Yearly Archives: 2012
PET Cell in Unlimited
Pure gold After a decade of research, Waikato scientists are commercialising technology that smooths primary exporters’ troubled waters. Photography: Borden Li Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. The Waikato, with its mighty river and verdant pastureland, does not immediately spring to mind as a place where an ancient mariner or anyone else might struggle for drinkable water. But the province’s peaty soils can make life difficult in the more…
11Ants Analytics launches 11Ants Predictor for Microsoft SQL Server
Integrates easily with Microsoft SQL Server transforming it into a forward looking predictive analytics solution within hours – not days or months HAMILTON, New Zealand, 4 October 2012 – 11Ants Analytics today launched 11Ants Predictor for Microsoft SQL Server, a break-through solution which transforms Microsoft SQL Server into a forward-looking predictive analytics solution, in hours. 11Ants Predictor leverages an organization’s considerable investment in data warehouses by transforming the data warehouse more…
11Ants Analytics signs Elder Research as US reseller for predictive analytics software products
HAMILTON, New Zealand, 2 October 2012 – 11Ants Analytics, the leader in assisted predictive analytics, today announced it had signed a reseller agreement with Elder Research Inc. (ERI), the leading consulting company in data mining, predictive analytics, and text mining in the United States. Under the agreement Elder Research will resell the 11Ants Analytics suite of software products including 11Ants Customer Churn Analyzer, 11Ants Customer Response Analyzer and 11Ants Predictor more…
KCA Fundamentals of Technology Transfer Course
A couple of weeks ago Knowledge Commercialisation Australia (KCA) and KiwiNet partnered to bring the KCA Fundamentals of Technology Transfer Course to New Zealand. The course kicked off with Alistair Hick, Director of Commercialisation at Monash University, and Nigel Slaughter (top right), GM Commercial at WaikatoLink, hitting home some of the fundamental truths of working at a technology transfer office. “Failure becomes the norm” – the road to commercial success more…
11Ants Analytics launches 11Ants Predictor for Oracle
11Ants Analytics today launched 11Ants Predictor for Oracle, a break-through solution which transforms Oracle into a forward-looking predictive analytics solution, in hours. 11Ants Predictor leverages an organization’s considerable investment in data warehouses by transforming the data warehouse from a backward looking analytics tool to an ‘intelligent’ competitive tool to predict customer behaviour. Tom Fuyala, Director, Business Development, 11Ants Analytics says, “We have provided a way for Oracle shops all over more…
WaikatoLink team members attend 2012 ICEHOUSE: Future Business Event
Two of the WaikatoLink team attended the networking event – Future of Business at the ICEHOUSE in Auckland last Friday. The event was all about examining future business trends and trying to identify potential opportunities. Two of the speakers included Tim Longhurst, Business Futurist and Chris Quinn, CEO of Gen i. Team member Hamish Kay was interviewed by 90seconds.tv with his take on the event and what goes on at more…
11Ants Analytics launches 11Ants Predictor for Teradata
Transforms Teradata into a forward looking predictive analytics solution within hours 11Ants Analytics today launched 11Ants Predictor for Teradata, a break-through solution which transforms Teradata into a forward-looking predictive analytics solution, in hours. 11Ants Predictor leverages an organization’s considerable investment in data warehouses by transforming the data warehouse from a backward looking analytics tool to an ‘intelligent’ competitive tool to predict customer behaviour. 11Ants Analytics newest solution provides Teradata customers more…
An inside look at spin-out company NOVATEIN
Novatein is a pre revenue company spin out of University of Waikato research in 2008. On the face of it, the idea the company was founded on seems a little hair brained; turning bloodmeal into a plastic. First of all, bloodmeal is used as a fertilizer and sometimes as an animal feed, and is essentially dried blood. How can you make plastic from blood? Aren’t plastics made from petrochemicals? As more…
Innovation and growth in two minutes
Volcanic eruptions, Killing puppies, 240,000 crème eggs and 130 tea trees. All covered at the Innovation and Growth Conference in Hamilton on Monday. “A ground-breaking conference giving forward-thinking business owners and entrepreneurs a leading edge in global growth.” Kevin Malloy, Coca Cola Global Client Director kicked the meat of the day off via faceme. Customer interaction is key and the way we reach them in 2020 is going to be more…
New water purification technology uses current to clean water
$92,500 KiwiNet PreSeed investment supports development of new water purification platform by the University of Waikato and WaikatoLink. Hamilton, New Zealand – 7 June, 2012 – A new water purification technology which removes contaminants in water while simultaneously disinfecting it against microbial contamination has been developed by the University of Waikato with the support of WaikatoLink, the University’s commercialisation company. The new electrochemical PEFT Cell technology which applies a low more…