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Economics

NZ economy entering 2021 as fit as a fiddle - research

New Zealand's economy is poised for a strong start in 2021, rebounding sharply from its COVID-induced recession. .

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 31st Dec 2020

Business Confidence

ASB urges businesses to get on with major decisions despite uncertainty

Positive thinking is key because New Zealand's economic growth is actually expected to gradually accelerate to 3.4% by the end of 2019.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 16th May 2018

Global Stories

Economic forecast stories

Artificial Intelligence

IDC spending guide shows AI spending will double by 2025

According to a new IDC spending guide, U.S. spending on artificial intelligence solutions will double by 2025.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Fri, 18th Mar 2022

Supply Chain

Forrester's forecast for the APAC tech market indicates a 6.2% growth in 2022

Forrester expects vaccination rates, and the reopening of economies will produce more sustained tech market growth, on par with or higher than before COVID-19.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Feb 2022

Agricultural Technology

NZ Govt backs new data-driven forecasting tool for agriculture sector

New Zealand Government invests $200k in new climate forecasting tool to help farmers prepare for dry conditions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Jan 2022

Cloud Services

Cloud represents billion dollar opportunity for APAC, Deloitte finds

Asia Pacific could see a $160bn economic boost from increased investment in cloud-based technologies, according to a Deloitte report.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jul 2021

DevOps

The top 10 trends shaping budgeting, planning and forecasting in 2021

The core processes of budgeting, planning, and forecasting have come under pressure due to remote working, prompting a need for new approaches.

By Nic Dennis • 5 min read • Fri, 5th Mar 2021

GlobalData

COVID-19: 92% of top 25 tech companies report market capitalisation decline

23 of the top 25 tech companies have reported a major quarter-on-quarter decline in market capitalisation for Q1 2020, according to new research.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2020

DevOps

CorPlan develops forecasting tool to eliminate 'spreadsheet hell' & support stimulus modelling

The solution helps to move organisations away from 'Excel Hell' related to budgeting, forecasting, and planning.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2020

Economic forecast

COVID-19: 51% of CFOs are preparing to lose up to 30% in revenue

Over half of CFOs brace for a revenue drop up to 30% this year due to the COVID-19 downturn, a Gartner survey reveals.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 17th Apr 2020

Opinion

Avoid employee underpayment woes with better planning and forecasting

Accurately paying people for the hours they work is only part of the issue. You also need to be able to plan for the future.

By Chris Hannan • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Apr 2020

Supply Chain

IDC: Global IT spending growth may drop as low as 1% for 2020

Depending on how the economic factors around COVID-19 play out, a pessimistic scenario would see spending growth nowhere near the 4.3% expected.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2020

DataCentre infrastructure

IDC lowers cloud spending forecast amidst global slowdown

IDC has lowered its forecast for total cloud infrastructure spending for 2019 as the market enters a slowdown period.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Sep 2019

Notebook

IDC: Commercial sector will lead ICT spending to $4.8 trillion in 2023

Despite global uncertainty and trade wars, IDC forecasts ICT spending to hit USD $4.8 trillion by 2023, led by the commercial sector with a 5.1% CAGR.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Aug 2019