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• Unisys bags six-year New Zealand Transport Agency crash analysis contract

  Under the six-year contract, Unisys will lead the design and implementation of a new version of the CAS based on an open platform.

• In pictures: CIO Leaders' Luncheon in Wellington on 'The new scope of mission critical ICT'

  Murray Mitchell of the NZ Fire Service and Steve Thompson of Unisys discuss how organisations can ensure their infrastructure, operations and people meet new and constantly shifting requirements in an increasingly competitive and digital environment.

• In pictures: CIO Leaders' Luncheon on 'Mission critical ICT in the era of digital and diverse platforms'

  Deane Johns of the NZ Association of Credit Unions and Steve Thompson of Unisys talk about how emerging technologies can be applied to this new environment, and more importantly, what are the people and process changes to expect for the future.

• Unisys: “Spectacular time” to be an engineer

  “It's a spectacular time to be an engineer. People are looking for innovation.”

• CIOs discuss ‘Mission Critical Computing’ at Leaders’ Luncheon

  “From an engineering perspective, a Unisys perspective and a data perspective, this really is a spectacular time to be in the industry.”

• Philadelphia uses Salesforce.com for upgraded 311 system

  Philadelphia is set to use a slew of Salesforce.com technologies in order to create a next-generation version of its 311 system for public information and citizen reporting of nonemergency situations around the city.

• Survey reveals that 86 per cent of critical infrastructure providers in A/NZ have been breached

  New global research from Unisys reveals that 86 per cent of critical infrastructure providers in Australia and New Zealand have been breached in the past year.

• Global survey reveals NZ firms are less mature in using mobility

  Research commissioned by Unisys shows New Zealand enterprises are less mature in using mobility to drive tangible business returns. The majority are focused in using mobility for internal business processes.

• Unisys phasing out decades-old mainframe processor for x86 chips

  Unisys is phasing out its decades-old mainframe processor, which lags behind in speed and scalability compared to newer chips.

• Kiwis worried more about data theft than national security: survey

  Six in 10 New Zealanders surveyed are concerned more about data theft than national security related to war or terrorism, according to the 2014 Unisys Security Index.

• Kiwis equally concerned about data stored onshore and overseas: survey

  The majority of New Zealanders are equally concerned about data security, regardless of whether information is stored within the national borders or overseas, a Unisys survey has found.

• Defence drops distributed computing initiative

  The Department of Defence said on Thursday it won’t proceed with planned market testing of a Distributed Computing Bundle, which formed part of the agency’s massive ICT transformation program.
  

• Unisys wins global service contract

  Unisys has won a three-year contract to provide global IT support services for customers of X-IO, a provider of storage systems.

• 'Co-opetition' is the data centre game

  There has been talk in the industry that IBM, which is apparently struggling to fill out its Highbrook data centre in Auckland, might use Unisys' Kapiti data centre.

• CASE STUDY: McDonald's puts partnerships on IT menu

  You might not know it, but every moment from placing your order at a McDonald's burger to the time you finally have it in hand for the first bite, is enabled and empowered by a set of powerful technologies.