Great news this month, we’ve been selected by one of Australia’s largest Councils, Blacktown City Council to be their development partner for their new Website / Intranet and CMS implementation! With over 35 companies tendering for the project, it has been a great success for us. The Shado MX Content Management System will be the implemented for Blacktown’s new online strategy. With Shado, Blacktown joins a number of councils around the world who have chosen this CMS and will be the first council is Australia to utilise this powerful system.
It’s been another bumper, crazy, fun, actioned packed month this month. The Kemp Strang website is now live, which showcases their new branding as a result of joining the national group Kennedy Strang. The Disney Channel’s new AMTV website is now live with stage 2 rolled out. This flash website was a great job to work on, a little game, a bit of set redesign should keep the kiddies entertained for hours! It did for me anyway…. We’re just about to kick off with another new project for the Disney Channel, so make sure you check back soon to see the progress.
Smartbuy stage 2 is now all live and rolled out. Smartbuy is a whole-of-government electronic marketplace developed by the NSW Department of Commerce. This stage saw us redevelop the website to accommodate the different types of users that are now using Smartbuy.
The ARIA Awards Voting Website has just recently gone live. This years voting website saw us build upon last years system, with a number of enhancements and new tools. Prior to the voting period opening, voters were able to access the ‘Voters Toolkit’, which allows them to listen to all tracks and view cover art for the 650 nominations. Gruden is working with Delloittes, Mark Pope Music and ARIA to deliver this years voting system.
So far the voting site has had some great feedback, with comments like “Excellent Service yet again Mark Pope and Gruden! Your always providing the best navigation in a voting site which helps make the experience enjoyable and painless.” and my personal favourite:- “I think I can rightly claim to be the only person who has voted for the ARIAs from a phone booth internet box in He?lsinki, Finland!!” nicely done….
We’ve recently just kicked off on another large CMS implementation for the Institute of International Health (IIH). Gruden was successful in its bid for this project, after knocking out some stiff competition. This project will also utilise the Shado CMS for the project. IIH, which is an offshoot of Sydney University, has a very short timeline. So you should hear lots about this one in the coming months.
Something that I almost forgot to tell you all – we now have a Brisbane office! YAY Gruden has taken the step and gone interstate! We have seen a lot of potential and a lot of enquires come through from Brisbane, and to provide a better service and facilitate the needs of the local companies we now have a presence there.
Lots on the cards at the moment, Beaumont Consulting website is about to kick off, the ARIA homepage is almost there, Cookie Man are going through some enhancements and upgrades, Henry Davis York require some Intranet functionality, Inmark are developing a loyalty program, Capital Partners website and Intranet are under development, the Safeflame website was recently launched, the Collex website is just about to go live, Saunders Business Cards website is not far off and a few other large CMS implementations and various other jobs are coming up.
It’s going to be a busy next 6 months for Gruden, and those die hard G-Spotters have noticed my slackness in keeping the monthly updates coming – sorry kids, but I value sleep a little more these days!
Again it’s been another long edition of the G-Spot, so in parting, remember – The strong give up and move away, while the weak give up and stay.
Till next time!
