Kordia has appointed Glen White as General Manager for Kordia Solutions in New Zealand. White was previously Head of Sales for Kordia’s New Zealand solutions business and has been promoted following the retirement of long serving current Kordia Solutions head Dave Hughes.

Kordia Pop Up TV is giving community groups and non-profit organisations a chance to leverage its TV service for free during the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadcasting on Freeview Channel 200, this opportunity will allow groups with community-minded messages to reach a broader audience during alert levels 1 – 4, without incurring the regular transmission fees.

Kordia has augmented its digital transformation capabilities in New Zealand following the purchase of Auckland-based boutique cloud consultancy and leading container specialist Emerging Technology Partners.

A new strain of ransomware, known as ‘NotPetya’ (originally reported as Petya), has impacted individuals, private companies and public organisations including banks, airports and government organisations across Europe over the last 24 hours.

Business-focused telecommunications service provider Kordia today confirmed its North Island fibre backhaul network, for which a multimillion dollar deployment was completed just last month, is now 100GB customer ready.