It's an incredibly exciting time to be creating software. Never before has it been faster to produce mockups or cheaper to build prototypes. If you have software you want to build, there's no better time than now. The accessibility of development tools and resources has lowered barriers, empowering both newcomers and seasoned entrepreneurs to bring innovative ideas to life swiftly.

As the dust settles on the CrowdStrike event, it highlights the juxtaposition of combating security issues with both third party Agents / automated software update systems and trying to keep our servers patched up and secure. What can we do to prevent this type of attack?

AEDLocations empowers its users to be potential life savers. The App works using a location database with over 17,000 defibrillator locations.

Most of us are onboard with the fact that humans have been overconsuming the earth's resources at an unsustainable rate. Action from a global, government, and local government level is still unsatisfactory. Everyone needs to start doing their bit, and hopefully each little bit adds up and makes a big difference.

Content Management Systems seem to be a hot topic at the moment. We have been building varying solutions for several clients with integrated CMS systems, including our very own websites abletech.nz and addressfinder.nz. Our personal experience sees us on a three to five year lifecycle with CMS’s. Abletech went from WordPress, to BlogSpot, to Tumblr, to Medium, and now to Strapi over the course of 16 years! This article outlines some of our learnings, why we keep changing, and what we are really after from our CMS.

When presented with some damning statistics on the presence of Māori and Pacific peoples in corporate-sector leadership positions, Abletech was delighted to join a campaign for change.

When agencies in New Zealand’s public sector need the services that Abletech provides, they simply visit Pae Hokohoko | Marketplace to find us.

We all love the satisfaction that comes with solving a problem – especially when it’s a gnarly one. So when we heard about Creative HQ’s Climate Response Accelerator, we couldn’t resist getting involved. Together, we’re helping some of the smartest people in New Zealand to solve some of the biggest climate-related challenges facing our planet.

At Resolve, we work with businesses and organisations to create innovative and practical management solutions to exceptional and high performing teams and streamlined systems. Our business, growth and legal experience will add value, increase effectiveness, improve profit, increase team engagement and customer/client experiences for any organisation. With a sub-specialist interest in property and its management, Resolve assists its clients whether not for profits or private businesses to ensure its property portfolio is managed exceptionally well to deliver its purpose.

You can Restart A Heart anytime anywhere. Find your nearest defibrillator using aedlocations.co.nz or the AED app.

At Abletech we have embarked on the process of seeking advice and following recommendations. Read about some of our efforts below.

At Abletech we’re proud of our team’s culture. This week we identified exactly what our team values are. It was great! The workshop was facilitated by our GM Michelle. Everyone had a chance to speak and we collaborated to agree on four team values.

Loyalty NZ chose Abletech as a key partner to transform their business and build their software capability.

Wellington/Salzburg 17 October, 2017

Following on from The Abletech story — part 1 we pick up the narrative at the point where Marcus and Nigel had begun hand-picking developers.

We’re excited to see Kendall’s been recognised for growing her idea into Banqer: a successful revenue generating financial education app.

Sharesight are 100% committed to the “Rebel Alliance” — that is an ecosystem of connected fintechs. This award is really a story about APIs and how open data architecture provides the best outcome for consumers.

Sharesight have joined a group of ambitious fintech startups chosen to make a trip to London. It’s great news for the successful share portfolio tracker company.

Recently a woman in Stoke went into cardiac arrest. A police officer used his AED Locator app to find the closest defibrillator. Nelson Bays Area Commander Inspector Mat Arnold-Kelly said the situation was urgent.

Custom software is designed for a specific purpose, user or organisation. Read about our Abletech SaaS (Software as a Service) product AddressFinder.

Kerry Simeon

Last week we upgraded the software that powers Addressfinder. We turned on HTTP/2. It’s made the autocomplete even faster.

Our friends over at Addressfinder are looking for a Customer Success Specialist and a Digital Marketer. Feel free to share the opportunities with people who may be interested. Applications close 30 November.

Team Rails Girls Supercharged 2017