Auckland stories - Page 6

Telecom's troubled XT Network appears<br />to be experiencing its fifth outage since December - this time in the Auckland<br />area.

Michael Meredith to headline Zeacommunity in Auckland, shedding light on unified comms trends and practices in ANZ.

Microsoft Partner Awards 2010 are open for entries, aiming to honour the best of Microsoft's New Zealand Partners who delivered exemplary solutions.

The Auckland-based computing infrastructure and platform services company has named two new client services managers.

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

IBM slashes over 1,500 jobs, representing a minor fraction of its 400,000-strong global workforce, as reported by the Associated Press.

The government has launched an investigation in the failure of some emergency 111 calls in Auckland this morning.

Contact centre managers in New Zealand are focusing on staff wellness programmes as a way to combat absenteeism in the workplace.

The Commerce Commission warns online sellers to comply with the law after a TradeMe seller was caught attempting to fix prices for LED bicycle lights.

War driving reveals Auckland's exposed wi-fi spots. Though encryption rates have improved since our last test, security complacency remains a key issue.

State-owned valuation and property information company Quotable Value (QV) has signed a seven-figure contract with Revera.

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

Mainfreight has overhauled its entire IT environment in China and Hong Kong and deployed a virtualisation solution from Citrix which supports 160 users.

Telecom has admitted to yet another breach of the Fair Trading Act after it misled more than 130,000 broadband customers and was forced to pay back $9.

IBM to invest USD $80 million in a state-of-the-art data centre in Auckland, a pivotal step towards enhancing New Zealand's digital infrastructure.

Auckland-based Maxnet is launching a consultancy arm led by CTO Derek Gaeth, aiming to meet rising demand for virtualisation and cloud expertise.

Outsourcer base2 is helping customers with their ICT struggles through its managed service offerings. How did it all begin?.

The fire that destroyed Corporate Consumables' Mt Wellington premises on Tuesday afternoon claimed more than $2 million worth of stock.

Telecom is trialling new technology to turbo-charge broadband speeds, but it could be a while before users can take advantage of it.

The recession might make it a gloomy time for most businesses, but the sun is shining in the contact centre industry.