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Optimation appoints Warrick Flower as Managing Director
Datacom

Optimation appoints Warrick Flower as Managing Director

Optimation appoints Warrick Flower as new MD, bringing 20 yrs of tech industry experience to lead company growth in Australasia.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2022
ExtraHop appoints Kenneth Chen as Asia Pacific Vice President
Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

ExtraHop appoints Kenneth Chen as Asia Pacific Vice President

Kenneth Chen named Asia Pacific VP of ExtraHop, responsible for business strategy, sales, and execution with focus on expanding partnerships.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2022
SnapLogic appoints Uma Dubey & John Cazanis as APAC Head of Channel & Alliances & Enterprise Account Executive
Unified Communications

SnapLogic appoints Uma Dubey & John Cazanis as APAC Head of Channel & Alliances & Enterprise Account Executive

SnapLogic expands in APAC with the appointment of Uma Dubey as APAC Head of Channel & Alliances and John Cazanis as Enterprise Account Executive.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Sep 2022
Dragos appoints Hayley Turner & Ben Sullivan as ANZ Regional Director & Senior Channel Manager
AI Security

Dragos appoints Hayley Turner & Ben Sullivan as ANZ Regional Director & Senior Channel Manager

Dragos appoints Hayley Turner as ANZ Regional Director and Ben Sullivan as Senior Channel Manager, strengthening its team and expanding its growth strategy.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Sep 2022
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from CSG
Software-as-a-Service

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

Stories from Other Regions

New Zealand (NZ) stories

‘Most-productive’ land off-limits for housing
Agricultural Technology

‘Most-productive’ land off-limits for housing

Councils face tighter limits on rezoning fertile farmland for housing, as ministers say it is needed to safeguard New Zealand’s food supply.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2022
How to prevent harm from hydrogen sulphide
Agricultural Technology

How to prevent harm from hydrogen sulphide

Workers can be killed within minutes if toxic hydrogen sulphide builds up in confined or poorly ventilated spaces, WorkSafe warns.

By Michael Curreen • 13 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2022
‘Outstanding individual’ takes out supreme construction award
Downer

‘Outstanding individual’ takes out supreme construction award

A female civil engineer’s 30-year career has been crowned with the inaugural CCNZ Hynds Construction Supreme Award in Auckland.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2022
Government responds to infrastructure strategy
Education, Learning & Training

Government responds to infrastructure strategy

Industry says the response is only a first step, as ministers face pressure to turn a 30-year plan into concrete infrastructure action.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Sep 2022
Critical control checks – where your obligations start and end
Risk & Compliance

Critical control checks – where your obligations start and end

Failing to maintain critical safety controls can leave businesses exposed to prosecution even when workers act recklessly, experts warn.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Sun, 18th Sep 2022
Construction research project gets science funding
Sustainability

Construction research project gets science funding

A four-year push to lift productivity and affordability in New Zealand construction has won close to USD $10.3 million in Endeavour Fund backing.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Sun, 18th Sep 2022
Collaborative procurement drives sustainable outcomes
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
First locally grown cannabis medicines get approval
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
Certainty for trades in an uncertain economic environment
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
Invercargill still seeing record house prices
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
Will spring bring respite in property market downturn?
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
Company deemed responsible for ‘white out’ road fatality
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
KiwiRail buys ferry for $8.6m in leadup to Christmas
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