Technology

T4 Group confirmed today (Sunday 14th April) the purchase of the land required to build their long-planned data centre. There has been a competitive race between Datagrid and T4 Group, with various announcements but limited progress. In March 2023 T4 Group director David Simpson said “The constructi

New Zealand and Australia’s space sectors are making strides with the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) project, setting a new standard in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. This initiative promises to drastically enhance positioning precision and reliability th

Robin McNeill, CEO of Invercargill based SpaceOps NZ, today announced that SpaceOps NZ had concluded negotiations to take over AUT’s radio astronomy operations at Spark’s Warkworth Satellite Earth Station, effective from 3rd July 2023. By tuning into radio waves emitted by some of the most distant o

Makarewa could be the site of the country’s first carbon-neutral data centre, creating up to 25 new jobs for Southlanders – and consent has already been lodged for another one at the Clyde Dam in Central Otago. Datagrid is the company behind the Southland project, and has partnered with Meridian Ene

The global tech giant announced today that it would establish its first datacentre region in New Zealand. In a statement, Microsoft said the New Zealand datacenter region will be the latest addition to its global datacenter footprint. It has 60 datacentre regions worldwide with its Microsoft Azure c

Focus Technology Group purchases Deloitte Dunedin IT division and Techbox Leading systems and technology support company, Focus Technology Group, has purchased two Dunedin-based businesses in the last three months. The tech company is now the largest IT support provider in the South Island for mid-s

Focus Technology Group, which began in Invercargill and now spans much of the South Island with seven branches, had a successful evening at the NZ Lenovo Partner Awards last week. CEO Rod Sinclair and Technical Director Geoff Hinton attended the awards evening last Thursday and were proud to be reco

Make 2019, the year you start your journey to a new career in Engineering with the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). This year, SIT is offering the Bachelor of Engineering Technology in its School of Engineering, with strands in Civil or Mechanical Engineering.  This degree will ensure graduat