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February 27, 2019
MS Ignite the Tour: conference highlights and tech trends to watch out for
Microsoft conferences came closer to home this year, with MS Ignite The Tour in Sydney plugging a gap in the conference calendar for AU/NZ. Principal Integration Architect Wagner Silveira and Emerging Technologies Architect Jim Taylor share their impressions from the event.

February 14, 2019
Learning, exploring, innovating with Azure – a summer at Theta
We love having interns at Theta, and for the second year running we’ve had two students working in our innovation lab over the summer, to complete their Master of Information Technology Degree at Auckland University.

February 11, 2019
Two homegrown Microsoft partners join forces
Theta completed the acquisition of Designertech, an Auckland-based tech company, this month. The move sees us expand to 275 staff, with an additional office in Ellerslie complementing our Auckland city office and others in Wellington, Christchurch and Tauranga.
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December 12, 2018
HackMini: Tackling big issues with Minecraft and Mixiply
Last week we worked with an inspiring group of students from Newlands Intermediate at Microsoft's Wellington offices. During the hackathon, students worked with Minecraft Education and Theta’s brand new AR/VR platform, Mixiply to develop a prototype app, game or activity to benefit their community.

December 4, 2018
#HackMini: MiniDevs, Microsoft, Mixiply & Minecraft
3-7 December 2018 is Computer Science Education Week. What better way to participate than with a hackathon, taking place over three days at Microsoft’s Wellington offices?

November 28, 2018
The real world of artificial intelligence in New Zealand
What’s the artificial intelligence opportunity for New Zealand organisations and are you ready to make the most of it? Louise Francis of IDC presented a real-world update at a recent series of Theta executive briefings in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

October 29, 2018
Blockworks conference shows off the present and future of blockchain
Rose McColl recently attended Blockworks, a one-day gathering of national and international blockchain experts and trailblazers, talking about how blockchain is being used to change the way we do things in business, government, and society, and shares her reflections on the day in this post.

September 7, 2018
Reflections on Southern SaaS: building a connected, collaborative tech community
Rose McColl, from Theta’s innovation lab, attended the inaugural Southern SaaS event in Auckland last week. Here are her reflections on the event.

September 4, 2018
Predicting student outcomes with machine learning
This August, Theta led a machine learning hackathon with flexible online learning service TANZ eCampus. This involved a mixed team of nine participants including IT and business stakeholders from TANZ, along with Theta Analytics consultants Peter George, Konrad Jarocinski and Willem Pelser.
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August 14, 2018
Invitation to our cyber security update. Learn how hackers are constantly changing their attack methods and how you can stop them.
Hackers are constantly adapting their attack techniques to get through your cyber defences. Legacy approaches and technologies are no longer adequate and no organisation is entirely safe from attack. How do you ensure your defences evolve with current and future attack methods and what options do you have if you are breached?