New Zealand ISV Blog : Strategy

Examples of Growing a Successful Software Company in New Zealand

NZ ISV Blog Team — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:43:00 GMT

In many instances the owners of these software companies struggle with all the options available to them to grow their business; it can often be diffi cult to know what to do and who to turn to. For this reason NZTE and Microsoft have worked together with several New Zealand software companies to create this report, which provides practical examples of how other companies have been successful by utilising the various programmes available from NZTE and Microsoft.

The objective of this document is to help other software companies in the future, by highlighting the benefi ts of leveraging the resources that are readily available and of working with people with a proven track record in the software industry (such as John O’Hara) to advise them on how best to invest their time and effort. The document also provides an insight into how several companies have built substantial businesses in international markets.

Guest Content - Replay of Technology Strategy

NZ ISV Blog Team — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:19:00 GMT

This is a good piece and wanted to make sure you all had a good read

One of the ongoing challenges in the software industry is how to best take advantage of the new technologies that are constantly emerging. At what point does the gain outweigh the pain?

Is your business going to get real value from that cool new technology or will you be replacing it again in 6 month’s time? Here are some principles that I find helpful when evaluating new technologies.

Take it seriously:

Think outside the “technology” box:

Separate fact from emotion:

Expect to fail:

Understand the ecosystem:

Clear decision making process:

Click here to Read full story

New Zealand ISVs Going International

NZ ISV Blog Team — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:53:00 GMT

Over the coming weeks we will deliver lots of great information about taking your business internationally.

We will group the information into 3 areas.

Planning to go International

First time going international | Already abroad | Planning Resources | Building Capacity | Best Practices

Select the Right Markets

Which Country? | United Kingdom | United States | Australia and more

Get a Fast Start

Fast Start | Creating Demand | Acceralated Sales | Microsoft Support

As the information is added to NZ ISV Blog will add links from this content list.

If there are countries you want information about that is not listed above just flick a comment and we'll see if we can help. Likewise if there is information you want to be made available flick us a comment. Be great to get your feed back on this information - valuable? Not so valuable?

Guest Content - Technology Strategy

NZ ISV Blog Team — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:04:00 GMT