Jade says the company will focus on issues such as crime, threats to public safety and national security, as well as protection of financial institutions and critical national infrastructure.

"Organisations operate in an environment where they are tasked with detecting and protecting against more aggressive threats than ever before and in an economic climate where resources are tightly allocated," says Craig Richardson, managing director of Jade Software and CEO of Wynyard Group. "We're definitely seeing a significant need for specialist high performance technology to support the people charged with overcoming and dealing with these challenges. "Wynyard's solutions are already helping some of the world's leading security agencies, police forces, financial institutions and utilities identify risks, detect threats, investigate crimes and protect against loss."

The new company brings together two existing business units owned by Jade: Methodware and Investigator. "It's about connecting the dots and closing the gap," says the CEO. Wynyard Group has offices in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the US and will be leveraging off an existing customer base from Methodware, according to Jade.

Richardson says Wynyard Group has recruited both in New Zealand and internationally for research and development skills and will now be ramping up sales and marketing staff in different world locations.

"We've taken time to expand our market knowledge, experience and technology capabilities. We now have world class solutions to identify, assess and manage risks to public safety, national security, business disruption and threats to essential services. Wynyard Group is one of the few companies in the world with an extensive and growing portfolio of solutions for protecting people, institutions and critical infrastructure assets," says Richardson.