Stephen Bell

An IT exec at a fuel distribution company in New Zealand says operational excellence is part of the recipe, but it's no longer sufficient if you aim for a properly technology-enhanced business -- and for a seat at the executive table

As Microsoft pushes SharePoint to the cloud, those using it as an app will have an easier time. But those using it as a development platform, won't find it addresses all their needs, warns a former SharePoint developer

Technological advances could help the country tackle its pressing productivity problem, according to a labour department study, by creating demand for people with more skills

Services commission tries to respect the fact that government agencies make their own IT decisions. But it warns departments to "take a risk management approach" they are supposed to be doing already

A leaked draft of an anti-counterfeiting agreement has alarmed some New Zealanders. But a government official says the public will be consulted. However, he couldn't say when a final version of the agreement will be ready

The New Zealand government could be involved in some difficult policy decisions if the igovt identity information management system is too appealing to private industry, says Internal Affairs chief executive Brendan Boyle.

At a conference on identity, experts had good words for New Zealand's identity information management scheme. The country is allowing citizens to have mulitple "identities" instead of one ID card for dealing with government

Collaboration has been added as the fourth objective to the New Zealand government's draft Digital Strategy 2.0, an issue that was highlighted in several submissions to the original 2005 Strategy.