Resilience Stories

Kiwi Stories

Resilience stories

Downer wins top Bay of Plenty civil contractors award

The Tauriko enabling works near Tauranga finished ahead of schedule and 8 per cent under budget, earning Downer the Supreme Award.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Today

Residential Property

Insurance fears over Westport flood protection 'reset'

Insurance and lending concerns persist in Westport, even as most submitters back a pared-back $40 million flood scheme.

By Vihan Dalal • 4 min read • Last week

Christmas

Time running out to get Kaikōura Inland Road open for Christmas

A temporary fix to a flood-damaged bridge could cost more than $300,000, as the council races to reopen the route before Christmas.

By David Hill • 3 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Resilience stories

Data Protection

Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach

Enterprises are reworking infrastructure to keep data and traffic under local control while still accessing global cloud and trading networks.

By Matthias Guenther and Ana Maria Ordonez • 5 min read • Today

Manufacturing

Integrity360 launches managed OT security services

Industrial operators can now buy continuous monitoring and response support as Integrity360 expands beyond one-off OT assessments and consulting.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data centers

Supporting Efficient and Resilient Data Centre Growth Across Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific data centre operators are under pressure to add capacity without sacrificing uptime, efficiency or decarbonisation goals as AI demand surges.

By Sharad Yadav • 4 min read • Yesterday

Unified Communications

Watercare appoints Martine Watson as Chief Digital Officer

The move comes as the utility prepares to oversee a $15.2 billion infrastructure pipeline across Auckland over the next decade.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Connectivity

RETN wins Asia-Pacific connectivity award for resilience

Operators facing repeated cable breaks are increasingly prioritising route redundancy, as RETN's Asia-Pacific network upgrades won industry recognition.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Private Cloud

Meiro launches local AI CDP for regulated sectors

Banks and insurers can now run AI models on customer data without sending it to outside providers, easing compliance concerns over sovereignty and resilience.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Hybrid Cloud

Vertiv & Deloitte issue guide to AI infrastructure

As AI projects move from pilots to production, the guide warns that power, cooling and connectivity limits may decide where workloads can run.

By Shadda Lie Catugal • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

NTT DATA expands AI Factory network to Singapore & Paris

The new sites give businesses a place to test AI projects on security, governance and cost before committing to wider rollouts.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Firewalls

BT International expands Global Fabric with security options

Multinational firms can now choose from four security providers on BT's network platform as AI traffic raises demands on speed, resilience and control.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

Resilience stories

Manufacturing

Integrity360 launches managed OT security services

Industrial operators can now outsource continuous protection as the new service set aims to reduce cyber risk without disrupting production.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Data Protection

Public Services Increasingly Depend On Stronger, Smarter Networks

Outages, cyberattacks and ageing systems are making reliable digital government harder to deliver for Australians, despite tighter budgets.

By Trevor Boal • 5 min read • Yesterday

Robotics

Why strategic supply chains generate savings for FMCG companies

Long-term planning can cut freight, inventory and disruption losses for FMCG firms by avoiding design mistakes that short-term fixes miss.

By Adrian Grunbach • 5 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

PSE Consulting to host Merchant Acquiring Conference

Pressure is mounting on traditional acquirers as AI shopping tools, marketplaces and embedded payments reshape who controls checkout and bears fraud risk.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week