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• When Kiwis fly: entries open for 2019 NZ Hi-Tech Awards

  Awards will recognise a Flying Kiwi who will be inducted into the Tait Communications Hi-Tech Hall of Fame

• ​When Kiwis fly: Entries open for 2017 NZ Hi-Tech awards

  Awards will recognise a new Flying Kiwi who will be inducted into the Tait Communications Hi-Tech Hall of Fame

• The idea that won Eisenhower prize came out of EPIC: Wil McLellan

  Wil McLellan, director of EPIC Innovation Centre in Christchurch, was recently selected from a pool of international applicants to be an Eisenhower Fellow, and will travel to the US in September to participate in the 2014 Eisenhower Innovation Program.
  

• NZTech, MIT seek more industry participants for Shadow IT programme

  The New Zealand Technology Industry Association (NZTech) and Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT)have teamed up to create Shadow IT, a programme aimed at exposing school-age women to the benefits of the a career in IT.
  

• Interview: NZTech CEO: 'We don't have enough big ICT companies'

  Candace Kinser, CEO of NZ Technology Industry Association (NZTech), chats with ComputerWorld NZ on the important issues facing the country’s ICT sector and how the association is working with both the government and the industry to enable faster, stronger growth in the future.

• Tait plays host to Chilean delegation

  Christchurch’s Tait Communications played host to a delegation from Chile this week, who visited the firm to hear about the importance of critical communications systems, particularly during disasters such as the devastating 2010 Chilean earthquake, and learn how Tait’s solutions can help the country.

• Interview: We can't expect the government to fix all our problems

  Paul Matthews, CEO of the Institute of IT Professionals (IITP), has a candid chat with ComputerWorld New Zealand on the changing nature of the industry, the challenges that are yet to come and the role of the various IT organisations in the country.

• Minister to promote NZ tech companies in the US

  Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams will leave tonight for the United States to support NZ technology companies.

• Govt agencies forge video link without DIA

  NZ Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have progressed their own joint plan for cloud-based high-definition video networking, at the instigation of provider Asnet Technologies, without the direct involvement of the Department of Internal Affairs, which is coordinating all-of-government ICT.

• Tech sector achievements under-recognised: report

  The country’s top-100, export-focussed ICT companies earned $4.9 billion last year, but according to the author of a report documenting the sector, most people are unaware of this success.

• Datacraft inks NZTE telco deal

  Datacraft has inked a three year deal to provide and manage telecommunications services for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE).
  The agreement is the company’s most significant telecommunications win since being awarded the one.govt telecommunications networking contract in 2009. One.govt replaced the ill-fated Government shared Network (GSN).
  Datacraft will provide NZTE with a high bandwidth WAN solution, mobile services, 0800 services, a direct dial interface solution, unified communications and enterprise telephony infrastructure, backed by support and management services.
  NZTE will be provided with its own web portal for access to real time information about their telecommunications environment.
  Datacraft says it aims to deliver a range of benefits for NZTE, including cost savings, improved performance and a consolidated telecommunications model.
  Datacraft is "multi-sourcing" to bring the services together. Vodafone will supply mobile and fixed line capability, FX Networks will supply the core fibre backbone and Cisco will supply improved audio and video conferencing capabilities through Unified MeetingPlace.

• NZTE challenge to drive health innovation

  New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is aiming to drive innovation — and exports — of health products including software through an innovation challenge.

• NZTE opts for SharePoint for website rebuild

  New Zealand Trade & Enterprise is redesigning its website, with phase one going live early next year.

• New-comer Starsoft pleased with CeBIT

  Auckland-based software developer Starsoft was one of the companies that showcased for the first time at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany — the biggest IT fair in the world — at the beginning of March.

• Kiwis ‘out-bling’ Aussies at Hannover’s CeBIT show

  For the second year running, newspaper reports in Australia reluctantly admit that New Zealand is doing a much better job of promoting its ICT industry at CeBIT than Australia.