From Yesterday to Tomorrow

This is the authoritative source of the history of computing and technology in Aotearoa New Zealand, put together on the 60th Anniversary of IT Professionals New Zealand.

With 634 pages across 37 chapters, each chapter drills into a different part of the development of computing, written by a recognised national or international expert in each field. Chapter authors include experts such as Professor Tim Bell looking at education development, RedShield Founder Andy Prow looking at Cybersecurity, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards looking at technology challenges around privacy and so much more.

The book incorporates the full Looking Back to Tomorrow book, written during IT Professionals NZ (ITPNZ)'s 25th Anniversary, Return to Tomorrow, written during the 50th anniversary, and 15 new chapters written in 2021 to mark ITPNZ's 60th Anniversary.

Chapters include:

1. The clandestine computer on The Terrace - Brian E Carpenter

2. Telecommunications infrastructure: Entering the fibre era - Bill Bennett

3. Primary, secondary and tertiary computing education in Aotearoa New Zealand - Tim Bell

4. A new environment for digital start-ups - Chris Gardner

5. A history of digital accessibility in Aotearoa - Chandra Harrison

6. Speed and stability: Redefining IT with DevOps - BMK Lakshminarayan

7. The future of testing? Challenges in application automation testing - Adesh Pednekar

8. Indian IT professionals in New Zealand - Sunit Prakash & Lalita Kasanji

9. 60 years of cybersecurity in New Zealand - Andy Prow

10. Advances in Agile software development - Diane Strode

11. Fragments of the Real Me: National identity in New Zealand - Richard Williams

12. Challenging technologies: Perspectives from the Privacy Commissioner - John Edwards & Lauren Bennett

13. Te Hi?koi Roa: A journey of Ma?ori towards information technology mastery - Robyn Ka?mira

14. Re-connecting the public service: Openness and data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic - Jon MacKay

15. Making New Zealand's cities smarter - Mark Thomas

16. A history of ICT: Selected highlights - Henry B Wolfe

17. From Eftpos to Trade Me: The growth of electronic commerce - Janet Toland

18. Triumph and disaster: The tumultuous history of health IT - Ray Delany

19. Computing in local government - Jim Higgins

20. ICT in New Zealand universities, 1985-2010 - Neil James & Marjan Lousberg

21. Progeni, 1968-89: Success and failure - Perce Harpham

22. Building digital communities: A history of the 2020 Communications Trust - Laurence Zwimpfer

23. The digitisation of New Zealand's research, heritage and culture - Nigel Stanger

24. Hobbyist computing in 1980s New Zealand: Games and the popular reception of microcomputers - Melanie Swalwell

25. Early days in school programming competitions - Derham McAven

26. Hypermedia's influence on business and social interaction - Lesley A Gardner

27. The open source business in New Zealand - Johnny Chan

28. Aotearoa before the computer - W Winiata

29. From monsters to micros - GJ Tee

30. The impact of computers on the public sector - AC Shailes, Controller and Auditor-General 1975-1983

31. Computers and banking - IH Archibald

32. Computers in business and industry - SJ Bell

33. Expert systems and their impact on the professions - WR Williams

34. Personal computers - Selwyn Arrow

35. Computers in education - CJ Potter

36. The social implications of computers - Paul Bieleski & Jim Higgins

37. A new industry for New Zealand - MS Kaiser

ISBN 978-0-473-58175-6. 634 Pages.