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Webstock is here! We've been in heads-down mode for a while, working on sites for councils, Air New Zealand, and American clients too. So now is the time to celebrate the local scene and be proud of Webstock!
This year we are the main sponsor and we're honoured to support the Welly web scene.
SilverStripe makes the Deloitte Fast 50!
We made the Deloitte Fast 50 list for 2009! This means we are one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in New Zealand. Specifically, we're the 37th fastest-growing company, with 190% revenue growth over the past couple years.
This is a big deal for us because it shows that the things we believe in: open source, excellent web user experience, and a focus on the humans who use web technology, are all qualities that are appreciated by the business community.
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SilverStripe proudly sponsoring Webstock 2010!
We are very proud to be the Gold sponsor of Webstock 2010! We have massively enjoyed attending all the prior Webstocks and we've gotten a lot out of the sessions, the speakers, and the hallway conversations. It's really surprising how much you can learn from talking to someone whilst waiting in the queue to get a coffee.
And of course, being a Wellington-based company ourselves, we are delighted to support the Webstock crew in furthering Wellington as a globally-recognised centre of excellence for all things web.
Tell us about your experiences
Are you responsible for managing your company or organisation's websites?
In the recent SilverStripe newsletter we announced a survey for website managers.
SilverStripe Australia Now Open for Business!
We are very proud to announce the opening of SilverStripe Australia Pty Ltd! We have had many people in Australia tell us that they would love to have a SilverStripe team local to them to help out with their SilverStripe website development efforts. We listened and now SilverStripe has a Melbourne office.
SilverStripe Australia is headed up by Shane Weddell. Shane is an Aussie who has deep knowledge of the CMS market and technology in Australia. He has well over a decade of project management experience dealing with complex projects. His extensive PM experience coupled with his recent sales leadership roles combine to make him the perfect person to head up SilverStripe Australia. Owen Windsor and Marcus Nyeholt bring heaps of deep site development and system architecture experience to the Melbourne office.
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SilverStripe welcomes San Francisco-based partner, Quinn Interactive
If you're based in the San Francisco Bay Area, you now have local access to professional SilverStripe services!
Quinn Interactive is a 15-year-old company specialising in website development. Quinn has a talent for both design and CMS implementations, and has worked with organisations like LEGO and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Quinn's skills and experience make them an excellent addition to our SilverStripe Partner Program. We have worked with developers at Quinn to ensure that they have an appropriate level of knowledge in our software. We encourage you to contact them if you want a San Francisco company to build a website or web application on the SilverStripe platform.
Unlock Government data! SilverStripe sponsors the Open Government Data Barcamp
At the end of August New Zealand's first Open Government Data Barcamp will take place at the National Library in Wellington. The barcamp is an open, participant driven event organised and run by people who have an interest in making government-held data freely available.
As an open source company and one of the sponsors of the event, SilverStripe strongly stands behind the open data philosophy. We believe that collaboration fosters innovation and that taxpayer-funded data should be available without restrictions over the Internet. While data itself can do a lot of things, it needs to be put into context to be useful for others; having data freely available allows people to create value and develop innovative services and applications.
Government agencies, as part of their work, collect a substantial amount of non-personal data - from geospatial and environmental data to statistics. In most cases public money is spent to research and obtain this data, so it should be accessible for everyone to use.
SilverStripe works with a range of government agencies helping them to make their data available for citizens in a meaningful way, enabling them to collaborate constructively and make use of the data on a personal, regional, and national level.
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Keeping up with demand
The video we made for the recent Gold Awards explains our problem: we have a lot of exciting work coming our way and we can't hire great staff fast enough. That's why we started looking at our inter-species and inter-generational options.
Watch our video and you'll understand our recruitment challenges.
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The Star Group joins SilverStripe Partner Program
Just after we announced the SilverStripe Partner Program, we are happy to welcome our latest SilverStripe Partner: The Star Group.
The Star Group is a creative agency based out of Philadelphia, PA, with four offices in the eastern United States. They offer a wide range of digital services, as well as marketing services such as branding, advertising, PR and design. Contact The Star Group to learn more.
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Announcing the Partner Program
We are all very proud to announce the SilverStripe Partner Program! This is a big deal for us for a number of reasons:
- Through our partners, we are able to provide local development and support services to the SilverStripe community throughout the globe.
- Our partners are trusted providers who have demonstrated a commitment and ability to provide excellent SilverStripe-related services to their clients. All together, our partners offer marketing, design, development, and support for your SilverStripe needs.
- We're answering the call: more businesses (and individuals) around the world will be able to attend local SilverStripe meetups, talk to local SilverStripe service providers, and get support when they need it.
Here at SilverStripe headquarters we're still providing the same services as always, but starting today, our partners will be able to offer their SilverStripe design, development, and support expertise with the backing of SilverStripe HQ here in New Zealand.
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How do humans win?
Webstock is here! We've been in heads-down mode for a while, working on sites for councils, Air New Zealand, and American clients too. So now is the time to celebrate the local scene and be proud of Webstock!
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