Technology

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

The future of New Zealand’s economy hangs on its ability to swiftly embrace and invest in digital tech skills, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. He was commenting today on the release of a major digital skills report released by the New Zealand Digital Skills Forum, which is a collaborative

Venture Southland’s successful foray into the lucrative space industry is about to take another step forward as the organisation lends a hand toward New Zealand becoming a significant space-faring nation. A Venture Southland managed satellite ground station will download important telemetry data fro

Vodafone will be closing it’s email services that will impact between 200,000 and 250,000 customers. The service will be shut down on November 30. Vodafone are encouraging their customers to set up free email accounts with either Google or Microsoft. Their decision follows months of issues with spam

Mossburn School has joined the growing number of southern schools converting to clean burning, efficient wood energy. When considering automating the coal feed system to the boiler the Mossburn School Board looked into other heating options, it was decided that the small extra expense of switching t