NZ Tech Podcast

Election 2020 is upon us and it's time to vote. Sarah Putt joins Paul Spain to discuss the role of technology and innovation in New Zealand's future and what is being said about technology by our political parties.

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LevelTwo say they are New Zealand’s only commercial laboratory and workshop facility growing deep technology startups. Today we discuss LevelTwo past, present and future – and how we should be planning NZ’s future with Chief Executive, Imche Fourie. 

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Kiwisaver Tech Investing with Movac and Kiwiwealth, Tesla Battery Day news incl sub NZ$50k autonomous electric car, Apple software/Watch/iPad refreshes, HP announces new laptops. Plus hands on with Samsung GoPro Hero 9 and Tab S7+.

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This week KPMG Cyber Security boss Philip Whitmore joins Paul Spain on NZ Tech Podcast to discuss the state of the play from a security perspective and reveals some interesting details about the scale of invoicing scams locally. Also on the agenda - the arrival of Android 11, TikTok/Oracle Deal, Nvidia purchase of ARM, COVID tracing and more.

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Damon Kelly joins Paul Spain to discuss the tech news of the week and a little about his firm Enlighten Designs. Topics include Covid Tracing, an autonomous future and Huawei’s take on the Apple Watch.
 

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Paul Spain and Jonathan Reichental (former Chief Information Office, City of Palo Alto) discuss 'Smart Cities'. Discussing how cities can be made better, including rebuild situations such as Christchurch to the changes to modernise existing cities. 

This podcast comes hot on the heels of Jonathan's new book - Smart Cities for Dummies.

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Brett Roberts joins Paul Spain to discuss the news of the week - including the New Zealand Stock Exchange's current woes with Distributed Denial of Service attacks taking them offline. Is this a situation where blame can be put locally or is this entirely on cyber criminals trying to extort funds out the NZX?

Also, the valuable and inspiration role of the of the NZ HiTech Awards within New Zealand, Apple's App Store fight with Fortnite maker Epic, Fitbit's near wearable that hopes to help you recognise and address stressful situations, Tesla vs Modders and initial SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband speeds and latency are revealed.

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US based New Zealander Michael Howard has had a massive impact in reducing Cyber Security risk globally and currently advises on security in relation to Microsoft's Azure cloud computing services.

On this NZ Tech Podcast episode we hear career insights and advice from Michael - including how he came to convince Microsoft Founder Bill Gates of the importance of writing secure code - which lead to Gates famous company-wide memo on Trustworthy computing in January 2002. This changed the course of how Microsoft developed software and over time is considered to have had a profound impact in how software is written around the world.

Michael, a Senior Principal Cybersecurity Architect, started at Microsoft in Auckland in 1992, and has worked in the field of software security for over twenty years. He is a founder and architect of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL).

eWeek magazine selected Howard as one of “The 100 Most Influential People in IT”, one of “The 25 Most Influential People at Microsoft” and one of “The 15 Most Influential People in Security.”
Michael was the application security lead for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil and worked on state election systems during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Michael is the author of many software security-related books over a period of nearly 20-years and co-hosts the Azure Security Podcast.

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This week Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss the latest tech news in addition to sharing thoughts on the latest tech devices including the Samsung Note 20 Ultra, Jabra Evolve2 65, Jabra Panacast, Microsoft Surface Go 2 

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Gorilla Technology
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Paul Spain shares why we have a unique opportunity to invite the world’s leading technology firms (among others) to establish innovation and operations hubs in New Zealand.

Tech leaders Rod Drury (Xero), Peter Beck (Rocket Lab), Anna Kominik (Wisk) and Bill O’Connor share their thoughts on lifting the New Zealand economy through a focus on Innovation and Technology.  

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Paul Spain
Gorilla Technology
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Special thanks to organisations who support innovation and tech leadership in New Zealand by partnering with NZ Tech Podcast:

Umbrellar Connect
Sumo Logic
HP
Samsung
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Vocus