Vocus NZ buys Stuff Fibre, gains 20,000 customers
Vocus NZ has entered an agreement to buy Stuff Fibre, which has 20,000 broadband customers, from media company Stuff.
View ArticleBudget 2020: Support for e-commerce, emergency comms services announced
Where last year's Budget was full of funding for a range of government and business transformation initiatives, the emphasis has well and truly changed in this pandemic year.
View ArticleDigital delivers for Michael Hill jewellery chain during trans-Tasman lockdown
With most of its stores shut over the last few weeks, the Michael Hill jewellery chain across A/NZ looked to boost its digital sales -- and it has not been disappointed.
View ArticleData specialist Talend expands in New Zealand
Nasdaq-listed data integration and data integrity specialist Talend is expanding in New Zealand after hiring a new strategic account executive here.
View ArticleNZ Health IT boss laments lack of specific Budget appropriation
Budget 2020 committed $4 billion dollars of extra investment into Vote Health, but no specific funding for digital health initiatives or investment.
View ArticleShareholders lose as Smiths City chain sold for $60M
NZX-listed retailer Smiths City has negotiated a conditional agreement to sell the Smiths City businesses, with current shares likely to retain no value.
View ArticleFronde sells A/NZ Netsuite business to a revived OnlineOne
Wellington-based IT services company Fronde has sold its trans-Tasman Oracle NetSuite cloud ERP business back to the founders of OnlineOne.
View ArticleTPT Group's IT Engine expands into Christchurch and Dunedin
ICT service provider IT Engine is expanding, opening an office in Christchurch in February and, after the change to level two COVID-19 restrictions last week, another in Dunedin.
View ArticleAWS NZ's new Kiwi boss ramps up channels, welcomes Rackspace
Fresh from running AWS' ASEAN region for four years, Nick Walton returned home in January to manage the local business only to run straight into the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleMinistry of Health releases COVID-19 app standards for third-party developers
The Ministry of Health has released draft integration and data specifications to help developers of third-party contact tracing apps to interoperate and integrate with government systems.
View ArticleConfirmed: Canberra Data Centres to build two hyperscale facilities in NZ
Australia's Canberra Data Centres will develop two hyperscale datacentres on development sites in Auckland, New Zealand.
View ArticleWestcon-Comstor rebuild gains traction, locally and globally
Major distributor Westcon-Comstor lifted the lid on its local and international revival at its New Zealand Imagine conference last week, delivered virtually due to pandemic restrictions.
View ArticleLocal government review presents damning assessment of council IT landscape
A major review of the future of local government has delivered a stark warning about the scale of technical and cultural fixes required to make the sector's ICT systems future-fit.
View ArticleSystemethix engineering nous helps T&G tackle gnarly integration challenge
IBM-oriented consultancy and reseller Systemethix is delivering scarce engineering nous across a range of domains for customers in Australia and New Zealand.
View ArticleDicker Data adds TP-Link's SMB networking products to its NZ portfolio
Dicker Data has inked a new partnership with TP-Link to deliver SMB networking products to the mid-market channel in New Zealand.
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