Infrastructure stories
New procurement rules could ease contract risk and cut legal costs, if agencies shift from lowest price to outcome-led construction deals.
Better procurement could unlock billions of dollars in value from New Zealand’s $129 billion infrastructure pipeline, industry groups say.
Researchers are improving concrete anchor safety by comparing pull-out tests with design predictions, helping contractors avoid unexpected failures.
After earthquakes, managers could know within minutes whether buildings are safe, cutting weeks of waiting for engineering reports.
Spark, Vodafone, and 2degrees launch broadband and mobile services across 20 rural NZ locations, bridging the digital divide and enhancing connectivity.
Jobseekers could cut training time from days to minutes as a new virtual reality tool is piloted to fill construction skills gaps in New Zealand.
Apstra's AOS 3.1 now supports VMware's NSX-T, enhancing network virtualisation capabilities and offering seamless management across diverse infrastructures.
IDC has lowered its forecast for total cloud infrastructure spending for 2019 as the market enters a slowdown period.
Internet connectivity network Telia Carrier has rolled out technology that secures critical route updates and BGP announcements across its internet backbone.
It was positioned as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Centre Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, Asia/Pacific.
E-air taxis are not expected to be widely adopted for another decade due to technological challenges, according to a report by L.E.K.
Infrastructure vendors are promoting flexible consumption options for on-premises IT to attract new customers, says GlobalData.
Oracle has bold plans to launch 20 new cloud regions by 2020, equating to one region every 33 days for the next 15 months.
Trustwave unveils the Fusion platform, revolutionising cloud security with enhanced visibility and control for corporate and government environments.
The European Patent Office praises Singapore and Southeast Asia for a significant rise in patent applications, marking Asia as a major innovation hub.
VMware and NVIDIA partner to enhance GPU services for high-performance computing on VMware Cloud, aiming to boost AI and data science applications.
Microsoft and Google join top dog AWS in the Leaders quadrant, while Alibaba Cloud, IBM and Oracle are coming up as Niche Players.
7% of CSPs worldwide have already deployed 5G infrastructure in their networks and the rollout is set to accelerate.
Lenovo posts revenue of USD $12.5B for the first quarter of 2019, the eighth consecutive year of growth, driven by its intelligent transformation strategy.
Digital Realty has expanded access to IBM Cloud in Australia through the availability of IBM Cloud Direct Link Dedicating Hosting services in Sydney.
