Has anyone else noticed that Fake Steve Jobs posts of late have all been pretty much on the nail – sure they’re humorous and all and he takes the P^%s out of most of the other vendors out there…
Silicon Alley Insider has this excellent piece, suggesting what it sees as the best way for MS and Yahoo to combing. I have to agree that the negatives around bringing Yahoo in-house into MS outweigh any potential benefits in…
I wrote a few days ago about Humanware closing down its New Zealand operations. Interesting to read this morning then that three Christchurch manufacturers look set to approach Humanware to seek a continuation of some manufacturing in this country.…
Over at Smoothspan, Bob posts about strategies to beat the coming recession (it’s hard to avoid coming to the conclusion that a recession is imminent – all things seem to point in that direction). It’s a great read and…
In the second installment of his six part series for start-ups, Rod discusses the vexed issue of shareholding allocations. He raises some excellent points and ones which with our Kiwi “she’ll be right” mentality, new start-ups are likely to…
In the past I’ve gone on record telling people that it is premature to analyse Xero post IPO, given that they have a three year plan and they’ve only just embarked upon it. What then is my reaction to…
Start-up and Icehouse incubatee OpenEye displays seems to be in serious difficulty. CEO and founder Gareth Croy has gone AWOL and staff numbers have plummeted from 21 earlier this year to only three now. As I’ve said before –…
Surveylab was founded by Leon Toorenberg, a Wellingtonian and some-time Cactus acquaintance. Cactus is now a supplier to Surveylab and it’s great to read how they’re starting to cross the chasm. On a personal level it’s really nice to…
An excellent interview over on ZDNet with JP Rangaswami, managing director of BT Design. He used to be the CIO but disestablished that title to better reflect the roles people play at the global Telco. Some interesting quotes; “at…
News just in, US company Diligent that provides a SaaS product for board members to access meeting papers will list on the NZ stock exchange. Diligent already has a division in Christchurch and is looking to leverage the increased…