Monthly Archives: February 2009

February 26, 2009 Posted in Business, Economic Development, New Zealand 11 Comments

What I don’t Understand….

By Ben Kepes

Is why, when we face a huge economic downturn, and our trading partners moves towards more protectionist measures, here in New Zealand we go in entirely the opposite direction and farm more stuff overseas. From the DomPost this morning; A small-town clothing manufacturer has been dealt a blow on the

February 23, 2009 Posted in New Zealand, SocialMedia Leave a comment

Power to The People

By Ben Kepes

In what might be held up as a copybook case of the utilisation of social media to effect parliamentary change, it has just been announced that the coming-in-to-force of section 92 of the New Zealand Copyright Act will be delayed until March 29 and, in the event that no agreement

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February 17, 2009 Posted in New Zealand, Society 2 Comments

Creating a Groundswell – “Guilt Upon Accusation”

By Ben Kepes

Right now in New Zealand there is an uproar about a new piece of legislation due to be enacted very soon. Depending on your definition, section 92 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (now there’s a mouth full!) calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement

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February 13, 2009 Posted in Business, IT, New Zealand 2 Comments

Win Free Software!

By Ben Kepes

Just a reminder that over on bizchat there is a cool competition for kiwi businesses. Every month for the next twelve months one community member will win a; 12 month subscription to Xero 12 month subscription to iPayroll 12 month subscription to WorkflowMax 12 month subscription to the Zoho suite

February 12, 2009 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS 4 Comments

Another Local Payroll Entrant

By Ben Kepes

Awhile ago I wrote about iPayroll, a local SaaS payroll provider. New to the scene comes Flexitime, another payroll option. Whereas iPayroll is an official IRD intermediary, meaning that they can act as a company’s proxy when dealing with the IRD, Flexitime is a standalone service which means companies will

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Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.