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Cheap robust Google box…

November 2, 2007

Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Web x.0

This is kind f cool – kind of the desktop version of OLPC (kind of not actually!). Walmart has started selling this sub USD200 desktop jam-packed with google apps and FOSS stuff. It comes prelaoded with; Linux OS Gmail…

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Steve Ballmer on social networks (and a whole lot more)

November 1, 2007

Business, Society, Web x.0

Wih a hat tip to uber communicator Kaila, check out this post. Steve is such a visionary…..

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OpenSocial – this is huge…..

November 1, 2007

Business, IT, SaaS, Society, Strategy, Web x.0

Google is announcing its OpenSocial project. OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and information at social networks: Profile Information (user data) Friends Information…

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Growing fast..

October 31, 2007

Business, Economic Development, New business, New Zealand, Strategy

Tonight I’m attending the Deloitte/Unlimited Fast 50 Award ceremony. The Fast 50 recognises the 50 fastest growing businesses in New Zealand and is an expression of the fact that Hi-growth is the way ahead for New Zealand. I’l report…

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OLPC and MS

October 31, 2007

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT

Introduction – OLPC aims to create a USD100 rugged laptop for use in developing nations. To get a laptop that cheap it has to take advantage of free and open source software. OLPC have Microsoft developing a very cut…

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Fonterra outsourcing IT

October 31, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand

Mega company (by New Zealand standards anyway) Fonterra has just announced that it will be outsourcing some IT functions to India. Fonterra’s outsourcing strategy is aimed at reducing duplication of backroom support functions such as human resources, information services…

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NZX scores a coup…

October 30, 2007

Business, Governance, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS

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…

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Web 2.0 for small business…

October 30, 2007

Business, IT, SaaS, Society, Strategy, Web x.0

Those visionaries at Xero are at it again – they’ve got an event coming up in a few weeks to discuss business in this new participatory era. Kudos to them for getting this dialogue going – I’d love to…

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Gartner and the great big paper shuffle…

October 30, 2007

Business, Design, IT, Web x.0

Following on from my post yesterday questioning the value of the big analysis houses, it was interesting to read this on ZDNet. Even more interesting was a comment a reader had made; What would be a 2.0 replacement of…

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Another Kiwi SaaS startup…

October 30, 2007

Business, New business, New Zealand, SaaS

ActionThis is a project management solution delivered via SaaS. It has some big hitters behind it, Ed Robinson formerely from Microsoft, and Tony/Tim/Derek from Intergen/Glazier/AfterMail. At very first glance it looks like a nice solutions – there seems to…

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