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1 April 2021

2021ITP CEO Paul Matthews and new President Anthony Dowling are looking forward to catching up with you in May.

NOTE: This event series has been moved to next month. See the website for details.

They'll be visiting Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, Palmerston North, Nelson and Dunedin next month. Come and be part of it!

Check out your local event here

by ITP Team
 
Following requests from members, we've extended the CFP deadline for the 2021 ITx Innovation Days to Friday 16 April. Come speak at ITx!

This year's ITx conference is going on the road, with premium full-featured ITx Innovation Day events in all of ITP's 8 nationwide branches. Come and speak at your local ITx Innovation Day.

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by Paul Brislen, Editor
 
Next week, nominations open for the 2021 New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards, the NZ Open Source Awards nominations opened yesterday, and the finalists for the NZ Hi-Tech Awards were announced at an event simul-cast in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch last night.

So how are we faring and as an industry, especially in a year so impacted by Covid?

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From ITP TechBlog this week
by Fiona Reid, General Manager, Somar Digital
 
The current and ongoing digital skills shortage I'm experiencing as a GM of a small (but very aspirational) business is our biggest single challenge we are facing right here and right now.

Historically we have engaged new developers who are experienced campaigners. They are talented peeps who can hit the ground running and add value to the business right from the get go - something as a time and materials business has been critical to our success.

But that's no longer sustainable for our industry - so what do we do?

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by NZTech
 
Kids might want to be sports stars, TikTok celebs and vets, but where are all the tech jobs? A recent survey of kids suggests they don't tech as a future career path and that's a real problem. A guest post from NZTech.

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by Peter Griffin, Contributor
 
The pandemic has been good for streaming video services and Kiwis are big consumers of Netflix, spending on average 51 days watching the service since signing up.

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by Paul Brislen, Editor
 
Connecting the world used to be the job of the telcos - now both Google and Facebook are getting into the fibre market with new private cables connecting the world, albeit only for their own uses.

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by Peter Griffin, Contributor
 
Facebook is launching new tools to allow users better control over what they see in their newsfeeds as the company pushes back on claims it is a polarizing platform.

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See more at techblog.nz. Contributed content is the opinion of the author only, and not necessarily the view of IT Professionals NZ.

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