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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.
June 27, 2018
MicroStrategy Symposium 2018
The 3rd annual MicroStrategy Symposium is taking place in Auckland on 15 August 2018.
June 22, 2018
Double win at Microsoft NZ Partner Awards
We celebrated with our customers last night, with two of our three entries winning their category at the Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards.
June 14, 2018
Creative Realities at Techweek 2018
On the 24th of May, I went along to Creative Realities – the headline event of Techweek 2018 - with Sam, Mahera, Zac and Marianne from Newlands Intermediate. The event is all about the creative side of tech, and our very own MiniDevs were presenting.
June 12, 2018
Integrate 2018 in review
Integrate, now in its 4th edition, cemented its position as the premier integration conference in the Microsoft events calendar. This year it was held at the etc.Venues in Central London, with 420 attendees from across the globe. Speakers included product owners, managers and engineers from Microsoft, as well as Microsoft Azure MVPs from across the world – including our very own Principal Integration Architect Wagner Silveira.
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June 7, 2018
Finalist in three categories at Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards 2018
Theta has been named a finalist in the 2018 Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards in the Cloud for Good, Engaging Customers and Business Applications categories.
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May 29, 2018
Privacy, security and the impact of GDPR in NZ
There have been plenty of privacy and security discussions about the potential reach and impact of GDPR in NZ. It may feel like privacy regulations in Europe are a distant concern to New Zealand companies, but the reality is that the security and privacy landscape is changing. Being left behind in the way that we treat critical business assets, like information, is no longer an option.
May 21, 2018
The MiniDevs meet the MicroDevs
Since late last year Theta's Innovation Lab has been working with students from Newlands Intermediate school – the MiniDevs – to develop Theta MIX. The platform, (since renamed and launched as Mixiply), allows people to script interactive mixed reality experiences in their browser that can run on headsets, smartphones, tablets and PCs.
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May 10, 2018
Christchurch Event: Customer Engagement and Technology
Grow your business through better customer engagement and technology. We’re holding a thought provoking and interactive session in Christchurch on 24 May 2018 on how Microsoft solutions deliver better customer engagement and experiences.
May 9, 2018
Meet the Tauranga Team
We recently celebrated the opening of our newest office with an office warming attended by customers and staff. Putting down roots in Tauranga solidifies our commitment to the growing and vibrant Bay of Plenty economic region.
April 26, 2018
Hacking agriculture with PGG Wrightson
We recently facilitated a hackfest with PGG Wrightson focused on paperless and mobile processes. PGG Wrightson is a leading provider to the agricultural sector, a mission to “help the country grow”. The hackfest provided an ideal opportunity to bring together people from right across PGG Wrightson, to understand how technology can help them act with speed and agility and focus on being customer centric.