6. The enablers: Collaboration

6.3 Business

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We will need to see collaboration between firms that operate or deliver goods and services in a digital environment, the providers of technology, and the rest of the economy.

Providers of digital technologies have a commercial imperative to collaborate. They can partner with each other in developing ICT capability, accessing finance and responding to government procurement, not to mention branding and accessing global markets. We have seen a new spirit of collaboration, particularly in the telecommunications sector, following the 2006 regulatory reforms. It was also evident at the Digital Future Summit 2.0, and it has been apparent since then. ICT firms and industry groups are now actively discussing the option of a single industry body for the ICT sector.

Firms in other sectors, such as manufacturing, tourism or farming, need to become aware of the potential of digital tools to improve productivity and how they can use them in practice. It is time to
share knowledge about the application of digital tools between firms in the same industry and across different industries. Chambers of Commerce and other business groups can play an important role in disseminating knowledge. Firms will also have to work with each other, and with ICT suppliers, to adapt best-practice solutions to their needs. Leading firms can act as champions and influencers within their sector or local business community.

3 Responses to "6.3 Business"
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I fully agree with private sectors working with communities and government to develop more competition in the field and with providing affordable, faster broadband to rural and remote areas.
Further more I would like "Rural and Remote" to be more clarified as I do not consider Otara being remote just because it is on the out skirts of Auckland.
I feel places that have under 2000 households and businesses should be considered as "Rural and Remote" and these are the areas that need to be targeted.
Renee Sciascia
Monday, April 14, 2008 8:41 PM
Commodity computing means that I can rent a virtual server from Amazon for 10c per hour. http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=201590011

If NZ companies offer $1 per hour, then my production costs are a magnitude higher. If this is an issue, then commodity computing will be dominated by low cost providers, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft.

Commodity computing may mean that the NZ ICT industry has to collaborate on a new scale, to achieve sufficient economies of scale. Potentially it means cross-Tasman collaboration.
mike(p)
Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:46 PM
As described in my 4.2 comments, the NZ ICT industry has the opportunity to collaborate and build a new national ICT architecture that reaps the benefits of a GSM-type network.

With a sustainably designed google-size datacenter, we have the opportunity to go further than any other country.
mike(p)
Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:50 PM