Category Archives: In The Front Room

Spectrum Care shares how ICT enables business excellence


Joining us In The Front Room this week is Aaron Overington, IT manager of Spectrum Care. Spectrum Care provides 24-hour support services to people with disabilities in over 80 residential homes across the upper North Island. The organisation sees ICT … Continue reading

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Smaller councils ‘push’ technology further to overcome unique challenges


District councils – particularly in Northland – are often leaders in their field when it comes to using technology to overcome some rather unique challenges. This is the view of Bill Ruys, IT manager of the Kaipara District Council, based … Continue reading

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Ultrafast Fibre building network past 130 premises every day


In this week’s instalment of In The Front Room we talk to Shane Hobson, retailer relationship manager of Ultrafast Fibre about the company’s role in the Government’s ultrafast broadband (UFB) initiative. Ultrafast Fibre is the local fibre company (LFC) awarded … Continue reading

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Fibre will be a revolution for business – Port Taranaki’s Mark Brennan


Fibre and cloud services will create a whole different paradigm in how businesses approach backup and recovery. This is the view shared by Mark Brennan, information systems manager of Port Taranaki, in the latest instalment of our ‘In The Front … Continue reading

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“We took the attitude not be involved in the downturn” – Mike Helleur, Property Brokers


In the second installment of our ‘In The Front Room’ video series, Mike Helleur, general manager at Property Brokers in Palmerston North tells us how the company decided it would not particpate in the economic downturn.

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