*hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK* Here is this week's hyperLINK, your window on the local, national and international IT sector, brought to you by Canterbury Software Inc and editor Carol Webb. It includes news on the next CSI Tech BBQ and other CSI events, as part of promoting success through connections for IT products, services and people.
See the full version at http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm Sign-up options at http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/news.htm + Please forward this newsletter. You can freely re-use the feature stories, provided you acknowledge the credited feature story writer and hyperLINK as source. ############### FRIDAY TECH BBQ SEPTEMBER 5: At the Canterbury Innovation Incubator (Cii) from 6pm approx to 7.30pm, following the Elevator Cafe. Come upstairs at Cii, 200 Armagh St, and BYO drinks and nibbles. ELEVATOR CAFE Come along tomorrow to the CSI's September Elevator Cafe - you may learn a thing or two about presenting a product or service, you may find a potential business partner, and you'll certainly find out about the broad range of opportunities Canterbury's software companies are involved with. You'll get the chance to quiz people about their company, their services and products. And they'll be looking for feedback on their presentations too. It's happening at 5pm at the Canterbury Innovation Incubator (200 Armagh St). It's free to all, and will be followed by the Tech BBQ afterwards (6pm-ish, BYO). SEPTEMBER 12: Tech BBQ hosted by ElanIT Recruitment, Level 6, 86 Gloucester Street. For further information (and to see who got snapped by the CSI paparazzi at recent events) go to the Tech BBQ page at http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/bbq.htm + Canterbury Software Inc is keen to promote the Friday Tech BBQ as a meeting point for all-comers from the Christchurch tech community. The BBQ is an informal social and networking event that takes place every Friday, 5.30pm to around 7.30pm. It's a chance to meet other similar people in a relaxed environment, talk shop, network and get to know each other better. ############### hyperLINK contents: Issue 18, September 4 2003 + Software work for US giant puts Christchurch minnow on the map + Tertiary-industry alliance urged as way forward + Hi-tech hopefuls on launch pad + Tech Newsbytes from all around + Incredibly useful website of the week + Online with CSI + Hot topics at the forum + Contact us, subscribe/unsubscribe etc ############### *FEATURE* SOFTWARE WORK FOR US GIANT PUTS CHRISTCHURCH MINNOW ON THE MAP By CAROL WEBB A giant US surveying consultancy is making big savings in time and money, thanks to development work on a smart GPS-driven utilities mapping package by Christchurch software minnow Swirling World. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ------------------------------ *FEATURE* TERTIARY-INDUSTRY ALLIANCE URGED AS WAY FORWARD FOR CANTERBURY HIGH-TECH By CAROL WEBB An alliance between tertiary institutes and business is being promoted as the way forward for Canterbury�s high-tech sector. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature2 ] ------------------------------ *FEATURE* HI-TECH HOPEFULS ON LAUNCH PAD Round seven of Christchurch�s Hi-Tech Launch Programme kicks off next week with a large number of applicants whittled down to ten participants who will spend the next 14 weeks developing their business skills and learning how to turn their products and services into success stories. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature3 ] ------------------------------ *NEWSBYTES* GRANTS FOR GROWTH: Lincoln Ventures has won a $236,000 grant from the Canterbury Economic Development Fund to help commercialise new technology that allows smart software to analyse images in a new way, providing powerful but cost-effective sets of data for a variety of commercial uses. The grant will be used to appoint a business development manager, costs of partnering and further technical and commercial development of the technology. Grants funded by the Christchurch City Council, from the sale of its Orion assets in 2000, also went to Ultralab South ($200,000) for its educational development work and to Enztec ($350,000) to develop export markets for its surgical implements and implants. SUPREME WINNER: Christchurch-based Pulse Data International has been named supreme winner of the fourth American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards in recognition of its success in building business in the US. The judges praised the company�s "commitment to innovation, passion for business success, a structured approach to developing market opportunities in the US and a record of corporate citizenship�. Meanwhile, Greg Thompson, Pulse Data International�s head of marketing and business development, is headed to the US to take over day-to-day management of subsidiary Pulse Data HumanWare while it searches for a replacement for long-serving CEO Jim Halliday. EARLY WARNING: Coming up on September 24 is an export market seminar covering entry into the UK/Europe market. The combined NZ Trade and Enterprise/NZ Software Association seminar will feature Graeme Frost of Keystone as the keynote speaker and current exporters as case study presenters. Starting at the Copthorne Durham with a working lunch at 12.45pm and ending with drinks and nibbles till about 5.45pm. Registration details to follow. AT THE BEACH: Brighton beach has just become the first beach in Britain to have wireless access, meaning in theory that anyone with a correctly equipped laptop can get out of the office and work from the beach. Wireless Internet, or WiFi, is already installed in many offices and BT has recently announced plans to convert 1000 pubs across the UK into wireless hotspots. Although the experiment at Brighton is free to the public, other hotspot areas across the country are password protected to prevent unauthorised logging on. BOOT CAMP: Christchurch tech companies wanting to put their best foot forward at the Anza Technology Showcase Silicon Valley conference on November 9-11 can polish their presentation skills at a Boot Camp being held in Christchurch on the morning of Tuesday September 23. Boot Camp details at http://www.anzatechnet.com/conference2003/cf/downloads/BootCampInfo _09012003.pdf ; Register at www.anzatechnet.com/conference2003/cf/registration/bootcamp1.jsp ; Inquiries to Linda Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] BLASTER ARREST: The FBI has arrested a Minnesota 18-year-old who admitted making a copycat version of the Blaster internet worm. Jeffrey Lee Parson admitted modifying Blaster and creating a variant known by different names, including "W32/Lovesan.worm.b" and admitted he renamed the original code, dubbed "MSBlast.exe," "teekids.exe" after his online alias, the complaint said. Parson also said he included a hidden Trojan horse program called "Lithium" in the worm, leaving a back door so he could reconnect remotely to infected computers later. AUSSIE REASSURANCE: New Zealand IT firms shouldn't be disadvantaged by the Australian Labor Party's plan to encourage government buyers to purchase from local suppliers, Australia's opposition spokeswoman on information technology says. Labor is due to release its IT policy within the next two months and Senator Kate Lundy has signalled it will seek to redress a perceived tendency for government buyers to bypass home-grown solutions when tendering for IT work. "We see Australasian suppliers as being pretty much local," Ms Lundy says. - Stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2644133a1896,00.html HIGH SPEED DIFFERENCE: High speed data networks need a different tariff structure and business model if their take-up is to be successful, NGI (Next Generation Internet)-NZ Society CEO Tone Borren says. He told the IT Tertiary Sector conference in Wellington that the type of data network and tariff structure proposed by NGI-NZ is not deployed by telecommunications companies anywhere in the world. �With fibre optic capacity, we could re-create the telephone structure for LANs. There would be always-on national access with rental based on pipe size, and pay-per-burst internationally, with traffic largely unconstrained. NGI-NZ hopes to have agreement soon with its preferred suppliers for provision of a national and international network on this basis. - Scoop http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0308/S00112.htm ------------------------------ *EXPORT FOCUS* CONDITIONS OF SALE An exporter�s customer is normally a distributor or an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This checklist addresses issues of concern to an exporter when it makes a sale to a distributor or an OEM and suggests clauses that an exporter may wish to incorporate in a sales contract or in its conditions of sale. http://www.marketnewzealand.com/common/files/auerbach-conditions.pd f +From a series of checklists prepared by Trade NZ to help companies work through the export planning process. NEXT WEEK: Conditions of Sale (Retail) ------------------------------ *WEBSITE OF THE WEEK* DEVELOPER.NET.AU http://www.developer.net.au Take a peek at what's hot across the ditch at developer.net.au, which bills itself as the website for Australian software developers. + Tell the editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) about any sites you'd like to share with hyperLINK's readers ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* SEEN ON THE SCENE The first annual Cluster Muster saw some head-turning Hollywood style mavens enjoying a big night out. Check out the paparazzi coverage of the Cluster Muster and other CSI events including Friday Tech BBQs, Elevator Cafes, Workshops and other events. You never know who you might spot. http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/seen.htm ------------------------------ *MEANWHILE, AT THE FORUM* Is it apathy, or are there other reasons for the pathetic response rate to the Lincoln University survey of Canterbury hi-tech (see feature story above). The questionnaire was simple and short and there is a desperate need for hard data to back CSI's stance on the importance of "Silicon Plains" to the national economy. Tell us why you did, or did not take a few minutes to return the questionnaire after it was posted to the Forum list. The Forum is your online community, where you can: + air your problems and concerns about marketing your software internationally + get rapid and effective suggestions from others like you, who've already done it + raise and discuss subjects of general concern to members Go to http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm ------------------------------ CONTACT US ... SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE hyperLINK email options: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/news.htm Contact the editor, Carol Webb: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
