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March 12, 2026
Strengthening Theta’s AI Capability with Two New Specialists
As organisations increasingly look to AI to unlock efficiency, insight, and innovation, the demand for practical, scalable AI solutions continues to grow. To support our customers on this journey, we’re pleased to welcome two new AI specialists to Theta, who will also contribute to our existing GenAI Centre of Excellence.
March 4, 2026
Tech Trends Shaping Business in 2026
Businesses are navigating a rapidly evolving tech landscape. At Theta, we explored these trends in a two-part podcast series, drawing on insights from a series of executive events held across the country. Attendees used a custom web app to swipe right for trends they see as relevant in the next 12 months, giving us a real-time snapshot of what business leaders are prioritising. Here’s a summary of the key tech trends for 2026 identified by New Zealand business leaders.
February 12, 2026
Securing Your Data for the Age of AI: Lessons from Our Microsoft Purview Journey
In the latest episode of our podcast The Innovation Circuit, we unpacked what we learned from implementing Microsoft Purview sensitivity labelling and data protection, both internally and with our customers. The journey wasn’t always smooth, but the lessons were invaluable. Here’s what we learned.
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January 29, 2026
Five Power BI Updates That Deliver Real Business Value
Every month, Microsoft releases Power BI updates and announcements. Some introduce new capabilities, some improve existing ones, and some are simply informative. For business users and business analysts, keeping up with all of them, and knowing which ones truly matter, is both time-consuming and unrealistic. This blog highlights my top five Power BI updates from June 2025 to January 2026 that deliver the greatest business value.
January 22, 2026
Watch Now — The Innovation Circuit EP 9: A guide to data protection with Microsoft Purview during the AI revolution
In this episode, we’ll be discussing how to ensure your organisation’s sensitive data remains secure and confidential with Microsoft Purview.
November 12, 2025
What's New in Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025: wave 2
Watch the Dynamics 365 Business Central update with Head of Dynamics 365, Joerg Rau.
October 2, 2025
Azure North Migration: FAQs Answered by Theta Specialists
Since December 2024, New Zealand organisations have been able to start migrating to Microsoft's Azure North Data Centre. But what questions are organisations asking first? Here are our top FAQs.
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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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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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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.
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.