixiply
Last week we worked with an inspiring group of students from Newlands Intermediate at Microsoft's Wellington offices. During the hackathon, students worked with Minecraft Education and Theta’s brand new AR/VR platform, Mixiply to develop a prototype app, game or activity to benefit their community.
December 4, 2018
#HackMini: MiniDevs, Microsoft, Mixiply & Minecraft
3-7 December 2018 is Computer Science Education Week. What better way to participate than with a hackathon, taking place over three days at Microsoft’s Wellington offices?
November 28, 2018
The real world of artificial intelligence in New Zealand
What’s the artificial intelligence opportunity for New Zealand organisations and are you ready to make the most of it? Louise Francis of IDC presented a real-world update at a recent series of Theta executive briefings in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
October 29, 2018
Blockworks conference shows off the present and future of blockchain
Rose McColl recently attended Blockworks, a one-day gathering of national and international blockchain experts and trailblazers, talking about how blockchain is being used to change the way we do things in business, government, and society, and shares her reflections on the day in this post.