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Amazon Web Services fifth Asia Pacific region has gone live, with the cloud provider's new South Korean data centers now up and running.

ANZ is expected to record a small increase in IT services growth next year, with the overall APeJ IT services spend forecast to grow 6.5%.

Necklace storing medical records and wearable soap win UNICEF's Wearables for Good challenge. Prize: $15,000 each.

Asia Pacific accounts for more than 40% of the global IoT spend of $698.6 billion in 2015, with insurance telematics leading the way according to IDC.

AWS is planning data centers in South Korea and India next year, with the Indian market heating up with Microsoft and IBM also opening centers there.

New Zealand dominates Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Index, with a record 54 Kiwi companies making the list.

Alcatel-Lucent is eyeing up a bigger chunk of the NZ outsourced network operations market after signing a new deal with Chorus and opening a Kiwi NOC.

Mobile payments are poised for explosive growth in Asia Pacific, driven by a high number of initiatives and diverse mCommerce maturity levels.

Organisations across NZ and Australia will struggle to realise business value of key data assets without a holistic data management strategy in place.

Hortonworks is 'significantly' expanding its Australian operations in an effort to drive adoption of enterprise Apache Hadoop throughout Asia Pacific.

UK tech firm SkipRoaming has launched an app that aims to reduce the cost of mobile international and roaming calls.

The Internet of Things market is headed for strong growth, with the number of connected units set to increase from 3.1 billion to 8.6 billion by 2020.

Amnesty International says people want Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to secure their communications to prevent government access.

New Zealand's migration hit a new record in the year through February, driven by more arrivals and fewer departures.

ASB's Russell Jones mixes tech and human touch to shape future banking, focusing on customer-centric innovation beyond just the bits and bytes.

Shift to cloud backup made simple with Symantec's tips, revolutionising telco services for data protection and cost savings.

If Amazon open a warehouse in Queensland, Australia it could disrupt the reseller market in Australia and New Zealand.

Table Top Racing delivers a nostalgic trip, transforming mundane home settings into thrilling race tracks on the PS Vita.

Edward Snowden's revelations prompt data residency debates, stalling tech innovation, says Gartner VP Carsten Casper.

Global smartphone shipments are set to rise by 23.1% this year, hitting 1.2 billion, according to analysts IDC.