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• Programme aims to meet critical skills for the 4th industrial revolution

  Organisations increasingly acknowledge data to be their most important asset, having these skills that can best capitalise on that asset is critical, says Ian Edwards of SAS

• State of the (Digital) Nation: Why filling the skills gap is everyone’s business

  We’re already facing a digital skills shortage and this is set to worsen unless we act soon, writes Patrick Quesnel of Microsoft New Zealand

• Ex-Government CDO Colin MacDonald joins Network for Learning

  Succeeds acting N4L Board Chair Mark Yeoman

• Movers and shakers: Anthony Grasso of Cyber Toa, Melanie Hobcraft of Auldhouse and Crawford del Prete of IDC

  A roundup of the latest business technology executive appointments and events in New Zealand

• University of Auckland taps Rimini Street for payday filing system upgrade

  Bespoke solution developed for the university’s PeopleSoft system to meet new requirements ahead of April 2019 deadline

• The top CIO trend for 2019? The need to reskill...fast

  Pressure to adapt skill sets to new technologies, and the threat of automation of some jobs mean that every professional must now ensure their own skill set does not become obsolete

• How to build a platform for volunteers to teach the digital curriculum

  Inside the Voluntari.ly weekend hackfest in Manukau

• Movers & shakers: Linda Smith joins LINZ; Adam Gower now head of digital operations at Watercare

  Plus: New datacentre and offices of ACSData in Wellington; LearnCoach co-founder David Cameron; Phil Goldie of Microsoft; Gerard O’Connor of PDV

• NZTech CEO Graeme Muller: ‘For every new tech role created, 4.9 other support roles are created’

  ‘For every new tech role created, 4.9 other support roles are created’

• Hackathon with a mission: Tamariki and tech

  A call for ICT organisations to help build a platform that will connect volunteers to teach the new digital curriculum

• CIO upfront: Inside a different kind of IT bootcamp

  I recently ran a couple of sessions to help skilled migrants find jobs in Wellington. The experience highlighted key challenges the ICT sector needs to tackle as it prepares the workforce for unceasing change

• Stephen Hawking's thesis and wheelchair sell for US$1 million

  Auction house Christies ran the nine-day online auction called "On the Shoulders of Giants" to raise money for the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

• AI advancements and the impact on teaching, learning and future leadership

  It is not such a wild thought that our youth will be educated by a robotic interface in the foreseeable future

• Education Payroll adds ‘flexible workspaces’ to business continuity strategy

  This way, pay must go through for NZ teachers and school staff in the event of a disaster

• New IT degree at Weltec and Whitireia features AI and other disruptive tech

  ‘Future-oriented’ degree aims to provide industry with the skills and knowledge needed for business growth and sustainability