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Techweek'17 in review with NZTech Chair Mitchell Pham

Techweek ’17 has wrapped up after nine days and nearly 300 individual events around the country, and our sights are already set on Techweek’18! With such a wide variety of events there was something engaging for everyone, from Blockchain and cryptocurrencies, to augmented and virtual reality,

May 21, 2017

Industry News

Celebrating FinTech success

Congratulations to Pushpay who won both the Innovative Company and Company of the Year titles and FinTechNZ member LatiPay who won the Best Hi-Tech Start Up Company of the Year title at the recent NZ Hi-Tech Awards at the conclusion of Techweek'17. "LatiPay's incredible win clearly illustrates ho

May 18, 2017

#Fintech

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Celebration of our tech future

After 287 events in 24 centres around the country, Techweek ’17 has delivered its promised “festival of technology” to New Zealand. Techweek ’17 has wrapped up after nine days and more than 250 individual events, and now sights are set on the Techweek ’18, although the team at NZTech migh

May 16, 2017

Industry News

Launch pad for next generation of female tech leaders

‘Women in tech’ is unfortunately not a phrase heard often enough. We are all aware of the gender divide between men and women in IT, but instead of asking ‘how can we fix it?’ we tend to get stuck in the negative mindset of the ‘that’s just the way it is’. If you are working in the New

May 14, 2017

#ShadowTech

NZTech News

Trade trip to Japan great for NZ tech exporters

New Zealand tech exporters are likely to benefit from an accelerating market in Japan following this coming week’s economic and trade trip lead by Prime Minister Bill English, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Japan is a major trading partner with New Zealand with $6.4 billion traded b

May 14, 2017

#Government

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Don’t click strange links to avoid cyber-attack, NZTech says

This weekend the largest ever ransomware attack in the world has been hitting computer systems of private and public organisations in hundreds of countries, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Spread via phishing emails where an email that appears to come from someone people know encourage

May 14, 2017

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NZTech Update - EdTech, ShadowTech and Hi-Tech winners

Hi Readers Taken at face value, language can sometimes be misleading. When my eldest child came home from his first days at intermediate school to announce he was going to study 'technology', I admit I was pretty excited. Tell me more, I asked. I was informed technology has two options – soft and

May 14, 2017

NZTech News

Bright future for NZ businesses embracing AI

The future is looking bright for New Zealand businesses when they begin integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and new technologies into products, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. A recent United States survey found 80 percent of consumers are excited about the way AI and machine lear

May 10, 2017

#Artificial Intelligence

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IoT changing the face of the nation

Future tech realities are beginning to change the face of how New Zealanders operate in their daily lives – at home and work, and coming research results will help shape the nation’s future, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The Internet of Things (IoT) will soon become critical to h

May 9, 2017

#Internet of Things