November 29, 2016

Red Nose Day fundraisers for Cure Kids and Red Cross Kaikoura earthquake appeal

We raised a stunning $1,711 for Cure Kids at two Red Nose Day fundraising lunches in Auckland and Christchurch, with Wellington staff supporting the cause too with online donations. It was great to see so many people get into the spirit of the day – like the red nose wearing members of the project office pictured here.

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November 29, 2016

“I like solving problems.” Meet Saipriya Krishna, our new BI Manager and Location Manager in Wellington

Saipriya Krishna (known to most as Sai) has recently taken on the dual roles of BI Manager and Location Manager in Wellington. Moments into the new roles, the Kaikoura earthquake struck. This has kept her busy - making sure her team were safe and had a safe place to work. Now the dust is settling, it seemed like a good opportunity to get to know Sai a bit better…

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November 21, 2016

Internet of things (IoT) with Cortana, Raspberry Pi and a weather sensor

In this post Leila Etaati explores the internet of things to see how we can collect information from different devices, sensors and applications, track data changes via software and even react to those changes. Then we can use machine learning to further analyse the data.

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November 15, 2016

What’s new for SharePoint 2016 on premises

SharePoint has undergone many changes since its first release in 2001. Now with its latest on-premises version (SharePoint Server 2016) released, organisations should be looking at how to move their existing SharePoint 2013 platform to the latest 2016 version along with solutions built on the platform.

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November 4, 2016

SharePoint to O365 migration made easy

We're partnering with AvePoint to bring you an informative session on migrating Microsoft SharePoint the easy way.

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November 2, 2016

MicroStrategy Auckland symposium

MicroStrategy’s global symposium series came to Auckland last month. Since July 2015, 61 MicroStrategy Symposia have been held around the world, attended by more than 11,500 delegates.

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November 1, 2016

The future is omni-channel

New Zealanders are more connected than ever before – 94% check the internet daily and a third of kiwis are constantly connected, according to the latest Internet NZ study. Customers have high expectations of their interactions with businesses – the digital experience needs to be secure, convenient, consistent and engaging. At the same time, new business models are disrupting traditional enterprise businesses.

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October 27, 2016

Microsoft Ignite NZ 2016: Keynote highlights

It's a big week in tech here in Auckland, as New Zealand's largest tech conference, Ignite, comes to town. The opening keynote is always a whizz-bang highlight, showcasing what's next in tech. We asked some Theta's many Ignite attendees to share the things they were excited about.

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October 25, 2016

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 is here!

The new release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is here, on time according to Microsoft’s annual release cycle. There were some speculations during the year about the name of this release as other terms are floating around like “Project Madeira” and “Dynamics 365”. Let’s clarify these terms and products first before we look deeper into the new features of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017.

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October 14, 2016

New automated external defibrillator (AED)

Theta now has an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in our Auckland office. 15 staff as well as two from a neighbouring firm have attended a CPR/AED training session, and we’ve informed our close neighbours that we have an AED available for use if required.

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