Welcome to IITP New Zealand
The Institute of IT Professionals NZ (formerly the NZ Computer Society) is New Zealand's leading body for those working or studying in Software and Information Technology (IT) related fields.
With thousands of members throughout New Zealand and direct relationships with Government, academia and the industry, IITP is the authoritative voice of the Information Technology profession.
IITP runs hundreds of presentations, events and courses for IT professionals alongside a suite of projects from school outreach to tertiary accreditation, mentoring, certification of IT Professionals and much more.
Upcoming Events and Workshops
2013 Gibbons Lecture 4: Engineering Computer Graphics
The 2013 Gibbons Lecture series, presented by the University of Auckland's Computer Science department in association with IITP, is a free public lecture series this year focusing on computer graphics
Breakfast with Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae
As New Zealand's largest software exporter, Orion Health is celebrating both their 20th Anniversary and cracking the $100M turnover milestone this year. But how did Orion Health, a celebrated and
Corporate governance and IT governance: bringing the two worlds together
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Dirty Secrets of the IT Security Review
Worried about the security and reputation of your organisation, you commission a security review from a reputable consulting company. But what are your expectations of that review? How accurate
Web Security Strategies for Developers
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Social Media Marketing for Business
This full-day workshop will show you step-by-step how to implement a social media marketing strategy for a business of any size. The course includes real-life case studies, practical examples and clever ideas for using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube and other social media channels that you can immediately adapt to suit your own requirements.
Business Analysis for Professionals
What is Business Analysis? What are the processes and concepts involved and how do you move into this area? Business Analysis is a fundamental set of activities performed to define the change that a business requires and this half-day introductory course on Business Analysis provides a high level awareness of Business Analysis including terminology, discipline areas and primary activities.
Governance for IT Professionals
IT Governance is focused on the leadership, structures and processes that ensure an organisation's information technology sustains and extends the overall organisation's strategies and objectives. This one-day workshop is an introduction to the fundamentals of IT Governance, its relationship with Corporate Governance and its relevance in developing and sustaining organisations in the private and public sector from the perspective of IT Professionals.
Project Management - Intro and Practice
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Using Google Analytics to Increase Website Traffic and Conversions
This half-day workshop will show you step-by-step how to set up Google Analytics and what key metrics to track in order to measure the success and improve the performance of your web site. The course incudes real-life case studies, practical examples and sample reports that you can immediately adapt to suit your own requirements.
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Cyber-security in Europe
There has been significant discussion in New Zealand recently about critical infrastructure protection and cyber-security threats, and the role that GCSB and others might have in overseeing this in future.
IT Governance for Directors
IT Governance is focused on the leadership, structures and processes that ensure an organisation's information technology sustains and extends the overall organisation's strategies and objectives. This one-day workshop is an introduction to the fundamentals of IT Governance, its relationship with Corporate Governance and its relevance in developing and sustaining organisations in the private and public sector from the perspective of existing and aspiring Directors without a strong IT background.
Introduction to Google AdWords and Bing Ads
This full-day workshop will teach you how to set up, monitor and maintain successful advertising campaigns to promote your web site via paid search engine networks. Kalena Jordan, one of the industry's top trainers, will walk you step-by-step through the process of setting up campaigns from scratch as well as providing tips and tricks for attracting the right audience and higher conversions.
MEGA-BREAKFAST II: Kim Dotcom and Mathias Ortmann
Love him or hate him, few can deny that Kim Dotcom's new MEGA service is likely to be New Zealand's largest tech start-up this year. Building a global start-up that had millions of active users within
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Cyber-security in Europe
There has been significant discussion in New Zealand recently about critical infrastructure protection and cyber-security threats, and the role that GCSB and others might have in overseeing this in future.
Winning IT Tenders
In today's competitive business world, many potential projects and services are put out to tender. In the IT space, both local and central Government tender most projects meaning numerous IT companies
Business Communication for Technical People
How do you achieve effective communication between the IT 'department' and other parts of the business? Having the right level of communication between people in an organisation is a critical factor in