About Shannon
Shannon Williams
Journalist
Shannon is a freelance editor and writer. As a professional content creator over the last ten years, Shannon has worked across many industries including tech, business and travel, in a variety of mediums including media, publishing, communications and social media. She has a knack for finding the right voice for her audience and relishes the opportunity to tell stories.
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Forum on social media marketing offered in Upper Hutt
Wed, 8th Jul 2015
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facebook
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social media
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upper hutt central library
The sessions aim to help local community groups learn about free marketing tools that are available, such as Facebook.
Cisco joins Schneider Electric partner program
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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cisco
Schneider Electric has teamed up with networking vendor Cisco to bring advanced networking and control system technologies to its customers.
LG Electronics NZ enjoys increased profit
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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financial results
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revenue
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market share
The overall profit for the year minus expenses and costs came in at $1,714,806, a sizeable increase from $1,062,732.
Trade Me, The Warehouse and GrabOne lead online shopping
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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trade me
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grabone
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nielsen
New Zealanders are hooked to online shopping, according to new research from Nielsen NZ, with cyberspace providing limitless options.
Open Polytechnic launches online platform for learning and training
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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e-learning
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open polytechnic
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partners
iQualify is designed to provide affordable access to high quality online learning for other education providers and organisations.
SEEK launches volunteer platform
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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seek
The platform acts a conduit between not-for-profit and community organisations and Kiwis who want to volunteer.
Data silos limiting CIOs' ability to make decisions
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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commvault
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analyst report
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retail
Organisations across NZ and Australia will struggle to realise business value of key data assets without a holistic data management strategy in place.
PledgeMe seeks $250,000 investment
Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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crowdfunding
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pledgeme
Crowdfunding platform PledgeMe is seeking $250,000 in investment as it launches its second round of equity crowdfunding.
Labour: Rural broadband initiative 'massive policy failure'
Mon, 6th Jul 2015
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uc
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telco
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labour party
Labour condemns the Government's rural broadband initiative, calling it a massive policy failure and criticising a planned additional NZD $150 million spend.
More Kiwis heading online for government services
Mon, 6th Jul 2015
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dia
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online services
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digital services
New Zealanders are increasingly using the government's online services, with over 45% of transactions completed digitally.
Video surveillance market set for interesting 2015
Mon, 6th Jul 2015
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surveillance
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ihs
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industrial
Differentiation will be a key market driver for almost every equipment vendor, distributor and integrator over the next couple of years.
Preparing your IT environment for mobility
Mon, 6th Jul 2015
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dr
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cloud services
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acronis
Scalability doesn’t need to be a scary word for IT managers trying to scale their systems amid the mobility explosion.
Vodafone wants to help families in digital age
Fri, 3rd Jul 2015
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uc
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connected
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telco
Vodafone is courting families with the launch of some new services aimed to help parents navigate the digital world.
Spectralink launches enterprise mobility communication tool
Fri, 3rd Jul 2015
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healthtech
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spectralink
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partners
Spectralink PIVOT:S is designed to bridge the gap between consumer smartphones and purpose-built mobile solutions.
Technical preview for Skype for Business has arrived
Thu, 2nd Jul 2015
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uc
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microsoft
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voip
Microsoft has released a technical preview for Skype for Business, offering new features for Office 365 enterprise customers.
Agility hampered by lack of leadership in Australian businesses
Thu, 2nd Jul 2015
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devops
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apm
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software development
more needs to be done within Australia’s boardrooms to explain how agile can support business transformation and reduce software delivery times.
Kiwis rank top 100 films of all time
Thu, 2nd Jul 2015
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film
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flicks.co.nz
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flicks
In a recent poll undertaken by Flicks.co.nz, Kiwis have ranked what they think are the 100 greatest movies ever made. They’ve also ranked the worst.
Why I changed my profile picture to a big beautiful rainbow
Thu, 2nd Jul 2015
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facebook
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social media
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bso
Support or show? Changing a profile picture to a rainbow might be simple, but it can shift perceptions and foster solidarity.
On-demand now available on TV screens with FreeviewPlus
Wed, 1st Jul 2015
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tvnz ondemand
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freeviewplus
Freeview launches new digital TV platform allowing users to view on-demand videos on their televisions. #FreeviewPlus.
Portable devices fuelling VoIP growth
Wed, 1st Jul 2015
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uc
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voip
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contact centre
The VoIP services market is set to grow at a CAGR of 9.7% and reach a value of $136.76bn by 2020, says Transparency Market Research.