New Zealand ISV Blog
Information and discussion for New Zealand software businesses and innovators.
BizSpark New Zealand Exclusive: Create a Virtual Machine in Windows Azure and be in to win an Acer slate!
We are proud to announce an exclusive competition for New Zealand BizSpark Startups. Get a solid...
Date: 04/16/2013
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: Find.ly
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 04/15/2013
BizSpark Program for Technology Startups: Software, Cloud and Developer Benefits
I manage the BizSpark program in New Zealand. BizSpark was created by Microsoft to help foster...
Date: 02/27/2013
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: Dimension Data
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 02/03/2013
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: Contrast Media
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 12/12/2012
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: CommerceConnect
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 12/09/2012
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: Booktrack
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 11/22/2012
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: Avancert
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 11/14/2012
The New Zealand Windows Azure Application Showcase: Virsae by Agile
Microsoft's public cloud platform, Windows Azure, has seen considerable growth in its adoption by...
Date: 11/06/2012
Christchurch Startup Weekend
Event Details 24-26 February 2012 Westpac Business & Community Hub, Christchurch “If there...
Date: 03/14/2012
New Zealand Featured Startup: Secured Signing
In the next few weeks we will be featuring promising and successful New Zealand BizSpark startups...
Date: 02/12/2012
New Zealand DEMO Asia 2012 Alpha Pitch Scholarship Startup Announcement
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Date: 02/06/2012
NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2012: Enter Now
This blog post is brought to you on behalf of the NZ Hi-Tech Trust. Entries for the 2012 NZ Hi-Tech...
Date: 01/23/2012
We have spaces left for the ICEHOUSE and Microsoft BizSpark Innovation Academy event 20th June
If you are based in Auckland, New Zealand and are a new software startup you may be...
Date: 06/15/2011
TechEd New Zealand 2011
TechEd New Zealand 2011 will run from Wednesday 24th August until Friday 26th August, once again at...
Date: 04/18/2011
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit and Windows 7 SP1
If you are trying to install the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit on Windows 7 Service Pack 1,...
Date: 03/08/2011
Microsoft UNPLUGGED Update March 2011
In a couple of weeks time we are on the road with our latest Unplugged developer and IT Pro...
Date: 03/03/2011
BizSpark Members–Register Your Developers
If you are a start up that has joined our BizSpark programme hopefully you are enjoying your access...
Date: 12/21/2010
Signing Up for the Windows Azure Introductory Offer
If you have been following the latest Azure platform developments that were announced at PDC10 you...
Date: 12/02/2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Updated
An update for the Windows Phone 7 Developer tools was released in the last couple of weeks. The...
Date: 10/31/2010
Intergrid Case Study–GreenButton
We have recently put together a case study showing how Integrid are using Windows Azure for their...
Date: 09/30/2010
4 Steps to a Successful Software Strategy
This is a guest post written by Stuart Bale. Stuart Bale is a software strategist with a wealth of...
Date: 09/21/2010
Starsoft releases Ezidoesit for Office 2010
In time for the general release of Office 2010, local ISV, Starsoft, has just released the latest...
Date: 06/17/2010
Contrast Media Case Study and Interview
Continuing our series of profiles of New Zealand BizSpark companies, we have Contrast Media....
Date: 05/02/2010
Litmos is a finalist for the NZ Hi-Tech Awards
Litmos, a start-up in the Microsoft BizSpark programme we profiled here, has been announced as a...
Date: 03/28/2010
Microsoft New Zealand Developer Survey
Have you filled in the Microsoft New Zealand Developer Survey yet? This is your chance to win a trip...
Date: 02/21/2010
BizSpark promotional activity
This month we’ve started doing some promotion of our three Spark programmes; DreamSpark, BizSpark...
Date: 02/07/2010
25% Discount on selected Microsoft Certification Exams
If your developers are considering get their Microsoft Certification, take advantage of the current,...
Date: 11/11/2009
Microsoft Unplugged Update – December 2009
Join us in December 2009 for the latest Microsoft UNPLUGGED Update. Come to TechNet morning for IT...
Date: 11/10/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Available
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is available for download by MSDN (and BizSpark) subscribers today, with a...
Date: 10/19/2009
WebSiteSpark joins the *Spark Family
Yesterday at PICNIC, Scott Guthrie announced the launch of another member of the family of...
Date: 09/24/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1 available for MSDN Subscribers
As announced on Soma’s blog, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1 was made available for download to...
Date: 05/19/2009
Unplugged Tour – Windows 7 and Silverlight 3
Nigel, Nathan and I are on the road again in May/June to talk about Windows 7, Windows Server...
Date: 05/18/2009
Australia and New Zealand TechEd 2009 Call for Content
With TechEd North America underway this week (you can visit TechEd online too) we are kicking off...
Date: 05/12/2009
You are invited to see the top teams compete in the Imagine Cup Finals in Auckland!
Imagine Cup is a competition which encourages students to use technology to transform great ideas...
Date: 04/23/2009
Virtual Tech.Days 2009 - 24 Hours of round the world learning
Hey all you developers out there! How is your personal development plan coming along? Time to learn...
Date: 03/01/2009
December Unplugged Events
We are currently working on the December Unplugged events which are going to be all about some of...
Date: 11/19/2008
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Team Foundation Server SP1
Yesterday we released Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (bootstrapper or ISO) and Team Foundation Server 2008...
Date: 08/12/2008