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Covid contact tracing app urgently needed

Contact tracing apps vital for ending lockdown

April 9, 2020 | Heather Wright
NZ authorities under urgency to find right tech to fight Covid spread… read more...
Zoom_Eric Yuan

Zoom scrambles to recover security cred

April 8, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
Zoom adds security enhancements to cap off its no good, very bad month… read more...
Thermal imaging_covid19 airport screening

Can thermal imaging help stop the spread of Covid-19?

April 8, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
At the border and on the street, thermal detection offers a way to identify the sick – but it’s no magic wand… read more...
Google Coronavirus reports

Google taps location data for Covid lockdown maps

April 8, 2020 | Heather Wright
It’s got our data already, so why not use it for public good?… read more...
Digital world

The case for digital goes stratospheric

April 8, 2020 | Heather Wright
Don’t waste a ‘good’ crisis… read more...
Dr Watson_ IBM Covid assistant

IBM Watson serving up Covid info

April 6, 2020 | Heather Wright
Dr Watson on call to take strain off overloaded help lines… read more...
Businesses after Covid19

Preparing for business after Covid

April 2, 2020 | Heather Wright
The tech to experiment with now to hit the ground running, post-Covid… read more...
Telehealth for medical professionals

Telemedicine tech options and the challenges faced

April 2, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
We have the technology, but do we have the will – and funding – to bring telehealth into the mainstream?… read more...
Mobile contact tracing

Mobile contact tracing: Privacy vs the pandemic

April 2, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
As governments worldwide roll out location-based tracking of the sick, the pursuit of privacy is put on hold… read more...
Online retailers capitalise on Kiwi lockdown

Aussie online retailers capitalise on Kiwi lockdown

April 2, 2020 | Heather Wright
It’s not a level playing field – it’s El Capitan… read more...
WFH Call centres

Companies dial up virtual contact centres

April 1, 2020 | Heather Wright
But there are challenges to navigate first… read more...
Isolation_apps available

Equipping for isolation

March 31, 2020 | Newsdesk
Software, apps and equipment to get you through… read more...
Beans_essential but invisible hand

Canned beans show that every industry is an essential one

March 30, 2020 | Donovan Jackson
Here’s the thing. Every industry is essential, or it wouldn’t exist… read more...
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Contact tracing a key tool in CV19 war chest

March 27, 2020 | Heather Wright
Data privacy or the greater good?… read more...
Digitisation of healthcare

Covid-19 presents pivotal time for digitisation of healthcare

March 26, 2020 | Heather Wright
It doesn’t have to be ground breaking to be life-saving… read more...
GIS mapping the world_COVID19

Mapping the world one infection at a time

March 25, 2020 | Heather Wright
Geospatial data isn’t just showing us where infection is, it’s helping prevent the spread… read more...
Alibaba cloud services_covid-19

Alibaba brings cloud services/AI to Covid-19 fight

March 25, 2020 | Jonathan Cotton
As the world hunkers down, Alibaba opens its tech to medical professionals around the globe… read more...
Tech attitude_Productivity Commission

1,001 tech attitudes contrast with companies’ DX beliefs

March 24, 2020 | Heather Wright
As Covid forces digital to the fore, new reports reveal our beliefs about our tech skills – and our DX… read more...
Retail supply chain management

Retail supply chains under pressure

March 20, 2020 | Heather Wright
Resilience being tested and forcing change on sector… read more...

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