New Zealand's software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector is growing fast and in need of talent. Short training courses offered by organisations such as Dev Academy and Mission Ready HQ offer school leavers, or Kiwis looking for a job change as part of the 'Great Resignation', a promising SaaS career. Bruce Jarvis from kiwiSaaS talks to TVNZ's Breakfast.

Microsoft has announced a new initiative to encourage Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups in New Zealand. The initiative will see Microsoft partnering and providing a marketing and sales channel for New Zealand SaaS companies to promote their products in overseas markets. Auror, LawVu​ and Volpara have already signed up to the initiative.

A high wage, low-emission economy is what New Zealand needs and the Government is investing in digital technologies to reach the goal. New funding could give the SaaS community momentum to further and expand its network. It will also support the delivery of short courses for digital skills development.

Joyous co-chief executive Ruby Kolesky says she’s not seeing the increase in diversity in the industry that many were hoping for. She wants to encourage tech organisations to open their doors to non-university graduates.

It shouldn’t really come as a surprise to employers that employees are choosing rewarding work, pay, and a flexible schedule, over freebie perks - according to kiwiSaaS members Kirsti Grant (Auror) and Ben Gracewood (The SpinOff).

Phoebe Harrop, principal of venture capital company Blackbird Aotearoa, believes New Zealand's SaaS businesses are crucial to weaning our economy off “the grass”.

Mission Ready HQ have 8 FEE FREE spaces left on their accelerator that starts on 18th April.

Frustrated with useless software that didn’t allow efficient sharing of financial data, two Kiwis revolutionalised accounting around the world by creating Xero, a Wellington startup now worth $15 billion.

Technology stocks have had a bit of a battering on the local sharemarket so far this year as rising interest rates prompt investors to re-evaluate the prospects of high-growth companies. Serko founder Darrin Grafton argues that local investor support for these companies is more important now than ever.

Today’s headlines are full of technology companies raising capital, and reaching eye-watering valuations every time they do so. Stuff's Dileepa Fonseka investigates.

Communications Minister David Clark might see “no reason New Zealand can’t be the Silicon Valley of the Southern Hemisphere”, but others are more than happy to point out some potential problems.

News from 'across the ditch:' Federal Labor has adopted the Technology Council of Australia’s target of increasing the number of Australians employed in tech-related jobs by 340,000 to 1.2 million by the end of the decade.

The Prime Minister will lead a trade delegation to the US in May that will largely focus on the west coast and on pushing our high-tech exports. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) products will no doubt be a large part of the mix.

Here's a chance for SaaS businesses to provide their thoughts on new NZ courses - to ensure this training is well aligned with the SaaS sector's current skill requirements. Workforce Development Council Toi Mai is requesting feedback by 20 March 2022 on proposed new qualifications in Machine Learning and Applied Software Development, before they are submitted to NZQA for approval to list.

The Government is calling for submissions (by 31 March, 2022) on its Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) 2022-2032, writes BusinessDesk's Peter Griffin.

Bruce Jarvis from the kiwiSaaS Community team talks to Radio New Zealand about the recent 2022 OECD Economic Survey of NZ findings.