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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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June 2, 2016
Introducing SQL Server 2016 – the best SQL Server yet!
SQL Server 2016 enters general release today. To mark the occasion, we asked a couple of our SQL Server experts, Head of Microsoft Solutions and Architecture Rob Hawthorne, and Senior Consultant Richard Laing, what they consider to be the highlights of the new release.
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May 27, 2016
Taking a broader view with big data and analytics
This post is based on a presentation by Rob Hawthorne at the Customer 3.1 Conference in Auckland this week.
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May 25, 2016
SQL tip #3: consider a table variable
Most developers know the # preceding a local temporary table very well, as temporary tables are really useful when you need to keep some stuff in a place for a moment while you do something else. But you may not know there are quite a lot of processes that go into making this table, or that these can really inhibit the reuse of execution plans. So a harmless #temp may be bloating your memory or putting extra pressure on your TempDB and you might not even know about it.
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May 23, 2016
Understanding digital transformation
Digital transformation and “disruption” are widely discussed – often in abstract and theoretical terms. But what does digital transformation really mean for your business, and what should you be doing about it?
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May 13, 2016
Integrate 2016 - Highlights
Integrate 2016, the main Microsoft integration conference, was held from 11-13 May in London. The event had more than 380 attendees from 22 countries, representing 187 companies, with presenters from various Microsoft product teams and from the MVP Program.
May 4, 2016
SQL tip #1: Store SQL DB files in Azure storage
Did you know that you can configure an Azure SQL VM (or on premise machine) to store SQL data (.mdf) and log (.ldf) files in Azure storage?
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May 2, 2016
Service Scheduling with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Field Service
In this post, Theta's Head of CRM, Ivor Whibley, continues his series on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Field Service.
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April 28, 2016
Marketing automation: the importance of data and process
I was recently invited to present a paper at the Marketing Automation Summit held in Auckland. This was a perfect opportunity for me to refresh myself on all the marketing automation capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. My given subject was “Tracking progress and hitting targets on time.”
April 27, 2016
SQL tip #2: Remove unnecessary SQL components from an Azure VM
Did you know that when you first request a SQL Azure VM it comes with everything installed? This includes Analysis Services, Integration Services, Reporting Services, etc, even if you don’t want to use them.
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April 13, 2016
Data Science – more than just analysis
Data science has emerged as one of the hottest professions and academic disciplines of recent years, with demand for data scientists racing ahead of supply. But what is data science, what techniques are used, and how might data science be useful in different scenarios?