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Enterprise Development on Google App Engine
Posted by Bain Hollister on 25 August 2010 | 0 Comments
August Tech Drop at ClearPoints new office tonight. We were delighted to be hosting Jan Zawadski of Hapara to talk us about developing and running applications on the Google App Engine. Formally called Cloudbreak, Hapara have developed and deployed their identity product called Access Manager to support and compliment Google Apps customers. Access Manager is currently used by 6 clients/46k end users. Additionally the Hapara team provide services to help NZ businesses migrate to and integrate with Google Apps.
ClearPoint on NZI Business
Posted by Bain Hollister on 17 February 2010 | 1 Comments
On Wed Feb 10th, ClearPoint was profiled on NZI Business Breakfast with Corin Dann interviewing Managing Director Phil Pietersen. The segment focused on Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly those that experienced good growth during the recessionary challenges of 2009 and who also are engaged in growing export opportunities. ClearPoint meets both criteria and we were delighted to get the chance to talk about the sort of organisation that we are, where we are going and what we aspire to be. Big thanks to Corin and team! See the replay courtesy of TVNZ OnDemand here http://bit.ly/9zF2hc.
new media pow wow
Posted by Bain Hollister on 30 November 2009 | 0 Comments
There's an interesting public stoush going on between the online advertising behemoth that is Google and Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate. A heap of analysis and comment out there - even the Economist has seen fit to comment this week. One of the comforting aspects of true technology disruption is that no one truly knows where things end up. Old business models struggle, a seemingly endless string of promising tech startups entice and then stumble, and then every now and then a game change occurs delivering faster, better cheaper. Change is good. Reason #2345 why Technology is cool!
John Quirk joins ClearPoint advisory board
Posted by Bain Hollister on 12 November 2009 | 0 Comments
We are delighted to welcome John Quirk of Howard and Company as Chairman to the ClearPoint advisory board. John is a recognised and respected leader in the New Zealand Information Technology sector and we look forward to working with him and the team at Howard and Company. John will advise us on developing and growing our business and help to ensure we continue to deliver great results to our expanding list of New Zealand corporate clients.
Cloudbreak Tech Drop
Posted by Bain Hollister on 9 October 2009 | 1 Comments
Last night we ran our regular "ClearPoint Tech Drop : Enterprise SaaS with Google Apps". Big thanks to Jan and Susan from Cloudbreak for sharing their knowledge and experience with the ClearPoint network. As part of the programme we ran through the changes that are occurring in the Enterprise SaaS market and some real world implementation stories. There's no doubt that there is a huge amount of investment going on globally - and it is still very early days. We covered all sorts of aspects including lifecycle of an implementation, information protection, security and authentication models, full lifecycle licensing and hardware costs, operational costs, service levels, DR, change management and some very interesting project 'gotchas' that can potentially arise.
Go AnaPlan!!
Posted by Bain Hollister on 24 September 2009 | 0 Comments
We are delighted to have been able to help our cool client AnaPlan LLC prepare for the launch of their revolutionary new business at Demo09. A fantastic disruptive business model and very exciting story for us to be part of. Big congratulations to Guy and Sue Haddleton, Michael Gould and all the team at AnaPlan US and UK.
We are Two!!
Posted by Bain Hollister on 2 September 2009 | 0 Comments
Very very proud to be celebrating ClearPoint's 2nd birthday. A huge thank you to our very cool Associate team for their loyalty, support and help over the last 24 months as we have got the business off the ground. Also thanks to Em for the cake - and yes we feel like the a-typical 2 year olds. Especially after that sugar rush.
