Stories by Ulrika Hedquist

Feedback cancels noise

Auckland-based Phitek Systems, developer of analogue and digital signal processing technologies, launched its new consumer brand Blackbox last week.

Calling London: happy recruiter opens UK office

Local recruitment firm absoluteIT has opened an office in London, following the success of the Opportunities New Zealand Expo, held in the UK in October, says Grant Burley, director of absoluteIT.

NZ at animation forefront: IBM visitor

Bruce D’Amora, senior technical staff member in the emerging systems software group at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Centre in New York, says New Zealand is well-placed to stay at the leading edge of the animation sector.

ICT employers slow to hire migrants: survey

Many New Zealand companies are reluctant to hire migrants or non-traditional workers such as part-time parents or older workers, according to recruitment consultancy Hudson’s employment and HR trends report for July to December 2006.

Serious Fraud Office investigates DHB ICT

Michael Swann, former CIO of the Otago District Health Board, is currently at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office investigation involving $16 million spent by the DHB on ICT contracts during the last six years. Swann was sacked for “gross mismanagement” on October 19 after having been suspended on full pay earlier last month.

NZ skills expo a success: participants

New Zealand’s attempt to attract skilled workers from overseas at the Opportunities New Zealand Expo in the UK in mid-October was very successful, according to Helen Vincent of Small World Media, the local firm that organised the expo.

Technology set to change the TV ratings game

Ask a random group of people, say at the supermarket, which season of Lost they are watching and chances are quite a few of them will reply they are watching season three, even though TVNZ hasn’t started showing it yet.

Sun to release open source Java in weeks

Sun Microsystems is just weeks away from releasing the first part of the Java code into the open source world, says Matt Thompson, director of the Sun Developer Network. Thompson wouldn’t disclose an exact date, but says that the first parts of the code — such as the Java C programme compiler and the Hotspot virtual machine — will be released “literally within weeks”.

Govt favours direct route

Wellington-based company IT Contractors is offering an online recruitment service that allows employers to contact contractors directly — without going through a recruitment agency.

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