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• Telcos block sites in wake of NZ government plea

  Australia’s major telcos have temporarily blocked a number of sites hosting footage of Friday’s terror attack in Christchurch.

• New Zealand won't discriminate against Huawei: Jacinda Ardern

  New Zealand's prime minister has assured Chinese telecoms equipment group Huawei Technologies Co Ltd of even-handed treatment after the small U.S. ally blocked the sale of some Huawei equipment citing national security concerns.

• NSW govt nabs Pia Andrews as new exec director

  The NSW government has lured Pia Andrews back to Australia as the new executive director of digital government. Andrews is reporting to government chief information and digital officer, Greg Wells.

• What the other Four Eyes make of Australia’s encryption crackdown

  Australia will push “thwarting the encryption of terrorist messaging” at a meeting of the Five Eyes nations in Canada this week.

• World's first commercial drone pizza delivery

  ​The world’s first commercial delivery of food by drone has took place in New Zealand this morning.

• Auckland council saves with SaaS docs management

  Auckland Regional Council (ARC) has eliminated costly outsourcing of document production by implementing a SaaS solution that handles collaboration and change management.

• NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source

  A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools.
  

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  State of Hybrid Cloud

  This report looks at the state of hybrid cloud based on a 600-organisation survey across the APAC region, focusing on their current usage and attitudes towards on and off premise, private and hybrid cloud service provision. Find out the top rated perceived benefits for adoption, the major barriers that are holding organisations back and what the future holds for investment in this technology.