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How digital transformation is changing the play...
Disruptions are almost commonplace in the business world currently, thanks to the ever-changing digital landscape. Just think of Uber, AirBnB and even Xero, the NZ accounting software that's transf...
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Why lifelong learning is needed in the digital age
Out of the children that are starting school today, 65 per cent of them will hold jobs that don't yet exist, according to a 2017 report by Accenture, titled 'New Skills Now: Inclusion in the digita...
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How AI is bringing about mass personalisation
Everywhere you look in the marketing world, you'll see the word 'personalisation' bandied about. It's a powerful tool for influencing consumer behaviour, yet true personalisation of products and se...
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What is an intelligent enterprise?
Meta: In a data driven world, organisations need to adapt and change at a rapid rate. Intelligent enterprises aim to do just that. Should you become one? Technology is rapidly changing the business...
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The zero-based approach and digital transformation
You might have heard of zero-based budgeting. It's true, the idea behind the term did originate to help businesses become wiser with their spending. However, as with many good ideas, the concept ha...
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Our new website is LIVE!
Coinciding with our expanding leadership in Business and Technology Consulting Services, we are excited to introduce the FinXL IT Professional Services all new website - new look, more content, int...
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2019 digital transformation resolutions
The new year is a time for setting resolutions - for yourself and for your company. With the digital world transforming so quickly, why not make 2019 the year for digital transformation resolutions...
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Blockchain: What it is and where it's useful
Blockchain goes hand in hand with Bitcoin in many people's minds. However, it's a powerful invention in it's own right and the uses for blockchain are quickly compounding. If it's not simply a cryp...
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4 marketing technology innovations critical to ...
The rate of development for marketing technology (or martech) is much higher than its uptake. Keeping up with the deluge is impossible, so how can your company get the most out of the ever-advancin...
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FinXL - SD-WAN: Where does it belong in your di...
Businesses don't just operate in one location anymore. Whether your company has branches in multiple countries, or you're just spread throughout one, connecting and sharing information in an effici...
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Hybrid cloud analytics: What is it and why?
There is a lot of hype around hybrid cloud analytics. However, since it’s a term probably first created by vendors, and often used as a description in a variety of cloud products, it’s important to...
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FinXL’s Managing Director wins 2018 Entrepreneu...
Managing Director of FinXL Professional Services, Tracy Thomson has been recognised as the winner of the 2018 ARN Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) in the Entrepreneur category. Now into its seventh yea...
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GDPR and the public cloud: Is your cloud-based ...
With the internet landscape lacking clearly definable borders, it's possible for international laws to have far-reaching consequences. One of the examples of this is a European privacy law, called ...
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Endpoint security in your digital enterprise
With cyber attacks a growing threat, protecting your business online is an evolving field. Ensuring you have effective endpoint security keeps your organisation's data safe. What is endpoint securi...
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Why big data is a cybersecurity saviour, not a ...
Meta: While big data brings with it many challenges and requires expertise to manage it, the potential it offers cybersecurity cannot be underestimated. Big data offers a lot of benefits when it co...
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Ethical hacking - testing your cybersecurity in...
More and more, businesses and individuals are moving into a digital landscape. The opportunities seem boundless and every day new developments are made. However, alongside the potential comes risks...
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How to overcome the culture hurdles of digital ...
Digital transformation is an immensely exciting part of any business's life - evolving into new models, innovating products and revolutionising the customer experience. But amongst all that excitem...
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Is your organisation standing up to evolving cy...
Are you fully aware of the many cybersecurity threats that put your organisation at risk? Technology is developing at a rapid pace and with every new iteration of software, comes a new set of ways ...
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Artificial Intelligence is changing the busines...
There’s no doubt about it, Artificial Intelligence or ‘AI’ is one of the hottest topics in the world right now and tech giants such as Google, Apple and Facebook have made AI a fundamental part of ...
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Is Enterprise Architecture dead?
Look, it’s clearly not, but it does however, need to morph. Remote, integrated cloud structures, shortening of technology life cycles and the emergence of agile-based delivery is driving a fundamen...
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FinXL acquires leading SAP Consultancy
MEDIA RELEASE - 4.9.18 FinXL IT Professional Services (FinXL) is pleased to announce the acquisition of leading specialist SAP Consultancy and Services provider, Southern Cross Computing (SCC). Fou...
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Keeping your skills up to date in the digital age
With the digital revolution upon us, how does a Technology Professional keep their skills up-to-date? This is a real challenge and one that every Technology Professional has to face, whether it’s t...
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Top five tips to successful digital transformation
We hear a lot about digital transformation and much like the term “big data” there is some confusion as to what the term actually means. Typically when organisations are asked about their digital t...
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The changing role of the business analyst
It has been a feature of the push towards new ways of delivering solutions to business stakeholders that the role of Business Analyst has been evolving, or perhaps even fragmenting. If we look at t...
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4 leadership lessons you should learn to power ...
Leadership is a hard thing to develop consciously. And it’s hard to know the type of leader you need to be. You may have an idea of how you want to lead in certain circumstances. However, as situat...
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Big data: Cutting through the hype
There is a lot of hype about Big Data, as vendors and projects fight it out for claims and market wins. But what's it all about? What's in it for me as an IT professional? This article is a snapsho...
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How to survive the digital revolution
To put the digital revolution into some perspective, 90% of all the data in the world has been generated in the last two years. The speed of technology adoption and innovation has been somewhat bli...
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How IT professionals can steer their company th...
Multinational management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has recently made the statement that in order to cope with the challenge of digital disruption, companies need to reinvent their core bus...
