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JBS USA cyber attack affecting North American and Australian systems
Food processing company said there's nothing to suggest that customer or supplier data has been compromised. New Zealand's Waikato District Health Board, meanwhile, is approaching its third week of disruption following a ransomware attack.
IT skills shortage remains in Australia and New Zealand as borders stay shut
While Australian and New Zealand employers are looking to hire more talent, the right skills do not appear easy to find, the latest Hays Salary Guide Report has indicated, yet half of employers plan to barely open their wallets to retain talent.
Domain Group says phishing attack targeted site users
Company CEO said it identified a scam that used a phishing attack to gain access to Domain's administrative systems to engage with people who have made rental property enquiries. Meanwhile, New Zealand's Waikato District Health Board has ended day three of disruptions, following a full outage of its IT systems on Tuesday, which reportedly was the result of ransomware.
New Zealand Budget dishes out millions to tech initiatives for COVID-19 bounce-back
Winners in this year's Budget include small businesses, who will receive NZ$44 million via a digital skills program that will provide training for up to 60,000 small businesses.
Xero adds 450,000 subscribers and posts nearly NZ$20m in profit for 2021
Closing its 2021 financial year, Xero now boasts 2.74 million subscribers.
Google Assistant can now be taught how to pronounce and recognise names
Google Assistant will no longer mispronounce names, if taught, based on the latest update Google has made to the platform.
Vodafone NZ pinned for flogging FibreX HFC as full fibre
Telco argued that consumers would understand FibreX was not fibre to the premises because it had an 'X' in its name.
TechnologyOne signs procurement arrangement with New Zealand government
A new agreement between TechnologyOne and the New Zealand government follows in the footsteps of similar arrangements already in place with other tech providers like AWS and Oracle.
Chorus customers on 1Gbps connections inch closer to 150,000 mark
Uptake of 1Gbps connections grew by 7,000 during the third quarter for Chorus.
Jacinda Ardern touts significant progress under Christchurch Call
The New Zealand prime minister has said the latest 'stocktake' on the Christchurch Call has highlighted the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach, with countries, companies, and civil society working together to achieve results.
New Zealand ComCom to consider HP New Zealand resale price maintenance plans
The New Zealand consumer watchdog will weigh out the pros and cons of giving HP New Zealand the green light to determine the prices of its products sold by third parties through its HP online stores.
New Zealand opens up to quarantine-free 'flyer beware' travel from Australia
People arriving in NZ from Australia will be pushed to use New Zealand's COVID Tracer app.
Xero continues to bolster global footprint growth with Tickstar purchase
The deal is expected to cost Xero up to SEK150 million.
CyberCX uses local 2020 cyber victims list to light a fire under both Aussies and Kiwis
The Australia and New Zealand cyber heavyweight is hoping to encourage businesses to do what they can to avoid being on the 2021 cyber victim list.
Kiwi broadband usage grew 37% during pandemic peak
In a year where both telco revenue and investment dipped by NZ$200 million and NZ$100 million, respectively.
NZ copyright protest: Photos
Check out our photos of copyright amendment protesters in Wellington, New Zealand, outside the country's parliament yesterday.
Photos: One-of-a-kind powerboat
The Earthrace boat, which is specially constructed to pierce through waves, is powered solely with biodiesel.
New Zealand's major telcos agree to create prospective CDR and price comparison tool
After calls from New Zealand regulator to improve transparency around costs and data usage.
Samsung launches its first 5G network in New Zealand with Spark
With the rollout, Samsung becomes the first new radio network vendor to deploy a commercial network in New Zealand in over a decade.
Air New Zealand to trial digital vaccine travel pass in April
The airline believes it will "streamline health verification" when international travel resumes.
Global kiwifruit company Zespri signs five-year private cloud deal with SAP
The 'multi-million dollar' contract will see Zespri become one of the first globally to adopt SAP S/4 HANA private cloud.
Bank of NZ to launch text-to-Kiwi voice service
Teaches Amazon Polly how to speak te reo Māori and even some Kiwi slang.
Researchers claim AI tool can predict heart disease by analysing retinas
The examination of retinal blood vessels to predict a patient's risk of CVD is not new, but the software used to carry out the procedure can now be semi-automated.
LoRaWAN users can now deploy on either side of Australia and New Zealand
Spark and NNNCo teamed up to make this possible.
CyberCX continues NZ expansion with Insomnia Security purchase
Australia and New Zealand cybersecurity megamix adds first Kiwi acquisition.
New Zealand's Weta Digital sends visual effects to the cloud
The creative studio is sending the vast majority of its IT to the AWS cloud.
Xero to acquire Waddle for AU$80 million
In a move to help small businesses access capital.
New Zealand Fibre Max plans seeing 10% drop in speeds
South Island continues to get the raw end of the deal, with almost twice the drop in speeds to those seen in the North Island.
Australia's CyberCX launches New Zealand chapter
Touting an investment of over NZ$30 million into the Kiwi cyber market.
AWS and NZ's Vector launch IoT-connected energy platform
The New Energy Platform aims to change how energy is managed, delivered, and consumed across Australia and New Zealand.
Optus signs contract for Ku-band sixth satellite to launch in 2023
Software-defined satellite said to be 'fully configurable' when in orbit.
Ageing devices have become a security risk, NTT says
51% of organisations surveyed by Mimecast have suffered a ransomware attack, meanwhile NTT says ageing devices are causing network vulnerabilities, and two local companies have been struck by 'cyber incidents'.
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