Code Scan
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 6 November 2008Chip Dawson from NZSA passes on the following about a company he is now involved in:
CodeScan is the world's leading automatic tool for web source code vulnerability assessment and remediation. CodeScan rates and identifies the strength of your web applications and identifies More...
Canterbury Software/NZSA
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 6 November 2008Joint Function 26th November
Elevate Bar, 2 Colombo St, Cashmere, Christchurch
5.30-8.00pm
Free to attend.
Drinks and nibbles will be provided kindly sponsored by IBM.
Keynote speaker: Rod Drury from More...
NEW ZEALAND SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 6 November 2008Tuesday 11th Nov
NETWORKING DINNER - With Guest speaker Neil Butler, Executive Director and former CEO of Optimation New Zealand Ltd.
Subject: "Surviving and thriving through market chaos " More...
WEB DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE FEATURE
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 6 November 2008NZ Business Magazine is running a feature on web design and development in January 2009, and have offered discounts and opportunities to share stories and advertising to WDANZ members. If you would like to kick start 2009 with a bigger profile, please contact More...
Internet UNMASKED!!
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 6 November 2008Dennis is now on the road covering exactly ten venues throughout the month of November!
Queenstown - Friday, 7 November
Invercargill - Monday, 10 November
Dunedin - Wednesday, 12 November
Timaru - Friday, 14 November
Nelson - Monday, 17 November
Whangarei - Thursday, 20 November
Palmerston North - Monday, 24 November
Wanganui - Tuesday, 25 November
New Plymouth - Wednesday, 26 November
Hamilton - Thursday, 27 November More...
Invite from the Privacy Commissioner
Posted by John Jones ~ Sunday 2 November 2008The Technology Team at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner invites you to attend a Technology and Privacy Forum
20 November 2008
Auckland More...
Internet UNMASKED!! regional roadshow 2008 begins
Posted by Dennis A Smith ~ Wednesday 29 October 2008The Web Developers Association of New Zealand (WDANZ) begins its nationwide roadshow with events in Rotorua, Tauranga and Gisborne, the first week in July. More...
Palmerston North web company secures Internet roadshow
Posted by Dennis A Smith ~ Wednesday 29 October 2008Local company eTheory has attracted the popular roadshow Internet UNMASKED!! to Palmerston North. More...
Invercargill web company secures Internet roadshow
Posted by Dennis A Smith ~ Wednesday 29 October 2008Local company Flatout Web Design has attracted the popular roadshow Internet UNMASKED!! to Invercargill. More...
Hamilton web company secures Internet roadshow
Posted by Dennis A Smith ~ Wednesday 29 October 2008Local web development company Tech1 has attracted the popular roadshow Internet UNMASKED!! to Hamilton. More...
DomainMasters now live
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 23 October 2008The DomainMasters™ DNS cut over last night at 9.00pm (as scheduled) and it has now propagated to most ISPs.
We've all worked hard on DomainMasters™ and we are pleased to launch with 3681 Domain Names with some real stunners in the list! More...
Internet UNMASKED!!
Posted by John Jones ~ Saturday 4 October 2008The South Island roadshow dates, speakers and venues have now all been confirmed. They are:
Queenstown, Friday 7 November
Invercargill, Monday 10 November
Dunedin, Wednesday 12 November
Timaru, Friday 14 November
Nelson, Monday 17 November
Newstalk ZB is again supporting us and More...
C++Developer Needed (Casual contract basis)
Posted by John Jones ~ Saturday 4 October 2008If anyone knows a good C++ developer who can work on a contract basis, preferably within greater Auckland area, please email: More...
NZSA/WDANZ Meeting
Posted by John Jones ~ Saturday 4 October 2008Just a reminder for those of you in Auckland of the a combined NZSA/WDANZ this Wednesday night at the floating pavillion. See you there if you can make it.
Good things come from networking! Call the office on 09 486-6410 if you can be there. Please join us if you can. More...
NZTE Training for High Flyers
Posted by John Jones ~ Saturday 4 October 2008Are you looking for help with continuous and rapid international growth?
NZTE have contracted WHK to develop a new training initiative targeting innovative ICT businesses with proven business success. Those eligible will have More...
DomainMasters
Posted by John Jones ~ Saturday 4 October 2008As previously mentioned a soft-launch will occur on 22nd October where WDANZ members and Domain Name investors will be able to list, view and use the DomainMasters database. The current listing stands at 1745 domain names, with many more, possibly thousands, expected More...
PayMasters
Posted by John Jones ~ Saturday 4 October 2008We are pleased to advise members that a meeting was held recently with a couple of gateway providers, one of New Zealand's major commercial banks and all the WDANZ Industry advisors to scope the new PayMasters service. More...
HELP PLEASE - 2 Minute DIY ONLINE DATABASE SURVEY
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 2 October 2008Voola is new WDANZ member and they would appreciate your input in a very short survey about New Zealand web developers.
Have you felt the pain of More...
Special report - Digital Development Forum
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 23 September 2008The first Digital Development Forum has just finished in Wellington. In attendance were 150 heads of New Zealand based ICT groups and associations including WDANZ. More...
Digital Development Forum
Posted by John Jones ~ Friday 19 September 2008Dennis attended the Auckland "pre-meeting" meeting in Auckland yesterday and met with the Creative and Cultural moderators. He will be attending the Digital Development Forum Wellington next Tuesday More...
DomainMasters
Posted by John Jones ~ Friday 19 September 2008It's now ready to go live. Actually it has been ready for a month or two, but we've had other major events keeping us all busy. WDANZ seeks our members' Domain Name listings prior to the initial launch. We expect to have several thousand great .nz Domain Names available for immediate purchase upon first launch! More...
IT Sisters in growth mode
Posted by John Jones ~ Friday 19 September 2008WDANZ member Designer Websites have just quadrupled their client-base with the recent acquisition of Dataview's client-base. WDANZ facilitated the sale. There is a media release on More...
Internet UNMASKED!!
Posted by Dennis A Smith ~ Friday 19 September 2008The Roadshow is being planned for the South Island, Queenstown, Invercargill, Dunedin, Timaru, and Nelson, in the first and second weeks of November plus Whangarei & Hamilton in mid November. Can members wishing to be involved please More...
Codescan
Posted by John Jones ~ Friday 19 September 2008Peter Benson and Chip Dawson advise that a new version (Ver 1.6) of CodeScan is now available in both PHP and ASP. The eval version can be downloaded from the CodeScan website www.codescan.com. If you develop code - make sure you try it. The guys are also keen to get feedback on how you helpful you found it. More...
NZSA meeting
Posted by John Jones ~ Friday 19 September 2008If you didn't already know, New Zealand Software Association (NZSA), Canterbury Software Inc (CSI), Website Developers Association NZ (WDANZ) and Wireless and Broadband Forum (WBF) signed collaborative agreements to form the Software NZ Alliance.
OCTOBER NETWORKING DINNER - ALL are welcome to ATTEND! More...
IT Sisters in Growth Mode
Posted by Dennis A Smith ~ Tuesday 9 September 2008IT entrepreneurs Jane and Emma Boddie have recently quadrupled their client-base with the acquisition of Dataview's development and hosting clients. More...
DEANZ Conference WDANZ member special
Posted by John Jones ~ Thursday 31 July 2008Just a quick update to let you know that the DEANZ Conference has offered WDANZ members their early bird rate of $560 incl GST (even though it has officially expired). This is excellent value for a three day conference with top speakers in the area of online learning. I will be there, so please let me know if you register so we can meet up during it. More...
Privacy
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 15 July 2008You may have noticed my comments in the ICT news section above about Gmail and eGovernment. Both of these raise questions More...
MOU with NZ Software Association
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 10 June 2008We are very pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding has now been fully signed off between WDANZ and the New Zealand Software Association (NZSA). More...
Auckland breakfast meeting
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 10 June 2008I would like to meet local members for a casual breakfast More...
WEB 08
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 10 June 2008John Ballinger from the Web Meetup Group is putting together a substantial web event to run on 27-28 September More...
Payment Gateways
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 10 June 2008Recently we have had two payment gateways join as affiliate members. More...
Upcoming Internet UNMASKED!! events
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 10 June 2008Dennis is currently developing the schedule for an Internet UNMASKED!! tour including an Internet UNMASKED!! event in each of the following 13 centres throughout New Zealand (Populations in brackets). Auckland (1,208,091) Christchurch (360,768) Dunedin (110,997) Hamilton (184,838) Invercargill (46,773) Napier (118,404) Nelson (56,364) New Plymouth (49,281) Palmerston North (76,032) Rotorua (53,766) Tauranga (108,882) Wellington (397,974) Whangarei (49,080) The first event will be run with the sponsorship of The Radio Network in Tauranga, and the final schedule will be confirmed shortly after that event. These events are VERY well received by attendees and give members great opportunity to be seen in their own communities as thought leaders and professionals. We always work hard at the events to help local members speak, gain new business and network. You can see an excellent overview of these events and the direction we are intending to take them here: www.unmasked.co.nz/files/iu-events.pdf In this you can see an impressive line-up of past and present speakers, sponsors, logos, photos and good words. Its an easy to read 8Mb PDF. Please contact dennis@wdanz.co.nz if you are interested in getting involved in the one in your local area. More...
Business Brokerage
Posted by John Jones ~ Tuesday 10 June 2008Just a reminder that if you are thinking of buying or selling a web development business, we are able to help you. More...
Internet UNMASKED!! Thanks
Posted by Dennis A. Smith ~ Friday 25 April 2008On the 16th of April this year WDANZ launched it's first public seminar for SME's and Not-For-Profits More...
Growth through Acquisistion
Posted by John Jones ~ Wednesday 23 April 2008It really surprised me recently how many responses I got to the notice I sent out about a reasonably large Auckland web business for sale. More...
New Membership Pricing
Posted by John Jones ~ Wednesday 23 April 2008As part of the MOU with NZSA mentioned above WDANZ is bringing its membership pricing more into line with that of NZSA. More...
NZ Software Association
Posted by John Jones ~ Wednesday 23 April 2008WDANZ is currently working on establishing a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the New Zealand Software Association (NZSA). More...
Member Breakfasts
Posted by John Jones ~ Wednesday 23 April 2008Thanks to encouragement from Sarah (Jaijaz) I'm really keen to do some member breakfasts to facilitate regular networking and learning opportunities, More...
Internet UNMASKED!! Launch Recap
Posted by John Jones ~ Wednesday 23 April 2008Last Wednesday marked the very successful launch of the Internet UNMASKED!! brand More...
