by DavidSpratt | May 12, 2014 | ICT
When over 2000 people attended the Amazon Summit in Auckland recently, it was a clear sign that cloud-based services are now mature and garnering ever-increasing acceptance. Thousands more are attending Amazon’s partner roadshow around the country this month. As if to...
by DavidSpratt | Mar 31, 2014 | ICT
Owning and operating computer equipment is becoming as redundant a concept as using generators to access electricity. While there are cases where generators are essential these are niche applications. The rest of us just plug into the grid with a three pin plug!...
by DavidSpratt | Mar 17, 2014 | ICT
Once again a major cloud provider – on this occasion Google – has slashed the price of storage – this time for ordinary consumers. Note that these changes apply to all customers not just those signing new subscriptions. Users considering cloud...
by DavidSpratt | Jan 16, 2014 | ICT
Looking back over 2013 with the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that the New Zealand mobile phone market was defined by four key things last year: The smart phone’s complete dominance of the mobile device market. Yes I know some of you still love your Nokia flip...
by DavidSpratt | Jan 16, 2014 | ICT
Last year the mobile phone market was shaped by four key factors: the dominance of the smart phone; heavy price discounting; a shift from text-based communication to Instant Messaging; and the rapid expansion of mobile data services usage. Smart budgeting for 2014...
by DavidSpratt | Dec 5, 2013 | ICT
At the beginning of this week John Key appeared to rule out any delay in the Chorus roll out of 69% of the country’s Ultra-Fast Broadband network by 2020. To date, the telecoms industry has not seen the expected level of uptake for the ultra-fast data networking...
