The cloud is here and organisations should "get over it and get on with it".

The Warehouse seems to have fallen out of favour with consumers this week but maybe not investors.

Those at the helm of Telecom's youth-focused mobile brand "Skinny" say they have no plans to align its image with that of its "reliable" parent.

Chorus, the telecommunications infrastructure company, said it would start building its ultra-fast broadband network in six more towns from July this year.

A slimmed down Telecom said its demerger-adjusted net profit came to $240 million in the first half to December 31, up 51 per cent.

Vector profits for the first half of the financial year rose 6.9 per cent, despite revenue growth of just 0.8 per cent.

The internet is the new combat zone, where nation strikes against nation, spy against spy and corporation raids corporation.