Fruitbowl - Fresh Ideas from Hawke's Bay

Unison Fibre is out there digging holes in the ground, getting their fibre network installed. Wayne Baird from UF is talking to the businesses that the fibre is going past to see who wants in. Well it was a bit of a no brainer for ABC Software to say YES. Fibre! What will that make my internet experience like? How fast will those Xero pages refresh? Remote access to client sites could become ...Read more

Some of you are going to be asking “what is cloud computing really?” Well I have used the following youtube video to help put some clarity around this – actually I used it again this morning. It’s American and a bit cheesy but still helpful. Now that you know what cloud computing is, here’s a media release about our new Cloud computing service: IT services ...Read more

Unison Fibre has lit the first fibre optic cable on Hawke’s Bay’s fibre route – marking a major milestone for bringing ultrafast broadband to the region. Unison Networks chief executive Ken Sutherland said lighting the fibre, from central Hastings to Unison Networks company office in Omahu Road, was the first preliminary test to prove continuity of the cable. Lighting the fibre also ...Read more

We have had a recent situation where a client has had a technical failure that has caused a need to go and retrieve data from their backup. It transpired that whilst the backup was working fine, the one file the client really wanted was nowhere to be found on the backup. It had somehow been missed out of the backup schedule. Of course this always happens to other people! A bit like car accidents ...Read more

Ah the old fax machine…… unreliable, illegible, illogical and just daft in our modern world! Let’s face it, faxing is old hat and something that should be banished into the ether of technology from yesteryear like floppy disks. But we just cant seem to wean ourselves away from faxing, so the boffins at Airnet have given faxing a modern day twist for those that simply have ...Read more

Sir Stephan Tindall was in town tonight to launch KEA Hawkes Bay. The first regional KEA subgroup in New Zealand. It’s a big deal that the Bay is the first New Zealand KEA region. Nice work Venture Hawkes Bay. The Hawke’s Bay group is the first regional sub group of Kea’s global network of 25,000 talented New Zealanders living and working around the world. Kea chief ...Read more

The new $45 million berth at Port of Napier will provide for increased throughput to continuing direct international services along with efficient and cost effective solutions to exporters and importers in Hawkes Bay and beyond. The new berth was officially opened by Minister of Transport Steven Joyce. Port of Napier chairman Jim Scotland told guests at the opening that the Port was in a ...Read more

Here is a clever promotion from Telecom. Free uploads for the summer holidays From now until the end of January, all Telecom home broadband customers will be able to upload whatever they want without affecting their monthly data allowance. Many consumers haven’t yet experienced the benefits of strong data in the cloud. Photo’s on Flickr etc, so this may be a useful promotion for ...Read more

Thank you for all that attended for the great turn out today. We had around 60 people to meet with ICT Minister Steven Joyce. It was a real privilege to get such quality time with Steven.  Thank you very much local MP Craig Foss who provided the opportunity. Also thanks to Mayor Lawrence Yule who also attended. For us in the ICT community, who understand how technology has the potential to ...Read more

Good to see this in the paper this morning …. The new airport company is expected to announce today the first stage of its plan for a 600-metre runway extension. At least one airline, Jetstar, is already considering flying jets into Hawke’s Bay when the runway is completed, ending Air New Zealand’s monopoly and possibly sparking a ticket price war. Hawke’s Bay leaders ...Read more