IT

Scoop: Kiwis Triumph in Online Oscars

New Zealand web design company Shift has triumphed again at the 10th Annual Webby Awards, the Internet equivalent of Hollywood’s Oscars. They take home the Webby for Best Tourism Website for their work on Tourism New Zealand’s www.newzealand.com/travel. Shift also won the award last year, and it’s the third time they have been nominated. www.newzealand.com bested nominations from Montreal, Italy and Australia to take the prize.

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Sidhe Interactive's Success

Sidhe Interactive's GripShift(tm) for Sony PlayStation(tm) Portable has been recognized for it's originality, and superior level and game design at the 2005 Australian Game Developers Awards in Melbourne, Australia. The title was awarded "Best Level Design", "Best Game Design" and "Best Handheld Game" at the event attended by game industry representatives from around the world.

Hottest Jobs in 2006

The January Hays Quarterly Forecast has been released and it reveals the hottest jobs and boom markets for 2006 in a variety of market sectors.

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The Hudson Report - Employment Expectations

Based on nation-wide research, the Hudson Report uncovers and analyses the hiring expectations of New Zealand companies over six month periods, along with insights into a range of topical human resource issues currently impacting business.

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Unlimited: IT's Next Spending Boom

In New Zealand, spending in the online training market leaped 35% in 1999, to $NZ68 million, and has accelerated since then. As a percentage of the $NZ6 billion New Zealand IT industry, online education revenue is still tiny. But the growth rate is better than all other IT industry segments (123% in the US).

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