Frayed nerves at company's $60 million Auckland outpost, said to be under threat.

HR software company sells to North America's Cornerstone Ondemand. 

Following the success of NextWindow another Kiwi company is taking advantage of the rapidly growing touchscreen computer market, boosted by a relationship with Dell.

Palmerston North-based Unlimited Realities was founded in 1996 by David Brebner and began to focus on touchscreen applications in 2006.

The two Kiwi companies aren’t competitors: NextWindow makes the hardware while Unlimited Realities designs touchscreen software applications.

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New Zealand touchscreen maker NextWindow may be sidelined from the current tablet craze (its technology doesn’t scale down to the 9.7-inch displays used by Apple’s iPad and others).

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UPDATE II: In a statement announcing today's deal, NextWindow chief executive Al Munro says “NextWindow’s development of optical touch technology complements Smart’s efforts, and I’m delighted we’re becoming part of Smart." 

Deloitte’s annual hit-list of New Zealand’s 50 fastest-growing companies was revealed at five events across the country last night, supported by media partner NBR.

The Fast 50 2009 was headed by Dunedin-based New Zealand Honey Co, which clocked a staggering 994.76% growth rate.