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FinOps – lifting the bar on the value of cloud

Microsoft just opened an Azure region in New Zealand. Here are some advantages of Microsoft Azure for New Zealand businesses

You write insecure code with AI

Competenz
Teamwork and focus on recovery and best practices helped Competenz successfully recover from a cyberattack that threatened massive disruption.

Fulton Hogan
How Fulton Hogan used an enterprise data warehouse automated deployment to enable the rapid restoration of essential city infrastructure services.

Southern Cross
Health industry leader Southern Cross Healthcare Group delivered one of New Zealand's first and most complex AVD implementations, achieving development team flexibility, security and seamless use.

Declaration Software
Declaration Software adopts Agile and Kanban to manage backlogs, continually develop new features and simplify tasks.

SISS Data Services
SISS Data Services uses GitHub Copilot to deliver faster and better outcomes with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

GTreasury
GTreasury consolidates cloud resources, reducing defects and creating automation blueprints that support faster entry into new markets.

Sentient PPM Software
Moving to a cohesive cloud platform and product development approach positioned Sentient for continued PPM leadership.

Unleashing Your DevOps Dream Team: Performance, Automation, Documentation and Alignment
Are you tired of sluggish deployments, siloed teams and opaque processes? This webinar is your roadmap to a high-performing, collaborative DevOps culture where automation fuels efficiency, documentation guides success, and alignment unlocks your team's full potential.

Cloud-Powered Strategies: Elevating Business Excellence through Cloud Operating Models
We all look for better strategies to embrace cloud platforms and services in ways that support the flexibility needed to adapt quickly to market changes, align with business objectives and improve return on investment.

Beyond Digital: Nurturing the System that Drives High Performance
Forget "digital transformation." It's time for "digital as usual." In today's rapidly evolving landscape, success hinges on acquiring technology and mastering the system of people, processes and technology that get things done.

Inside Out: Mastering the Art of Internal Consulting
Many organisations are looking internally for the answers and expertise to deliver faster, better, or more cost-effectively. What are the dynamics of being an internal adviser or consultant, the critical skills required and unique challenges to watch out for? How can you help your organisation navigate the many challenges and deliver the necessary changes to succeed?

The human side of change
IT professionals must evolve to add real value to their businesses. Explore a range of approaches sourced from Agile, Lean, neuroscience, organisational development and change management practices to give you new tools to become a "human-centred" change agent.

Beating burnout (myths, insights and strategies)
Labelled an "occupational phenomenon" by the World Health Organisation, burnout has become one of the most significant on-the-job hazards facing workers today. It's prevalent, pervasive and widely misunderstood.

Beyond unicorns: a fresh approach to building exceptional teams
Let's shift our gaze from the corporate jargon to the human aspect of hiring. Explore the art of identifying and nurturing individuals who could become invaluable team members.

I'm a chicken on stilts (or how I learned to stop worrying about my imposter syndrome)
First defined in the late 1970s, imposter syndrome is the psychological phenomenon of feeling inadequate or a failure despite evidence to the contrary. It often manifests as a persistent internalised fear of being exposed as a fraud. It impacts an estimated 70% of people working in a technical field at one point in their career.

Evolutionary leadership for when things are tough and tight
In today's economic landscape, leaders are often required to navigate through the stormy seas of cost reduction and stringent budgets, all while maintaining team morale and productivity. "Evolutionary Leadership for When Things are Tough and Tight" is designed to arm you with the tools and mindset necessary to survive and thrive in such challenging conditions.

Cloud services management for healthcare organisation
Trusted partnership enables secure and reliable cloud services management for a healthcare organisation.

Mobile audit app for government agency
A government agency faced tough problems with time-consuming and costly audits, sometimes with incorrect or missing audit data.

Tertiary Education ICT Architecture
A leading New Zealand tertiary education provider focuses their ICT capability on achieving business and learner outcomes by defining and applying IT architectural principles, standards, and collateral that engage with and guide the business stakeholders.

Cost modelling for government agency
A government agency undertaking a major re-platforming of its core business system needed a complete understanding of the procurement, licensing and operating costs of the new platform.

Agile and Scrum capability for government agency
The existing Scrum Master on a government project was leaving, and while a replacement was identified, the agency required Agile leadership in the interim to continue progressing the project.

Online tools help local communities deliver richer opportunities
This government agency developed online tools to enable local communities and related organisations to work together, pool collective strengths, and provide broader and richer opportunities for their community members.

How to move your business to the cloud - quickly and safely
When business change is faster than ever, cloud platforms and DevOps practices provide an opportunity to rapidly adapt to change and lead the way in your industry.

How can Scrum Masters be effective in a hybrid remote working world
This 60-minute recorded webinar is hosted by Equinox IT and presented by Certified Scrum Trainer Rowan Bunning of Scrum WithStyle.

Addressing project management concerns on Agile projects
- Where does Scrum start and end
- How Scrum fits into a typical PRINCE2 and PMI project lifecycle
- What project management concerns are addressed by Scrum
- What other Agile practices make a useful contribution to successful project delivery

JIRA and Trello user story printing template
This Excel-based JIRA and Trello user story printing template can help you print out user stories in a way that meets your needs for physical Scrum or Kanban visual boards.

Thirteen damn good questions to ask your team to know if Agile really is working
Agile is easy to understand but hard to make work or identify how agile your teams are.
Download this ebook and use the questions to determine how agile your team is today.
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Overcome common Agile problems using Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)

Achieving clarity - your core BA competency
Presented by John Barris, Equinox IT Consulting Lead, this webinar shows how as a business analyst, you are counted on to identify and describe the change required to solve a business problem. You learn the complexities involved in business change and IT projects and how to achieve clarity in business analysis activities.

Creating organisational success in a digitised world
This 45-minute recorded webinar will help you and your New Zealand organisation operate successfully in today's digital economy, bringing insights from the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) Summer Session in Boston.