Software developer Orion Health has announced a major contract with an American healthcare insurer, while also confirming it has laid off around a 10th of its US workforce.

The first Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets began shipping, ushering in the official beginning of a new era.

The health-care industry has turned into a juicy target for cybercriminals.

Virtual reality doesn't have to be creepy, writes Washington Post writer Hayley Tsukayama.

A Kiwi firm's Kickstarter campaign has successfully raised $80,000 for the world's first car 'smart mount'.

A smart phone mount created to connect drivers has its eyes set on the global market of car owners.

Cyber risk creates a real opportunity for New Zealand, Kordia chief executive Scott Bartlett tells Tim McCready.

The best of NZ Herald Business: NZ businesses are losing hundreds of millions every year to cyber attacks, here's how to prevent them.

Cyber attacks becoming new normal, writes Tim McCready.

Wynyard Group has extended its trading halt until tomorrow in order to finalise details of a planned capital raise.

Wynyard Group will stay in a trading halt until February 23, pending an announcement by the software developer over its capital raising plans.

Here's why Microsoft just bought the world's smartest keyboard.

Aucklanders Gordon and Cathy Duncan are not typical software developers.

You hate them on your phone and dread them on your computer -- now, those pesky software updates are coming to your car.

Big data takes on crime by making reporting easier and predicting future offender patterns.

Mark Zuckerberg has today announced his plans to build artificial intelligence (AI).

Japanese scientists have developed a system featuring a high-tech vest that can be attached to search dogs and transmit information from rescue sites.

If you thought that computers, software and networks in environments where it is literally life or death were secure, up to date and modern, you thought wrong.

A new cloud-based crime reporting system could prevent up to $2 million of retail thefts every day.

Windows 10 is now on 200m devices and on track for fastest growth of any version of software.

It's going to be crowded.

A group of 14 Kiwi companies are heading to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, we take a look at the best of New Zealand's start-up technology.

A number of former senior national security officials are urging that the government embrace the move to strong encryption by tech companies.

Australian software maker Atlassian made a blockbuster share market debut last week, valuing the company at nearly US$8 billion ($12 billion) and propelled both founders to billionaire status, well....

Spark New Zealand will buy Computer Concepts Ltd (CCL) for $50 million as it continues to acquire IT services firms to beef up data-driven revenue.

Gentrack Group reported full-year results were largely in line with its 2014 prospectus although revenue was below forecast.

Pushpay Holdings widened its first-half loss while revenue more than tripled.

Advanced Security Group, which integrates electronic security systems, is planning to build a $100 million revenue company in the next five years.

International clients have already contacted NZX listed crime fighting and anti-terrorism software business Wynyard Group after the Paris attacks.