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  In pictures: 'Digital now, digital savvy' breakfast forum in Wellington

  Technology and digital leaders share ‘real-world’ stories of how organisations - already on the digital transformation path - can continue to realign IT to engage, compete and grow. The breakfast forum in Wellington featured presentations by NZQA CIO Lukasz Zawilski on ‘NZQA’s digital transformation: getting the culture right, challenging the norm'; Stats NZ chief digital officer Chris Buxton on ‘what digital first means for today’s business leaders’; and Zoho president Raj Sabhlok on ‘IT in the cloud era’. Vince Warnock, digital marketing manager at Cigna and Wayne Loke, senior manager for strategy, planning and performance at Stats NZ, joined the group for a panel discussion on steps organisations are taking to thrive in the digital era. ​The CIO and Computerworld New Zealand event, in partnership with Zoho, was also held in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne.

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  In pictures: CIO100 event in Wellington: Frontline leadership

  The CIO100 event, which presents the results of the annual research on the top ICT using organisations in New Zealand, was held for the first time this year in Wellington. Victor Vae'au of the NZ Defence Force delivered the CIO keynote presentation. Photos by James Henderson.

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  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.

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  In pictures: Plan B opens Tawa data centre facility

  Business continuity and disaster recovery service providers, Plan B, opened its Tawa, Wellington-based data centre this week. The facility, which will operated under the company's sub-brand of Southern Cross Data Centres (SXDC), will provide co-location and backup services to customers as part of a national network of facilities. If the remaining install goes according to plan, the company plans to go live with services in the data centre by the middle of September.