Government IT, financial services the highlights in post-pandemic IT spending

When it came to the digital transformation required for society and the economy to function through the Covid-19 pandemic, we went ‘hard and early’ in our part of the world, to borrow the Prime Minister’s phrase.

Technology can help us tackle the seemingly insurmountable climate challenge – here’s how

It should serve as the global wake-up call we need, a meticulously researched report from the world’s top climate scientists that suggests the world is driving towards a cliff with our foot planted firmly on the accelerator.

The Kiwi tech consulting company extending Power BI’s reach

Organisations all over the world are now using Microsoft’s popular business analytics service, Power BI. 

Improve your organisation’s adaptability through security and privacy

A discussion that explores why security and privacy are universal and critically important underpinnings for all modern organisations.

Big Tech just got much bigger – what to learn from their record profits

Using technology to bring together 12,500 residents across 41 villages in Australia and New Zealand

Technology partner to Ryman Healthcare, Aware Group, has developed technology solutions to connect all the villages for an upcoming sporting event. With the use of artificial intelligence and augmented reality technology, implemented safely and practically, Aware Group can help residents create new memories at a fun and engaging event.

Make data work for you in the ‘age of insight’ – HPE Discover 2021

The pandemic, more than anything else in recent years, has confirmed that data can inform better decision making, often with life-saving results.

Share your insight with the world – Introducing Binokula

Does your company use modern data visualisation and reporting tools to monitor their performance? Until recently your ability to share insights with your business affiliates might still have been relying on manual processes and outdated systems.

App modernisation: Everyone is doing it but how do you do it well?

Every organisation has its own unique story of digital transformation undertaken in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It’s not all about the public cloud – Chorus eyes up market for edge computing services

The Courtenay Place telephone exchange in central Wellington is like a living museum charting the history of telecommunications in our country.

IBM banks on hybrid cloud and AI to get it back into growth mode

IBM’s Think 2021 virtual event this week was dominated by talk of artificial intelligence as a key tool of digital transformation and the company’s efforts to position itself as the lead player in hybrid cloud offerings.

From mussel buoys to rubbish bins – Spark’s ambitions for its IoT network

Spark's new innovation studio serves as a showcase of technology harnessing IoT and mobile networks to collect data in real-time to inform better decision making.

Processing Data at the Edge of the Edge: Reimagining Possibilities

How well do you know your organisation’s edge? Better yet, how far away is your data from it?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise accelerates space exploration with first ever in-space commercial edge computing and artificial intelligence capabilities

Astronauts and researchers can process data at the edge and speed time-to-insight from months to minutes with launch of HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2, an edge computing system for the International Space Station

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build $35M supercomputer for the NCAR to improve predictions of wildfires, hurricanes, and solar storms

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) will use the new system to develop accurate digital models, from complex computations, for a wide range of earth’s phenomenal events; New system, powered by the HPE Cray EX supercomputer, is nearly 3.5X faster than NCAR’s existing system which it will replace in 2022

How Supercomputing is helping New Zealand businesses thrive

It might sound like a term straight out of science fiction books but the reality is that, in 2021, supercomputing is present in most people’s daily lives - whether they realise it or not.

Microsoft Ignite: Five key developments from the world’s largest software maker

Microsoft’s holographic video system Azure Mesh provided the sizzle at Microsoft’s virtual developer conference, but the underlying message was all about the accelerating power of working in the cloud.

Veeam and ExaGrid cut backup time in half for Trustpower

Veeam and ExaGrid cut backup time in half for Trustpower, a leading New Zealand power and telecommunications company.

Overcoming Covid technical debt: If it doesn’t bring you joy, ditch it!

With half of IT managers across Australasia admitting they are struggling with the legacy of IT systems hastily assembled during the pandemic, it's time to get out of the shadow of Covid technical debt.

Expectations versus reality – why some Cloud projects don’t realise their full potential

Why do some Cloud projects fail to achieve their expected outcomes? Accenture's latest research looks at the barriers to success in cloud migration projects and what Kiwi companies can do to overcome them.

Who is… Andy Jassy, Amazon’s new CEO

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is relinquishing his grip on day to day oversight of the e-commerce giant he created. His replacement has big shoes to fill and a background steeped in cloud computing.

10 big developments that defined cloud computing in 2020

6 curly questions to ask now – Your digital innovation strategy

Digital business transformation is an up-to-the-moment phenomenon, with leadership at different points of the digital maturity scale – if one exists.

Microsoft partners reflect on a ‘crazy’ year as awards season wraps up

As Microsoft Partners gathered in Auckland to celebrate the best tech projects of the year, it was also a time reflect on what the industry learnt from the Covid-19 crisis - and how to apply it to 'business as usual' in 2021.

PlaceMakers’ bid to bring building supplies into the digital age

PlaceMakers set out to fully digitise the process of buying building supplies. But that required a major transformation of its own systems and culture first.

A taxing year: How IRD responded to the pandemic while keeping its massive tax system upgrade on track

Farming for the Future

Expanding into APAC: Advice for Kiwi startups

Wherever you stand on international technology policy, its innovators and investment experts agree there’s a bright future on the cards for New Zealand.

Automation will affect kiwis’ lives – how we handle it is critical

Predictions are that New Zealanders will soon be storing most of their data on the Cloud. Will there be trade-offs?

Privacy 101 – what every Kiwi needs to know

Customers will be more protected, and non-compliant businesses will be exposed. With 1 December less than three weeks away, here’s a rundown of the new Privacy Act's key features, and why action is long overdue.