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23
Aug

Share your views on NZ IoT device certification

There is a growing interest in connecting the physical world to the Internet, aka the Internet of Things (IoT). Are the regulations and rules in New Zealand around device certification holding back innovation? Are the compliance requirements well understood? These and other questions are of interest to a Working Group set up by the NZ IoT Alliance.

02
Jul

AI and IoT changing the face of NZ dairying

Jackie Clark
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Agritech, AI Forum, Media Release, NZ IoT Alliance

A fledgling New Zealand agritech company run by a rising Kiwi entrepreneur who has worked for Rocket Lab has raised $8 million, from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Data Collective, which is likely to result in massive changes to the nation’s burgeoning dairy industry.

28
Jun

Massive impact of IoT expected in NZ and globally

Jackie Clark
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Media Release, NZ IoT Alliance

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.

23
Apr

Sensen Networks to apply smart city solutions software in New York City

Jackie Clark
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Asset Management, Smart Cities

Great to see global cities taking the lead in Smart City / IoT deployments to improve asset management.

09
Apr

IoT opportunities grow as Microsoft pours $5b into the intelligent edge

Georgia Taylor
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NZ IoT Alliance

Source: Channel Life

Microsoft has announced that they will be investing US$5 billion into IoT over the next four years.

09
Apr

Tech will have profound impact on NZ agriculture

Georgia Taylor
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Media Release, NZ IoT Alliance

The New Zealand IoT (internet of things) Alliance believes cutting-edge technologies will have a profound impact on helping improve New Zealand’s agricultural productivity.

Alliance executive director Kriv Naicker says a major study into the potential benefits of IoT last year found that better use of IoT across agriculture could provide more than $570 million for the economy.

08
Dec

IoT devices topping Christmas wish lists in 2017

Chantal Thomas
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Industry News, NZ IoT Alliance

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.

15
Nov

Is the New Zealand jury still out on IoT?

Chantal Thomas
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NZ IoT Alliance

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.

23
Oct

Kiwi tech advances will help drive greater food supply

Chantal Thomas
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NZ IoT Alliance

Tech advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) might help New Zealand move toward a solution for helping feed the world which will require food production to double to meet a growing population demands, says a Kiwi tech expert.

24
Aug

New technologies helping clean up NZ’s waterways

Jackie Clark
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NZ IoT Alliance

New Zealand farmers and companies are starting to use Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, data analytics and automation to decrease impact on New Zealand rivers, a leading national tech expert says.

In countries, right across the world the IoT devices are being used to help clean up water, New Zealand IoT Alliance executive director Kriv Naicker says.

Irrigation is by far the largest use of water in New Zealand, making up 65.9 percent of water use between 2013 and 2014, the Ministry for the Environment says.