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MAYOR’s foreword Welcome to this celebration of Wellington’s amazing businesses – their successes, their contribution to New Zealand’s economy and their BIG plans for the future. Our city is home to some of the capital with exceptional access to stars of New Zealand business such renewable energy. Our creative and as Weta Workshop, Infratil and knowledge-based economy weighs a Fronde. It is the base of many other little less heavily on the earth. international and domestic success Wellington is built around a stunning stories, like GreenButton, Matakina, harbour and surrounded by natural Gibson Group, Sidhe, Click Suite, beauty including the award-winning The Formary and Im-able and we eco-attraction Zealandia. continue to nurture innovative start-ups. As New Zealand’s capital city We’re proud to be the nation’s we are the seat of government capital, but there’s so much more to and home to embassies and the city than that. consulates. These are all valuable The private sector accounts for sources of international connections nearly 80 percent of Wellington’s and knowledge. We are commited economy and just over 70 percent to strengthening business and cultural of our jobs. The region’s big three international connections. industries are finance and Wellington City Council is insurance, communications committed to building on the services and business services. strengths of this city so that we Central government administration continue to attract, retain and grow and defence is ranked fourth. dynamic and innovative businesses. We have a flourishing creative Most importantly, we’re telling a sector and a growing knowledge- selection of our business success based economy. stories so that the Coolest Little Capital Our greatest asset is our people in the World is known as a great – we have New Zealand’s most place to do business. highly educated population. These skilled and talented people love living in our compact, cosmopolitan city with its strong arts focus and considerable natural beauty. This is an Celia Wade-Brown exciting place to live, work and play. MAYOR They love our strong eco-city performance. Wellington has a low carbon footprint and a high public transport use. We’re a smart, green 1
cr JO COUGHLAN ECONOMY PORTFOLIO Many people may be surprised at how important business is to Wellington and how business-friendly Wellington is. We are focused on retaining, attracting Our businesses are fuelled by a highly- and growing businesses and jobs so skilled workforce. The region also has that our children can have a future in the highest average household income Wellington and enjoy one of the best in the country and more than 40% of standards of living in the world. households earn more than $89,000 I’m confident that our business people a year. understand this and are responding to We’re a young, vibrant city – 56% of the challenge. Wellingtonians are aged between 18 Over the last decade Wellington’s and 49, compared with 45% of the economy has been growing at a overall population. relatively fast rate. Our gross domestic With a relatively low carbon footprint (we product has risen on average 3% a year produce greenhouse gas emissions of for the last 10 years, compared with the 6.2 tonnes per person, compared with a national average of 2.2%. The number of national average of 18 tonnes) we rank businesses is also up 22% since 2000. 5th globally on the Mercer eco-city index. We have a world class and talented The City has earned its reputation as public sector. But 79% of our gross New Zealand’s creative capital – being domestic product actually comes from a home to museums, theatres and arts diverse private sector. festivals, including our National Museum Along with strong knowledge based Te Papa Tongarewa, the New Zealand industries and a growing creative Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New sector we have finance, communications Zealand Ballet, the World of Wearable business services sectors, wholesale Arts and the biennial International Festival trade, transport hi-tech manufacturing of the Arts. and property industries. The weightless Great access to sports venues; culture economy, web design, screen, and the arts; night life and entertainment gaming application development is means Wellington is an excellent place to alive and well. We’re also home to the live, work and play for families. New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX); We are a dynamic and culturally regulators and banks. We have unique diverse society ready to pursue more international connections as Wellington partnerships, international opportunities is home to the diplomatic corps. and investment. Education, knowledge and research Wellington is open for business! thrives, with five tertiary institutes; excellent schools; Crown Research Institutes and many private sector research entities. Wellington is the science and exploration centre of Jo Coughlan New Zealand. COUNCILLOR 2
WELLINGTON PROFILE 22% Growth in the number of businesses since 2000 25,000 Number of Wellington-based businesses 20 of top 200 companies in Wellington 48% City’s share of regional businesses 9.9% City percentage to national GDP (2010) 2.9% GDP growth pa for 2010 year – national (1.5%) 79% GDP comes from private sector 0.5% Employment Growth (2010) – national (0.3%) 56% Wellingtonians aged between18–49 59% City’s share of region’s employment 2.4% Annual GDP Growth per employee – national (1.2%) 93,110 Total central city workers $31.90 Wellington City’s average hourly wage, the highest in the country (December 09) 5th World ranking eco-city (Mercer 2010 Quality of Living Survey) $127,000 Wellington CBD average labour productivity per FTE (highest in region) 49.7bn Capital City value (QV rating as of 30 June 2011) 8kms from CBD to airport (shortest distance of major New Zealand cities) 3
index INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS 3MONTHS 7 8INTERACTIVE 8 ABLE TECHNOLOGY 9 AURA INFORMATION SECURITY LIMITED 10 BEEK 11 CENTRUFLOW LIMITED 12 CITYLINK 13 CLICK SUITE 14 CORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 15 CRICHQ 16 CRITCHLOW LIMITED 17 FRONDE 18 FX NETWORKS 19 GREENBUTTON LIMITED 20 HARMONIC AOTEAROA LIMITED 21 IPREDICT LIMITED 22 NORTHSOUTH GIS NZ 23 OPENCLOUD 24 REDVESPA 25 RUN THE RED 26 SEEKOM 27 SILVERSTRIPE LTD 28 SPLICE GROUP 29 SYL RESEARCH LIMITED 30 TIMES-7 31 YONIX 32 SCIENCE AND RESEARCH GNS SCIENCE 34 INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH LIMITED 35 MATAKINA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 36 MESYNTHES LIMITED 37 NIWA 38 TRINITY BIOACTIVES LIMITED 39 MANUFACTURING ANTIPODES NZ LIMITED 41 CALIBRE EQUIPMENT LIMITED 42 CALVERT PLASTICS LIMITED 43 HAKES MARINE LIMITED 44 SAFE-EYES 45 TUATAHI RACING AXES & SAWS 46 SCREEN & DIGITAL GIBSON GROUP 48 LUMEN DIGITAL 49 PARK ROAD POST PRODUCTION/WETA DIGITAL 50 SIDHE 51 STORY INC LIMITED 52 UNLIMITED REALITIES 53 4
index PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 200 SQUARE 55 FIRST STAR 56 I-LIGN SOFTWARE 57 VICLINK 58 WEBFUND/HYPERSTART 59 ENGINEERING METCO ENGINEERING 2002 LIMITED 60 PHOTOHIGHER™ 61 WIALUS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 62 WINDSOR ENGINEERING GROUP 63 CLEAN TECH ENVIROMANAGE 65 GREENKEEPER SYSTEMS LIMITED 66 THE FORMARY 67 WETOX LIMITED 68 FOOD & BEVERAGE MOJO COFFEE 69 TUATARA BREWERY 70 TRANSPORT CENTREPORT WELLINGTON 72 WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED 73 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DESIGNBRAND LIMITED 74 GOODNATURE LIMITED 75 TECHNOLOGY, R&D AND LICENSING FOOTFALLS & HEARTBEATS LIMITED 76 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE GILLIES MCINDOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (GMRI) 77 MEDICAL DEVICES IM-ABLE LIMITED 78 BRANDED CONSUMER GOODS PHIL & TEDS MOST EXCELLENT BUGGY COMPANY 79 5
REDVESPA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 8-INTERACTIVE CLICK SUITE TIMES-7 BEEK GREENBUTTON 6
3months ESTABLISHED 2000 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Web applications WHY WELLINGTON 3months builds innovative, future- proof and attractive web and mobile- Based in NZ’s web applications. Using open source technology, smart developers and creative hub an agile process, 3months builds web software faster and cheaper than you We are based in might imagine. New Zealand’s High profile sites creative hub – Over the last decade 3months has been quietly working with clients to Courtenay Place. build some of the most successful, We love the fact that innovative and high profile sites in New Zealand and around within a 10 minute the world. Our mobile team has built smartphone applications for walk we can be numerous clients including Deloitte collaborating face-to- and Consumer. face with some of Growing the team We now have the opportunity to grow the best people in our Wellington-based team quickly and continue to help New Zealand the country to push businesses compete internationally in the boundaries of the web and mobile web space. what can be done Take a look at our work You can see our work at www.telme. in the web and org.nz (Consumer NZ), www.toyota. com/camryeffect (Toyota US), www. smartphone space. powerswitch.org.nz (Consumer NZ) and Nzsl.vuw.ac.nz (New Zealand Sign Language). Other recent www.3months.com projects include www.sponsafier.com (Toyota US), www.creativeNZ.govt. nz (Creative New Zealand), www. digitalNZ.org.nz (National Library) and www.savethechildren.org.nz (Save the Children). 7
8Interactive ESTABLISHED 2009 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Digital books delivered WHY WELLINGTON everyday 8Interactive’s Read Me Stories iPad/ Wellington is a fun, iPhone application delivers a new digital book to your child every safe place to live day. The illustrations are gorgeous. Children are enthralled by the books, and work and parents love them too. It works Wellington has a everywhere – car, café, while mum is cooking, bedtime, you name it. vibrant community Read by more than a of entrepreneurs million children around running some pretty the world Read Me Stories is the top reading amazing businesses. application for kids in the ‘education’ category in the US, UK, Austrailia, It has a very active Canada, and Singapore. It’s the top startup community. It’s education application overall in New Zealand. We’ve published friendly, welcoming more than 100 books and 99% of our customers are overseas. new comers with open Using technology to get arms. And it’s a fun, kids hooked on reading safe place to live Gorgeous digital art, rich sound tracks and touchable characters and work. create an addictive reading experience for kids. www.8interactive.com 8
able TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHED 2006 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Innovative web and WHY WELLINGTON mobile application developer Wellington is a Able Technology is a specialist web and mobile application developer. hotbed of skill and We can revolutionise customer innovation in the web interactions for our clients, or improve business processes with our mobile and mobile app sector phone applications, software-as-a- service developments, and data- The nature of Wellington visualisation and web applications. means we work, Our team has quadrupled live and play in this in the last year Able Technology is one of community with our New Zealand’s leading proponents of customers and with our Ruby-on-Rails, the technology behind high profile web applications such as competitors – there is twitter, groupon, hulu and basecamp. great competition and In the last year Able Technology’s team has quadrupled in size through co-operation. Wellington acquisition and natural growth. has a passion to see We’re ready to help growth in this sector, and businesses realise new opportunities there is good interaction Our talented team, our experience and the technologies we use are in with the local universities great demand to enable businesses to foster the skills we to realise new opportunities! need in the future. Our developments and customers You can see the results of our work www.abletech.co.nz at sharesight.co.nz, find.bnz.co.nz, journeyplanner.org.nz, landandwater. co.nz. Other developments include the iPhone application aedlocations. co.nz, and a web publishing system for Radio NZ. 9
Aura Information Security LIMITED ESTABLISHED 2006 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Cyber security services WHY WELLINGTON that protect against the ‘bad guys’ Wellington is a great Aura is leading the field in cyber-security in New Zealand. place for networking We help customers manage and resolve security issues with services Wellington is an that include penetration testing, awesome place to do security architecture and secure development training. business with many a NZ’s first payment card business deal signed industry approved scanning vendor and sealed over a In the last three years our revenue coffee. Its small has grown 281%. We were the Electra Business of the Year 2010 village-like proximity and were in the Deloitte APAC to large companies Technology Fast 500. This year we’re hoping for a Deloitte Fast 50 placing. makes it ideal for Our biggest coup was becoming New Zealand’s first PCI ASV networking with (Payment Card Industry Approved customers and friends. Scanning Vendor). This globally recognised certification allows us to scan banks and companies for credit www.AuraRedEye.com card security. We plan to grow internationally Our vision is to take our highly repeatable business model and grow it internationally. We already have customers in the US, UK and Australia Our customers include all New Zealand’s high-street banks, several government agencies, insurance companies and corporates. We also have customers in the US, Australia and UK. 10
BEEK ESTABLISHED 2009 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Online interactive WHY WELLINGTON destination guide helps tourism operators woo Wellington has customers Beek provides a 3D interactive given us a perfect destination guide for websites that enables prospective travellers to environment to grow explore destinations online and We’ve grown with plan their visits. Our product is designed to inspire prospective support from Creative travellers with a destination HQ, and guidance experience and to encourage them to book with our clients. and assistance from We’re new but we’re Grow Wellington and winning customers We’re incubating at Creative HQ Positively Wellington but we already have more than 60 Tourism. The start-up customers. Our product has helped many clients increase bookings and scene is very active, attract more customers. The next version is nearly complete, and with great peers will allow us to scale nationally achieving wonderful and internationally. things and providing We aim to provide a marketing tool that’s incredible inspiration. used around the world We plan a fast expansion into more New Zealand destinations, then to www.beek.co take our product overseas. We aim to have the most powerful marketing tool a group of operators can have to attract customers to their destination. Wellington’s tourism sector already uses our product Our clients include Wellington Airport, Te Papa, Interislander, Cable Car, Carter Observatory, St James Theatre, Cruise Terminal, East By West and Department of Conservation. 11
Centruflow Limited ESTABLISHED 2006 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Visualisation software WHY WELLINGTON Centruflow provides visualisation software and consulting services to Wellington is our government. Our solution enables people to make sense of complex centre of innovation environments by automatically generating pictures that both business We focus on and technical people can understand. Wellington-based We turn data from a variety of sources into graphs, activity monitors government projects and real-time dashboards. involving a major Current projects Current projects include the technological replacement of the health identity change, where our system at the Ministry of Health and assisting with the upgrade of the approach can make client management system at the a real difference. We Ministry of Social Development. enjoy the challenge Expansion plans After building a solid foundation of connecting of government references in Wellington we hope to work with our policy, people and international partners to replicate our technology. local successes overseas. Public and private sector clients www.centruflow.com Other recent clients include New Zealand Transport Agency and Environment Science and Research. We’ve also done work for Telecom, Vector and New Zealand Racing Board. 12
CityLink ESTABLISHED 1995 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications FAST, FAIR AND LOCAL WHY WELLINGTON CityLink’s fibre optic network brings the economic, social and cultural One of the best benefits of high speed broadband to New Zealand. CityLink takes a connected cities central role in nearly every New Zealand Internet connection through Wellington was one the national Internet exchanges it of the world’s first operates. We pioneered multimedia streaming in New Zealand with the connected cities and largest national television and radio distribution network, minimising continues to be a international costs. world leader. TRANSFORMING BROADBAND CityLink delivers Wellington an open access fibre optic network at www.citylink.co.nz affordable rates. Our broadband has been the catalyst for multimedia services, forming the basis of much New Zealand audio, video and broadcast streaming. This year, we created the Wellington City Gigabit Network for civic services, one of the largest in the world. BROADBAND IN THE HAND CityLink operates the cbdfree and CaféNET Wi-Fi networks which put public access wireless broadband into the hands of thousands of people every day. This is the largest network of its kind in New Zealand. ENABLING INNOVATION CityLink continues to enable innovations such as cloud computing and un-tethered access. We have the culture, innovation and flexibility to leverage new technology waves of the future. Many New Zealand companies are quick to credit CityLink’s unique services for their success, including TradeMe, Weta Productions and FX Networks. 13
Click Suite ESTABLISHED 1994 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Interactive media WHY WELLINGTON We create custom-made interactive media that helps our clients connect Wellington is a town with their audiences. We’re best known for our innovation and rich of quiet achievers media experiences; experiences that have the wow factor and create Wellington is a lasting impressions. hotbed of innovative 90 awards and companies, most finalist placings Over 17 years we have won almost of which you may 90 awards and finalist placings. We’ve scooped some pretty fancy never have heard of. awards in the US and Europe, but All quietly achieve nothing thrills us more than seeing someone interacting with our work incredible things on and saying ‘wow’. local and international Watch this space stages. That means We have a couple of exciting business ventures that are now we’re in great up and running, under their own brands and companies, that will company. see us achieve some neat things internationally in the next 12 months or so. www.clicksuite.co.nz From exhibitions, to oil, to iPhone recipes Examples of our current work include creating a massive multi-touch table for a new exhibition at the National Library and New Zealand’s first recipe application for the iPhone. We are also using video mapping projection technology to bring alive Maori carvings in a new tourism facility in Whakatane. And we are creating websites and digital media tools for Chevron Texaco in the US. 14
Core Technology Limited ESTABLISHED 1993 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Building software that WHY WELLINGTON does what you want We are the fastest way to get a It’s cool to come great idea out of your head and into a system that does exactly what from Wellington you want. We put together the best technologies in the world to do this, A great lifestyle in the making it faster and less expensive coolest little capital than other ways of creating systems. in the world, which Easy to use Aviarc from Core Technology is values entrepreneurship internationally recognised as a and the creation of simple to use, socially collaborative development tool that makes it simple international revenues for new ideas and innovations to be shared between people. It’s so easy from Kiwi innovations. it’s hard to believe you are building Folk from all over enterprise class software. Aviarc won the prestigious Concensus Award and the world think it’s we are a strategic partner in IBM’s global cloud ecosystem. cool that we come Moving into exports from Wellington, Aviarc is entering the US and Asian New Zealand. markets, with excellent support from clients, IBM Corporation, NZTE and MSI. We make building serious software incredibly simple so people www.coretech.co.nz can do exciting things in a quick, friendly, economical way, freeing the world to be powerfully creative. Clients in Australasia Aviarc has more than 30 clients in Australasia and New Zealand. Our other partners include Fujitsu and Equinox. 15
CricHQ ESTABLISHED 2010 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Innovative technology WHY WELLINGTON to improve cricket scoring and coaching Wellington is one of CriqHQ is a sports technology company that designs and develops the most culturally innovative ways to improve how junior and amateur cricket is scored, diverse cities in analysed and coached. CriqHQ has New Zealand. developed CricScore – designed to make scoring fun and easy, and to Wellington’s council eliminate the need for manual data has vowed to invest entry and the corresponding manual data upload. heavily in the IT sector. CricScore to be used The government in England NatWest in England will bring agencies set up to CricScore, integrated with the help start-up enterprises competition management website PlayCricket, to the recreational have been fantastic to cricket landscape free of charge with CricHQ receiving a per deal with. Wellington application download fee. 95% of is a fantastic base for all matches scored within England are PlayCricket fixtures. a global business. Becoming a global home for cricket Our goal is to become the global www.crichq.com home for professional, recreational, amateur and junior cricket. Who’s on the team Our commercial partners include; RBS, Natwest, Puma, Fujitsu Heatpumps, and some major additional brands to be announced shortly. Our cricketing partners include the ICC, NZCPA, PCA, ECB, USACA, NZC, Interact Sports, and Cricket Ireland. 16
Critchlow Limited ESTABLISHED 1991 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Spatial solutions WHY WELLINGTON Critchlow specialises in spatial analysis services and solutions. Using Truly a global village our solutions and expertise to link otherwise disparate data – client Being located in locations, demographic data, socio- economic variables, asset location Wellington over – in a spatial context, our clients gain insight into their operations. This helps the last 20 years improve productivity and profitability. has provided us Roading, maps and navigation data with ready access Critchlow introduced the first desktop geographic information system to the government, software to New Zealand. We provide commercial, research the road network data used by the Ministry of Transport’s Crash Analysis and academic sectors, System. Additionally, Critchlow exports its New Zealand transport as well as talented, network dataset to NAVTEQ, a global map and navigation data provider. connected and Using spatial insights creative people – truly to solve business and community problems a global village. Our aspiration is to be a global pioneer in new techniques and solutions that deliver spatial insights www.critchlow.co.nz into business and community problems in transport, health, waste and emergency management. We have more than 500 clients Critchlow has more than 500 clients in New Zealand, Australia, the US and the South Pacific. Our clients include the Australian Attorney-General’s Department, Foodstuffs, Mitre10, Fonterra, NZTA, City of Melbourne, Western Australia Police and 60% of New Zealand territorial authorities. Other household names like Vodafone, Meridian Energy, Plunket and the Ministry of Health rely on expertise and solutions from Critchlow to manage aspects of their operations. 17
Fronde ESTABLISHED 1992 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications TRANSFORMING BUSINESS WHY WELLINGTON PERFORMANCE Fronde delivers innovative software Wellington is a solutions to the government, utilities and finance sectors. Fronde was an vibrant ecosystem early adopter of cloud computing, and is also seen as the innovator in of IT innovation mobile solutions. This ecosystem Winning awards is made up of and customers Fronde made NZ Top 15 in CIO investors, business Magazine’s Strategic 100, as one of the 15 most important New support services, Zealand IT operators. We also won commercialisation the Community Impact Solution of the Year with the Ministry of Education’s experts and innovators. Enrolment Management System at Locating our head the 2009 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. office in Wellington We built and continue to support the allows Fronde to tap largest non-bank lending system in the country, and one of the security into those resources systems built by Fronde processes over 1 billion requests a day. and highly-trained Fronde integrated the New Zealand professionals. wholesale electricity market system. Fronde is Google’s preferred enterprise partner and has been www.fronde.com supporting organisations, such as New Zealand Post, to transform its business with Google Enterprise products. We work with the likes of Google, Microsoft and Oracle Our partners include Google, Microsoft, Salesforce.com and Oracle. Our clients include Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Education and New Zealand Post. 18
FX Networks ESTABLISHED 2003 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications We operate a fibre optic WHY WELLINGTON network throughout NZ FX Networks supplies Wide Area Talented people live Network (WAN), Internet, voice and private networking services to in Wellington businesses, government agencies and the ISP industry. It owns and operates A geographically a fibre optic backbone network central location for our throughout New Zealand. business makes sense. Our footprint covers three quarters of the It also puts us close population We have over 3,000kms of fibre to the government optic cable laid in the ground and the public throughout New Zealand. Our footprint covers 75% of the sector. Our industry population. has a very small Delivering fast pool of outstanding broadband around the country talent. Experience We plan to extend the network, and bring high speed broadband demonstrates some of to the far corners of New Zealand. the best talent resides FX is well positioned to ensure the government Ultra Fast Broadband in Wellington. Investment is connected between regions and to the world. www.fx.net.nz Our customers are household names You might recognise some of our customers; Weta Digital, Transpower, one.govt, Television New Zealand, Vodafone, Kordia, NZ Police and Big Save. 19
GreenButton Limited ESTABLISHED 2008 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Helping users access the WHY WELLINGTON power of cloud computing GreenButton is setting the standard Wellington is for how software vendors ‘on ramp’ to the cloud and how end-users recognised as an access the power of cloud computing. international creative We have offices in Wellington, Palo Alto and Seattle. We are Microsoft’s hot spot – at Pixar international Azure cloud partner everyone knows for 2011 and the only company to offer a patented solution around the where Miramar is! predicting price, time and delivery of on-demand cloud computing power. Microsoft global cloud www.greenbutton.com software partner of the year GreenButton has partnered with Pixar Animation Studios to globally enable cloud-based access to its famous RenderMan software. Today 60% of all digital media software vendors are partnering with GreenButton. We have also deployed cloud solutions for the oil and gas, and bio-tech industries, and are now attacking the global financial services sector. We are Microsoft’s global cloud software partner of the year. We were also named one of Microsoft’s top three global start-ups for 2011. We have users in 70 countries We recently signed a global alliance with Microsoft, which included US$1 million in funding. We have users in 70 countries and business relationships with more than 60 global software providers including Pixar, Microsoft, Cyberport China, Right Hemisphere and Biomatters. 20
Harmonic Aotearoa Limited ESTABLISHED 2001 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications HELPING CLIENTS SOLVE WHY WELLINGTON BUSINESS CHALLENGES Harmonic is a specialist consulting Wellington has a and software solutions provider. We provide analytical expertise vibrant heart and decision support tools to help customers understand their cost and The city’s compact productivity drivers. Our solutions nature means it’s deliver tangible value, typically reducing operating costs and easy to meet with improving return on investment. clients, partners and Delivering value for clients government agencies Key Harmonic clients include when required. Telecom, Transpower and NZ Beef and Lamb. Harmonic has delivered With a creative and significant results for our clients technology savvy including: Cost savings of $40 million per year, improved asset culture, Wellington management and operational efficiency gains of 20 to 30%. We appeals to a variety of won the TUANZ Innovation Award in talented people to live the Rural Category 2010, and were a finalist in the Hi-Tech Awards 2010. and work in. GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS We work with government www.harmonic.co.nz agencies, universities and industry partners – particularly those in the telecommunications, energy/utility and agriculture sectors. We are a member of IBM PartnerWorld. Other channel partners include NEC and Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. We consulted with the government on initiatives including the ICT science agreement with South Korea, and the establishment of the Korea, Australia and NZ Broadband (KANZ) Summit. 21
iPredict Limited ESTABLISHED 2008 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Prediction technology WHY WELLINGTON We provide real time, accurate, 24/7 forecasting of publicly-observable Entrepreneur friendly events covering political, economic and business issues. Prediction market Wellington is very technology is superior in accuracy terms to polling. It is not susceptible to entrepreneur and start- the selection bias that affects polling, up friendly. There is and it is a much cheaper means of gathering data. an active community Accurate predictions of entrepreneurs. iPredict was the second-most accurate forecaster in the 2008 election, just The population beaten on the final poll by TNS. Our density and ease of accuracy rate is 88%. We now have 5200 registered users providing a movement within the substantial user base to draw on city is conducive to when asking questions. iPredict was a finalist in the 2010 New Zealand regular meeting and Hi-Tech Awards. information exchange. Scaling up for overseas expansion We have recently moved to a new www.ipredict.co.nz revenue model and aim to use the 2011 election to demonstrate we are capable of massive scaling overseas. We have invested in developing an Australian legal compliance entry strategy. The US presidential election in 2012 offers a strong entry opportunity. 22
NORTHSOUTH GIS NZ ESTABLISHED 1987 SECTOR: information technology & telecommunications Innovative geographical WHY WELLINGTON information systems NorthSouth GIS Group provides Wellington is ideally innovative geographic information system (GIS) solutions. We deliver suited to businesses solutions to customers around the world, from Homeland Security in competing in the the US to Canterbury Earthquake global market Recovery Authority in New Zealand. These customers use GIS across a NSG NZ has recruited broad range of disciplines. skilled migrants who Recognised by the world’s leading GIS are attracted to the software product Wellington lifestyle, company The NorthSouth GIS Group is one of allowing NSG NZ the first organisations in the world to to establish itself as a be selected for ‘Gold Tier’ status by the Esri Partner Network. Esri is the centre of excellence for world’s leading GIS software product company. export opportunities. We helped the Port of Los Angeles win a prestigious American Association of Port Authorities IT award and Taranaki Regional Council www.egl.co.nz win an International Excellence Award at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India. Our customers include clients in New Zealand and worldwide Our customers include; City of Los Angeles, LINZ, CERA, Auckland Policy Office, Taranaki Regional Council and we are even mapping the Kuwait/Saudi border! 23
opencloud ESTABLISHED 2000 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Helping clients maximise WHY WELLINGTON the potential of their core telco network Wellington has a OpenCloud technology opens up the mobile, fixed and broadband good supply of high telephone networks (the cloud) to Internet style application quality graduates development. This enables efficient Among our staff we management of communications services across current and next have 25 people with generation networks. OpenCloud lowers operational costs and enables degrees, 15 with faster service development with its horizontal service layer platform. honours, seven with Our largest job involves masters, and two with 80 million subscribers PhDs – most of them in OpenCloud has more than 30 deployments in some of the computer science and world’s largest and most critical telecommunication networks, engineering. enabling more than 200 million subscribers to communicate. Our first deployment was in Vodafone www.opencloud.com Spain and our largest is in Telkomsel in Indonesia, where we handle all the data charging traffic for 80 million subscribers across 20 different IN networks. We have customers around the world Our customers include Vodafone Group (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Qatar, India), Telkomsel, British Telecom, T-Mobile, Wind, Orange, Softbank, China Unicom, Telefonica, Smart, Sprint, and PCCW. Our OEM and system integration partners include Nokia Siemens Networks, ATOS Origin, Ericsson, and Tata. Companies we’re building services with include NetDev, Altran, AlmiraLabs, EricPol, and Evolved Intelligence. 24
Redvespa ESTABLISHED 2003 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Business analysis WHY WELLINGTON Redvespa is an information technology company specialising We love Wellington in business analysis. We offer a full ‘enterprise package’, including Wellington’s reputation practice management (Redvespa Pulse), business analysis consulting as a great place to (Redvespa Consultants) and a live helps us attract software as a service product (The BA Kit). and retain amazing Award winning talent. We can do We won the Best Small Workplace in the 2010 JRA Workplaces Awards business without and Employer of Choice in the 2011 difficulty in Wellington NZ Hi-Tech Awards. It is our team of brand ambassadors that generates – its compactness repeat business, new leads and helps enables us to visit and us to maintain our position as the ‘go to place’ for business analysis. support our consultants Taking it to the world and clients easily. Our vision is to help organisations improve the maturity of their business This has helped us analysis capability and therefore retain our boutique have more successful IT projects. Our aim is to remain New Zealand’s consultancy culture. leading independent business analysis consultancy and to showcase our expertise to the www.redvespa.com business analysis world. Range of clients Redvespa’s clients range from large businesses, government departments and councils, through to medium sized businesses. We also have a partnership with US-based KH and Associates, that offers to improve organisations’ business analysis capabilities. 25
Run The Red ESTABLISHED 2001 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Mobile services WHY WELLINGTON to businesses Run The Red provides mobile services Inspiring place to businesses in New Zealand and overseas. Our mobile CRM Wellington’s an (mCRM) platform enables two-way conversations with customers. inspiring place to do Web-based analytics tools provide business. People talk clients with real, measurable insights that make informed decision-making about the vibrant arts easy – and build great relationships scene in Wellington, with their customers. but the business Multi-award winning Our awards include Best Mobile ecosphere is just as Application TUANZ Innovation Awards 2010, two Gold Axis Awards exciting for us! and two Webby Awards in 2009, finalist TUANZ ICT Innovator of the Year 2009, and finalist Australian www.runthered.com Mobile Marketing and Advertising Awards 2008. We were the fastest growing technology company and 5th fastest growing company in the 2007 Deloitte Fast 50. Service of choice With more than 150 campaigns and services running live across New Zealand, Australia and the US, our aim is to become the enterprise mobile platform of choice. Tier-1 partners We’re a Tier-1 partner with Telecom, Vodafone and 2 Degrees. Our messaging Gateway manages 100 plus million SMS per year for brands including Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, PSIS and comm. Our clients include PSIS, Kiwibank, Department of Internal Affairs, RNZAF, NZ Police, Microsoft, BP, Shell and Pepsi. 26
Seekom ESTABLISHED 2002 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Internet booking WHY WELLINGTON Seekom’s iBex (Internet Booking Exchange) is a web-based system that Good place offers online bookings, sales channel management and distribution, a property to network management system and content managed websites. It is used by more We have become than 620 clients and their authorised involved in networking resellers based in New Zealand, Australia, South Pacific and the UK. with other like- Combining market minded Wellington and booking Seekom is the first company to businesses through provide a truly cloud-based booking our involvement with system for the accommodation industry. Built around the Internet, it Grow Wellington operates as a marketing tool as well and our membership as a booking system. Accommodation operators can outsource their entire of the Wellington booking technology to us – lowering costs and enabling them to concentrate Employer’s Chamber more on their core business. of Commerce. Plans for a multi- language system The new version of iBex enables www.seekom.com customers to set themselves up using online help and videos without the need to have us directly involved. This will improve our growth significantly as it will remove any scalability limitations. Our intention is create a multi-language system and enjoy high international growth. Alliances with sales channels We have alliances with more than 40 national and international sales channels in the accommodation industry, including Wotif, booking. com, bookit, AA, Jasons, Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, PhoneControl, LateRooms and LastMinute. 27
SilverStripe Ltd ESTABLISHED 2000 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Web content management WHY WELLINGTON system SilverStripe builds websites and Capital of IT solutions based on the SilverStripe open source web content ‘We see Wellington management system (CMS). The system is used by government as the capital of IT organisations around the world, and and web innovation, is easy to customise and use. making it a great fit Used by Barack Obama SilverStripe CMS won the for our company’. New Zealand Open Source Award in 2010 and 2008. They also Sigurd Magnusson, gained traction overseas after Co-Founder. building the US Democratic National Convention website that supported Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential www.silverstripe.com campaign. They developed a data driven site for metlink.co.nz, and built several geospatial platforms based on open data standards for LINZ and NIWA. Sustainable growth SilverStripe is working on improving the CMS with the release of version 3.0 early next year. Their goal is to achieve sustainable growth by building reliable and innovative web solutions for government. Visit our work SilverStripe has developed and built a number of high profile websites including; plunket.co.nz, metlink. co.nz, aa.co.nz, the website for local government elections in 2010, and geospatial websites for LINZ (geodata.govt.nz) and NIWA (os2020.org.nz). 28
Splice Group ESTABLISHED 2010 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Making the most of WHY WELLINGTON physical assets Splice helps clients optimise the Close to our clients use of their physical assets and resources through consultancy, Locating in Wellington project management, development services and implementation of puts us close to our information systems. Our knowledge central government of geospatial systems can be applied to almost any system that contains clients, while still location-based information. being able to service First of its kind Splice Group is working with the other clients throughout Wairarapa District Councils to the country. We’re provide a single GIS shared service platform. Once completed this will long term Wellington be the first true GIS shared service residents and like platform of its type in the local government sector in New Zealand. being able to provide Ready for growth employment in the The future is exciting for Splice Group as we continue to grow both region. the company and our client base. Through working collaboratively with our business partners we provide www.splicegroup.co.nz geospatial solutions that continue to meet clients’ needs. Building a strong client base Our government clients include NZ Transport Agency, Ministry for the Environment and NZ Fire Service. Local government clients include Hutt City Council, Masterton District Council, Carterton District Council and Porirua City Council. Other clients include BRANZ, Eagle Technology and BureauCo. 29
SYL Research LIMITED ESTABLISHED 2008 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Software that helps WHY WELLINGTON customers find the information they need Wellington has a SYL Semantics is a new-generation search and access management large and supportive tool. With the proliferation of data within large organisations there is start-up community a growing problem with finding Wellington is simply information – especially across disparate systems. the best place in SYL Semantics goes beyond New Zealand to have regular search functions, finding all information on any given topic, a new-enterprise/ regardless of the technology and early stage company. system on which it is stored. The start-up community Winning large customers SYL Semantics is fairly new to market, is large and mutually yet our search tool technology has supportive; we have just been chosen by a large national organisation over other well-known access to sound global brands. business and technical Global aspirations Our vision is to become the skills. There are plenty search tool of choice within large of clients prepared to organisations, and to replace the search tools currently shipped with give new ventures and many information management products. products a go. We aim to target the large and lucrative US market late 2011/ www.sylsemantics.com early 2012, with a view to being acquired by a larger company that can better exploit our technology on a global scale. 30
Times-7 ESTABLISHED 2006 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications RFID solutions WHY WELLINGTON Times-7 provides automated identification solutions using Radio Easy access to Frequency Identification (RFID). Our RFID solutions help customers suppliers and the implement real-time inventory and asset management, and gain science community dramatic improvements in the We have important accuracy of track and trace, e.g. airport baggage handling. suppliers based in our Times-7’s patented UHF antenna own backyard and designs are used in diverse industries from aviation to easy access to all the horticulture to sports timing. necessary utilities and Member of the Deloitte Fast 50 services to get our Times-7 won the 2009 Hutt Valley products to market. Business Innovation award and the 2010 Wellington Regional Gold We also value the Award for innovation. In 2010 we debuted at 20th in the Deloitte Fast close proximity and 50, and 85th in the Asia Pacific access to both the Deloitte 500 Technology Index. scientific community You might experience our products next time and the relevant you fly Times-7 supplies global sensor government agencies. technologies company SICK, and New Zealand-based airport systems integrators Glidepath and BCS www.times-7.com Group. Our products are installed in 12 international airports across Europe and Australasia, providing reliable and accurate luggage check-in and tracking. 31
yonix ESTABLISHED 2008 SECTOR : information technology & telecommunications Online software for WHY WELLINGTON business analysts Yonix builds online software for Wellington is a great business analysts. Business analysts lack tools dedicated to their needs; place to do business over 70% use Microsoft Word as their predominant tool. This is detrimental It’s a place to connect to productivity, effective business with like-minded analysis, stakeholder communication and overall project outcomes. business entrepreneurs. Finalist at the 2011 Its business incubator, High-Tech Awards Yonix is the culmination of many Creative HQ, has years development effort and been instrumental in customer collaboration, working with business analysts from organisations our successes to date. such as Capital and Coast DHB, Mercury Energy, Ministry of Education, KiwiRail and Intergen. www.yonix.com Yonix was the only Wellington-based company to be named a finalist at the 2011 NZ High-Tech Awards in the Best Start-up category. Targeting export earnings Our vision is to establish Yonix as an essential tool for business analysts globally. Customers include Wellington’s hospital and council Our customers include Capital and Coast DHB, Wellington City Council and Atlas Technology. Our active pipeline includes KiwiRail, FMG, Fijitsu, Datacom, Starfish, Intergen, and Tenderlink. Yonix is working with Volere, a business analyst methodology used by tens of thousands worldwide. 32
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GNS Science ESTABLISHED 1992 SECTOR : science & research GNS provides earth science WHY WELLINGTON research and services GNS Science, Te Pü Ao, provides We work in the Earth, geosciences and isotope research and consultancy services. world’s finest earth We work to understand natural Earth system processes and resources, sciences laboratory and translate these into economic, New Zealand has environmental and social benefits. a unique geological Our revenues are rising despite the recession setting, being located Despite the recent global recession, GNS Science’s revenue has been on the boundary of growing and we now employ 400 two tectonic plates. highly skilled employees. We’ve won several business awards, including That means we’re Export NZ Services Exporter of the based in one of the year 2008, Wellington Regional Gold Awards Discovery Gold 2009, world’s finest natural Wellington Regional Gold Award Global Gold for Export Service 2010. laboratories to study Our work helps keep earth sciences. NZ safe and drive its economic growth Our research helps drive growth in www.gns.cri.nz New Zealand’s energy and minerals industries. It helps develop industrial and environmental uses for isotope science, and increases New Zealand’s resilience to natural hazards. We have clients around the world Our clients include New Zealand and overseas governments, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the Asian Development Bank, oil and gas exploration companies, electricity operators, the exploration industry, processing industries, the insurance industry and other research organisations. 34
Industrial Research Limited ESTABLISHED 1992 SECTOR : Science & research Industry focused WHY WELLINGTON research As the only Crown Research Institute Providing a point mandated to support New Zealand industry, IRL is firmly industry focused. of access We strive to make a difference to individual companies, which in turn With hubs in supports economic transformation for Christchurch, the country as a whole. Auckland, and a Award winning Awards and recognition for our staff base in Wellington, and their work in 2010 included New Zealand Association of IRL provides a point Scientists Research Medal (Dr Shaun of access for industry Hendy), Fellow of the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand engagement across (Dr Owen Catchpole) and Massey New Zealand University Distinguished Young Alumni Award (Dr Shaun Hendy). regardless of where Supporting firms are located. manufacturing Our vision is to increase the contribution of the industrial www.irl.cri.nz manufacturing and associating sectors to the New Zealand economy. We work to increase economic growth and the diversity of New Zealand’s manufacturing base, and to increase human capital and research management expertise. Diverse range of clients IRL’s clients range from New Zealand’s largest companies to niche players in highly specialised markets. IRL also collaborates with universities and research institutes in New Zealand and around the world. 35
MATAKINA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED ESTABLISHED 2009 SECTOR : Science & Research REVOLUTIONISING BREAST WHY WELLINGTON CANCER SCREENING Matakina is an FDA-cleared software Global business, with company that’s revolutionising breast cancer detection and diagnosis. Our a Wellington heart software, Volpara, helps radiologists decide if further imaging should be Matakina is a global recommended. (Eg ultrasound can business. But we’re detect many more cancers than x-ray.) Unlike our competitors’ products, our based in Wellington software works on x-ray images from any vendor and at any site. because this is a Six times more likely compact, ‘walking’ city to opt for potentially with beautiful views, life-saving ultrasound At Santa Rosa, California, we have skilled engineers shown a woman is six times more likely to opt for ultrasound if Volpara (especially in image is used – significantly raising the processing), and great number of cancers detected, while preventing unnecessary imaging. facilities that promote a Plans to provide even healthy lifestyle. better cancer detection Volpara is on the way to being standard care in the USA. We’re www.MATAKINA.COM working on software that goes f urther than this – and that helps radiologists detect earlier and smaller breast cancers. Team of respected international scientists The science team behind Matakina is Prof Sir Mike Brady (Oxford), Prof Karssemeijer (Nijmegen),Prof Yaffe (Toronto) and Ralph Highnam (Wellington). The medical advisors include Prof Harvey (Virginia), Prof Skane (Oslo), Prof Destounis (Rochester) and the company’s board is chaired by Dr John Hood (Ex Vice-Chancellor Oxford, Auckland universities). 36
Mesynthes LIMITED ESTABLISHED 2008 SECTOR : Science & Research Creating new wound WHY WELLINGTON care products Mesynthes develops and Wellington is a commercialises wound care and tissue repair products. Our lead wound great city in which care product, Endoform Dermal Template™ (EDT) has been approved to live and work by the FDA and we expect to launch Wellington provides this product in the US this year. We’re also developing tissue substitutes a vibrant environment, suitable for a wide range of soft tissue reinforcement and repair applications. talented people Studies show our product and great business outshines the competition infrastructure. Studies show Endoform’s superior performance, compared with the Being a small city it US market leaders’ products. We’ve developed a novel low-cost, highly- avoids many of the scalable production process, and bottlenecks associated have filed international patents to protect our technology and our with larger cities. production process. Our long term plan is to transform the wound www.mesynthes.com care market We intend to introduce new technologies that encourage tissue to regenerate after it’s been damaged. These second generation products could transform the soft tissue reconstruction market by reducing the number of post-operation infections. Marketing and development deals in the US and Europe We’ve secured an agreement with multinational wound care companies to market Endoform Dermal Template in the US. We’ve also secured an agreement with a European-based wound care multinational to develop a new wound care. 37
niwa ESTABLISHED 1992 SECTOR : Science & research Research expertise WHY WELLINGTON NIWA is a crown owned research and consultancy company, focusing Located near on water and atmospheric research and applied science services. key clients Making the most of our Many of our key advantages We look at issues such as how much clients are here. It’s the water can we use, how much rain capital city, a central will fall and how severe will a storm be. We also look at how much sea location for our 15 level rise a business might need to sites throughout New factor in, and how big a tsunami wave might be. Our work covers Zealand, the seat forecasting our environment – what resources do our oceans hold, and of government and how we can produce the best fish in its departments, the the world. nucleus of industry Forecasting in our economic zone organisations and key Forecasting down to 1.5 square kilometres, we can tell you what the businesses, the core weather will be like on your farm, of crown research in your suburb, in your port, at that time. New Zealand has the 4th largest institutes, the base of economic zone in the world; we can tell you what is there right now. Victoria University Key partners and the home port Our partners include Ministry of of our four largest Science and Innovation, Ministry of Fisheries, MAF Biosecurity, research vessels. hydropower companies, central and local government and the fishing and aquaculture sector. www.niwa.co.nz 38
Trinity Bioactives Limited ESTABLISHED 2008 SECTOR : science & research Testing systems for WHY WELLINGTON health products Trinity Bioactives provides a Staff are established comprehensive range of testing systems for the development of in Wellington health-related products. We help clients develop products, support Our staff are key quality control and provide a credible to our operations. independent scientific basis for marketing claims. Their experience 80 clients in 14 countries and expertise are We have more than 80 clients. important, and they Many are in Australia and New Zealand but we’ve also done work are well-established for clients in 12 other countries. We work collaboratively with eight in Wellington as their other organisations that provide home. Collaborators complementary services. who can offer Agents in Australia, US and Chile synergistic services Trinity Bioactives is constantly adding new products and we’re expanding are also located our collaborative projects in other in Wellington. countries. We have agents in Australia, the US and Chile. 14 patents www.trinitybioactives.com We have filed 14 patents, five of which have been commercialised and licensed. We’ve also developed two disposable home use diagnostic devices. 39
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