New Zealand IT, tech, and telco news and views from our correspondent in the Central North Island. Credit: Getty Images NZ Internal Affairs signs all-of-government cloud deal with AWS The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs has signed an all-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for public cloud services, which allows eligible government agencies to buy public cloud services from AWS under standardised terms, and replaces the previous AWS New Zealand government cloud framework agreement which expires in August 2022. According to the department the deal will leverages the scale of New Zealand’s government agencies as a single customer and simplifies contractual processes for agencies. Services can be bought direct from AWS or through an AWS solutions provider or distributor. IoT spending to surpass $25.5 billion in 2022 Spending on internet of things (IoT) products and services in Australia and New Zealand is forecasted to exceed $25.5 billion in 2022, an increase of 13% from 2021, according to research firm IDC. The growth is expected as a result of increasing 5G deployment, surging currency rates, and maturing adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud, and big data. Industries such as manufacturing, utilities, and transportation collectively account for more than half of all IoT spending. IoT services will be the largest technology group in 2022, according to IDC. By 2026, IDC expects spending in IoT to reach $38.3 billion. Related content brandpost Sponsored by Nerdio Nerdio enables remote work across the Canadian wilderness for the Government of Alberta How Nerdio empowered the Government of Alberta to improve remote access By Nerdio Jul 23, 2024 1 min Remote Work Infrastructure Management Networking opinion Digital nomads just got huge screens and fast internet The two biggest pain points for remote workers trying to get their jobs done in faraway places have been erased by innovative new products that should make it even easier to work from anywhere. By Mike Elgan Jun 25, 2024 7 mins Remote Work Augmented Reality Broadband opinion McDonald's serves up a master class in how not to explain a system outage When McDonald's in March suffered a global outage preventing it from accepting payments, it issued a lengthy statement about the incident that was vague, misleading and yet still allowed many of the technical details to be figured out. By Evan Schuman Apr 01, 2024 7 mins Mobile Payment Data Center Industry news Meta services begin recovering from major disruption A widespread outage affected Meta and other top online services providers on Tuesday morning. By Jon Gold Mar 05, 2024 3 mins Facebook Networking Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe