https://itbrief.co.nz/story/the-ai-honeymoon-is-over-now-businesses-must-make-it-work IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-10T08:00:00+12:00 The AI honeymoon is over. Now businesses must make it work New Zealand (NZ), Excel, Shadow IT, Digital Transformation, Opinion, PowerPoint, Microsoft 365, Risk & Compliance, OpenAI, Data Security, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), ChatGPT, Generative AI (GenAI), Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, Microsoft Copilot, AI Ethics & Governance, Anthropic, Claude, Business Process Optimisation, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Prompt Engineering, AI Strategy, Change Management, Glen Maguire 2026-09-10T08:00:07+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/labour-promises-to-set-up-ai-regulator-copyright-rules-if-elected IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-09T17:29:00+12:00 Labour promises to set up AI regulator, copyright rules if elected New Zealand (NZ), Social Media, Wellington, Data Protection, New Zealand Labour Party, Netsafe, Small Business (SMB), Copyright, Digital Literacy, Online Safety, TechEd, National Party, Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Climate change, Job Market, ACT Party, Renewable energy, Intellectual property, Content Creation, New Zealand Government, Data infrastructure, Digital Economy, Data centers (DC), Unions, Data sovereignty, Risk & Compliance, Deepfakes, Data Privacy, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, AI Safety 2026-09-09T17:30:30+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/rockwell-hosts-ot-cybersecurity-roundtable-in-hamilton IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-08T13:00:17+12:00 Rockwell hosts OT cybersecurity roundtable in Hamilton New Zealand (NZ), Fortinet, Business Continuity, Manufacturing, Renewable energy, Rockwell Automation, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Critical Infrastructure, Cyber resilience, OT security, Risk & Compliance, Incident Response, C-Suite, Operational Technologies (OT), Food and Beverage, Industrial Automation, Industrial cybersecurity, Energy sector, Life sciences, Cybersecurity 2026-09-08T13:15:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/reannz-names-chief-technology-officer-partnerships-lead IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-07T14:10:00+12:00 REANNZ names Chief Technology Officer & partnerships lead Cloud Services, New Zealand (NZ), IT services, Information Communication & Technology (ICT), REANNZ, Higher education, Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Tertiary education, TechEd, Public Sector, Jade Software, Digital Transformation, IT Department, EdTech, Data transfer, Customer engagement, High Performance Computing (HPC), Commercial Strategy, IT Governance, User experience (UX), Cloud, Digital Infrastructure, Business Transformation, Telcos 2026-09-07T14:15:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/equinox-it-appoints-victoria-maclennan-as-director IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-07T14:04:00+12:00 Equinox IT appoints Victoria MacLennan as director Cloud Services, New Zealand (NZ), Wellington, OptimalBI, Equinox IT, Public Sector, Leadership, Data Analytics, IT professionals, Digital Transformation, ICT sector, Digital Strategy, Digital Inclusion, Cyber Risk, Board of Directors, Ackama, Risk & Compliance, Responsible Technology, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Skills, Job moves, AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, AI Safety, Women in Technology, Digital services 2026-09-07T14:15:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/mayor-says-large-chunks-of-wellington-council-deloitte-report-written-by-ai IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-07T12:51:00+12:00 Mayor says 'large chunks' of Wellington council Deloitte report written by AI Deloitte, New Zealand (NZ), Wellington, Public Sector, Wellington City Council, Local Government, Taxpayers Union, Data Quality, Contract management, Audit, Generative AI (GenAI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Financial Management, AI Ethics & Governance 2026-09-07T13:00:07+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/openai-says-kiwis-use-chatgpt-to-save-hours-weekly IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-03T12:48:00+12:00 OpenAI says Kiwis use ChatGPT to save hours weekly New Zealand (NZ), Fitness, Education, Learning & Training, Sports, Productivity, Small Business (SMB), Telehealth, San Francisco, Digital divide, Ethics, Data Analytics, Digital Transformation, eLearning (e-Learning), Mental Health, Budgeting, Food technology, Tourism, Do it yourself (DIY), Market research, Professional Development (PD), OpenAI, Data Security, ChatGPT, Generative AI (GenAI), Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, Statistics, Health Technologies (HealthTech), Software Development, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Healthcare, Online learning, Health 2026-09-03T13:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/heb-construction-automates-tender-cvs-with-boomi-ai-1c1c9c97-08e0-47ca-8604-742fcfa3c382 IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-02T16:10:00+12:00 HEB Construction automates tender CVs with Boomi AI New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Public Sector, Curriculum vitae (CV), Digital Transformation, Data management, Asia Pacific, Machine learning (ML), Boomi, Integration, Data governance, Knowledge Management, Information Management, iPaaS, Data Quality, Asia Pacific Japan (APJ), Workflow Automation, Unstructured data, Process automation, Generative AI (GenAI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Agents (Agentic AI), Information Governance, Data extraction, Change Management, Civil Engineering 2026-09-02T16:15:07+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/heb-construction-automates-tender-cvs-with-boomi-ai IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-02T11:43:00+12:00 HEB Construction automates tender CVs with Boomi AI Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Document Management, Public Sector, Digital Transformation, Data management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Systems integration, Mobile Device Management (MDM), IT Strategy, Boomi, Integration, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Data Quality, Workflow Automation, Unstructured data, Process automation, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), IT Infrastructure, Generative AI (GenAI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Transformation, AI Ethics & Governance, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Data extraction, Change Management, Infrastructure, Civil Engineering 2026-09-02T11:45:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/microsoft-expands-ai-oversight-in-2026-transparency-report IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-02T09:49:00+12:00 Microsoft expands AI oversight in 2026 transparency report Microsoft, Software engineering, OECD, Product Management, Data governance, Microsoft 365, Universities, AI Security, Risk & Compliance, Conversational AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Red Teaming, AI Adoption, Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI Ethics & Governance, AI Monitoring (AIM), Cybersecurity, Threat modelling, OpenTelemetry, AI observability, AI Safety, AI Agents (Agentic AI), AI Models 2026-09-02T10:00:05+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/thread-launches-ai-marketing-record-for-enterprises IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-02T09:30:00+12:00 Thread launches AI marketing record for enterprises Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), New Zealand (NZ), Business Intelligence (BI), London, DB Breweries, Metlifecare, Digital Transformation, Marketing Technologies (MarTech), Data governance, Knowledge Management, Venture Capital, Data Quality, Unstructured data, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Generative AI (GenAI), Australian, AI Adoption 2026-09-02T09:30:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/new-zealand-firms-struggle-to-scale-ai-across-business IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-02T08:45:00+12:00 New Zealand firms struggle to scale AI across business Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Datacom, Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Leadership, Digital Transformation, Digital Strategy, Skills shortage, Business strategy, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Workflow Automation, IT Governance, Risk & Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, Business Transformation, Digital Skills, AI Ethics & Governance, Claude, Google Gemini, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Chief Information Officer (CIO), AI Strategy, Change Management, AI skills 2026-09-02T08:45:05+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/paddock-to-pantry-sales-surge-as-online-model-grows IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-09-02T08:15:00+12:00 Paddock to Pantry sales surge as online model grows New Zealand (NZ), Small Business (SMB), Online shopping, Digital Transformation, Digital disruption, Auckland, Market competition, Supply Chain, Direct to consumer (D2C), Customer Loyalty, Logistics, eCommerce 2026-09-02T08:15:05+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/nz-cio-of-the-year-2026-tighe-wall-on-trust-culture-and-the-cost-of-holding-to-strategy IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-27T14:35:00+12:00 NZ CIO of the Year 2026 - Tighe Wall on trust, culture and the cost of holding to strategy New Zealand (NZ), Information Communication & Technology (ICT), Productivity, Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Contact Energy, Digital Transformation, Machine learning (ML), Customer Experience (CX), IT Strategy, Auckland, Self-service, Data governance, Organisational culture, Data Security, Data Strategy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, Energy sector, Business Transformation, Cybersecurity, Chief Information Officer (CIO), AI Strategy, Change Management 2026-08-27T14:45:05+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/undetected-ai-hallucinations-pose-the-bigger-business-risk IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-27T13:20:00+12:00 Undetected AI hallucinations pose the bigger business risk Software engineering, Opinion, Knowledge Management, Risk & Compliance, Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), CAD, AI Ethics & Governance, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Safety, Prompt Engineering, Nikita Gurov 2026-08-27T13:30:07+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/inde-appoints-nish-sudhakaran-as-ai-data-director IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-27T10:31:00+12:00 Inde appoints Nish Sudhakaran as AI & data director Cloud Services, New Zealand (NZ), IT services, Business Intelligence (BI), IT Industry, New Zealand Post, Digital Transformation, IT Department, Ernst & Young (EY), ICT sector, Machine learning (ML), Auckland, Data governance, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Data Platform, Risk & Compliance, Process automation, Inde, Data Security, Generative AI (GenAI), Cloud, Data Strategy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, Job moves, Cybersecurity, Management Consulting, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Digital services, AI Strategy 2026-08-27T10:45:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/architecture-doesn-t-need-ai-to-transform-it-it-needs-ai-to-make-it-calmer IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-26T15:35:00+12:00 Architecture doesn't need AI to transform it; it needs AI to make it calmer New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Digital Transformation, Data management, Machine learning (ML), Opinion, Project Management, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Professional services, Work-life balance, Workplace automation, Risk & Compliance, Quality assurance, Burnout, BIM, Generative AI (GenAI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Urban Planning, Housing Crisis, AI Ethics & Governance, AI Strategy, Change Management, Architecture, Brad Sara 2026-08-26T15:45:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/nzaero-eyes-ai-pilot-training-as-ct-4-production-restarts IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-25T08:54:00+12:00 NZAero eyes AI pilot training as CT-4 production restarts New Zealand (NZ), Waikato, Data Analytics, Machine learning (ML), New Zealand Government, Memorandum Of Understanding, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Southeast Asia, Aviation safety 2026-08-25T09:00:05+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/cloudera-adds-gpu-acceleration-to-apache-spark-4-1-pipelines IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-20T22:05:00+12:00 Cloudera adds GPU acceleration to Apache Spark 4.1 pipelines Big Data, Private Cloud, NVIDIA, Hybrid Cloud, Data Analytics, Cloudera, Public Cloud, Machine learning (ML), Opinion, Data governance, Data cleaning, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Multi-cloud, Application infrastructure, Data sovereignty, Data residency, Data Security, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, Data Transformation, AI Infrastructure 2026-08-20T22:15:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/cloudera-launches-hybrid-ai-platform-at-singapore-event IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-20T14:53:00+12:00 Cloudera launches hybrid AI platform at Singapore event Stock Exchange, AMD, Hybrid Cloud, Digital Transformation, Accenture, Asia Pacific, Cloudera, Cloud Security, Amazon Web Services (AWS), APAC, Edge Computing, Singapore, Data governance, Open Data, Data centers (DC), Multi-cloud, Data Platform, Regulatory technology, Protegrity, Data sovereignty, Bank Central Asia, VAST Data, Bank Mandiri, Kyndryl, Data Security, Banking, Hexaware, Financial Services, Cloud, Data Strategy, AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Quantexa, Telcos, Hybrid AI 2026-08-20T15:00:07+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/cloudera-survey-finds-ai-projects-stalled-by-governance IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-20T14:52:00+12:00 Cloudera survey finds AI projects stalled by governance Big Data, Data Protection, Productivity, Private Cloud, Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Japan, Canada, Hybrid Cloud, Data Analytics, Digital Transformation, Data management, IT Department, Hybrid IT, Cloudera, Public Cloud, Machine learning (ML), IT Strategy, Edge Computing, Singapore, Data governance, Multi-cloud, Data Quality, United States (US), Application infrastructure, IT Governance, Data sovereignty, Risk & Compliance, Data residency, Data Security, IT Infrastructure, Data Privacy, Data Storage, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Adoption, United Kingdom (UK), India, AI Ethics & Governance, South Africa, Spain, Chief Information Officer (CIO), AI Strategy, Infrastructure 2026-08-20T15:00:08+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/new-zealand-data-centre-strategy-backs-ai-expansion IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-13T11:30:00+12:00 New Zealand data centre strategy backs AI expansion New Zealand (NZ), Energy efficient, Digital Transformation, ICT sector, Renewable energy, Digital Economy, Data centers (DC), Critical Infrastructure, Data sovereignty, Cloud data, Cloud, Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Sovereignty, AI Data, AI Infrastructure, Workforce development, Climate resilience, Infrastructure Investment 2026-08-13T11:30:05+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/when-ai-memory-simulation-and-provenance-collide IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-12T09:20:00+12:00 When AI memory, simulation and provenance collide Case Study, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Zscaler, Cloud Security, Opinion, Application Security, Penetration testing, Misinformation, Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Forensics, Observability, Access Control, Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), AI Security, Risk & Compliance, System on a chip (SOC), Security testing, Software testing, Incident Response, Generative AI (GenAI), Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Red Teaming, Authorisation, Vector Database, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, Google Gemini, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Safety, AI Agents (Agentic AI), AI platform, Arjun 2026-08-26T15:45:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/boardpro-launches-ai-minutes-for-board-meeting-drafts IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-12T08:30:00+12:00 BoardPro launches AI Minutes for board meeting drafts Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Video conferencing, New Zealand (NZ), Data Protection, Digital Transformation, Machine learning (ML), Auckland, Microsoft Teams, Knowledge Management, Professional services, Zoom, Workplace automation, Workflow Automation, Risk & Compliance, Transcription, Data Security, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Generative AI (GenAI), Data Privacy, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance 2026-08-12T08:30:06+12:00 https://itbrief.co.nz/story/new-zealand-adds-applied-intelligent-systems-subject IT Brief New Zealand en 2026-08-11T15:07:00+12:00 New Zealand adds Applied Intelligent Systems subject New Zealand (NZ), Agricultural Technology, Digital Literacy, Public Sector, Manufacturing, Digital Transformation, Engineering, IT Department, ICT sector, Machine learning (ML), Career Pathways, Secondary School, Kura, Digital Economy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Creativity, Logistics, Digital Skills, Healthcare 2026-08-11T15:15:06+12:00