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Degree no longer mandatory with tech opportunities - NZTech
EduTech

Degree no longer mandatory with tech opportunities - NZTech

New Zealand could see a 204% increase in GDP by matching Finland's education outcomes, says NZTech CEO Graeme Muller.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Sep 2017
Japan's Soliton Systems takes top SOTI partner award
Partner Programmes

Japan's Soliton Systems takes top SOTI partner award

Japan's Soliton Systems has been named SOTI's APAC Value Added Reseller of the Year at the vendor's annual Partner Awards.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 26th Sep 2017
EITest hijacks tech support scam pages to mine cryptocurrency
Malware

EITest hijacks tech support scam pages to mine cryptocurrency

Tech support scams are now being used as social engineering tools as part of EITest's campaign to deliver Coinhive's Monero cryptocurrency miner.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Sep 2017
Social enterprise Ethique launches second equity crowdfunding campaign
Apple

Social enterprise Ethique launches second equity crowdfunding campaign

Ethique demands funds for global expansion, launching its second equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe on 29 September, seeking USD $350k to USD $500k.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Sep 2017
Victoria University incubator receives Govt's Entrepreneurial Universities funding
Victoria University

Victoria University incubator receives Govt's Entrepreneurial Universities funding

CMIC will incubate potential startups and industry pipelines to strengthen New Zealand's computing and media ecosystem.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
Photo gallery: Dicker Data NZ resellers' Route 66 adventure
Lenovo

Photo gallery: Dicker Data NZ resellers' Route 66 adventure

Dicker Data and Lenovo resellers have just returned from a two week adventure driving Route 66. So what did they get up to along the way?.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 20th Sep 2017
Coalition calls for transparency of Five Eyes intelligence activities
Surveillance

Coalition calls for transparency of Five Eyes intelligence activities

Privacy International calls for transparency from global oversight bodies on intelligence sharing to protect citizens' privacy.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Sep 2017
North Korea's nefarious links to cryptocurrency theft
Crypto

North Korea's nefarious links to cryptocurrency theft

North Korean state-sponsored actors may be behind campaigns to steal virtual currencies in order to fund the state's activities.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Sep 2017
Adobe announces new video capabilities - virtual reality, animation and motion graphics
Marketing Technologies

Adobe announces new video capabilities - virtual reality, animation and motion graphics

Adobe Creative Cloud and Premiere Pro have become the platforms of choice for professional editors around the world.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Sep 2017
Kiwi startup developing prospective musicians through gamification
Investment

Kiwi startup developing prospective musicians through gamification

New Zealand tech startup Melodics has raised US$1.2m in seed capital to take its instrument learning software to more aspiring musicians.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Sep 2017
Supernap opens new data center, a step towards Thailand 4.0 vision
Network Infrastructure

Supernap opens new data center, a step towards Thailand 4.0 vision

Supernap's Bangkok 1 data center has been designed and constructed to the same specifications as the Tier IV Switch Las Vegas data centers.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Sep 2017
New wave of ransomware could put utilities at risk
Malware

New wave of ransomware could put utilities at risk

ICS attacks could shut down critical operational systems, damage or destroy physical equipment and threaten human safety.

By Cynthia Lee • 4 min read • Wed, 13th Sep 2017
Apple adds 4K and HDR to Apple TV for 'cinematic quality'
Digital Signage

Apple adds 4K and HDR to Apple TV for 'cinematic quality'

Apple has unveiled its new 4K-enabled Apple TV, as the vendor aims to bring 'the magic of the cinema straight to your living room'.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Sep 2017
Indian AWS partner BlazeClan sets sights on ANZ markets
Hyperscale

Indian AWS partner BlazeClan sets sights on ANZ markets

Indian AWS partner BlazeClan has turned its focus on the Australian and New Zealand markets with the opening of an office in Sydney.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Sep 2017
Australia a hot target for BEC scams, malicious URLs and malware
Malware

Australia a hot target for BEC scams, malicious URLs and malware

More than a quarter of all business email compromise (BEC) scams around the world target Australia, new research says.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Sep 2017
Onesecure Asia and Trusted Metrics form security operations center for Singapore & ASEAN
Endpoint Protection

Onesecure Asia and Trusted Metrics form security operations center for Singapore & ASEAN

Trusted Metrics and Onesecure Asia are partnering up to deliver US-developed Security Operations Center (SOC) technology to Singapore and ASEAN.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Sep 2017
PledgeMe to explore Australian market as equity crowdfunding legislation changes
Crowdfunding

PledgeMe to explore Australian market as equity crowdfunding legislation changes

PledgeMe has received a spot in the HotDesQ programme run by the Queensland government and will be setting up in Brisbane.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Sep 2017
State-sponsored election hacks are acts of cyber warfare - survey
Elections

State-sponsored election hacks are acts of cyber warfare - survey

78% of respondents said they would deem an act as cyber war if a nation-state was behind a successful or attempted hack of another country's election.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Sep 2017

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