Connectivity Stories - Page 35

Global Stories

Connectivity stories

VoIP-enable your customer's workforce

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

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2011

Apps

Android upgrade hits Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphones

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

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 24th Nov 2010

Migration

Virgin America goes Google - saves a fortune

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.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Oct 2010

Enterprise Resource Planning

NetSuite strikes IBM partnership

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

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 6th May 2010

EduTech

HP: Mobility and connectivity vital for CIOs

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.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Mar 2010

Unified Communications

Google's ultra-fast broadband experiment

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.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2010

Unified Communications

Vodafone's new wi-fi device stuck in slow lane

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.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Dec 2009

EduTech

A diverse role

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

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 1st Dec 2009

Government

TelstraClear's lucrative govt contract up for grabs

TelstraClear's multi-million dollar contract to manage the bulk of the government's advanced education network is being split into three and put up for tender.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 9th Nov 2009

Customer Relationship Management

Over-optimised?

Is society becoming too connected? IT optimisation and business tools that are helping streamline operations and productivity.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 1st Sep 2009

Software-as-a-Service

Embracing technology to overcome economic challenge

New Zealand businesses must embrace new technologies in order to thrive during the current economic downturn, according to Orcon's Head of Sales and Marketing.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Sun, 1st Mar 2009

Stories from Other Regions

Connectivity stories

Storage

Is the laptop dead?

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

By Staff Writer • 13 min read • Fri, 1st Jul 2011

Power / Energy

Vector completes 150km fibre loop

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

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 11th Nov 2010

Connectivity

Pacnet joins Pacific Fibre deal

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.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Jul 2010