It is only October, but already Ovum has released its predictions for the top trends for 2011 in both the public sector and enterprise IT. No surprises to see that cloud computing takes the top spot, but what is interesting is that cloud is being positioned by this reputable research firm as an offshoring menace that will steal local jobs.
Virtual Minister
Pacific Fibre in talks with the government over a public-private partnership that could see taxpayers investing in a second international telecommunications cable between New Zealand, Australia and the US.
The move to a new protocol is billed as the internet’s largest ever upgrade, but is your ISP ready for when the current pool of addresses runs out?
A Ministry of Economic Development (MED) paper asking for comment on Telecom’s proposal to structurally separate, has drawn fire from industry players.
The office of the Telecommunications Commission is funded by an industry levy of $7.79 million, but is it enough?
A review of all regulated services handled by the telecommunications commission will be undertaken next year.
He's so lucky, he works with Microsoft
The chief executive of the Telecommunications Industry Group (TIG) Rob Spray has resigned and his position will not be replaced in the near future.
Wild wild west
The first New Zealand ICT trade mission to China, which will be led by ICT Minister Steven Joyce, takes place next week.
ICT Minister Steven Joyce has rejected Telecom’s latest – and most substantial – request to be let off some of its more onerous commitments under operational separation and has instead offered a compromise solution.
Labour will oppose any changes to the Telecommunications Act that would remove regulatory control for broadband pricing from the government’s $1.5 billion Ultra Fast Broadband plan.
[Updated] Five companies have been named in an all-of-government contract worth $260 million to supply computers and laptops to over 200 state sector agencies in the next five years.
“Having been on a plane most of today, I got off to see the Google Mail previews show me the subject lines of emails, including one from Clare Curran saying Labour pays tribute to Ernie Newman. I thought to myself – hell either Ernie is dead, or he has resigned.”