Digital Island stories
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Susannah Redstone appointed as General Manager at Digital Island
Mon, 18th Dec 2023
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Susannah Redstone, with over two decades of telecoms experience, has been named General Manager at Digital Island.
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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from Digital Island
Tue, 16th May 2023
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Leon Sheehan, CEO of Digital Island, joins us today to tell us more about Digital Island, its new workshop offering, and what the company expects for 2023.
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Digital Island’s new workshop for superior contact centres
Tue, 9th May 2023
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Digital Island has launched Customer Experience Accelerator Lab to help businesses get the most out of their contact centre operations.
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Answering to the hands-free farmer: How Farmlands pioneered Amazon Connect for Kiwi agritech
Mon, 20th Feb 2023
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partner programmes
Hands-free, Bluetooth-savvy and constantly on-the-go, New Zealand’s farming community is demanding a ‘digital touch’ as part of the services they seek out.
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Digital Island announces AWS Service Delivery designation for Amazon Connect
Tue, 20th Dec 2022
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The achievement recognises that Digital Island follows best practices and has proven success in delivering AWS services to end customers.
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How Omicron-proof technology helped businesses traverse the ‘Big Sick’
Mon, 3rd Oct 2022
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When businesses were battling through Covid disruptions, contact centres were utilising innovative technology solutions.
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Digital Island appoints Grant Sweeney as customer & sales general manager
Tue, 26th Apr 2022
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Digital Island appoints Grant Sweeney as Customer and Sales General Manager to enhance its role as a specialty cloud communications provider in New Zealand.
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Digital Island appoints Grant Sweeney as Customer & sales general manager
Tue, 26th Apr 2022
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Grant Sweeney appointed as Customer and Sales GM at Digital Island, to enhance role as communication and contact centre provider in New Zealand.
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How smaller Kiwi telcos are gaining market share
Wed, 17th Jan 2018
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But why are we seeing an increase in market share by the smaller telcos at a time where fewer and fewer exist?.
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Spark buys Digital Island – a good move?
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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spark
I wasn’t inclined to believe that Spark would leave Digital Island to act as an independent brand as part of its wholesale and ventures division.
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Spark buys Auckland telco company in small but tactical move
Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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Ed Hyde, CEO Spark ventures & wholesale, says the acquisition, while relatively small for Spark, is a smart, tactical investment.
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Windows 10 upgrade causing UFB congestion
Mon, 10th Aug 2015
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The Windows 10 upgrade is having a severe impact of local UFB, with network traffic increasing by up to 100% in New Zealand.
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Fibre - What does it mean for your business?
Mon, 22nd Jul 2013
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fibre
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telco
Imagine, an employee on average spends nine minutes every day waiting for files and websites to download. That is more than 53 hours a year!.
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Join the cloud rush
Mon, 29th Apr 2013
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cloud services
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nscale
UK businesses race to the cloud as Digital Island reports a 65% surge in firms adopting cloud services to stay competitive.
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Telecom unveils XT wholesale partners
Mon, 10th May 2010
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Further details have been released on last week's news that Telecom had signed three Mobile Virtual Network Operators onto the network.
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Telecom to wholesale XT
Thu, 12th Nov 2009
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Telecom has brought forward plans to offer wholesale services on its XT Network by a year, it’s been announced today.
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Telco well placed in Deloitte Fast 50
Fri, 6th Nov 2009
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digital signage
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displays & projectors
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zeacom
Telecommunication providers had a strong showing in this year’s Deloitte Fast 50, which ranks the fastest growing companies in New Zealand.
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Farmside in Fast 50
Tue, 3rd Nov 2009
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Rural ISP Farmside ranks 18th in Deloitte's Fast 50, winning the fastest-growing tech, media, and telecoms business for Canterbury and Upper South Island.
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Fast 50 success
Fri, 30th Oct 2009
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Business to business telecommunications company Digital Island has made it onto the Deloitte Fast 50 for the third year in a row.