Caroline Jones of Aderant says her job is about striving to marry the complex demands of end users with business strategies. She explains why her field – user experience – is becoming a strategic imperative for organisations.
Summer of Tech starts pilot internships in Auckland and now includes high value manufacturers into the Wellington based program, says founder John Clegg.
Edwina Mistry is bringing high school students to the IT departments of some of the biggest companies in New Zealand so they can see first-hand opportunities of working in the IT sector.
The Dell GM Australia and New Zealand talks about building a deeper leadership bench in networked enterprises.
Group profit before tax totalled $64.7 million, compared to last year’s $50.9 million, an increase of 27 per cent.
Female high school students get a glimpse of working in IT as they ‘shadow’ tech workers for a day.
The group IT infrastructure manager at the engineering firm relaxes by getting a weekend job
Brett Cross and Ben Coney appointed following restructuring at Lotteries, Lois van Waardenberg joins Z Energy
“We recognise our customers want access to information anywhere, any time, on their choice of device,” says CIO Julia Raue.
According to professional social network LinkedIn, mentors play a key role in helping women "shatter the glass ceiling." In a new study, however, LinkedIn found that nearly 20 percent of respondents never had a mentor.
Maria Martinez joined Bell Labs after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.
At that time, Martinez, now corporate vice-president of Microsoft Services, could count on both hands female colleagues working in ICT. She watched as the ratio of women in ICT improved, as more entered the sector through computer science and electrical engineering degrees.
Women in senior jobs in Australia's largest companies earn up to 50 per cent less than men in similar positions, a government report has found.
Women chief executives earn 32.3 per cent less than men in the top job, while the gap for chief operating officer and chief financial officer positions is about 50 per cent, according to the report by the federal government's Equal Employment for Women in the Workplace Agency.
A crucial aspect to women continuing to work in ICT is having a manager sympathetic to their needs, according to a new global survey on women in technology.
The respondents, including New Zealand ICT professionals, say even when an employer has the right policies, implementing them can be problematic. Says one respondent: “Flexible working and job share would help, but it’s up to the manager’s discretion after maternity and a lot of them say ‘No, you need to be here full-time and work extra hours’.”
Microsoft New Zealand managing director Helen Robinson is leaving the company.
In a statement released on 21 September, Robinson announced she would officially leave Microsoft on 30 October 2007 to seek “new business challenges” after two years with the company.