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Kiwis have welcomed Level 3 restrictions this week with many getting back to work, albeit with strict rules still in play. But whole sectors remain in limbo, awaiting Level 2 before they can begin work, if at all.

Currently, any further freedoms are predicated around borders remaining closed and strict distancing protocols. Australia's relative freedoms, and news of their CovidSafe app being released, have seen frustrations voiced around our lack of progress with technology that might expedite New Zealand’s move back to more ‘normal’ business.

Any government contact tracing app remains elusive – and early indications are it will be of minimal use, initially doing no more than allowing us to provide the Ministry of Health with our contact details.

Local businesses, however, aren’t waiting around for government action and the focus is now turning to workforce contact tracing offerings.

In news this week:

PM's missteps with NZ’s 'contact tracing' app
Finding Covid value in data
Taking contact tracing to the workplace
How has DX changed under Covid?
Zoom + Otter = Zooming live transcription for videoconferencing service
The Covid-free weekly wrap

Enjoy the read and the fast food,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz

CONTACT TRACING

Two weeks notice: NZ’s contact tracing app is coming

Ardern statements show misunderstanding of proximity tracing…

Details are few and hard facts are scant, but the New Zealand Government has finally announced it will release a Covid-19 tracing app – of some description – in a fortnight’s time.

“My view is we cannot rely on this and we can’t place all our eggs in one basket.”

[Read more]

COVID NUMBERS

Crunching Covid-19’s numbers

Public and private data together comes together to fight Coronavirus…

As the country works through a Level 4 lockdown and beyond, how are we responding as a nation?

“We’re still just realising some of the value of this data.”

[Read more]

CONTACT TRACING

Coming to a business near you: Workforce contact tracing

Can private contact tracing solutions help ease lockdowns?…

Attention is turning to the potential role of workplace contact tracing and health and safety offerings as a means to help ease lockdowns.

Site by site contact tracing avoids giving data wholesale to the government and makes gathering data feasible.

[Read more]

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

DX: From business optimisation to business continuity

Automation, cloud and connectivity in a Covid world…

DX may once have been a business optimisation strategy, but it's now become a business continuity and risk mitigation necessity as Covid changes the way we work and our technology focuses.

“Business continuity has gone from being an academic concept to a real thing and it’s been turned on its head.”

[Read more]

VIDEO CONFERENCING

Zoom makes a splash with Otter transcription

Forget Disney backgrounds, here’s a Zoom feature we can really appreciate…

The Disney background may have been cute, but tech du jour, Zoom, has now served up an offering which has some real benefits: Live transcription of meetings.

For Zoom, it’s a welcome distraction from its recent security – and PR – woes.

[Read more]

TECH NEWS

The Covid-free weekly wrap

AU to sue Facebook, Canty Uni beams up 3D printing, CDR reprieve and money, money, money…

Australia’s Federal Court has given the Australian Information Commissioner the green light to sue Facebook US and Facebook Ireland over alleged privacy issues.

These actions left the personal data of Facebook users exposed to be sold and used for purposes including political profiling. 

[Read more]

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