New Zealand (NZ) stories - Page 232

Forty percent of New Zealand companies have adopted video communication technology in the past 12 months, a recent poll has indicated.

TelstraClear is considering offshoring its inbound contact centres to the Philippines, with a loss of up to 170 customers roles in Christchurch and Kapiti.

Dell Australia joins the Storage Networking Industry Association of Australia and New Zealand, with Justin Boyd of Dell appointed to the Board of Directors.

China will soon dominate fibre to the home deployments (FTTH) and become the global leader in the next two years, according to the FTTH Council Asia Pacific.

The Asia Pacific branch of the Fibre to the Home council is holding its general meeting in Auckland this week.

Wales is enticing New Zealand's tech SMEs with free rent and consultancy, aiming to ease their European expansion through the innovative Access Wales project.

Microsoft officially moved into the era of cloud computing today with the release of the Windows Azure platform.

The UK government has received strong interest from private players for its Ultra Fast Broadband network, including international players.

ShoreTel the IP phone systems and Unified Communications vendor has signed an established New Zealand reseller to on-sell its products.

Federated Farmers warn government of 'digital ghetto' risk in rural areas if broadband funding isn't increased.

A recent IBM survey reveals that CIOs, including 129 from ANZ, must balance multiple roles, with driving innovation as a key responsibility.

Upcoming InternetNZ seminar to address legal challenges of online publishing, focusing on how jurors' online searches may compromise fair trials.

Christmas will be a show of lights in both Auckland and Wellington this year, with Telecom announcing plans to bring their Telecom Tree’s to both cities.

Opened today by Prime Minister John Key, Fujitsu’s new service centre will provide end-user computing services to Qantas personnel across the globe.

Canon marks 20 years in New Zealand, with Country Manager Mike Johnston lauding the Kiwi embrace of new technology and praising the crucial role of staff.

Telecommunication providers had a strong showing in this year’s Deloitte Fast 50, which ranks the fastest growing companies in New Zealand.

It’s on the market to 30 million Latin American subscribers, but a Unisys voice to text application developed in Wellington is not available here.

Crown Fibre Holdings Chair Simon Allen remains tight-lipped on the CEO appointment, as the board gears up for a rapid Ultra Fast Broadband rollout.

PGG Wrightson has swapped tape backups for disk-to-disk, cutting backup time from 120 hours to 12, thanks to New Zealand's Revera, enhancing data protection.

They’re both in charge of billion-dollar broadband builds which, if they can pull them off, will turn their countries into broadband leaders.