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N4L helping TAKA Trust bridge the digital divide for Lower Hutt students
Posted on 18-Jun-2018 13:08
Rata Street School students to get home internet access for learning via Managed Network....

Winners Announced for 2018 CIO Awards
Posted on 18-Jun-2018 13:03
The Awards recognise the individuals and teams who have shown leadership, innovation and foresight in their contribution to ICT and business....

Logitech Rally sets new standard for USB-connected video conference cameras
Posted on 18-Jun-2018 09:27
A premium, modular system designed for everyday conference rooms and large meeting spaces....

Russell Stanners steps down as Vodafone NZ CEO
Posted on 12-Jun-2018 09:13
Russell Stanners has today announced that he has decided to step down from his role as Vodafone New Zealand CEO at the end of October 2018....

Intergen recognised as 2018 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year for New Zealand
Posted on 12-Jun-2018 08:00
It has been a big week for Intergen who are celebrating both the Country Partner of the Year Award as well as being a finalist in three categories of the local New Zealand Partner Awards....

Finalists Announced For Microsoft NZ Partner Awards
Posted on 6-Jun-2018 15:12
This year's Awards had one clear focus - customer experience. As a result, the finalists were chosen for solutions that truly empower customers through innovative use of Microsoft technology....

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Ring Spotlight Cam review
Posted on 18-Jun-2018 09:24
Ring started as a cloud-connected video doorbell company and soon evolved to something more like a cloud-based security company. From connected doorbells, to smart floodlight-enabled cameras and extenders to (coming soon) full house alarm systems complete with motion detectors, contact sensor and more....

Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 7 Plus review
Posted on 4-Jun-2018 18:48
The Nokia brand lives through HMD Global, the Finnish mobile phone company that now produces feature phones and smartphones under the famous brand. The newly launched in New Zealand Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 7 Plus are part of the second wave of Android-based smartphones and it is kind of a big deal....

Huawei P20 Pro review
Posted on 11-May-2018 11:00
The Huawei P20 Pro is pretty much at the top of the high end Android smartphones. Not only in terms of design, manufacturing quality, technical specs but, once again with incredible photography capabilities....

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Extending the CEPH cluster, things we've learnt
Posted by nzsouthernman on 20-Jun-2018 09:41

The previously mentioned Croit CEPH Cluster has been running well for a few weeks now, with a couple of issues found and addressed with help from Croit. Things we've learnt: Storage nodes really need 8GB of RAM. A monitor node can be an old laptop with 100mbp/s NIC as long as the CPU is 64bit...

Akamai IP Reputation Filter
Posted by BarTender on 31-May-2018 11:53

So today I had an interesting issue where I was unable to access a web site from a customers internet connection. It seems that Akamai IP Reputation Filter has for some reason decided that the reputation of this IP address has some random issue that will prevent me from accessing their web site. T...

Creating redundant, clustered & scalable storage - a DIY guide
Posted by nzsouthernman on 11-May-2018 11:20

I thought it's about time to dust off this blog and post about something that's been in the back of my mind for a few years now, clustered redundant scalable storage. A bit of history: Here at Burnside High School where I am a member of the IT Dept we've accumulated over time a bunch of older-b...

Is the TCF mobile blacklist fuelling New Zealand’s latest crime fad?
Posted by sbiddle on 8-May-2018 12:26

Stolen or lost mobile phones are a global problem. With the introduction of GSM phones in the ‘90s, the ability to simply move a SIM card between phones started a crime wave because phones were such an easy target. Once somebody had a stolen phone they could simply use it themselves, or on sel...

Add-free alternative to iHeartradio
Posted by sdavisnz on 2-May-2018 20:26

I listen to quite a bit of radio. my biggest problem is my normal station of choice is broadcast on AM in my area. iHeartradio is the recommended way to listen but i have some serious beef with iheartradio. Lately they have been inserting 30 second audio adds when you start listening to a statio...

Yet another Mikrotik RouterOS exploit is in the wild
Posted by sbiddle on 24-Apr-2018 06:56

Users of hardware running Mikrotik RouterOS are urged to ensure their devices are secured after news of yet another security vulnerability affecting the platform. The vulnerability allows a hacker to access the device remotely using Winbox port 8291 and then download the user database file from the...

Cora VTOL: Autonomous Electric Sky Taxi from Zephyr Airworks/Kitty Hawk (Disruption Playbook)
Posted by paulspain on 5-Apr-2018 22:02

From my new series Disruption Playbook comes an interview with the CEO of Zephyr Airworks, Fred Reid. Zephyr Airworks (and parent company Kitty Hawk) are being funded by Google co-founder Larry Page and have been secretly hard at work on Cora – designed as an electric autonomous sky taxi. I ...

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