In pictures: CIO Leaders' Luncheon featuring Rob Fyfe: Insights from a CEO-plus on customer engagement
Rob Fyfe spoke this week at a CIO Leaders’ Luncheon in Auckland organised by CIO New Zealand magazine.
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University of Otago gets ‘master key’ to global Wi-Fi
Latest to join eduroam, allowing students and staff to access wireless network at thousands of institutions across the globe.
'Defy Convention': VMworld 2013 in photos
Dateline San Francisco: VMware's 10th annual congress attracts over 21,000 attendees.
The CIO as peacekeeper
John Holley ventures into an unfamiliar territory to most CIOs - to South Sudan, as a planning officer for the United Nations Mission. He talks about the upsides of taking a ‘career sabbatical’ and how CIOs can do the same - without leaving the country, or their respective organisations.
Microsoft veteran Tony Scott is new VMware CIO
Brings 30 years experience of running global IT operations, and will report to chief executive Pat Gelsinger.
New CIO at healthAllliance
Johan Vendrig moves to HSA as chief operating officer; ex-Vodafone CIO Claire Govier takes on role.
St John creates new CIO role
Charitable organisation seeks ‘innovator and expert’ to steer the organisation from an ‘IT perspective’
The decline of project management offices in New Zealand
Project activity is on the rise, but so are failure rates, and more organisations are disestablishing project management offices, reports KPMG.
Video: 'Technology is a resource liberating force': Peter Diamandis
"The technology exists for you to make a difference on this planet," says Peter Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, and co-author of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think.
DB Breweries gets critical data on tap in real-time
New enterprise mobility system provides frontline sales team with crucial business data on their mobile devices in real-time, while reducing backend technical support, says IS manager Pam Nobbs.
High school students get a dry run on IT careers
Edwina Mistry, a senior lecturer at the Manukau Institute of Technology, turned around the traditional practice of having professionals talk to students to encourage them to consider certain careers and courses.
BlackBerry pitches to NZ businesses in bid to recapture market share
It was a more humble BlackBerry team that came to Auckland last week to launch the company’s new platform and smartphone, the Z10.
“The arrogance is gone, the sense of entitlement is gone,” says Matthew Ball, managing director for BlackBerry in Australia and New Zealand.
Rob Fyfe receives CIO Lifetime Contribution Award
Rob Fyfe, former CEO of Air New Zealand, is this year's winner of the CIO Lifetime Contribution Award.
Opus CIO resigns for role at ANZ, and other IT staff changes
Bruce Tinsley is among several senior IT professionals to have moved companies recently, having resigned as CIO of Opus International to join ANZ Bank as a consultant in its technology division.
Richard Croad has stepped up as Opus International director, information management and technology, from his role as director, service excellence/partner. Croad’s role reports directly to the chief executive and managing director, as opposed to the former structure where the CIO reported in to the CFO.
NZ mobile data traffic to increase eight-fold by 2017
New Zealand’s mobile data traffic growth is forecast to increase eight-fold in the next five years.
This equates to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50 percent, says Dr Robert Pepper, vice president for global technology policy at Cisco.