Welcoming our new Executive Council

23 October 2024

Kia ora, The NZ IoT Alliance is gearing up for another year of collaboration, and I’m pleased to welcome our new Executive Council members: Jenna Whitman from Callaghan Innovation, Edwin Lim from HGM Legal, and Steven Dirven from Shape Technology. We’re thrilled to have you on board and look forward to working with you on some exciting initiatives this term. You … Continue reading "Businesses Fear ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ of Unsecured IoT"

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Meet the New Members of the IoT Alliance NZ Executive Council

22 October 2024

Spring has brought fresh beginnings for IoT Alliance New Zealand, and we’re thrilled to introduce the newly elected members of our Executive Council. Each of these industry leaders brings unique expertise and passion to the table, ready to drive the next wave of innovation and collaboration in Aotearoa’s IoT community.  Jenna Whitman, Callaghan Innovation Jenna … Continue reading "Businesses Fear ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ of Unsecured IoT"

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Help shape Aotearoa’s IoT Future | August News

21 August 2024

I recently provided the foreword for NZ IoT Alliance member Chorus’ report on 'Solving problems with fibre-enabled IoT’. In this, I stated that New Zealand is at an inflection point, with a future that connects data, devices, and people to unlock the next phase of economic growth.

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NZ IoT Alliance Annual Meeting and Executive Council Elections 2024

13 August 2024

The New Zealand IoT Alliance was launched in 2017 and is governed by an independent elected Executive Council and there are vacancies for five positions in 2024. Our key purpose is to actively contribute to the prosperity of New Zealand through accelerating the uptake of IoT. We aim to accelerate IoT innovation by promoting collaboration across … Continue reading "Businesses Fear ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ of Unsecured IoT"

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2024 is IoT’s time to shine! | February Newsletter

09 February 2024

Kia ora, Welcome to 2024! If 2023 was all about the leaps in generative AI, this year, we’re setting the stage for IoT to shine. At the close of 2023, the New Zealand IoT Alliance team crafted a strategy to help build a more connected Aotearoa. Our goal is simple: use IoT to promote sustainability, … Continue reading "Businesses Fear ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ of Unsecured IoT"

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Reports and Trends

Businesses Fear ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ of Unsecured IoT

“The risk of major cyber security breaches via IoT devices is growing, especially from third party devices. The NZ IoT Alliance has formed a working group to look at this very issue and what measures need to be adopted within NZ.”
23 August 2018
Industry News

Massive impact of IoT expected in NZ and globally

The enormity and massive impact internet of things (IoT) will have around New Zealand globally has just been sheeted home in a new report which says spending will hit $US1.2 trillion by 2022. Analyst firm IDC has announced the findings its latest Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide.
28 June 2018
Reports and Trends

IoT devices topping Christmas wish lists in 2017

Exciting tech advances are playing a much greater part in Christmas gifts in New Zealand than ever before, Kriv Naicker, executive director of the New Zealand Internet of Things (IoT) Alliance says.
12 December 2017
Industry News

Is the New Zealand jury still out on IoT?

This question was posed by a visiting Internet of Things (IoT) expert recently.  The New Zealand IoT Alliance hosted international IoT expert, IDC’s Vernon Turner to hear his advice on how to successfully connect New Zealand. “IoT isn’t a technology revolution, it’s a business revolution, enabled by technology,” he says. Vernon discussed IoT Readiness in … Continue reading "Is the New Zealand jury still out on IoT?"
15 November 2017
Industry News

Agri business using IoT will jolt the NZ economy

A new research study has identified agri-business as one of the best opportunities to use the internet of things (IoT) for economic advantage in New Zealand, mainly because of the contribution that agriculture already makes to the Kiwi economy.
02 July 2017
Media Release

Research underway on the impact of IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) will soon become critical to helping New Zealand raise its productivity and prosperity, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says.
19 March 2017