Local SaaS companies are growing in size and number, spurred on by a world dependent on digital innovation. This and more in Fry Up today. Check it out!
A focus on sustainability and an appetite for AI start-ups are among the IDC predictions for the NZ IT community in the next 2-3 years. https://bit.ly/36ZJCcn
What’s it like being in charge of the WiFi for more than 2450 separate organisations throughout NZ, where total average consumption is 176TB a day? We asked
Network deployment is the foundation on which every technology experience is delivered. So it made sense that in Manukau Institute of Technology’s transformation journey, it was the place to start. https://bit.ly/3q0FiRH
Consumer adoption of internet of things (IoT) devices is at its infancy, but as usage grows, attitudes to privacy will help inform the technical roadmaps that CIOs will create and deploy.
Stats NZ’s programme of work includes monitoring access to its Integrated Data Infrastructure dataset, co-designing a Māori data sovereignty framework and populating the Covid-19 data portal.
An insight into managing IT in Antarctica in a week when the ‘winter team’ at Scott Base flies home to NZ after 13 months on the ice. https://bit.ly/3nPdAq4
The CIO team were thrilled to announce the CIO50 last night. Thanks to our judges and our partner DXC Technologies for all your support. #CIO50https://bit.ly/3dpWNFa
Congrats to Clearpoint for taking out the ICT-enabled Community Project Award in the CIO50. It was hotly contested – there is some great work being done out there. https://bit.ly/33WN1qZ#CIO50
Congratulations to Rebecca Chenery at Watercare for being placed at the top of the CIO50 for 2020. Check out the full list here https://www2.cio.co.nz/cio50/#CIO50
With the borders closed, will the IT sector suffer from a lack of skills? The tech groups NZ Tech, NZ Rise and IT Professionals are surveying CIOs and IT managers to establish where the gaps are. https://bit.ly/2SzhsNJ
Today we look at how much share of the NZ IaaS market local vendors have, take a tour of Spark’s new 5G zone, and note the latest signee to the Algorithm Charter.
What counts as useful data, and exactly how proficient they are at capturing and acting on data-driven insights, may come as a surprise to some Kiwi businesses.
With just 23 days until the general election will we see political parties sign up to digital inclusion, & more, in our summary of the week in IT. https://bit.ly/2EuaSEz
Mark the 14 October at 5pm in your calendar – the CIO50 awards from our sister publication CIO New Zealand returns in 2020 as a virtual event – check it out and register - https://bit.ly/3iBAvCs
According to the latest Federated Farmers survey, over 50% of its members are on wireless broadband connections following the investment in the Rural Broadband Initiatives over the past 10 years.
Looking to shift the mix of Agritech companies in favour of more biotech solutions is LIC, which just announced its new AgCelerator Fund. https://bit.ly/2ER8RT9
If they haven’t already, IT managers should be going back over all the changes they made at speed during the first COVID-19 lockdown to ensure the correct security protocols are in place. That’s the advice from CERT NZ.