ICT news stories

This year will see more oranisations planning and commencing high tech renovations that will shake up the way they operate.

The government is spending an extra $20m over four years on its plan to transform the digital technologies industry.

Supporting rusty but willing workers to brush up on their skills can be a win-win, says Class Ltd chief technology officer, Alexis Rouch.

International Women's Day offers an opportunity for the world to step back and look at women's cultural, economic, political, and social achievements.

Since late 2020, I've worked as a pre-sales engineer for Zscaler, the cloud security company that's kicking big goals in the zero trust space. 

Becoming a parent is exciting, overwhelming and exhausting as you come to grips with your new ‘job’ looking after the most important little human in the world – your own. 

Achieving a gender balanced senior leadership team won't happen by chance, says Marketplacer Jennifer Kreutzer.

Let’s make it a collective mission to help other women in technology get paid what they’re worth.

Making a career in the sector more appealing would see more women applying for advertised roles, writes Barracuda’s Angelina Liu.

The Asia-Pacific region has seen a huge digitalisation leap due to the pandemic, with cybersecurity measures taking a back seat, resulting in several high profile ICT supply chain attacks last year.

New data by Xero has revealed that ICT expenditure looks to be the key to small business sales growth.

Dell Technologies has appointed Leanne Buer as its new country manager for New Zealand, effective Monday 29 November.

TPT Group CEO Mike Marr says the company is built on a passion for growing a great group of businesses in a way that heroes and harnesses Kiwi talent and innovation.

NTT Corporation and NEC have announced the development of Security Transparency Assurance Technology to reduce supply chain security risks. 

For enterprises to compete in a digital-first world, they must prioritise investment in digital tools that will augment physical spaces and assets. 

Huawei Cloud Summit 2021 brought together industry leaders, including SMEs and large corporates.

The study also found that 22% of enterprises expect their levels of business in 2021 to exceed pre-pandemic levels, with global enterprise services revenues forecast to grow by 8.8% in 2021, after slowing down to 6.2% growth in 2020.

According to the new report, IDC predicts that the focus of digital decision makers in New Zealand will concentrate on filling the gaps exposed in digital transformation plans.

It’s no secret that the large-scale transition to remote working has sent ripples through every area of ICT. The reality is, this abrupt move has impacted every business, person and household.

Singapore has pledged to continue investing in innovation and technology in an attempt to revive the economy and create new business and employment opportunities.

"Moving forward, Malaysian enterprises will need to adopt new technology, restructure their business and workforce and undertake a transformation of their digital infrastructure, all of which will be essential for the recovery of the ICT market of Malaysia.”

Despite many organisations putting their IT buying on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some organisations are still reviewing their digital needs and progressing with their buying decisions.

As industries fully embrace digital transformation, new skills and roles are needed to shape technology roadmaps, and support and implement these changes.

The country witnessed around 4,770 cyber attacks incidents in the first quarter of 2019, which was more than half the figure of the total number of incidents reported last year.