About Us

Software Education enjoys an unequalled reputation in New Zealand and Australia for top quality, professional-level software development training.

Company History

The company was formed in February 1990, as a result of a management buy-out of Datacom Education from Datacom Systems, one of New Zealand’s largest IT services organisations.

In 1991, Software Education purchased Digital Consulting Pacific Pty Ltd in Sydney from its USA parent, and started running conferences.

In March 1997, Software Education sold its majority-owned subsidiary, Software 9000 Ltd, to Rational Software Corporation in the USA. This company then became Rational NZ.

In July 2000, Software Education sold its training management business, run out of Software Education Asia Pacific Ltd, to Pathlore Software Corporation in the USA.

In January 2005, Software Education acquired Australian training organisation DP Education.

The vision of Software Education is to be Australasia’s pre-eminent provider of professional-level, software development training. With offices in Wellington and Brisbane, we already offer over fifty course titles, a range of specialist software development conferences and consulting to many of the region’s largest and more sophisticated software development groups. Our vendor-independent, quality-driven courses are all available for on-site delivery, whilst the more popular subjects are run on a public basis.

What Makes Software Education Unique:

• A single focus on software development training. We aim to be very good at one thing.
• An unequalled group of highly experienced trainers. Software Education has always recruited top-notch developers with the gift and will to teach, rather than hiring trainers with largely academic backgrounds.
• The ability to tailor existing courses or build new courses to fit your exact needs.
• Some of the best conferences in the world. These include two annual events: "Software Development Conference" (SDC) and "Software Testing Australia / " (STANZ).
• True independence and impartial advice from a privately-owned, owner-operated organisation.
• A unique world-wide network of the “best minds” in the software development business. This gives us unique insight and assistance in building better courses. We can also give you access to some of the most outstanding software development experts in the world.
• An emphasis on building long-term relationships with significant customers, rather than "quick hits". A programme of visits to major customers supports this.
• Focus. Software Education concentrates on doing one thing well – training for the software development professional.
• A dedicated, creative team, who are passionate about what we do.
• 17 years successful experience.
• Alignment with international standards such as IIBA and ISTQB. Software Education helped establish ISTQB/ANZTB in this part of the world and was involved with IIBA from an early stage.

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