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How to Choose the Right Email Verification API: A Buyer's Guide
Customer Relationship Management

How to Choose the Right Email Verification API: A Buyer's Guide

Bad email data can quietly damage deliverability, campaign reporting and revenue unless businesses pick an API that fits their workflows.

By Bobby Joseph • 6 min read • Yesterday
The working capital hiding on warehouse shelves
Data governance

The working capital hiding on warehouse shelves

Heavy industry sites can free up cash by tackling slow, obsolete spares that inflate inventory and distort balance sheets.

By Tim McLain • 5 min read • Yesterday
Building Infrastructure for an AI World in Motion
Storage

Building Infrastructure for an AI World in Motion

As AI workloads shift from training to inference, firms risk stranded kit unless they build systems that can adapt over five to seven years.

By Alexey Navolokin • 5 min read • Yesterday
SOCtoberfest Kickoff: The 7 Deadly Sins of Cybersecurity Meet CISA's Core Steps
Virtual Private Networks

SOCtoberfest Kickoff: The 7 Deadly Sins of Cybersecurity Meet CISA's Core Steps

SMBs face rising breach risk as the report says seven routine security failings, not advanced malware, drive most attacks, with ransomware in 88% of cases.

By Justin Carter • 5 min read • Yesterday
Data Deduplication in the Era of Big Data: Challenges and Solutions
Disaster Recovery

Data Deduplication in the Era of Big Data: Challenges and Solutions

Duplicate records are inflating storage bills, slowing pipelines and skewing reports as organisations pull in data from ever more systems.

By Shivani Pimpili • 5 min read • 2 days ago
Why AI-Written Phishing Is Outpacing the Native Filters Built to Stop It
Malware

Why AI-Written Phishing Is Outpacing the Native Filters Built to Stop It

Businesses are facing a sharp rise in email scams as AI makes phishing faster, cheaper and harder for native filters to spot.

By Marshall Bennett • 7 min read • 3 days ago

Stories from Other Regions

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Card fee regulations are here, so why are card surcharges more common than ever?
Commerce Commission

Card fee regulations are here, so why are card surcharges more common than ever?

Consumers are still being hit by hefty card surcharges as retailers say lower interchange fees are hard to track and not yet filtering through.

By Susan Edmunds • 4 min read • Today
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown calls National's road plan 'idiotic'
Green Party

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown calls National's road plan 'idiotic'

Aucklanders could face higher costs for road and rail upgrades, as Wayne Brown says parties are making empty promises to win votes.

By Morning Report • 3 min read • Today
Australian retailers face a peak-season balancing act as rate pressures, consumer caution and supply chain costs collide
Customer Experience

Australian retailers face a peak-season balancing act as rate pressures, consumer caution and supply chain costs collide

Higher borrowing costs and cautious shoppers are forcing retailers to protect margins, avoid markdowns and get stock to the right place.

By Darren O'Connor • 3 min read • Yesterday
Health NZ chases $70m in unpaid health bills from tourists and migrants
Visa

Health NZ chases $70m in unpaid health bills from tourists and migrants

At least a quarter of the debt is unlikely to be recovered, as Health NZ relies on overseas collection efforts and annual write-offs.

By Gill Bonnett • 6 min read • Yesterday
Australia's reporting crunch exposes finance's data gaps
Digital Transformation

Australia's reporting crunch exposes finance's data gaps

Rising scrutiny of Australian accounts is exposing patchy data controls, after ASIC issued a record AUD $350 million in civil penalties.

By Mike Goldsworthy • 5 min read • Yesterday
Westpac New Zealand replaces 26 HR systems with Workday
Digital Transformation

Westpac New Zealand replaces 26 HR systems with Workday

Westpac says the platform has cut leaders' admin by about two hours a week and improved trust in workforce data, freeing time for customer work.

By Mara Sugue • 7 min read • Yesterday
Residents urge Government to move $500m Northland drydock
Northland

Residents urge Government to move $500m Northland drydock

Fears over noise, dust and air quality have prompted calls to shift the fast-tracked project away from homes in Marsden Bay.

By Susan Botting • 5 min read • 2 days ago
The next generation airport starts with better operational decisions
Robotics

The next generation airport starts with better operational decisions

Congestion can be eased faster by smarter use of existing runways, staff and equipment than by costly new terminals, airport experts say.

By Shantanu Gangakhedkar • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Near miss with train interrupts Greens' level crossing announcement
New Zealand Labour Party

Near miss with train interrupts Greens' level crossing announcement

A train nearly hit a car at Morningside as the Greens unveiled a $2.5 billion plan to remove Auckland level crossings and ease congestion.

By Russell Palmer • 3 min read • 3 days ago
Hazmat suits, booby traps and piles of waste: Cleaning meth-contaminated properties
Housing

Hazmat suits, booby traps and piles of waste: Cleaning meth-contaminated properties

The new contamination threshold has eased stress for landlords and tenants, even as some jobs still cost several thousand dollars to clear.

By Isra'a Emhail • 5 min read • 3 days ago
Wellington Hospital ED operating under code red about half the time since March
Wellington Hospital

Wellington Hospital ED operating under code red about half the time since March

Patients at Wellington Hospital's emergency department are facing longer waits as staff shortages and overcrowding have kept it in code red for months.

By Kate Green • 3 min read • 3 days ago