NZICT welcomes two new Board members
Posted on 4-Feb-2010 14:45 News, Computing
NZICT has announced the appointment of two new Board members - CEO of Gen-i Australasia Chris Quin and Country Manager of Dell NZ Mike Hill.
Xero extends small business accounting solution, powered by Yodlee
Posted on 28-Jan-2010 08:00 News, Computing
Using Yodlee's SDK to extend its growing number of bank accounts available to small businesses, Xero will increase customer account access to more than 11,000 financial institutions and account sources, including 100 throughout Australia.
Acronis plans to deliver total information protection in 2010
Posted on 15-Jan-2010 09:42 News, Computing
Acronis, Inc. is broadening its strategy to protect customers with one of the most comprehensive information protection and security packages available, including security, online services, backup and DR.
Iomega v.Clone lets you take your PC anywhere
Posted on 5-Jan-2010 23:30 News, Computing
Virtualization allows users to take their entire PC - programs, settings, data - and run it on another hardware, synchronizing changes back to the desktop when returning to primary computer.
Microsoft announces availability of Office 2010 beta
Posted on 14-Dec-2009 15:49 News, Computing
The latest social media feature to be added to the Office suite is the Outlook Social Connector, which gives users the ability to expand their reach and connect with people more quickly without having to switch programmes and changing routines.
IBM to invest $80 million on new data centre in Auckland
Posted on 10-Dec-2009 09:05 News, Computing
IBM is announcing today that a long term leasing deal has been signed with developer Highbrook Development Ltd to build a world class IBM Reliability Level 3+ Data Centre in Highbrook Business Park in East Tamaki, Auckland.
Seagate introduces its first Solid State Drive: Pulsar
Posted on 9-Dec-2009 14:29 News, Computing
Designed for enterprise blade and general server applications, the Pulsar drive uses single-level cell (SLC) technology, delivers up to 200GB capacity, and is built in a 2.5-inch small form factor with a SATA interface.
Microsoft announces New Zealand finalists for 2010 Imagine Cup competition
Posted on 9-Dec-2009 10:44 News, Computing
Winning ideas included a method for delivering data via FM radio to support the One Laptop Per Child initiative, a portable, solar-powered desalination plant, and a weather index reporting and insurance scheme for farmers in impoverished countries.
Futuristic Intel chip could reshape how computers are built
Posted on 3-Dec-2009 07:00 News, Computing
Concept chip from Intel Labs is aimed at scaling on-chip performance, communication and power consumption for decades to come. Contains the most Intel Architecture (IA) computing engines integrated on a silicon CPU chip – 48 cores – while consuming only as much electricity as two standard household light bulbs.
NZCS releases IT Code of Practice for New Zealand
Posted on 1-Dec-2009 13:34 News, Computing
The New Zealand Computer Society Inc (NZCS) today announced the release of a new IT Code of Practice for those working in IT in New Zealand, an educational tool outlining acceptable and good practice for IT professionals and organisations.
Microsoft announces Chief Financial Officer transition
Posted on 25-Nov-2009 12:19 News, Computing
Microsoft Corp. today announced that kiwi Chris Liddell will be leaving the company at the end of 2009, and named Peter Klein as the company’s new chief financial officer.
Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Team has set off for the South Pole
Posted on 19-Nov-2009 12:45 News, Computing
For the next 40 days, the team will ski six to 10 hours a day unguided and unsupported pulling 80kg sledges loaded with food, fuel and equipment. The team will face blinding blizzards, winds reaching speeds in excess of 80mph, hidden crevasses and temperatures that plummet to -40C.
Most powerful supercomputer in the world powered by six-core AMD Opteron processor
Posted on 17-Nov-2009 19:15 News, Computing
This mission-critical Cray XT5 system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was recently upgraded from quad- to six-Core AMD Opteron processors and delivers 2.3 petaflop/s theoretical peak performance and 1.75 petaflop/s performance on the Linpack benchmark.
