Category Archives: Efficiency

December 10, 2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 3 Comments

We’re Not All Rogues!

By Ben Kepes

With the recent press around the proposed 90 day trial period for new employees in New Zealand (and well done to Rod for picking up on this as well), it seemed an opportune time to republish a piece I wrote for Unlimited magazine a few months ago – when the

December 8, 2008 Posted in Business, Efficiency, Governance, New Zealand, Strategy Leave a comment

Governance? What Governance?

By Ben Kepes

I am astounded. I’ve just read the wrap up of the Otago District Health Board fraud case. For those of you who haven’t caught up with it – former CIO of the ODHB defrauded the board of close to $17million for supposed IT risk mitigation charges (this from a entity

December 4, 2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, New business, New Zealand, Strategy, Web x.0 5 Comments

Bizchat is live….

By Ben Kepes

It’s been a long time coming! For some time now I’ve been alluding to a community site I was involved in creating. We’re finally ready to peel a few layers of the onion back. Bizchat has arrived on the world and awaits its members. So what is bizchat? Well in

November 27, 2008 Posted in Business, Efficiency, New business, New Zealand, SaaS 1 Comment

LeftClick Scores a Coup

By Ben Kepes

Great to see some press time for LeftClick, a company I’ve had a bit to do with in an informal advisory role. LeftClick’s motto is “Make Every Click Count” and that’s what they do – increase the return on investment for web businesses by ensuring that more visits convert into

November 21, 2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 1 Comment

What NZ SMEs really need….

By Ben Kepes

Rod posted about their report into productivity gains for the New Zealand SME community. As Rod pointed out – this is an extremely important issues given that; Small Business contributes $50b to New Zealand’s GDP! We believe online technology is the key to improving productivity in the sector. The numbers

November 17, 2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 1 Comment

Governments Role in Business

By Ben Kepes

I was alerted to this article which tells of the Australian Government’s funding of 57 research projects to the tune of $3.6 million. Each of the projects was given $64000 to continue development of their projects. The projects where in such diverse areas as online-training, animation and video-ad serving. Reading

November 12, 2008 Posted in Design, Efficiency, IT, Society 3 Comments

The Ultimate Proof

By Ben Kepes

I love blog posts that herald the demise of blogging. I mean no one would expect Ford to come out and say that peak oil marks the end of auto companies (even if it does) so why this self flagellation within our industry. Most recently Paul Boutin wrote what is,

November 10, 2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, Strategy 2 Comments

Wellington IS the World…

By Ben Kepes

Or almost…. On Friday night I had the privilege of MCing the Unlimited Potential Wellington to the World event. W2W showcased two things I consider very important, the application and commercialisation of research, and new business. It was a great evening, I caught up with a bunch of people I

November 7, 2008 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Strategy, The Cloud 4 Comments

Could We Be Getting an Australasian Data Centre?

By Ben Kepes

News that the self-proclaimed Google “Duke of Data Centers” is in Australia holding some high level talks. Despite Google’s staunch “nether confirm nor deny” policy, some leaks seem to indicate potential for a Google data centre to be built in Australia. Clearly Australasia is a little hamstrung partly by the

November 4, 2008 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy 7 Comments

Banking 2.0 (Or At Least a Start)

By Ben Kepes

I’m not a huge fan of banks. While they’re (currently a necessary evil) – it’s hard not to think that they’re generally just a middle man taking a (substantial) cut for no real benefit. I mean if they provided a great service and made our lives easier we wouldn’t mind

Tagged kiva, nexx |

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.