On Demand

On Demand: Innovate NZ 2021 - Curating Public Sector Data Panel Discussion
Insights from: Mark Evans, Deputy Chief Executive Insights and Deployment, NZ Police; Aimee Whitcroft, Open Data Lead, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency; and Jan Sheppard, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Institute of Environmental Science Research on 'Curating Public Sector Data to Optimise Processes and Derive Actionable Insights'.

13 Jan 2023
On Demand

On Demand: Innovate NZ 2021 - Unpacking the Opportunities of Big Data Utilisation in Government
Hear from Ganesh Selvaraj, Advanced Analytics & AI Lead, Worksafe NZ as they discuss 'How to Unpack the Opportunities of Big Data Utilisation in Government'.

13 Jan 2023
Industry Trends

Do we have a strong security culture?
Since the pandemic, there has been an increase in the use of innovative digital platforms and the internet - which means an increase in cyber threats and attacks. Here are some best ways to stay on top of trends, threats and respond to any change in the landscape in the best ways we can.

19 Dec 2022
Industry Trends

Driving Data & Analytics Excellence in the NZ Government
Across many industries these days, it is often said that data is the lifeblood of society, and this became, even more, the case during the pandemic. Data helps government agencies to better serve their citizens, which was definitely the case during the height of various COVID-19 strains, but it is also data that makes our smartphones ‘smart’ and allows us to order products online. Yet even within all that, the people who work with data regularly question what it is, and therefore aren’t always sure how to create governance strategies around it, and how it uses it in a holistic …

12 Aug 2022
Industry Trends

Refining IT Infrastructure Initiatives to Further Aotearoa’s Digital Strategy
This is just one example, but the changes over the last few decades have been so dramatic that the “traditional concepts of things like property ownership and even our social fabric are being challenged.” And just like the industrial age was about “augmenting human strengths, the digital age is about augmenting human intellect.” As part of that, rather than the mass production of identical products, which was at the heart of the industrial revolution, “the digital era is characterised by personalisation and the tailoring of services to meet the needs of the many, the few and the individual.” Like the …

23 May 2022
Industry Trends

Communicating Risk and Mitigating Threats in a Changing Cyber Security Landscape
“There is a direct financial benefit of good security practice at the customer interface, a rapid response program of how to deal with cyber events, and a quick clean-up action. Suddenly it becomes very clear that investment in your cyber security practice becomes financially understood and a viable action.

8 Apr 2022
Industry Trends

Data Visualisation and Dashboards Techniques
As an example, many people will know the colours of Google even if they don’t see the word spelled out, and they will know the font of Disney even if it is used to write something else. A lot of these kinds of brands are ingrained in our minds because they use all four elements and because “everything that we consume visually makes use of those well-known attributes within our brains.” In an organisation like the Inland Revenue Department there are four factors that have been included in the style guide, “though more elements can be added in there.” These …

4 Apr 2022
Industry Trends

Securing the Cloud
““It’s important to note that we are provider agnostic. We will work with anybody who’s prepared to support the government to achieve its digital aspirations and ultimately its outcomes and results for New Zealanders.”” Adrienne Moor, Lead, The Government Cloud Programme, Department of Internal Affairs “The continued investment in New Zealand by global cloud providers is delivering strong and positive support for New Zealand’s digital maturity. At the same time, agencies have varying needs, so the need and the flexibility of the cloud solutions need to be able to reflect and enable what is required in their different contexts for …

26 Nov 2021