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  1. Q&A welfare reform, 100s of unfilled job vacs in tech sector every year, govt – ind skills progs coming for NZers of all ages to get jobs.
  2. Great to see Sam Morgan on Q&A pushing new cables & seeing our industry issues being debated - data centres, internet connectivity, #nz2011
  3. Rutherford Innovation Showcase looks like having some significant international speakers along at the events, watch this space #nz2011
  4. Many of the media at Showcase launch still surprised at the $5 billion per annum Hi-Tech & ICT export figure, wait till it doubles! #nz2011
  5. ICT highlight of the launch was the focus on the Schools Robotics World Cup to be held in Auckland with our best student teams #nz2011
  6. Great RWC2011 REAL NZ Showcase launch last Thursday, make sure you check out the web-site for details: www.realnzshowcase.com #nz2011
  7. Look out for the Kiwibots on show during the REAL Showcase at RWC2011 - details to follow.
  8. Massey Uni's Kiwibots robotics team won the 2011 VEX World Champs! Never lost a match, also won the Supreme Award of Excellence - superb.
  9. Plenty of examples of NZ communities just getting on with utilising broadband now for education and business, not waiting for UFB and RBI.
  10. Pleased to see NZ move up the global ICT ranks, imagine how many places we could climb with an agreed strategy, fast broadband and no caps.
  11. Look out for our RWC2011 Rutherford Innovation Showcase and how we will be featuring young kiwi technologists - it will be amazing.
  12. Must make sure we keep these technologist in the country - Summer of Tech and other progs critical to pointing them to the best NZ companies
  13. Innovation in action last night at the Imagine Cup - incredible cohort of young kiwis coming through our tertiaries. Well done Team OneBuzz
  14. Preview the prospects for 2011, click on the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZNxDAeqqRg go to full screen and turn the volume up.
  15. PTC conf in Hawaii starts today, lots of discussion on connectivity, expect to see activity from Optikor, Pac Fibre and Southern Cross.
  16. Great to see some positive discussion on procurement and the need for transparency in the use of ICT in government - really important issue.
  17. http://www.wcit2010.org/share/Share-UR-Challenge/#/4-powered-by-the-sun!/ Take a look and forward on to those who might be interested.
  18. Big week for ICT. Govt MPD and computer hardware tender on GETS today, Planet 2010 on Friday and look for major announcement on Thursday.
  19. Base req'mentt for Facebook is 3–6 megawatts of power for data centres. Google and Yahoo have made decisions to build their own.
  20. 20% high margin for Hutchison on the '3' Skype enabled mobile phone than their average user on non Skype mobile phones.