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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 16: Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab) Open House from 4pm to 7pm at Old Maths Building, University of Canterbury. One of the major attractions will be a Lord of the Rings interactive motion capture experience, where visitors move in front of a huge screen and are recreated as a virtual orc, elf or hobbit. 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: �Expand Your Business in the UK�. A FREE seminar at Canterbury Innovation Incubator, 200 Armagh Street, Christchurch, 8.00 am to 9.30 am (includes breakfast). The seminar is hosted by UK Trade & Investment and NZ Trade and Enterprise. This is billed as a �one-stop-shop� workshop and features practical advice and assistance from experts from UK Trade & Investment, NZ Trade and Enterprise, HSBC, the Visas Section of the British High Commission, the Welsh Development Agency and the North of England Development Agency. 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. OCTOBER 14: Specialist one-day course for software company managers, presented by Dr Steve Kelly of the University of Southern Cross, Queensland. This programme provides the best practices and business insights that today�s competitive markets demand and has received rave reviews in a number of countries. October 14-15: 321 Go Global � insights from entrepreneurs who've been where you're heading. The University of Auckland Business School and NZ Trade & Enterprise will be running the Christchurch leg of their one-and-a-half day internationalisation at the Maddison Room, Heritage Hotel, Cathedral Square. NOVEMBER 2-3: ES Connectivity 04 � Unlocking the world�s best kept technology secret. Organised by Electronics South, this is a showcase of Canterbury�s electronics capability with an emphasis on developing and furthering relationships in the industry and, most importantly, doing business. For more information check the events calendar: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/events.htm ############### hyperLINK: Issue 57 September 13, 2004 + Research Focus: IT companies must demonstrate good project management skills + Tech Newsbytes from all around the world + CSI website happenings + Meanwhile, at the forum + Contact us, subscribe/unsubscribe etc ############### *RESEARCH FOCUS* IT COMPANIES MUST DEMONSTRATE GOOD PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS META Group Consulting reports that the continuing fixation among CFOs and CEOs on IT as a way to cut costs calls for strong project management. Michael Herman reports. According to META Group Consulting senior vice president Al Passori, controlling IT investments without jeopardising the fundamental business demands a rigorous project management discipline and IT project management governance processes. He says budget and resource constraints are putting CIO under pressure to enforce a project management governance discipline and to work with the business to �rationally prioritise and select� IT initiatives that will deliver the highest economic and strategic value to the enterprise. For these reasons, portfolio management (PfM) has become the premier IT-business communication tool for optimising IT investments and Passori says leading IT portfolios will have project, asset, application, information, infrastructure, people, and process subportfolios. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ############### *TECH NEWSBYTES* September 7: Some of the world�s leading technology media reviewers will converging on Canterbury in November to see what the region has to offer. James Saruchera, the facilitator for Electronics South and Canterbury Software Inc, says ES Connectivity 04 � a showcase of local technology capability � will also attract a significant local audience of companies that are looking to buy, supply and partner in the technology industry. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte1 ] September 7: Watch out for WiMAX is latest message from Intel. The emerging wireless communications technology can blanket entire cities with broadband connections and will probably displace DSL and cable, Intel says. Intel President Paul Otellini said likened the effect of WiMAX on DSL and cable to that of cellular to landline telephony at a technical conference hosted by Intel. September 7: Samsung has launched what it claims is the world�s first mobile phone with an internal hard drive at the ITU Telecom Asia exhibition. The SPH-V5400 has a 1.5GB hard drive measuring 2,5cm across and also features a high-resolution 6cm LCD screen, MP3 player and electronic book. Mobile phones generally have carried a 100MB maximum capacity and while several smaller hard drives are in the market already, Samsung says the SPH-V5400 is first mobile phone to have one onboard, closing the gap between mobile phones and portable digital music players. September 7: Massey University has committed $450,000 over the next three years as part of New Zealand�s $5 million contribution to the Australasian Synchotron beamlines project. The Synchotron will be based in Victoria, Australia, and is that state�s biggest investment ever in research and development infrastructure. The Victorian government, universities and research institutes are investing more than $20 million in the facility, which will be up and running in 2007. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte2 ] September 6: Christchurch firm EDAC Electronics and crown research institute Crop & Food Research have jointly developed a new agritech product that takes the guesswork out of measuring moisture content levels of whole-crop cereals for silage production. It is also useful for measuring dry matter content of pasture. Called e-Harvest, the product helps crop growers and diary farmers determine the best time to harvest and provides an accurate measure of dry matter content for a range of standing feed crops, including pasture. September 6: World Vision New Zealand and Jade Software Corporation have announced the successful go-live of the new JADE donor management system (TASMAN) at World Vision. The system, which went live earlier this month, manages almost 20 million records relating to the $37 million that New Zealanders donate annually to World Vision to support their work in 70 projects across 18 countries. TASMAN replaces a legacy system, providing complex customer relationship management and tracking, and encompasses 20-years of business knowledge and information. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte3 ] ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* MENTORING The help and advice of a mentor can make all the difference to your chances of business success. 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