Wellington stories - Page 16

Chris Fairfield joins Revera as CFO, bringing extensive experience from senior financial roles at BASF, Roche Diagnostics, and British Petroleum.

Oracle seeks to bolster its Wellington sales team with a new role aimed at driving revenue and securing a stable customer base for its open storage products.

Hudson bolsters its Auckland and Wellington teams with new ICT recruits, anticipating a surge in demand as NZ businesses up IT investment post-recession.

Dynaflow (www.dynaflow.co.nz) designs and builds hydraulic equipment and its business includes the Hose Doctor mobile service franchises.

Internet New Zealand will host two seminars on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing Amendment) Bill, to assist with submissions to the Select Committee.

Following the recent departure of Mark Dasent, three more Renaissance staff will join the value added distributor.

Richard Hooper, former Ofcom deputy chair, challenges NZ's telco regulation approach; advises harmony among agencies and advocates for dark fibre access.

The finalists for the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) Gen-i Public Sector Excellence Awards have been revealed.

A Wellington man, Daniel Jess Moore, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his role in an international child sex abuse network.

Former Renaissance leader Dasent joins Connector Systems, aiming to spearhead the company's expansion efforts across New Zealand.

SAP New Zealand appoints Phillippa Tait, John Skelton, and Michael Wray to key roles, promising enhanced support and benefits for local partners.

New Zealand-owned IT company CodeBlue expands to Wellington as it anticipates strong demand in the sub-500 seat business market.

Wellington will host PublicACTA, a forum critical of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, to allow public discourse two days before official negotiations.

In what the company calls a senior New Zealand appointment, Dominic Stevens has been appointed Product and Sales Engineer.

Telarus targets Kiwi SMEs, inking deals with Vector and CityLink, as CEO Jules Rumsey predicts deregulation will drive demand for managed services.

The contactless ticketing and payments system company announced that it has issued its 100,000th smartcard device in New Zealand.

The new ICT Research Forum will focus on making recommendations on the development and growth of the local software economy.

Wellington boasts the fastest internet speeds in Oceania, topping Akamai's Q3 2009 report with 3488 Kbps, outpacing major cities like Sydney and Canberra.

A new UMR survey reveals 41% of Kiwis deem pornography viewing morally acceptable for singles, but only 13% find downloading copyrighted videos acceptable.

WorldxChange slams the govt's Ultra Fast Broadband plan, calling the GBP £1.5 billion investment a flawed failure that won't achieve intended outcomes.