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*hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK* Here is the latest issue of Canterbury Software Inc's hyperLINK weekly e-newsletter. Keep reading hyperLINK if you want to be up with the play in the Canterbury tech sector. See the full version of hyperLINK 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 JANUARY 30: 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. FEBRUARY 6 (WAITANGI DAY): No BBQ. ELEVATOR CAFE Come along tomorrow to the CSI's first Elevator Cafe for 2004 - 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 5.30pm 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). 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 34, January 29 2004 + ChCh smart search engine makes big media splash + Component e-market targets ChCh manufacturers + Tech Newsbytes from all around + Online with CSI + At the forum + Contact us, subscribe/unsubscribe etc ############### *FEATURE* CHCH SMART SEARCH ENGINE MAKES BIG MEDIA SPLASH By CAROL WEBB Heard of Eurekster yet? Tap into Google News search and you�ll see a long list of stories from most major international IT publications greeting the launch last week of the latest venture by Canterbury Software Inc members Grant and Shaun Ryan. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ------------------------------ *FEATURE* COMPONENT E-MARKET TARGETS CHCH MANUFACTURERS By CAROL WEBB An online components registry launched last week will provide immediate access to small quantities of parts for Christchurch electronics manufacturers, while enabling others to cash up unwanted inventory. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature2 ] ------------------------------ *NEWSBYTES* WELSH GATEWAY: Canterbury Software and Electronics South cluster members are in line for incentives from the Welsh Development Agency (WDA) to help give them cost effective entry to UK and European markets. Details will be revealed at a February 10 presentation in Christchurch featuring a line-up of WDA representatives and other agencies, plus a NZ firm doing business in Wales. Benefits of setting up in Wales include cash grants and other incentives, competitive set-up and operating costs and close proximity to London and M4 hi-tech corridor. The seminar is at Rydges Hotel starting at 4pm and ending post-cocktails at 7pm. For more details or to register contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 353 6879 today. NEW CEO: The Foundation for Research, Science & Technology (FRST) has a new chief executive. He's Murray Bain, currently assistant governor at the Reserve Bank and has held a variety of senior management positions in organisations including the Trust Bank Group, ACC, Industry New Zealand and the New Zealand Wool Board. Bain is a University of Canterbury graduate with a M Com (Hons) Economics and BSc Pure Mathematics. He replaces retiring CEO Gowan Pickering. TESTING GOES LOCAL: New Zealand firms should soon be testing locally real-time applications over their enterprise networks using version 6 of the IP standard, rather than having to go through US internet gateways. InternetNZ is funding the construction and operation of a �public access� IPv4/IPv6 testbed with Wellington metropolitan network operator CityLink for an initial six-month period. The facility is experimental for non-commercial New Zealand data traffic. Any individual or company will be able to establish and test an IPv6 network by using free software to host a tunnel to the gateway. - Computerworld FEES COMING DOWN: InternetNZ is reducing the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by nz Registry Services (NZRS) from $2 per name per month to $1.75. The new fee will apply from July 1. CLUSTER GURU: Since establishing Cluster Navigators in 1997, Ifor Ffowcs-Williams has been active across Europe, North America, Africa, the Caribbean and Australasia, introducing the relevance of clustering as a cornerstone for business growth. He is a frequent speaker on competitiveness, clusters, and local innovation systems and has a client list that includes The World Bank, OECD, and Commonwealth Secretariat. Ffowcs-Williams will be meeting with Canterbury Software members on February 17, advising on how business growth can be achieved through clusters. He will be available to chat to Canterbury Software members at the Millennium Hotel from 5-7pm. RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone 353 6873. ------------------------------ *EXPORT FOCUS* SALES REP AGREEMENT Generally, sales reps work at the pleasure of the party engaging them. Under the law, a principal can be held liable for the acts and omissions of its sales rep. This checklist proposes the issues and dangers to consider when engaging a party as a sales rep. http://www.marketnewzealand.com/common/files/auerbach-salesre.pdf NEXT WEEK: Servicing Your Product Overseas +From a series of checklists prepared by NZ Trade and Enterprise to help companies work through the export planning process. ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* WEBSITE MAKEOVER Canterbury Software Inc�s website has had a makeover. We've made it easier for people to access the material and see at a glance all the great things the cluster does. Check out the new sections to see what CSI is doing in terms of global ties, collaborations, milestones and education. It�s all at http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz. ------------------------------ *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] ------------------------------
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