
MFAT bungles IT project / Building NZ's digital twin
The Business of Tech · BusinessDesk
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Show Notes
The ministry of foreign affairs and trade (Mfat) mishandled millions of dollars in an attempt to shift its IT systems to the cloud and roll out Microsoft Office.
BusinessDesk's Dileepa Fonseka, who broke the story, walks us through what he learned in his reporting.
Then, there's huge potential for digital twins in Aotearoa New Zealand but our approach has been siloed and slow.
We learn what it will take to get started from Keri Niven, the digital practice lead at Aurecon and leader of the Smart Cities Digital Twin Maturity Taskforce.
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