Island stories - Page 7

The IDEAStarter competition is back, encouraging young Auckland entrepreneurs to turn their business ideas into reality.

Duo has spun off a new security professional services business, PS Duo, to help fill a skills shortage in the local security market.

Flexi Buy fined £50k following Commerce Commission's report on mobile trader industry, as investigations into other companies continue.

New Zealand's main telco companies scrambled yesterday to ensure network coverage was maintained following the earthquake in Christchurch yesterday.

Wellington is first cab off the ranks to go live with a new wireless network aimed at connecting up the Internet of Things.

Spark New Zealand has acquired CCL for $50 million in a move designed bolster Spark's cloud services capabilities and its South Island business.

A US company has launched an energy efficient waterborne data centre prototype, with construction of the first commercial offering now underway.

If managing all your mobile devices is becoming a hassle, Christchurch-based Rev IT may have the solution for you.

Telemedicine arrives at the Chatham Islands offering residents urgent and specialist care without leaving home - potentially reducing costly airlifts.

Next July a major ICT conference will take place in Wellington. Known as ITx, the event will bring together 12 tech-related conferences and bodies.

Fortinet has been awarded New Zealand Network Security Vendor of the Year 2015, by Frost & Sullivan on the back of increasing market share.

The Hamilton-based fibre company took out the Deloitte Fast 50 Regional Award for Fastest Growing Technology Business in the Central North Island.

Specialisation has proved a winning formula for reseller BayCom and vendor partner Enghouse Interactive, whose latest deal is with Ultrafast Fibre.

MIMP has beaten the NBN to the punch in providing high-speed broadband services for Kangaroo Island, ousting Telstra in the process.

The Windows 10 upgrade is having a severe impact of local UFB, with network traffic increasing by up to 100% in New Zealand.

Moving to IaaS, rather than leasing hardware, has had an immediate payoff for IT services company BlueBerryIT.

Square Enix decided to port Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster on the PS4, and it's still a very gorgeous game to look at.

Amy Adams wants to reduce consenting delays affecting an estimated 15 percent of households in the government-sponsored UFB roll out.

In partnership with Computers In Homes (CIH), an iwi at the top of the South Island has extended its Learning and Development strategy.

Bundled offerings combining mobile, fixed line, broadband and PABX-like services on the cloud are on the way from 2degrees.