IBIS Technology is a Queenstown based software developer producing booking systems for tourism operators, ticketing agent and inbound operators. Started by Erik Bradshaw in the mid-nineties it now employs six or seven people and has high profile clients in…
Check out this video of Tim Norton from PlanHQ talking to Tim O’Reilly of Web2.0 fame. Tim is doing a copybook job of getting out, building profile and garnering attention – PlanHQ is a business to watch.
A piece on the CIO site suggested that the fallout from the sub prime crash will lead to something of a belt tightening in the VC circles but not a bubble burst (yet). Salient points; Cleantech could be the…
With a hat tip to Mike (who is actually a nice guy in person AND online), have a look at this web 2.0 usability guide. As an aside it seems everyone has a different way of enunciating Web 2.0,…
News this morning that Vodafone is pulling the pin on the iHug brand. Not unexpected but still a little sad to see the end of a 15 year brand presence in New Zealand.
I’ve got a meeting this week at the Savoy Brown, a nice little cafe in Christchurch. Being both a proponent and a user of SaaS solutions I naturally placed the invitation into my Google calendar. When I did so…
A while ago I wrote a post discussing commercial imperatives for opensource software. That time I cam from a perspective of finding a natural intersect between the rabid community mindedness of opensource with the rabid commercialism of SaaS (generalisations…
PowerbyProxi has developed a cool technology whereby power can be transmitted to products without wires. For example, the technology allows the wireless charging of cellphones or the powering-up of industrial robots. John Deere USA has taken an equity stake…
Buddy Kaila pointed out this editorial from Forbes magazine. The basic premise is that in the soon-to-eventuate recession, SaaS companies will be somewhat protected from the fall out. The reasons given; SaaS is an expensable rather than capital outlay…