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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. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPCOMING EVENTS SEPTEMBER 3: Free Elevator Caf� from 5.30 pm, Canterbury Innovation Incubator 200 Armagh St. Featuring presentations by James Wallace Martin of JB Metrics and Anne MacKaskill of IntelligeNZ Ltd. SEPTEMBER 16: Learn the CustomerCentric Selling� sales process from its inventor, Mike Bosworth, a leading authority on selling IT products and solutions at a one-day workshop. Bosworth has trained over 20,000 sales people in the US where he is regarded as one of the best in the business. Extraordinary value at just $595 including GST per person for members of Canterbury Software and Electronics South � a whopping $200 discount of the standard $795 attendance fee. SEPTEMBER 23 to 26: China International Machinery & Electronic Products Exposition (CWME), Wuhan City, Hubei Province. This is the fifth showcase of advanced machinery and electronic products from China and around the world, and is the largest professional Chinese exposition in the machinery and electronics industry. To date, more than 500 overseas companies, manufacturers from over 30 countries, and more than 2000 domestic machinery and electronics enterprises have been represented at the CWME, attracting over 80,000 businessmen and around 500,000 visitors. The Wuhan Economic Development Commission has gifted a booth to the city of Christchurch, and the Canterbury Development Corporation will be leading a team to the CWME. Contact Jack Turner at the CDC on 03 378-0092 if you are interested in joining this group. For more information check the events calendar: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/events.htm ############### hyperLINK Light contents: Issue 56 September 2, 2004 + Research Focus: High growth in Asia/Pacific for performance management software + Tech Newsbytes from all around the world + CSI website happenings + Meanwhile, at the forum + Contact us, subscribe/unsubscribe etc ############### *RESEARCH FOCUS* HIGH GROWTH IN ASIA/PACIFIC FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IDC has predicted 11.5% compounded annual growth rate in the Asia/ Pacific (excluding Japan) system management software market, making it worth almost $1 billion by 2008. Michael Herman reports. A new report from IDC entitled �Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) System Management Software Forecast, 2004-2008� claims the drive among companies to wrest better returns from their IT investments is making performance management software the fastest growing functional market in the system management software area, with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.3% over the 5-year forecast period. While claiming the largest slice of the Asia/Pacific systems management software market, Australasia clocked up the region�s lowest CAGR. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ############### *TECH NEWSBYTES* August 30: Reuters reports that Orion Multisystems is looking to create �personal supercomputers� that consume less electrical power and which run Linux. The company says its custom-built workstations will combine widely available computer chips with innovative architecture to leapfrog existing computers and will appeal to researchers, designers and other users of high-performance computers. This strategy was used by Sun Microsystems 20 years ago to steal the lead from IBM and Digital Equipment. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte1 ] August 27: Microsoft has announced it will ship the next version of Windows in 2006, almost five years since it released the current version, Windows XP. Code-named Longhorn, the upgrade will not include a planned new system for finding and storing information, confirming analyst reports that the software giant�s ambitions for Longhorn were too ambitious and that the company would have to scale back plans. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte2 ] August 27: Ericsson Communications has entered into a five-year agreement to supply broadband satellite equipment and services to specialist rural internet provider, BayCity. The satellite broadband service will target farms, residences and businesses throughout rural New Zealand and the outlying islands. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte3 ] August 26: Vodafone and Nokia are leading an initiative to produce cheaper and smarter mobile phones by using Java. The companies plan to make it easier to use Java programs across a wide variety of mobile phones, increasing the range of programs such as games available to users. It is uneconomic for operators and software makers to write multiple versions of programs to run on all the available handsets. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte4 ] August 26: Intel has boosted the wireless networking capabilities of its Centrino line of notebook computer chips. The upgrade delivers broader network access with improved security and includes new software that makes it easier to configure and troubleshoot Wi-Fi networking. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte5 ] August 25: Christchurch computer assembler Insite Technology has signed a deal with Massey University to assemble the first cluster of Opteron 250s in Australasia. The deal follows a significant high performance cluster purchases by the University of Canterbury for its engineering departments and of a Beowulf cluster by Lincoln University. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte6 ] ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* EDUCATION CSI is happy to work with all major educational institutions in Canterbury to enable industry to benefit from the new learning and research capabilities students can bring. Not only does this make the local software industry stronger though getting problems solved, it also helps give the next generation of developers, marketers and others a chance to cut their teeth on real issues. Check the Education page for opportunities and case studies. http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/education.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, Michael Herman: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Replies will go to the CSForum. Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
