NSW.net has been developed as a business tool to boost the growth of the NSW ICT industry.

The ICT industry is a driving force behind the Australian economy’s productivity growth, contributing $36.2 billion, or 4.6 per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product. Small-to-medium businesses (SMEs) are a vital part of Australia’s ICT industry.  

In fact, SMEs make up nearly 80 per cent of all ICT businesses in Australia.

The philosophy behind NSW.net is simple: that ICT SMEs can work with other complementary companies to overcome limitations, generate new ideas and ways of doing business and ultimately expand their market reach and penetration.

Microsoft’s Windows operating system is the basis of commercial software solutions and services developed by many of the small and medium sized ICT companies in NSW. NSW.Net is a unique way to assist these companies to develop innovative software and achieve global reach.Members of the NSW.net cluster will:

• establish partnerships with like-minded Australian companies,
• identify skills and synergies,
• share knowledge,
• forge alliances with multinational corporations,
• pool resources, and
• access new markets.

Cross industry and cross business collaboration is one of the most practical ways for organisations to effectively negotiate today's competitive global market place.