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Grow IT July 2025 – the latest news from ABC Software

With mid-winter upon us we’re talking all things off-season. We’ve recently celebrated Matariki (Māori new year) in NZ and in true new year’s fashion we’re making plans for the future. Read on for what’s been happening behind the scenes.

Sharon

What we do in the off-season

What happens when we’re not focused on supporting you through harvest? Truth is, like you, it’s never really quiet for us either. We carry out post-season reviews and roll out enhancements so you’re ready for the next season. Behind the scenes, we’re busy maintaining security, provisioning resources, managing storage, databases, and infrastructure health to ensure our systems remain fast and reliable. It also gives us an opportunity to tackle bigger projects and deeper improvements. Here’s a glimpse of what we’re working on:

ABCpacker

We’re exploring new deployment options for ABCpacker, and our mandate is clear; to deliver powerful, secure software on modern frameworks that perform brilliantly today and stay future proof for many years to come.

ABCgrower

We’re rolling out a significant security upgrade which will see the entire system move onto a brand-new platform. Existing customers will be migrated one-by-one to minimise disruption.

We’ll keep you updated as these projects progress. In the meantime, we hope you can sit back, relax, and enjoy whatever downtime the off-season brings!

Fresh features

Workers doing quality control on oranges being packed

ABCquality

Larger report photos for better visibility of defects. Addition of a new Measurement Type for any values to be recorded against a sample, and a bunch of small things that add up to a better user experience

Your quarterly read 

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Real stories, real results

Koala Cherries

Hear Chris Nealon and team talk about how ABCgrower and ABCpacker help to comprehensively manage productivity and workflow during the cherry season.

“ABCpacker’s 100% accurate data integrity follows through to invoicing, dispatching, all our reporting post-season.”

Chris Nealon, COO, Koala Cherries

Employee spotlight

Nicola Thompson

Since joining us Nicola has improved our office space and taken on many and varied business support tasks, easing the load on the team. You might have come across her on the end of the phone or email as she manages the support tickets that come in (and keeps those developers in line!).

A picture of Nicola in an apple orchard

What’s coming up

We’re close to home this quarter with Alison having just returned from a successful Summerfruit NZ conference and Bri and Sharon looking forward to exhibiting at the NZ Apples & Pears and Blueberries NZ conferences. Look out for Bri at the Hort NZ conference alongside our Jenkins partners.

NZAPI Conference logo

NZAPI Expo 2025

30-31 July

Nelson

Horticulture Conference logo

RSE & Hort NZ

26-27 August

Wellington

Blueberries NZ logo

Blueberries NZ

25-26 September

Hamilton

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