A New Zealand cloud pioneer, with roots back to 1983.
OneNet Limited was founded in 2000 by Paulette and Michael Snowden, their third successful entrepreneurial IT company since 1983. A year earlier their sister company, Great Elk, shipped one of the world's first SaaS products, a full year before Salesforce. That heritage, being innovative in a fast-changing information technology market, is reflected in OneNet being New Zealand's first cloud service provider, and is still how we operate today.
Inaugural NZ IBM Business Partner, the start of a 40-year run.
FSL, Great Elk, OneNet, each one a step closer to sovereign cloud.
A full year before the term "cloud" went mainstream.
Headquartered in Auckland, with our team and core platform in-country.
How we show up, every day.
Client obsessed
We answer the phone. We follow through. We care about your outcomes more than our processes.
Honest by default
No jargon, no surprise bills, no over-promising. Straight talk and clear options.
Engineering led
We're an engineering company first. Cloud architects and engineers sit closer to clients than salespeople.
Proudly local
Headquartered in Auckland, with our team based here in NZ with an infrastructure presence across NZ and Australia.
Four companies. One throughline.
OneNet didn't appear overnight. It's the third act in a 40-plus year story of New Zealand IT entrepreneurship, from IBM PCs in 1983, to global CRM in the 1990s, to one of the world's earliest SaaS launches in 1999, to the first New Zealand computing cloud in 2000 and to Grizzly AI and OneNet AI today.
Financial Systems Limited
Inaugural IBM Business Partner appointed in 1983, delivering PCs, systems integration and custom competitive-advantage software to multinationals operating in NZ and major NZ enterprises.
The Great Elk Company Limited
A pioneering global CRM software company spun out of Financial Systems as a sister company to commercialise IP built solving real customer-relationship problems for multinationals. Adopted across global country affiliates by Eli Lilly, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, 3M and FujiXerox.
OneNet Limited
Founded by Paulette and Michael Snowden immediately after selling Great Elk, with a clear focus on the emerging cloud computing market. OneNet absorbed the Financial Systems business and has grown from that core team into a highly regarded and widely recognised New Zealand cloud computing innovator and market leader.
OneNet AI Limited
OneNet AI commenced in 2025 to provide New Zealand organisations a local, end-to-end partner for AI adoption. From the first honest assessment of where you currently stand, through strategy, embedded leadership, custom agents and independent security assurance, OneNet AI is the practice that helps your organisation adopt AI with confidence.
Four decades of building New Zealand's cloud.
From IBM PCs in 1983, to global CRM in the 1990s, to one of the world's earliest SaaS launches in 1999, to the first New Zealand computing cloud in 2000 and to Grizzly AI and OneNet AI today.
- 1983Financial Systems Limited founded
Paulette and Michael Snowden establish Financial Systems Limited as an inaugural IBM Business Partner, delivering PCs and custom software to multinationals operating in NZ and major NZ enterprises.
- 1992The Great Elk Company spun out
A global CRM software business spun out of Financial Systems as a sister company, serving multinationals including Eli Lilly, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, 3M, FujiXerox and Canon across the US, Europe, China, Japan and Asia-Pacific.
- 1999One of the world's first SaaS launches
The Great Elk Company launches a SaaS version of its CRM into the US, a year before Salesforce, making the Snowdens among the earliest pioneers of the then new business model of Software as a Service (SaaS).
- 2000OneNet Limited founded
After selling Great Elk to a US firm, the Snowdens' immediately established OneNet to focus squarely on the emerging cloud computing market. OneNet absorbs the Financial Systems business and core team.
- 2015Trans-Tasman expansion
Established infrastructure presence in Australia for cross-border clients.
- 2018Grizzly AI
Originally founded as a data analytics software company, Grizzly pivoted in late 2022 to AI services, Grizzly AI develops AI-powered software for RFP and tender responses.
- 2020ISO 27001 certified
Formalised our information security management system.
- 2024Microsoft Solutions Partner
Recertified under new Microsoft Partner specialisations across Modern Work, Security and Private Cloud.
- 2025OneNet AI launches
Sovereign enterprise AI for organisations that can't compromise on data and security.
Visit our Auckland HQ.
OneNet is located near Auckland's CBD, in Herne Bay. Drop in for a coffee and a chat about your cloud and AI roadmap.
OneNet HQ
161–163 Jervois Road, Herne BayAuckland 1011, New Zealand
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