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• ICT is fastest growing sector, but not necessarily top of mind as employer

  More work needed to ensure employers remain competitive and avoid losing high calibre candidates to other sectors, reports Randstad.

• Microsoft 2018 NZ Partner Awards winners: The complete list

  Our partners play a crucial role in New Zealand’s IT sector, says Phil Goldie, Microsoft New Zealand One commercial partner director.

• App allows citizens to immediately report issues to local councils

  Datacom says new feature in Antenno app allows two-way engagement between councils and citizens

• Why Kiwi corporates need to navigate this 15-kilometer obstacle course

  Cisco and Datacom help kickstart Rescue Run to raise funds for vital life saving emergency services

• ‘I can see our future leaders in this group’

  South Auckland teens lead IT youth movement

• Movers and shakers: Bruce McClintock on Chapman Tripp’s foray into the technology business

  "Just as you have software as a service, this is law as a service," he says on the launch of Zeren.

• IDC notes massive shift in New Zealand IT services market

  Traditional juggernauts such as Datacom and Spark are being challenged by cloud providers.

• Finzsoft signs $20M-plus deal with Datacom

  The move will allow us to focus on core business of product development, says Andrew Holliday, Finzsoft managing director.

• Greg Davidson to succeed Jonathan Ladd as Datacom CEO

  “This next chapter in Datacom’s history will build on past successes, and our strong heritage of customer focus, innovation and agility,” says Davidson, current CEO Datacom Systems New Zealand and Australia

• NZ's top 200 tech companies deliver $10 billion revenue

  This is equivalent to 10 per cent of all New Zealand exports, according to the latest TIN200 report.

• Genesis Energy turns hackathon into a 'brainathon'

  After a second hackathon in six months, the company is now setting its sights on another, says Jennifer Cherrington Mowat, head of technology and digital at Genesis Energy.

• 5 questions for CIOs on the frontline of disruption and digital transformation

  Digital business leaders and strategists Bernard Seeto, and Kerry Topp crystallise their experiences of C-suites across sectors. They call on industry colleagues to contribute their experiences to the conversation.

• Datacom wins five-year contract for Western Australian’s GovNext-ICT initiative

  Programme aims to transform how the Western Australian Government provides services to its citizens
  

• Battling trolls, unconscious bias and asking the right questions

  A panel at the Microsoft Ignite 2016 in Auckland discusses ways to attract - and retain - more women to business technology roles.

• ​Building a business case for Microsoft HoloLens in NZ

  Tech giant brings new meaning to mixed reality, but can HoloLens hit the mark in business?