Grant boosts Descisys R&D team
The head of one Auckland software house is singing the praises of government funding schemes.
The head of one Auckland software house is singing the praises of government funding schemes.
When it comes to getting assistance for the R&D phase of software development, it pays to think in broader terms than just finding money to fund it.
AUCKLAND (03/01/2004) - Media research company ACNielsen believes it is one of the first in its industry in the world to use tablet PCs to survey the newspaper and magazine reading habits of a nation.
AUCKLAND (02/12/2004) - Instant messaging (IM) has taken a step forward with the industry's standards body approving an open source-developed protocol, and a New Zealand firm is already using a related technology to offer IM services on mobile phones.
Thanks to Auckland’s JabLab you can now do IM on your phone
Sometimes it's just a question of right place, right time.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines the word agile as “quick moving, nimble and active”, which also describes how Massey University’s application development team wants to be as it takes on the redevelopment of its student management system.
While embedded systems hardly constitute an emerging market for development, they are a platform that is hugely on the rise but often goes unnoticed.
People’s ability to keep in touch and get information from anywhere is an assumed part of business these days. That’s helping to fuel demand for applications for mobile phones and PDAs.
When it comes to computer games New Zealand is almost wholly a consumer: it ranks second in the world for ownership while only 10 or so companies in the country actually develop games.
If you think gaining Technology New Zealand funding is some sort of dark art, a clarified definition, from the funding body regarding what constitutes software R&D, might illuminate matters.
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What's the point of spending money on IT if your customers don't see the value? The question is foremost in the mind of new Air New Zealand Ltd. chief information officer Rob Fyfe. Appointed in December and now in his seventh week in the job, Fyfe is wary of spending on projects that don't give customers value -- and that customers don't perceive as giving value.
It's an issue which Fyfe recognizes from his former roles as head of ITV's pay-TV subsidiary in the U.K., manager of Telecom's consumer division and National Australia Bank's group general manager of marketing, distribution and electronic banking.
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