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As a leading Australian supplier of accessible web content management solutions, Squiz welcomes the Australian Government adoption of WCAG 2.0 over a 4 year period, reaching level Single A within 2 years, and Double A within 4 years. Squiz is most pleased to assist all organisations with their Transition Strategy to adhere to these new standards.

The Internet Show is Australia's only internet event to bring together big, medium and small business. It is a business show, not a technology show, where leading industry experts (including Squiz's Managing Director) will present a series of free educational seminars. Squiz is also exhibiting so come along and say hello. http://www.internetshow.com.au

Some of Gartner’s leading analysts are now advising clients to "“Choose Web content management (WCM) vendors that have robust search technologies or that have gained them through partnerships, acquisitions or the customization of open-source technology.” Sounds a lot like Squiz solutions featuring Funnelback search technology.

In a joint effort between Squiz and Edith Cowan University two more sites went live this week. The Future Student’s site and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. This follows the recent work on three websites for the Charles Sturt University Faculty of Science - one of the most broadly based scientific academic concentrations in Australasia.

Squiz has undertaken a comprehensive redesign of the Department of the Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) website. With the ever increasing importance of the digital economy and the National Broadband Network, the main focus of the project was to provide clearer access to current key activities by using appropriate visual cues including images.

Read about the latest Squiz websites - developed for the Election Funding Authority of NSW and the Whitlam Institute - on the Latest Sites page.

Squiz is delighted to announce that one in three Australian Universities are using the locally developed and supported enterprise open source MySource Matrix CMS. Managing Director John-Paul Syriatowicz commented “It is very rewarding to see that Squiz is playing such a significant role in the Australian knowledge revolution”.

The Squiz Group now has a brand new logo which will be instantly recognisable to the market. At the launch to staff, Squiz Managing Director John-Paul Syriatowicz said “This new logo is the banner to lead Squiz through the exciting years of growth and development ahead which will see us become a leading player on the global information management stage”. More.

Peter Garrett has launched the LivingGreener web portal www.livinggreener.gov.au after a successful implementation by Squiz Australia using the locally developed MySource Matrix supported open source Content Management System (CMS). More...

On Thursday, April 30^th 2009 on the edge of Sydney Harbour, over 60 invited guests were introduced to the revolutionary Viper editing interface with true inline click-to-edit functionality. Designed for smaller or brochure style sites, MySource Mini is an integrated hardware and software appliance. Included is integrated help to appeal to users without technical expertise cutting training and support costs, automatic updates and the flexibility of several easy design templates.  More..

Squiz looks forward to enhancing our existing long term relationship with the NSW Government and working with all agencies in an effort to reduce the total cost of ICT and enable all service and support requirements to be delivered as cost effectively as possible says Squiz Director, Steve Barker.

Having defined web CMS for over a decade, Squiz is proud to unveil the hardware/software CMS appliance that allows you to easily plug and build your website or intranet. The MySource Mini appliance is a fusion of groundbreaking new CMS software and custom web server hardware, making it easy to create, manage and serve content without requiring technical skills or specialised training.

Check out the MySource Mini Brochure.

Squiz proudly supported Earth Hour on Saturday 28th March. Squiz's MD, JP Syriatowicz said "Climate change threatens dire consequences for the world if we don't act now. It is important to participate in events like Earth Hour to send a message that we demand action urgently". http://www.earthhourau.org/

This new version includes heaps of new features including TRIM and Sharepoint integration, the YouTube WYSIWYG Plugin, a Quick Link WYSIWYG plugin and a new user type "Simple Edit User". Also included are many additional enhancements to existing features, including an extensive overhaul of the Custom Form asset.

Find out more about the changes.

Squiz are currently developing six new training courses, designed to help you extend both your MySource Matrix and general web skills: Newsletter Campaigns, Calendar Module, What's New in V3.18, Advanced WYSIWYG Editing, Web Layout using CSS, Website Statistics.

Find out more details ...

Squiz have developed a TRIM Bridge module which integrates MySource Matrix with the HP TRIM document and records management system (DRMS) software. More details..

The conference was held Oct 16th & 17th at the Crowne Plaza, Coogee, Sydney and lived up to the theme of Collaboration, Innovation & Learning - with many interesting case studies, and the unveiling of the MySource Mini, and the MySource Matrix features of Google Maps and the TRIM Bridge. Visit the MySource Matrix site to find out more...

Squiz today announced a 50% growth rate on year, evidence of the growing opportunity for 'Supported Open Source' Web Content Management Systems in typical mid-range project spends of between $75,000 and $250,000.

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A Foot in the Door website goes live. Squiz provided the Design, Implementation, and Hosting for this worthy cause. Check the site out and see the opportunity being given to regional Queensland Indigenous kids. Thanks to all staff who generously donated their time to this project.