DoC uses .Net to manage mud, frogs
From monitoring lahars to managing frog species, the Department of Conservation in New Zealand is engaged in a raft of projects using Microsoft's .Net development framework.
Stories by Andrea Malcolm
Content management systems aid freshness, self-input
The struggle to keep material on websites fresh and compelling is driving organisations to implement content management systems of all shapes and sizes.
Crashes cost big-time: academic
Fancy earning a dollar every time your computer crashes?
Law firm eyes file systems
Simpson Grierson is taking a long, hard look at current provider FileNet’s new product offering, FileNet P8.
ASP market sees growth, in hosting infrastructure
Application service providers have morphed into infrastructure service providers as the model of renting hosted software continues to change and mature.
Optimation gets into utilities
IT services company Optimation has bought AV Group, a Wellington-based consultancy that specialises in billing systems for the utility sector.
No summer break for bioinformatics
Auckland University of Technology is holding a summer school seminar on bioinformatics — the application of IT to biotechnology.
Travel agents test hosted apps
A pilot of hosted-application technology aimed at meeting the IT needs of the country’s travel agents is nearing completion.
Government talks to MS about source code offer
The New Zealand government has started discussions with Microsoft about gaining access to the source code of its Windows products as part of a new programme aimed at easing country-level concerns about the software’s security.
Not-Always-There leaves Building Depot in lurch
When The Building Depot committed to renting its software and IT infrastructure from the ANZ -owned Always There, no one imagined that the application service provider might be heading for oblivion.
Perfect match
Whatever your title, be it CIO, IT manager or some variation, one of the most important business relationships you have is with your CEO. In an era in which technology has become a key strategic tool, an effective working relationship between the head of the organisation and the head of technology operations is vital to business success. What do chief executives want in a CIO?
Biotech firms seek mirror site
The Auckland biotech community wants to establish a mirror website of public bioinformatics databases from which any New Zealand organisation can retrieve data without incurring international traffic charges.
Thin project tool beats browser
Thin client software has beaten out the web as a means of enabling collaboration on the redevelopment of Tauranga Hospital.
Services choice faces shrinkage - analysts
IT analyst company Gartner Asia-Pacific is warning of consolidation in the IT services market with companies such as EDS, Unisys and Fujitsu as possible takeover targets.
Telco pays $7m for data
TelstraClear is moving the competitive battle with Telecom from pricing to the service arena, spending $7 million on a customer information system.