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• CCL divests network services business assets

  Mark Jurgeleit, current GM of network services, will set up the network services division as a new business called Octave.

• Working with the ‘master of disruptive technologies’ - AI

  Technology and digital leaders share lessons learned in building an AI-driven business

• Vodafone New Zealand sold to Brookfield, Infratil for US$2.36 billion

  The completion of the deal is still contingent on necessary regulatory approvals.

• Datacom completes $52M expansion of NZ datacentres with relaunch of Christchurch facility

  The expanded Christchurch facility operates on a level with our other world class datacentres in New Zealand, says Tom Jacob, Datacom datacentres director.

• Switzerland to monitor potential health risks posed by 5G networks

  Addresses concern that radiation from mobile antennas may be dangerous

• Who was first to launch 5G? Depends who you ask

  The intensity with which company representatives disputed each other's claims underscores the high stakes in the battle for supremacy over an industry that is expected to spend US$275 billion over seven years in the US alone

• Fitzroy Engineering taps Kordia for SD-WAN rollout

  IS manager Martin Du Plooy says new system provides far more flexibility, and much lower operational costs

• Spark builds long-range IoT network for urban centres

  Will allow businesses and local councils will be able to connect to ‘things’, like waterways, traffic lights, and machinery.

• Facebook and AT&T herald a new day of open networking

  On Tuesday at the Structure 2016 conference in San Francisco, Facebook announced its most powerful modular data-center switch yet, and AT&T gave an update on its huge migration from dedicated servers to a software-based architecture.

• NZ Police renews Dimension Data contract

  Dimension Data is responsible for the day-to-day management of the mission critical unified communications infrastructure.
  

• Doing Business with Nicole Ferguson of REANNZ: ‘Blind hiring’, mentoring and other steps towards diversity

  ‘It’s about providing a work environment that fits with a diverse workforce.’

• In pictures: CIO roundtable on 'The collaboration imperative'

  ICT leaders share pointers on enterprise collaboration across mobile, digital and cloud channels at a CIO roundtable held in conjunction with Spark Digital. Photos by Tony Nyberg.

• The intersection of business technology and customer strategy

  What are the critical connections that need to be made in this junction? ICT leaders share their insights at a CIO roundtable held in association with Ruckus Wireless.

• University of Otago gets ‘master key’ to global Wi-Fi

  Latest to join eduroam, allowing students and staff to access wireless network at thousands of institutions across the globe.

• Utility links open up new security threat

  Utilities have been warned they should minimise the use of information technologies that could open up critical infrastructure to new threats by connecting previously isolated and secure energy networks to the internet.
  Internet telephony and wireless broadband links used to connect remote sites for monitoring are just some of the increasingly popular web-based services that could potentially make utilities more vulnerable to attack.