Martin Aircraft Company reveals latest jetpack
Posted on 12-Aug-2013 12:37 News, Consumer Electronics
The Martin Aircraft Company’s present focus is on further improving the performance of the jetpack through some engine refinements in order to ready the jetpack for commercial sale.
Unisys and Intel join forces on secure computing platform
Posted on 9-Aug-2013 15:16 News, Computing
Aiming at multi-billion-dollar market, Unisys and Intel are combining secure partitioning and processor technologies in an innovative mission-critical platform designed to reduce server sprawl and power the data centre of tomorrow.
Geeksphere TV: Episode 28.1
Posted on 9-Aug-2013 15:04 Videos, Geeksphere, by Geeksphere
In this episode Brad Borrows and Skip Parker check out the new Nokia Lumia 1020, the new Wolverine movie and Xmen promo as well as Google’s ChromeCast.
PriceMe launches updated iPhone App
Posted on 8-Aug-2013 18:02 News, Mobile
New Zealand-based comparison website PriceMe have just announced the launch of the latest version of their shopping app for iPhone users. With a smarter-looking UI and some nifty features, this latest version should make comparison shopping on-the-fly a real breeze !
Ministry of Education renews Microsoft Schools Agreement
Posted on 7-Aug-2013 22:42 News, Computing
Teachers and students across the country have greater access to modern e-learning tools through the renewed Microsoft Schools Agreement and the know-how to use these tools, thanks to Microsoft’s significant commitment to the education sector.
MetService acquires shares in MetOcean
Posted on 6-Aug-2013 09:03 News, Computing
The similarities between the two companies will allow MetService to expand its research capability for product development, and enable MetOcean to grow international revenues while keeping its IP in New Zealand.
University of Auckland adopts Adobe solutions
Posted on 5-Aug-2013 09:03 News, Education
The University of Auckland has selected Adobe to re-platform and manage its web content and digital assets to create an engaging experience for students, staff and alumni.
Banking sector leads the way with RealMe
Posted on 31-Jul-2013 18:34 News, Security
Minister of Internal Affairs Chris Tremain has announced that a number of banks will soon be using the RealMe service to enable online banking customers to prove their identity.
Lincoln University opens up access to research outputs
Posted on 31-Jul-2013 18:32 News, Education
The decision by Lincoln University to make content openly and freely available stems from the mindset that if public funding has supported the creation of an idea, research or other content, then it is reasonable and fair that it be made accessible to the public.
IBM unveils new PowerLinux System for analytics and cloud computing
Posted on 30-Jul-2013 17:36 News, Computing
IBM is accelerating its Linux on Power initiative with a new high-performance PowerLinux server as well as new software and middleware applications geared for the growing number of clients embracing big data, analytics and next generation Java applications in an open cloud environment.
Orion Health chooses HP to support managed health services
Posted on 30-Jul-2013 10:19 News, SaaS
Orion Health, a New Zealand–based provider of health information exchange (HIE), electronic health records (EHR) and healthcare integration solutions, has selected HP Converged Cloud to support its global managed health services.
Westpac New Zealand launches challenge for mobile app developers
Posted on 24-Jul-2013 13:48 News, FinTech
Westpac is launching an initiative to crowdsource ideas for mobile banking apps from New Zealand developers and designers with up to $70,000 of incentives and the opportunity for those chosen to take their app to the world.
Cisco to acquire Sourcefire
Posted on 24-Jul-2013 13:24 News, Security
Cisco and Sourcefire will combine their products, technologies and research teams to provide continuous and pervasive advanced threat protection across the entire attack continuum and from any device to any cloud.
IT professionals group releases updated CloudCode
Posted on 24-Jul-2013 10:17 News, SaaS
Cloud computing industry leaders and stakeholders have welcomed the next major version of the New Zealand Cloud Computing Code of Practice, released today by the Institute of IT Professionals NZ (IITP).
Dell expands support for OpenStack and Hadoop projects
Posted on 24-Jul-2013 09:51 News, SaaS
Building on its portfolio of open, flexible solutions, Dell today announced the expansion of key open source software and cloud initiatives including packaged commercial offerings around the OpenStack open source cloud project, the Hadoop open source big data project, the Dell-led Crowbar and Dasein open source projects and communities, and new Cloud Transformation Services.
