We are proud to announce an exclusive competition for New Zealand BizSpark Startups. Get a solid understanding of Virtual Machines in Windows Azure and be in to win an Acer Iconia W510 Slate! We have announced the general availability release of our...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

I manage the BizSpark program in New Zealand. BizSpark was created by Microsoft to help foster innovation and to invest in the future of the industry, while also gives startups an entry point to become a Microsoft partner. There are a few different ways...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by the hundreds of New Zealand startups on the BizSpark program, and thousands of ISVs, SMEs and large enterprise customers. We have put together a booklet...

            Microsoft is very proud of our global partnership with Startup Weekend, and especially of our local sponsorship and support of Startup Weekend Auckland happening on the weekend of June...

Two weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural DEMO Asia. DEMO is a popular launchpad event for emerging technology and trends , where companies launch their products in front of a global audience. DEMO Asia was also an excellent event for...

Event Details 24-26 February 2012 Westpac Business & Community Hub, Christchurch “If there is one city that is in the perfect space for entrepreneurship, it’s Christchurch, and I was blown away by the quality and passion...

In the next few weeks we will be featuring promising and successful New Zealand BizSpark startups and ISVs on this blog. This week’s featured startup is Secured Signing . Secured Signing is one of the first members to graduate from our BizSpark program...

                    The BizSpark program gave startups in Asia Pacific an opportunity to be chosen to pitch at DEMO Asia 2012 in Singapore at the end of February...

            Startup Weekend has seen success with hundreds of events across the globe. Since its inception in 2008, the program has expanded to help more than 45,000 startups in 100 countries. The...

This blog post is brought to you on behalf of the NZ Hi-Tech Trust. Entries for the 2012 NZ Hi-Tech Awards close in just over six weeks. You can now enter the Hi-Tech Awards online . Register once and then choose the categories you want to enter. It is...

DEMO Asia, Singapore, 29 Feb – 2 March 2012                     In conjunction with our partners Startup Weekend and Founder Institute , Microsoft BizSpark...

  If you are based in Auckland, New Zealand and are a new software startup you may be interested in attending this:       Microsoft BizSpark in association with Forbes.com World Top 10 Technology Incubator The ICEHOUSE, is running...

TechEd New Zealand 2011 will run from Wednesday 24th August until Friday 26th August, once again at SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland.  The list of tracks is available now and we have opened the Call for Topics so you can submit a session or two...

If you are trying to install the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit on Windows 7 Service Pack 1, make sure you have downloaded the February 2011 release of the training kit. The February release includes bug fixes to a number of labs as well as updates...

In a couple of weeks time we are on the road with our latest Unplugged developer and IT Pro sessions. This time round we are covering ASP.NET MVC 3, Razor, Internet Explorer 9 and Windows Azure in the developer sessions. In the IT Pro sessions Nathan...

  We still have some space available for our 3 day Windows Azure Deep Dive Hands on Lab training next week in Auckland (Wednesday 23 rd – Friday 25 th February). Abstract The Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelism team is pleased to announce...

We still have space available for this Innovation Academy Event for start ups and entrepreneurs on Monday 21st February in Auckland.       The Innovation Academy is packed full of tips from experts and entrepreneurs who know the steps to...

The Windows Azure Platform Discover Event is specifically designed for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and software start ups interested in learning more about the Windows Azure Platform. These are one day events being held worldwide with the goal...

If you are a start up that has joined our BizSpark programme hopefully you are enjoying your access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools, platform technologies, and production licenses of server products (including Windows Azure Platform...