*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 TODAY (NOVEMBER 13): Computer Science Department, University of Canterbury at 5.45pm (note change of day due to Friday being Show Day). Chance to mingle with departing students. Sausages will be provided, but BYO drinks. It may be an idea to bring extra snacks, since the students don't get to eat all that often. The event will be outside the Maths, Stats and and Computer Science building, with plenty of free parking in the adjacent car park, off Ilam Road. For directions see http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/Images/cmap.gif NOVEMBER 21: Hosted by designindustry Ltd(http://www.designindustry.co.nz), Kendon Chambers, 190-192 Hereford St. Contact Dorenda [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further information. 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 28, November 13 2003 + Live auction action from Christchurch + London partnerships + 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* CHCH FIRM DELIVERS LIVE AUCTION ACTION By CAROL WEBB Christchurch company e2-media has been riding the house sales boom with its smart live media streaming technology serving up auction action to hopeful buyers. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ------------------------------ *FEATURE* LONDON PARTNERSHIPS Partnerships between New Zealand and overseas companies are proving to be a strategic way to build overseas trade. In the first of two articles on partnerships, Chris Wilson, editor of NZ Trade & Enterprise's new Bright magazine, explores how New Zealand companies Synergy and Genesis have established fruitful relationships with companies in London. See full story at http://www.nzte.govt.nz/article/0,1973,SectionID%253D13500,00.html ------------------------------ *NEWSBYTES* UK MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Canterbury Software Inc (CSI) members will be able to get a good insight into UK software market strategies for New Zealand companies at a free seminar to be held next week in association with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE). Presenter Dominic Cavanagh recently returned after six months in the NZTE London office working as a marketing consultant and dealing specifically with the UK software market. Copies of an NZTE report on Software Market Entry Strategies for the UK market will be provided as handouts. Date: Wednesday November 19, 4-5pm. For more details or to register your interest, email CSI�s [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Not a CSI member yet? Join now at http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/join.htm) SINGAPORE DEAL: Auckland-based IT company Quantel International and Singapore-based consultancy JAS Brand Creations have joined forces to develop and market brand management tools for businesses in Asia. The alliance, which has had practical advice and support from both New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Singapore�s Economic Development Board, centres on Quantel International�s Q100 Business Assessment System that is already used widely in New Zealand, particularly by business advisors assessing business capability for client companies. PRICE ALERT: The price of some business software could rise by 15 per cent after Inland Revenue ruled that software leases should be treated as licensing arrangements liable for withholding tax, a tax expert warns. Ernst & Young director Catherine Shaw says businesses which lease software from overseas suppliers must now deduct 15 per cent, and in some cases 30 per cent, of the value of each lease payment as non-resident withholding tax. - Stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2712921a28,00.html $40M FOR ICT GROWTH: The Government will spend more than $40 million over the next four years on a 10-year project to have 100 high-tech companies turning over $100 million a year. The funding package includes $1.5m over four years for the Higrowth Project (http://www.higrowth.co.nz), a charitable trust set up by ICT Taskforce members with a five-member board headed by SolNet founder Murray McNae and a 30-member advisory council. Projects which support the technology curriculum in secondary schools will get $8m over four years and $5.6 million will go to FutureInTech, a national ICT awareness programme for secondary school students. - NZ Herald EXPORT AWARDS CALL: Entries for the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise 2004 Export Awards close on November 30. Christchurch tech companies have a strong track record of awards success and are being urged to put themselves forward for honours in 2004. Award entrants must have been exporting for more than three years, have earned at least $500,000 in foreign exchange in the last financial year and have a minimum of 20% annual growth. Entry forms are available on http://www.exportawards.co.nz ------------------------------ *EXPORT FOCUS* JOINT VENTURE An exporter who lacks the resources to set up a branch but does not wish to surrender control to an independent distributor may use a joint venture to establish a marketing presence in the target market. This joint venture checklist identifies all issues that joint venture partners should consider before they sign a joint venture agreement. http://www.marketnewzealand.com/common/files/auerbach-jointventure. pdf +From a series of checklists prepared by NZ Trade and Enterprise to help companies work through the export planning process. NEXT WEEK: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ------------------------------ *WEBSITE OF THE WEEK* DevArticles http://www.devarticles.com Sign up for the DevXPress weekly newsletter that goes out to 40,143 subscribers every Monday. The website has a large number of useful and active forums on developer topics plus articles and other information. ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* CSI'S DIRECTORY A searchable Who's Who in the Canterbury Tech Community. It's free to list your company and you'll find it a useful resource when you're looking for products, partners for collaborative work, and much more. Check it out, and fill in the form to get your company listed. http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/directory.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 ... 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
