Recently, the KND team have been working closely with Brisbane and Gold Coast based post production studio The Post Lounge on a major project for media group Austereo, the owner of some of the most popular radio stations in Australia.

The Post Lounge is a team of 20-30 people who look after the post production process, that is editing and adding effects and design graphics, for TV commercials, TV shows, documentaries and corporate videos. They work for major advertising agencies and television stations as well as for a range of corporate clients. [Read more →]

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We often get asked: “How often should I update my homepage content?”

The answer is simple – as often as you possibly can! It is easy to say but for many time poor SMEs much harder to do. So, what is practical and what are the real benefits of making the effort?

There are 2 significant benefits:

1. The more often you change your website, the more often Google returns to your site to index and rank. This can mean from months to weeks and even daily.
2. Fresh content means more search friendly keywords and articles that will further build your search engine ranking performance and also keep your business top of mind for your prospects and customers.

Why is it important? [Read more →]

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We took our cloud-based document management app for accountants to a CPA conference last month and got some great feedback. Read the full article on the OurAccounts site…

OurAccounts wows delegates at CPA conference

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It’s only fair that you do, after all we’re doing the hard part – taking the Kokoda Challenge!

As part of a team of four I am competing in the Kokoda Challenge Event on 16-17 July on the Gold Coast. It’s hailed as Australia’s toughest endurance event: 96kms through the hills and mountains of the Gold Coast hinterland.  Take a minute to see the event details on the web site – I must be mad!

Our team is Health For Life Take2 - Gavin, Jason, Jenny and Grace – and we need your help to achieve our fundraising target. [Read more →]

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It’s April 1^st, which means it is KND’s birthday. Yes, and April Fool’s Day. Ironic? Not really. This year we turned 9. To celebrate, we bought ourselves all new furniture and washed it down with a bottle of bubbly. [Read more →]

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A real-life case study

Our software OurDisk has been enjoying considerable growth recently and we have been gaining sizeable interest from the accounting and bookkeeping industry in particular. This prompted us to launch an exciting new strategy, here’s the story… [Read more →]

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KND have a long history of using WordPress as a CMS. We are continually extending its functionality and rarely find an occasion where a larger, more complicated enterprise level CMS does a better job.

It’s all about keeping it simple. Our clients appreciate that they can completely manage their website after a 1-hour training session. It’s cost effective. [Read more →]

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KND is proud to announce we are a finalist in the ACS Queensland ICT Awards for the release of OurDisk 2.0. The awards are presented on March 30th, so we are looking forward to mixing with the competition at the awards dinner!

We are incredibly proud to be delivering eBusiness web software to the globe – from our Queensland base!

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Version One of our document management software, OurDisk has been very well received across a range of different markets with our client base growing every day. Thanks to valuable feedback from our customers over the last 9 months, we now have a whole bunch of feature requests that have gone into the melting pot for OurDisk V2.0.

We are very excited about the result getting closer to release as we continue to echo our passion for building user-friendly web software that makes doing business easier.

Whilst the core of the app remains the same, improvements include;

• revised file navigation to cater for hundreds of categories, files and users,
• smarter communication tools for notifying your clients of file updates,
• and, rich reporting for administrators are also added to the mix.

For the techies out there, we are also adding 2048bit file encryption – the best on the market – to ensure security of your documents.

So, when is the release I hear you ask? Early November is the target.

To find out more visit the OurDisk website

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Australia’s most well endowed Web Hosting Packages

KND have just upgraded their web-hosting servers and are proud to whip out their package and offer it to businesses that are just not being satisfied by their current provider.

Web hosting can often be inadequate with out you even knowing it. If your site is choking, going down or your mailbox fills up regularly, these are telltale signs that your hosting provider is just not doing the business.

Erecting a web site on substandard hosting will only result in flaccid performance with no happy ending in sight. Large hosting that shares its services with too many clients often has gaping security holes with wide-open back doors for hackers.

KND Web Hosting is a boutique service. We won’t shove unwanted features down your throat or lead you up the dirt track. Our depth of service is well rounded and if you have an issue, call us and we’ll jump right on it.  When we get to the root of the problem we’ll call you and explain it in plain English until you have a firm grasp on the thrust of the solution.

Packages start at …

Dwarf Package
$30/month
1GB space / 10GB transfer
Learn more – http://www.knd.com.au/knd-web-hosting

and go up to the

John Holmes Package
$99/month
5GB space / 50GB transfer
Learn more – http://www.knd.com.au/knd-premium-web-hosting

Hosting so good, you’ll need a cigarette afterwards.

Call today to get your hands on our package

1300 228 100

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We’ve had an interesting couple of weeks in the complex and tedious world of trademark ownership. We have had to change the name of our newly launched document management software, FileSight. Apparently FileSight is not as original as we thought. Apparently, FileSite is the same as FileSight.

Semantics!

With a looming deadline for some magazine advertising, we were forced to think of a new name … a good one … that is still available … and design a logo … a good one … that doesn’t look like anyone else’s … in two days … bugger. So, we did what any self-respecting business would do – we went to the pub.

Unfortunately, that produced a lot of names like Fileasaurus and DocuMentalCase, but nothing actually useful. Finally, Dan saved the day at the eleventh hour, with OURDISK™. We’ve registered it in every possible way that something can be registered and the logo is a vast improvement on the FileSight artwork. (Sorry Hawk. )

Existing FileSight users will be switched to the new name over the next few weeks. Don’t worry; nothing will change except the name.

And so, without further ado, we smash a bottle of something bubbly on her bow and shove her off down the slipway and back out into the wild blue yonder.

…Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange…
Shakespeare

Check out www.ourdisk.com for more info.

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Living in Brisbane, you will understand what good weather means. We enjoy almost 300 days of sunshine a year. However, when it does rain it’s like the end of the earth. At the moment, I’m thinking we’ve got about 38 days left.

As you can see from my bailing efforts, our courtyard is filling up fast and threatening to flood our office yet again. We’ve had to change the carpets once already this year and would like to avoid it again if possible.

To combat this, we will be converting the KND office into a raft. There are several advantages of this method of flood management -

1. No more bailing (yay)
2. The office can rise and fall with the flood water
3. If we grow tired of the view, we can just paddle down to the bay
4. We can visit you for meetings while still utilising our boardroom and coffee machine

Should you have the misfortune of working in a large multi-story building, floating it may not be an option. This link to eHow will show you how to build an ark in seven simple steps. http://www.ehow.com/how_2120468_build-ark.html

P.S. If you need a second drongo to make a pair for your ark, you can have Dallas (Pictured here using his iMac to balance the iBucket to catch the iWater dripping from the ceiling).

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Add your own online donation software

eDonations is a fast, secure eCommerce solution that provides quick and easy way to donate to your cause. No ‘shopping carts’ or confusing processes.

eDonations provides a three-step process on a single page. It fits seamlessly into your website, so your customers will feel reassured that they are donating directly to you.

Ideal for not-for-profit organizations, charities, churches and schools.

The easier you make it, the more likely people are to donate. eDonations is the most effortless way to collect donations 24/7/365.

The system connects directly with your bank and processes all payments in a completely transparent manner. Receipts and paper trail are recorded in four places – your website, your customer, the bank and the payment gateway.

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Donations Software Preview [ 2:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 180

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File upload, sharing and collaboration

Ever needed to share some files with a team and wished there was a better way than email? OurDisk does just that. It provides a secure, easy way to share files of all types and sizes.

OurDisk is the perfect solution for remote teams and business-to-client document collaboration.

OurDisk is a central location for your key documents like PDFs, Word docs and project material. Your documents live in a highly secure environment and you control who sees each document. Files too large to email are also easily uploaded and stored within your secure web system. [Read more →]

OurDisk Overview [ 2:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 110

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KND have recently launched a range of graphing solutions for displaying business intelligence data. Our expert team have created a lightweight interactive graphing tool built using CSS, KND’s custom PHP framework, Mootools and Canvas. Histograms, Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Drill down views and multiple datasets. Data can be updated on the fly by using AJAX calls – perfect for stock price movements.

Inspired by Google Analytic graphs, this framework is a great example of the work our capabilities. Please contact us if you would like to discuss licensing.

Online Graphing solutions [ 2:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 149

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