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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from CSG

Ian Watterson joins us today to share more about how CSG supports customers in their digital transformations and how the company serves the APAC market.

By Zach Thompson • 6 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2022

Supply Chain

Ndevr appoints Tom Devine as CEO

Ndevr, Oracle's consulting partner, has welcomed Tom Devine as its new CEO, taking over from Maureen Clifford who will focus on Ndevr's mid-market division.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2022

EduTech

Joshua Goodman named Regional Sales Manager

Varonis appoints Joshua Goodman as Regional Sales Manager for NSW, QLD, ACT, and NZ. He brings a decade of experience in B2B software account management.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Sep 2022

Stories from Other Regions

New Zealand (NZ) stories

Data Analytics

Collaborative procurement drives sustainable outcomes

An alternative deck-on-pile design for Eastland Port's Wharf 7 has cut new piles by half and avoided 593 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Sep 2022

Supply Chain

First locally grown cannabis medicines get approval

New Zealand patients could see fewer supply disruptions as locally grown and made medicinal cannabis medicines reach the market for the first time.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Sep 2022

Human Capital Management

Certainty for trades in an uncertain economic environment

Rising costs, labour shortages and patchy demand are forcing trades firms to adapt fast as construction failures mount and projects stay funded.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2022

Hybrid & Remote Work

Invercargill still seeing record house prices

Affordable Southland is drawing first home buyers and investors, with Invercargill’s median house price hitting a record NZD $488,000 in August.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2022

Inflation

Will spring bring respite in property market downturn?

Rising mortgage rates and inflation are still weighing on New Zealand property sales, though agents are seeing more first-home buyers returning.

By Michael Curreen • 9 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2022

Law

Company deemed responsible for ‘white out’ road fatality

A Bay of Plenty lime spreader has been fined after dust blown on to a motorway sparked a fatal multi-vehicle crash and killed Susan Walmsley.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2022

Supply Chain

KiwiRail buys ferry for $8.6m in leadup to Christmas

Additional Cook Strait freight capacity is secured for the pre-Christmas rush after KiwiRail exercised an option to buy Valentine for GBP £8.6 million.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Sun, 11th Sep 2022

Sustainability

Resource management changes announced

New rules are set to speed up consents and cut costs for infrastructure, as the Government scraps the 30-year-old Resource Management Act.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2022

Risk & Compliance

Underage worker falls through skylight

A Napier roofing firm has been fined and ordered to pay reparations after a 14-year-old worker fell eight metres through a skylight.

By Michael Curreen • 2 min read • Wed, 7th Sep 2022

Private Cloud

Data centre growth to increase worker shortage

Tech firms are warning that rising demand for cloud services will worsen New Zealand’s shortage of skilled IT staff as hyperscale centres expand.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 6th Sep 2022

Taxation

KiwiSaver tax u-turn a triumph of misinformation

The abandoned GST plan would have aligned fund managers with other service providers, while leaving KiwiSaver balances untouched.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Sun, 4th Sep 2022

Data Protection

Employer to pay worker $20k after ‘unjustified’ warning

The ruling could curb employers’ disciplinary powers after Inland Revenue was ordered to reverse a warning and pay NZD $20,000.

By Michael Curreen • 1 min read • Sun, 4th Sep 2022

Unified Communications

NTT appoints Mike Qu as Principal Solutions Architect

NTT appoints Mike Qu as principal solutions architect for their New Zealand arm, to help organizations achieve their business goals through digital solutions.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Sep 2022