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• AWS joins list of blockchain-as-a-service providers

  Amazon plans to be one of a handful of vendors providing blockchain-as-a-service for enterprises seeking to test the waters without expense and risk.

• CIO upfront: How edge technology can help deliver the retail store of the future

  ‘Run it all from the cloud’ or ‘keep the old stuff working’ simply won’t cut it anymore and should be treated as red flags for any IT or store operations executive looking to thrive in the digital era, writes Nick East of Zynstra.

• AI will be pervasive by 2020, predicts Gartner

  Prompts technology strategic planners to redraw near-term and long-term product plans around it

• Mercury to bring Amazon Alexa's voice activated service to consumers

  Mercury is New Zealand’s first energy company to commit to bring Amazon's voice activated service to consumers

• CIO upfront: Alexa should be table stakes for businesses that want to improve employee engagement

  Humans are made for something more than repetitive, mundane tasks, writes David Pointon of Sharp.

• Why Amazon is the new Microsoft

  The Amazon Alexa platform dominated CES this year. The virtual assistant is shaping up to be the most important new operating system.

• Meet the top 10 Asian digital giants - ignoring them is not an option for ANZ CIOs

  But ignoring them is not an option, says Gartner.

• How organisations can scale in the digital era: Gartner

  Gartner analysts share insights on how organisations can scale in the digital era, but warn not everyone can make it through this change.

• Otago Uni researchers want gov't to answer basic questions on use of computers in decision-making

  ​“Predictive analytics technologies show great potential in informing public decision-making, but it is important for these technologies to be evaluated and scrutinised when used in the public domain.”

• How businesses can capitalise on the 'influence' of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on their customers

  These tech vendors should be part of your customer experience ecosystem, advises Forrester TJ Keitt

• Learning from the master of ‘willful disruption’

  Amazon has long been synonymous with digital disruption, because it understood three often-undervalued aspects of extensive disruption, reports Gartner.

• Stats NZ CEO Liz MacPherson: Into tomorrow with information from today

  ‘We are absolutely focused on unleashing the power of data to change lives.’

• Where CX matters most

  Thematic CEO Alyona Medelyan shares valuable insights from her work with customer insight professionals and analysts.

• ​Lack of women in tech a ‘broader societal issue’: Amazon

  Teenage girls “switching off” to a career in technology is part of a broader societal issue and preconceived notions of what are female and male jobs.

• Digital equality for all? Apparently not, just ask Alexa

  We appear to be on the verge of segregating society into haves and have nots again, and arguably - on the basis of people’s accents. Just ask Alexa, posits Vaughan Robertson.