Monthly Archives: November 2007

28/11/2007 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy Leave a comment

TelstraClear calls for more regulation….

By Ben Kepes

Sometimes it’s hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, or the wood from the trees, or something. TelstraClear yesterday called for further regulation of Telecom’s local loop unbundling. TelstraClear are calling for LLU to not only include the already agreed copper network, but also any future fibre roll out.

27/11/2007 Posted in Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Society, Web x.0 1 Comment

Ebay gets 2.0

By Ben Kepes

I posted a few months ago saying that while TradeMe is undoubtedly a super success story, it isn’t a fantastic example of web 2.0 (not that it needs to be given that it has around 75% of NZ’s total net traffic as it is!). I said at the time that

27/11/2007 Posted in Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, SaaS, Society, Web x.0 3 Comments

Faceook and communication methods…..

By Ben Kepes

Sitting at breakfast this morning, my wife an I were discussing Facebook and email. My wife is a bit of a late technology adopter, not being really “into it” the way I am. She takes a while to get used to things and uses them if they’re in context with

27/11/2007 Posted in Business, IT, New Zealand, Society Leave a comment

TUANZ gets a little conciliatory about Telecom…

By Ben Kepes

After the recent comments regarding Telecom New Zealand’s plans for the roll out of cabinetisation of fibre, which in turn started an avalanche of comments some of which were pretty vitriolic in their demonisation of TNZ, Ernie Newman from TUANZ has posted another opinion, one that balances a little disappointment

26/11/2007 Posted in Branding, Business, Efficiency, Society, Strategy Leave a comment

What really drives custom?

By Ben Kepes

An excellent opinion piece here by Chris Bell on the power of word of mouth. It seems there is a conflict in society at the momeent. Companies spend more and more money on marketing in order to sway consumers while at the same time consumers are less and less swayed

25/11/2007 Posted in Business, New Zealand, Society Leave a comment

The banks and the IRD….

By Ben Kepes

It seems the IRD is accusing several New Zealand trading banks of a NZD2bill rort. Thoughts; Hearing some of Dave Henderson’s experiences I’m glad I’m not on the legal team for the banks Again with respect to above, great to hear they’re targeting someone other than small businesses At the

24/11/2007 Posted in Blogging 1 Comment

Does the web globally shut down for US Thanksgiving?

By Ben Kepes

I feel like I’m the only one left in the blogosphere – my stats are showing zero traffic, there’s nothing turning up in my reader and memories of people leaving comments on my blog are fading fast. I guess this is what life felt like before our dependence on things

24/11/2007 Posted in Business, IT, Strategy Leave a comment

3G iPhone coming?

By Ben Kepes

Reports in a Spanish newspaper that a 3G iPhone is due for release early 2008. It was only a matter of time – question is if someone else releases something with iPhone sex appeal AND good data speeds before then, or if the cachet of the Apple brand is sticky

24/11/2007 Posted in Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Society, Strategy Leave a comment

Looks like a competitive environment to me…

By Ben Kepes

Telecom just completed an upgrade of the CDMA network to increase data speeds, Vodafone have just announced an HSDPA upgrade that will give 2-5mbps download speeds. This raises two questions; Why is everyone moaning about wired broadband when mobile is getting faster and cheaper? Why is everyone moaning and saying

23/11/2007 Posted in Business, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS, Web x.0 1 Comment

A new consultancy worth checking out….

By Ben Kepes

One of my readers has decided to set himself up as a consultant helping with the deployment of various Web 2.0 products and services. Dan lists some of his offerings as; Google Apps for your Domain Xero accounting Google Adwords Google Analytics Google Site Search WordPress blogs Silverstripe websites Facebook

The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance 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. More on Ben

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