AI news for New Zealand businesses

Datacom has revealed it has close to a thousand people coding with a variety of AI tools every day – and is already spending about half a million dollars a month on tokens. However, the company is looking to count the outcomes from its AI use rather than the number of tokens used, Datacom CEO Greg Davidson said at the recent AWS Cloud and AI Day in Auckland . “Inside our organisation, we’ve got around 500 core developers and close to 1000 people who code in their roles. Adoption across that group’s at about 50 per cent today,” he said, “But with that comes a rising tide of spend. It’s now abou

Rana Stephan has joined Ingram Micro in the newly created role as AWS senior business development manager. According to the distributor, Stephan’s new role is focused on supporting Ingram Micro’s AWS business and partner engagement activities. Stephan brings deep AWS expertise, strong industry relationships and a genuine passion for helping partners succeed to the position, said Ingram Micro advanced solutions and cloud general manager for New Zealand Brook Gyde. “We’re pleased to welcome Rana to Ingram Micro. She will play an important role in supporting partners to build capabilities, deploy

The creation of the first Auckland chapter of the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) comes at an opportune time for the local channel as AI is set to change the sector and the wider economy. This was the message delivered to an audience of around 30 representatives from local channel organisations, including distributors, IT service providers (ITSPs) and managed service providers (MSPs), at the inaugural meeting of Auckland chapter recently. In attendance to officially launch the chapter was GTIA CEO Dan Wensley and other global and regional representatives of the association. In hi

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Apple stock rises as smart home push and AI strategy draw investor focus Invezz

Breakfast briefing: Investors reassess AI prospects Interest.co.nz

Tertiary Education Commission seeks AI deal for up to 420,000 staff and students BusinessDesk | NZ

Modernising networks early better position businesses to support AI agents, real-time applications and future innovations at scale. Those that fail to upgrade their networks could risk performance bottlenecks, security exposure, higher costs and slower AI adoption. Despite that urgency there is a widening gap between AI ambition and network readiness, according to Cisco’s No time to wait: The accelerating impact of AI on campus and branch networks research. The research of 3,472 IT and networking decision-makers across 15 countries found only 15 per cent of organisations have networks flexible

Revolut to open new Singapore office, will invest $350m and grow headcount here to 300 The Straits Times

A six-point action plan for sustainable, scalable healthcare businesses BNZ

Only 5.2% of organisations in Australia and New Zealand have scaled AI beyond pilots, with structure and workflows proving the biggest barriers.

80% of ANZ firms hit by cyberattacks, Claroty says channellife.co.nz

Lanas to invest NZ$150 million & buy indici in New Zealand IT Brief New Zealand

Agriculture industry slow to take up new AI tech RNZ

Finance ministers and central bank governors of 191 IMF-World Bank member countries will assess the state of the world economy and discuss strategies to support financial stability and sustained growth.

The Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association has entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding with New Zealand Robotics, Automation and Sensing (NZRAS), creating a framework for greater collaboration between New Zealand’s AI and robotics research communities.The partnership reflects the increasingly interconnected nature of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation and sensing, and a shared interest in strengthening the pathways between research, industry, students and real-world ...

Orange Business & Aviatrix expand Asia-Pacific tie-up IT Brief Asia

Genuinely curious, I mean we have bigger issues around essential foods and profitable businesses which is a whole different weird beast. But you can't tell me its not a requirement to be able to exist in this day and age, good luck applying for a job without one for starters- even (using a govt system as an example) Winz to get a benefit requires you to have internet access, depending on location you CAN go and request paper forms, but many don't allow you to walk in without an appointment and to make an appointment that paperwork has to be done already... Another example is the new systems fo

AI boom lifts Wall St stocks while NZX flat BusinessDesk | NZ

CFC adds executive protection, AI cover to cyber policy Insurance Business