*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 OCTOBER 17: Hosted by Sayce Human Resources (http://www.sayce.co.nz) 194 Knowles St, St Albans (off Cranford St). The BBQ will be sizzling so come and celebrate spring. Kick-off is at 5.30pm. 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 ############### hyperLINK contents: Issue 24, October 16 2003 + NZ good proving ground for tech entrepreneurs + Secrets of success in the North American market + 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* NZ GOOD PROVING GROUND FOR TECH ENTREPRENEURS By CAROL WEBB Young Christchurch tech companies should aim to conquer the New Zealand market before they take on the world, says Acclipse CEO Mike Chisholm. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ------------------------------ *FEATURE* PULSE DATA�S SECRETS OF SUCCESS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET Aspiring and young hi-tech Canterbury exporters can look to multi-award winning, high growth Pulse Data International to discover what it takes to achieve export greatness. In this hyperLINK exclusive article PDI�s International Marketing and Business Development Manager, GREG THOMPSON, shares some of the company�s secrets of success in the North American market. Access for CSI members only. Not a member? Sign up here http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/spis/runisa.dll?SV:joincsi [more here http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/resourcesmarketing.htm] ------------------------------ *NEWSBYTES* DIARY DATES: Following the hugely successful Walking the Talk marketing workshop, Canterbury Software Inc has scheduled two further events designed to help members lift their sales performance. Diary these now, and watch for further details: Successful Sales and Relationship Building, Wednesday November 5, 2-5pm; and Do Your Own Market Research, Wednesday December 3, 2-5pm. The workshops will be held in association with the Canterbury Development Corporation. CSI also wants suggestions on what these workshops should cover, to ensure they are relevant to you and your business. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] BCL IN FRAY: State-owned enterprise BCL is set to outpace broadband wireless rival Woosh by offering subscribers two-way broadband internet at speeds of one megabit per second by the end of the year. The company will launch its wholesale broadband service on October 31 from 28 base stations across rural and provincial New Zealand, with the capability to immediately reach at least 90,000 households and businesses. - InfoTech INNOVATION OPTIMISM: New Zealand businesses may be significantly under reporting their investment in innovation and R&D, according to a poll by the organisers of the InnovationVoyage New Product Development Summit held in Auckland last week. The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) polled the 400 plus delegates. Seventy percent of responses said they treat R&D for accounting purposes the same as any other business cost with just 30 percent treating it separately. - Scoop http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0310/S00025.htm BOOTCAMPS SET SCENE: A series of Boot Camp Seminars across Australia and New Zealand gave almost 50 companies and 150 executives the chance to prepare for ANZA Technology Network Technology Showcase Conference in Silicon Valley on November 9-11. The sessions covered an overview of the conference, cultural and operational differences between Australasia and the US, and most of the session was spent helping the companies fine tune their 30 second pitches and their five-minute presentations. http://www.anzatechnet.com/conference2003 . AXE POISED: A wave of IT redundancies is predicted to hit Australia in the next few years with vendor-based jobs moving to offshore outsourcing markets on a "substantial" scale. A senior Gartner researcher says tightening budgets and increasing performance pressures on corporate IT departments are increasingly forcing many Australian businesses to send their work to countries such as India. - Computerworld Australia ------------------------------ *EXPORT FOCUS* EXPORT CONDITIONS CONTRACT This checklist prescribes the top level issues to consider when forming terms of trade for an export contract. http://www.marketnewzealand.com/common/files/auerbach-export.pdf +From a series of checklists prepared by NZ Trade & Enterprise to help companies work through the export planning process. NEXT WEEK: Granting a Licence to Manufacture Products ------------------------------ *WEBSITE OF THE WEEK* ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES ASIA http://www.eetasia.com If you�re in electronics you need to know what�s happening in Asia. This site is packed with news, country and market analysis, technical articles and more. + Tell the editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) about any sites you'd like to share with hyperLINK's readers ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* JOBS ..JOBS � JOBS � Who said it�s hard to find out where the IT talent and IT jobs are in Christchurch? CSI provides free listings on its website for job hunters and staff seekers and has joined with Christchurch-based RealContacts to provide the ability to find jobs or staff via word of mouth using extended social networks. Go to the Jobs page to join the CSI network on RealContacts and to see jobs posted to the CSI website. You will be able to see jobs posted to the CSI network by other RealContacts members, as well as start building your own network to help the process of finding jobs or staff. http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/jobs.htm ------------------------------ *MEANWHILE, AT THE FORUM* 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 ... 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