Connectivity stories - Page 23

Vodafone to establish $50m South Island HQ in Christchurch to bring together staff and support recovery and growth of the city.

Vodafone has today unveiled its new roaming service, focused around giving Kiwis access to cheaper roaming overseas.

Cloud services offer proven benefits to New Zealand businesses seeking greater economies of scale and agility.

Both the use of phone and internet are crucial tools for any business of any size, whether it be in New Zealand or across the world.

New Zealand-based mobile software and internet service provider offers Telecom customers another option after gateway closure.

Brad Findlay of Cisco asserts the urgency for resellers to evolve home networking solutions, as the connected home future beckons.

The modern data centre's evolution, driven by server virtualisation, has made fabric networking a critical focus for 2012, says Juniper Networks' Ian Quinn.

System based on open standards offers 30% lower bandwidth consumption than industry average, Australia boss says.

New Zealand telecom firms hesitate on VoIP, but global markets see major shifts. VoIP cuts costs, boosts flexibility, and taps mobile device potential.

There was a time when owning a laptop was uncommon and typically restricted to business people who travelled a lot for work.

Sony Ericsson's Xperia smartphones receive 2.1 Android upgrade, bringing enhanced home screens, improved auto-focus, better Bluetooth, and social integration.

Vector has completed a 150km fibre loop as part of Transpower’s national grid upgrade, enhancing electricity flow monitoring and control between substations.

Virgin America adopts Google Apps across its workforce, cutting email system costs by half and saving over 18 terabytes of storage as it moves to the cloud.

Pacnet partners with Pacific Fibre to fund a NZD $548 million trans-Pacific cable aimed at enhancing connectivity between Australia, New Zealand, and the US.

The growth of software as a service means companies have an increasing need to integrate data and business processes, says IBM.

Simon Molloy, Manager Market Development at HP, believes that mobility and connectivity are the two big trends that CIOs should sit up and take notice of.

Google aims to revolutionise internet speeds in the US with a trial offering up to 1Gbps broadband to 500,000 homes, vastly surpassing current averages.

Vodafone’s new portable wi-fi device allows up to five users to share a 3G broadband connection but won’t support speeds from its HSPA+ upgrade.

ASB Bank saves thousands monthly with Fluke Networks’ NetFlow Tracker, revealing granular traffic flows and optimising bandwidth for 140 branches.

Mainfreight CIO Kevin Drinkwater on the juggling act of a CIO: balancing swift solution delivery, keeping costs down, and navigating the cloud revolution.