As it happens, our CEO Mike will be hosting a webinar at the time – so we will be doing the very unusual (and perhaps unique) activity of observing a two minute silence during the webinar.

starring Catherine Bircher, our Quality Manager (and part time Farmer).

This is not Cath, this is Scotch - the Dexter calf.

Have you had stitches. Yes. Where: The back of my right index finger

What are you reading (or playing) right now:
Reading right now? This question. Current book being read at home: “Rusalka” by C.J. Cherryh. Last thing played on home stereo: “Lighthouse” by Hawkwind.

If you had to busk, what 3 songs would you sing: “Losing it” by Rush , “Fearless” by Pink Floyd and “Yno yn hwyr ddydd Ebrill” by Sir Hugh Stevenson Roberton

Perfect meal.  Perfect setting. Perfect company: Eel sushi, my lawn, my partner.

The city you’d most like to visit, that you haven’t already been to: Chichen itza

What jewellery (or body art) are you wearing right now: A pounamu taonga

A family recipe: Boiled eggs.

If you had to sit next to an animal on a long haul flight, what would it be:  A sloth.

Glee – Yes or No: No: Not even if the alternative was putting my head in a box of live cockroaches.

Cats or Dogs: Ducks

Tea or Coffee: Tea

Who would play you in the film of your life: Gregory House: MD

How many languages can you hold a conversation in: 2

And, finally, a Haiku about how you spend your spare time:

Heavy bucket creaks

Mist skeins the faded stalks

Cattle in twilight

The next victim up is the lovely Hendrik Thomas, one of our Senior Support Technicians. If you have any questions you’d like to ask him send them to info@sonar6.com.

Our latest color paper looks the importance of performance analytics for building your best possible team, with a little nod to baseball… Check it out!

NOW, we’d like to extend this offer to anyone who’s unhappy with their current Performance Review tool.

Whether you’re kicking yourself about making the wrong choice of tool – or you just don’t think the one you use is good enough, then we’re opening our doors:

If you sign a 12 month contract with Sonar6, we’ll give you Sonar6 FREE for the remainder of your existing contract, before you start paying your contract with us.*

It’s win-win. Your accountant will be happy – and you’ll immediately be able to do Performance Reviews that don’t SUCK.

If you’re interested in this deal, or just want to talk to someone friendly, come on over:

http://www.sonar6.com/come-on-over

*conditions apply

NB. We’re getting some Job Titles that are actually really great as well – Venka has a “Chief Belief Officer who is the Chief of HR – in his role he consistently and constantly creates belief in people about their organization”. We like that!!

Welcome to the first in a regular new series of ‘Sonar6 Windows’. Where we ask our customers to send us their view. The first view is of Wellington Harbour, taken from  Assurity’s offices. We challenge anyone to beat this view. We think we might have started with the best.  Thanks to Vikki for the beautiful shots.

Assurity is an award winning specialist testing and quality consultancy, focused on helping their customers build quality into their enterprise software.  They’re based in Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand and have over 90 consulting staff.

Enterprise software is the enabling technology of much of the modern world and the success of many organisations depends on how well they can develop and implement the software on which their business processes depend. Assurity have a specialist testing practice delivering functional testing, test management, performance testing and test automation.

In additional our Agile Consultancy assists clients through the delivery of Agile and Lean practices with a focus on quality which naturally fits within Assurity. The breadth and depth of services offered by our Agile team at Assurity makes us the #1 agile consultancy in New Zealand.

We talk to unhappy customers all the time. Not ours. Other company’s. That’s nothing new, but this week we’ve been hearing from a different bunch of people.

This week we’ve been talking to unhappy SuccessFactors customers who are tied into contracts – and are now facing an SAP reality. We’ve decided to help and share the Sonar6 love.

If you’re a SuccessFactors customer and don’t think an SAP future is for you, then we’re opening our doors:

If you sign a 12 month contract with Sonar6, we’ll give you Sonar6 FREE for the remainder of your SuccessFactors contract, before you start your contract with us.*

So you can give that giant the slip AND keep your accountant happy!

If you’re interested in this deal, or just want to talk to someone friendly, come on over to:

http://www.sonar6.com/pricing/quotes/calculate/

*Conditions apply

Some* of Sonar6 were really hoping for the full Sebastien Chabal – as an excuse to make small talk (petite talk?) with the hairy hero – but Belinda didn’t sprout quite enough for that. She’s sporting a more modest ‘Circus Ringleader’. So a big, huge thanks to all the wonderful people who made donations, with the money going to a great cause – Men’s Health.

*Shelly

Money?

Praise from your boss?

Being the best at what you do?

We want to know what makes you tick! Check our our latest color paper and let us know…

We picked up our second award at the Auckland ceremony on Wednesday night and we’re pretty stoked to have made the cut. Well done to our fantastic Sonar6 team on another good showing, and congrats to the rest of 2011′s awesome Kiwi companies (especially Powershop with its phenomenal 5280.41% growth!)