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    Techweek26 Event - Six Months of AI at Work. What Enlighten Found

    Enlighten Designs is hosting a free Techweek26 event in Hamilton on 20 May 2026. The session covers a year of real AI implementation, sharing genuine results, lessons learned, and honest insights on taking AI from pilot to production. Open to business leaders, developers, and anyone navigating AI in their organisation.

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    Enlighten at Government Innovation Week Aotearoa 2026

    Enlighten Designs is sponsoring Government Innovation Week Aotearoa 2026 on 12 May in Wellington, a full-day event bringing together government leaders to discuss modernisation, AI, and practical solutions to public sector challenges.

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    How Can Non-profits Connect Their Data?

    Doug Wilman

    Behind New Zealand's largest predator-proof fence, a conservation team was drowning in disconnected data. We helped Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari go from nine siloed systems to one unified platform. No big-bang rollout, just steady, proven progress. It's a story about data meeting mission, and it's not unique to conservation.

  4. AI Productivity Research and Findings from Enlighten Designs

    Does AI Make Software Delivery Faster? Part 1: What We Learned in Nov 2025

    Verne Roberts

    Does AI make us faster? We posed that question to our data and analytics team, who ran a structured study over November 2025 and answered it with real delivery data — not gut feel. The answer is yes, but not how you'd expect. AI's real measurable benefit is not speed, but risk reduction and lower variance.

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    Enlighten Acquires ROMS: A New Chapter for Research Management Software in New Zealand

    Catherine Lindner

    Enlighten has acquired ROMS (Research Output Management System), the specialist research management platform used by universities, polytechnics, and research organisations across New Zealand. Here’s what it means for the sector and for customers.

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    Enlighten adds Managed Services, expanding to 20+ services on Pae Hokohoko Marketplace

    Alan Grainer

    Enlighten now lists 20+ services on the Pae Hokohoko Marketplace, including two newly listed Managed Services for application and database management. What they cover, why they matter for government agencies, and how to engage Enlighten via the Pae Hokohoko Marketplace.

  7. Enlighten Designs earns Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure Specialisation

    Enlighten Designs Earns New Microsoft Specialisation - Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure

    Alan Grainer

    We’re excited to start 2026 with yet another Specialisation! The Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure Specialisation validates Enlighten’s capability to help organisations move away from legacy architectures and towards secure, cloud-native solutions that support performance, scalability, and long-term growth.

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    The AI Shift in 2026 That Leaders Can’t Ignore Anymore

    Discover the top AI trends shaping 2026: from agentic AI and multimodal systems to AI-Ops teams. Learn how to prepare your business for the AI wave.

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    2025 Was a Win for AI And Here’s What It Did

    2025 was AI's breakout year. From AI agents to healthcare breakthroughs and enterprise adoption, discover how AI became a working partner, not just hype.

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    What’s Really Holding AI Back in 2026

    Your AI model isn't the problem. Here are 10 roadblocks that could be preventing AI adoption and could be costing you millions in wasted pilots and stalled deployments.

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