A mainframe training joint venture between Griffith University and Global Online Learning has come to an end as the provider moves closer to government departments in Canberra, which are recruiting big iron skills.
The Ministry of Justice is planning to spruce up its development act with a software development improvement project.
Increasingly, open source tools and development methodologies are fundamental to software initiatives. Gains in flexibility, availability of coding tools and the principles of collaborative development are among the many benefits of using open source tools and solutions.
David Skilling, director of the New Zealand Institute think tank, gave the IBM Forum 06 a rather discouraging picture of New Zealand’s business performance to date.
The continuing worldwide broadening of software development organisations — either with internal employees dispersed geographically or through the use of offshore outsourcers — is forcing IT operations to improve their requirements management processes.
With so many specialist methodologies involved when it comes to IT design and development, communication and understanding between teams can easily break down, says Steve Dickinson, the creator of Centruflow, which he believes can solve this problem.
The Television Station had been using a home-grown interface, and it was our job to replace it. With a US$500,000 (NZ$713,000) budget to work with, I thought we had a good chance of doing it right — and I looked forward to a challenging project. Little did I know!
Rural Christchurch is home and office to Julian and Sarah Stone, while business partner Alan Barlow works in Auckland. Together they run an international company
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