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5 follow up questions with Nigel Slaughter
Commercial Manager Nigel Slaughter recently returned from a workshop in Pretoria, South Africa. The following interview gives an outline of what he got up to, as well as some insight into the state of technology commercialisation at home and abroad. Can you give a brief run-down on what you got up to in Pretoria?
Aduro Biopolymers secures investment from Wallace Corporation
Hamilton, New Zealand, 21 February 2013 – Hamilton-based Aduro Biopolymers, a natural resource materials and biopolymer company, today announced it has secured investment from Wallace Corporation, by volume New Zealand’s largest service rendering business, processing a variety of co-products from the meat processing industry. Aduro Biopolymers is a spin-out company formed by WaikatoLink Limited, the technology transfer office of the University of Waikato. The company was formed to develop and more…
Workshop to assist SA researchers identify commercial IP potential
Pretoria, South Africa – 5 February, 2013 – The National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) will host an intellectual property (IP) commercialisation workshop in Pretoria next week, in a bid to uncover new innovations in engineering for mining and agriculture. The goal of the workshop, themed “Engineering for Mining and Agriculture”, is to see more emerging technologies reach the market by giving researchers and technology transfer professionals a greater understanding 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…
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…
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…
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…
OBodies announces science advisory board and vision for future developments
Hamilton-based biotechnology company OBodies Limited, developers of a novel class of antibody-like biopharmaceuticals, today announced details of the newly formed Science Advisory Board and vision for future developments. Chairman, Emeritus Professor Dick Bellamy, is joined on the Board by Professor Margaret Brimble, Dr Peter Senter, Dr Mark Baker, Dr Wayne Patrick and Peter Bradley. Neville Jordan, Chairman of OBodies says, “OBodies is working in one of the fastest growing market more…
WaikatoLink, Prima Group and Ballance Develop New Filter Technology
Terry Smith, John Luxton and Nigel Slaughter looking at a sample of the novel polymers. WaikatoLink, Prima Group and Ballance have developed new filter technology for industrial scale applications after teaming up through The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet), a collaboration focussed on research commercialisation. Molecularly imprinted polymers allow industrial users to filter large volumes of material in solution to capture unwanted or valuable materials. KiwiNet has supported the project with more…