Sponsors
NZOSS
The New Zealand Open Source Society (NZOSS) is an incorporated society set up to protect, advocate and advance the use of Open Source Software in New Zealand. NZOSS represents Open Source users, creators and contributors in New Zealand by promoting software, representing the interests of the community to Government and the education sector. It also supports community user groups.
Unlimited Potential
Unlimited Potential is Wellington's largest ICT network, committed to bringing what's new and cutting edge in the ICT world to our members. Our professionals, geeks, entrepreneurs and business owners are ambitious and evangelical about our space, and working together to advance Wellington and New Zealand's reputation as a southern hemisphere ICT hub. We want to thank our ongoing financial sponsors who allow us to keep organising awesome events in the capital.
WellyLUG
The Wellington Linux Users Group, better known as WellyLUG, is a group of people who are interested in Linux and Open Source in general. Anyone may join WellyLUG and participate online, in person or both. The aims of WellyLUG are to exchange Linux and Open Source software knowledge and experience, to encourage the usage of Linux and Open Source, by introducing it, explaining it, and helping people to install it, and to have a good time, meet other people and to make friends.
SuperHappyDevHouse
SuperHappyDevHouse Aotearoa is a monthly hackathon, combining serious and not-so-serious productivity with a fun and exciting party atmosphere. Their events are all about rapid development, ad-hoc collaboration and cross pollination. Hardcore coders, l33t hax0r, passionate designers, and other types that enjoy software and technology development.
OLPC
OLPC Wellington is a group that gets together each Saturday mid-morning at a cafe (currently Southern Cross) to drink coffee and test-drive the latest version of the software for the XO.
Amberdms
Amberdms is a Wellington-based company providing software development, Linux consulting and other IT services, with particular focus on developing open source solutions. Amberdms are also the developers of the Amberdms Billing System, which is an open source web-based application providing accounting, invoicing, service billing and time keeping.
Ascent
Ascent Technology is New Zealand's leading online IT E-Tailer. With over 10 years in the industry, a proven track record of excellence in customer service and over 40,000 products available, Ascent is at the forefront of the industry. If you are looking for an online or offline computer store that has quality products, good prices, professional service, and support both before and after a sale, and that values your business no matter how large or small the order, then try Ascent.
CafeNET
CafeNET is New Zealand's most competitive and innovative public WiFi provider, offering an easy-to-use, high-speed wireless Internet service with more than 200 access points (hotspots), including cafés, airports, hotels, conference venues, university campuses, train stations and other business and public locations.
Capital E
Capital E is the only organisation in New Zealand that gives children access to a wide range of creative technology and live performance. It is an award-winning facility, based in Wellington, New Zealand, attracting up to 200,000 visitors each year. The Capital E National Theatre for Children also tours nationally and internationally. Capital E is a not-for-profit organisation with the sole focus on children and their creativity.
Catalyst IT
Catalyst is a fully New Zealand owned company, directed and staffed by bright and intelligent Information Technology experts who deliver critical open source business systems to some of NZ's largest organisations.
CWA New Media
CWA New Media is an award-winning New Zealand company that provides consultancy and services to government sectors such as education and training, science and technology, culture and heritage, research, and sport and recreation. We also work with private sector companies and non-government organisations.
DigitalNZ
DigitalNZ is an initiative that aims to make New Zealand digital content easy to find, share and use. This includes content from government departments, publically funding organisations, the private sector, and community groups.
Egressive
Egressive is a privately held, 100% kiwi owned company based in Christchurch, New Zealand and has been providing open source software solutions for more than a decade. Egressive specialises in Drupal website development and hosting, as well as building and supporting Linux and other open source software systems.
Grow Wellington
Grow Wellington is the regional economic development agency charged with the delivery of the economic aspects of the Wellington Regional Strategy. The Wellington Regional Strategy is a sustainable growth strategy that has been developed by greater Wellington's nine local authorities, in conjunction with central government and the region's businesses, education, research and voluntary sector interests. The aim is to make greater Wellington "internationally competitive".
Havana Coffee Works
Havana's not just another roasting company. In 1990 we designed and built a fluid-bed hot-air roaster which runs on electricity. We're the only coffee company in New Zealand using electricity and believe this is one of the key differences in our coffee's superior taste. Our method is eco-friendly, fast and the result is superior to the old-style gas-fuelled system that 98 percent of New Zealand roasters use! You be the judge.
iWantMyName
Crafted by Wellington based ideegeo Group Limited, iWantMyName is the world's most innovative domain registrar software platform. Search, register and manage domains in over 80 extensions including internationalised domains. iWantMyName offers an iPhone Domain App and the popular Domains for Apps service that allows domain customisation of all your favourite cloud services.
LCA2010
linux.conf.au is a conference about Open Source Software, including Linux that brings together the world's community of Linux enthusiasts who contribute to the Linux operating system and the vast array of free and open source software that is transforming information technology across the globe. Over the last 11 years linux.conf.au has grown from strength to strength. Hosted each year in one of Australasia's major centres, in 2010 linux.conf.au will be hosted by New Zealand's capital city, Wellington.
Morphoss
Morphoss' mission is to provide strategic consultancy for organisations wanting to substitute free-software alternatives in place of existing proprietary systems.
Mozilla
Mozilla is a global community with a firm mission to make the Web better for everybody. When members of our community decide to take action, they have the power to make a serious difference. During Mozilla Service Week (September 14-21, 2009) Mozilla is asking people to step up and make a difference by using the Web to better their community. Join us and be the difference! http://mozillaservice.org.
Novell
Novell, Inc. delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With its infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one.
NZ Registry Services
NZRS is a limited liability company, 100% owned by InternetNZ. It was established in May 2002 to operate and manage the registration of .nz domain names and the operation of the Domain Name System (DNS) in the .nz domain name space. The Shared Registry System (SRS) is the computer system used by NZRS to operate and manage the domain name register. The SRS is designed to allow a competitive registrar market for domain name registrations. Under the SRS, there is a single register for registering domain names and associated technical and administrative information.
Openside
Openside is a modern accounting and business performance company that specialises in providing proactive advice to high growth companies. We love getting into our clients businesses and looking for growth opportunities. We have lots of successful clients that rely on us to look after the financial thinking for their businesses.
Ponoko
Ponoko is an online shop for custom-made goods, where consumers can shop the marketplace for designer-crafted goods or request a designer to custom-make an item. Designers can make and sell product ideas using Ponoko’s web commerce and digital make-on-demand services.
Scoop Independent News
Scoop.co.nz is New Zealand's leading news resource for news-makers and the people that influence the news (as opposed to a news site for "news consumers"). It brings together the information that is creating the news as it is released to the media, and is therefore a hub of intelligence for the professionals (not just media) that shape what we read. Scoop.co.nz presents all the information driving the news of the day in the form it is delivered to media creating a "no spin" media environment and one that provides the full context of what is "reported" as news later in the day.
SilverStripe
SilverStripe is one of New Zealand's biggest proponents of free software, as demonstrated by releasing a free website development product in 2007. There are now over 100,000 copies of the software deployed worldwide, and it is being used by the New Zealand Government and even the U.S. Democratic Party to run websites.
Sun Microsystems
No other major IT platform vendor has committed so much of its core assets to the open source software model as Sun Microstems. Sun regularly contributes to FOSS projects across around the world, and sponsors several communities such as OpenSolaris, Java, OpenOffice, Netbeans and MySQL. Sun is a current patron of the Free Software Foundation.
3months
3months builds innovative, future-proofed and attractive web-applications. Using OSS, the smartest developers and a proven Agile process, 3months builds web software quicker and cheaper than most people imagine. We work with our clients in an environment of trust and transparency where risks are shared, progress is constantly visible and change is embraced, not resisted. We've been growing for over 9 years and have built some of the most feature-rich sites in NZ. Our successes include: www.DigitalNZ.org , www.Consumer.org.nz, www.NZonScreen.com, www.NZlive.com, www.NatLib.govt.nz and www.powerswitch.org.nz.
