Stories by Sathya Mithra Ashok

In pictures: Oscars of the NZ ICT industry

At a glitzy evening that brought together the who's-who of the ICT industry in New Zealand, winners of the NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2014 were announced last week. Orion Health, Vend and Vmob were prominent winners of the year, winning two awards each, with Vmob also being singled out for a special commendation in a third category. The more than 50 local and international judges who assessed entrants across the 12 categories included a generous number of commendations, besides choosing winners, in multiple categories.

International guests head to Hamilton expo

Superheroes, zombies, sci-fi monsters and real-life anime characters are gearing up to make their annual appearances, alongside fantasy, fiction and comic stars at the Hamilton Armageddon Expo at Claudelands Arena on May 24th and 25th.

Telecom affected by technical issues

Major telecommunications provider Telecom is suffering from technical issues that has brought down its call centres, online services and internal networks today.

Fly Buys to push personalised offers with VMob platform

Loyalty New Zealand, operators of Fly Buys, are set to roll-out Kiwi mobile marketing firm VMob's platform to provide highly personalised loyalty content, offers and information directly to customer smartphones in real time.

CASE STUDY: A site for sore eyes

Nobody can dispute that the real estate market in New Zealand has been heating up in the last few years. As competitive pressure increases among real estate agencies, each one has been trying to do more than the other in the battle to get more business.

Public Trust to upgrade core IT systems in two-year project

Public Trust, NZ’s largest provider of wills and estate administration services, is to upgrade all core IT systems in a two-year project as part of a business transformation programme to improve customer experience and enable future growth.

Telecom launches pack for M2M app development

Telecom has made available a free developer’s pack with the resources needed to develop machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The pack is meant for New Zealanders interested in working on M2M solutions.

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