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eNoteFile - Notetaking and filing freeware

Kiandra has been awarded the Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2009 in the category of Custom Development Solutions, Application Infrastructure Development, for our custom developed eNoteFile software and hosted server solution for eNoteFile Services.

eNoteFile enables you to type or handwrite your notes and file them for fast and secure retrieval. You can add your own images to use within documents or as backgrounds for notation. Fields and categories can be customised, and forms and letters are automatically completed for you.  You can also work offline or sync online and share your notes with others.

eNoteFile is free for download via www.enotefile.com

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IBSA Website Solution

IBSA engaged Kiandra for a fully tailored website and custom software solution that supports their business function as a government funded industry skills council.  

This extensive solution includes full ecommerce functionality with vendor-lead product management, a review and feedback register, integrated event management, a survey system and full document management features.

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Kremmer Management Group - CapexPro large capital works project management system

CapexPro is a software solution for large capital works organisations that manage multiple long term projects and require enterprise-wide management of their capital works programs.  

With a key focus on budgeting and cash flows, CapexPro captures all data related to individual projects and enables project managers to manage complex projects, resources and cash flow on a month to month basis.  

CapexPro was designed to be highly scalable, allowing for 1000’s of simultaneous users while maintaining a responsive user interface and full audit histories.  In addition, CapexPro contains an extensive list of parameterised reports, allowing users to slice and view their data in a huge number of ways.

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Logie-Smith Lanyon Lawyers - Server Virtualisation

Kiandra designed and implemented a server virtualisation solution leveraging VMware Virtual Infrastructure suite on HP Proliant Server hardware. The virtualised environment consists of two primary VMware hosts and these run eight virtual guest servers with roles including Active Directory and networking services, replicated file storage, a fault-tolerant Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployment using standby continuous replication (SCR) functionality, Citrix Presentation Server for application virtualisation and additionally a legacy practice management system - migrated into the virtualised environment to overcome the risks of ageing hardware.

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Online Superannuation Calculator

The Online Superannuation Calculator utilises Microsoft Silverlight to provide a rich interactive user experience. 
The system allows visitors to visualise their projected retirement income and superannuation balance based on their selections to a number of dynamic options.

The calculator uses proprietary finance models and finance scenarios, and incorporates many dynamic options.



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Victoria Police – Incident Fact Sheet System

Now used throughout the State by around 10,000 users, the Kiandra developed Victoria Police Incident Reporting System has replaced a labour intensive process originally involving hand written forms, faxing and manual distribution.

Our fully secure web-based solution with a Microsoft SQL Server database server back-end has enabled Victoria Police to access vital information the moment it is recorded by police members state-wide, via powerful searching and reporting functionality.  In addition, the usefulness of the application has now been expanded to be used as a supplementary analysis tool. 

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Victoria Police - Police Bank

Kiandra developed Police Bank Online in 2009, an online web-based / SQL Server solution that manages and facilitates police members to sell accrued time off, be allocated to specific operations, and receive payment in return.  Police bank is an online application that allows for the internal advertising of available operation positions that police bank members can apply for.
The application intelligently matches member applications to available positions, employing a ‘best fit’ analysis to ensure members with the relevant experience and qualifications are matched with operations with similar requirements.  Police Bank online caters for around 14,000 users.

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ANZPAA - Outsourced IT start-up, support and maintenance services

Kiandra implemented a best practice HP BladeSystem solution and Cisco Catalyst gigabit Ethernet switches to provide a solid infrastructure platform upon which forms ANZPAA’s technology environment. Four powerful c-Class blade servers running Windows Server 2003 R2 along with two storage blades were configured in a HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure and are protected by Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Server to ensure optimisation of disaster recovery operations, providing a high level of protection for ANZPAA, its operations and its data. A tailored services agreement with Kiandra means that ANZPAA’s infrastructure is proactively monitored and maintained with support delivered under a responsive Service Level Agreement.

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Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) - CPD Online System

The AOA is the professional organisation for Orthopaedic surgeons in Australia. They have approximately 1300 members, mostly consultants and trainees in Australian hospitals.

The system and allows practising and non-practising surgeons of the AOA to record the details of activities that contribute to their certification.  Activities are categorised into one of five sections and are measured according to a points-based system. A summary of progress for the reporting period is displayed to members via an interactive dashboard.

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Channel 31 - Flexivision Television Station Management System

In April 2008, C31 Melbourne went live with Kiandra’s custom built television station management system - Flexivision.

C31 needed a television management software solution that would not cost the earth, but would deliver much greater efficiencies – enabling them to utilise current resources in different areas, and save on additional staff.

From a process of ‘manual’ and cumbersome Excel spreadsheet-based working, C31 have moved a much more automated system with Flexivision which has freed up valuable staff resources.

Flexivision has been designed from the ground up to give television networks a powerful, modern and scalable solution for station scheduling management.  Flexivision is not just an ‘off-the-shelf’ product, but a solution tailored to the unique operating environment of each clients’ structure and communicating systems and equipment.

 

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Deakon - DotNetNuke Mentoring

Tim Williams, the founder and managing director of Deakon – a leading sales training organisation, was building a detailed and innovative new site for www.deakon.com.au.  Kiandra provided support to Tim as he built his site, and we are very impressed with the collective result.  As Tim and Kiandra were able to leverage off Tim’s existing IT skills, the solution was built at a fraction of what it would have cost to outsource the entire solution.

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Esanda - Credit risk management application

Kiandra built a credit risk management application for use within Esanda internally. The system takes the user through several pages of questions, each one structured dynamically around the previous answers. When the assessment is completed, an Excel spreadsheet representation of the calculations and result is created and emailed as required. This solution was developed and then handed over to internal staff.

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Esanda - Customer price grade calculator

Kiandra developed a customer price grade calculator solution that imbedded in Excel for use by Esanda brokers, which enables potential customers to receive a credit risk rating based on various criteria. This solution was developed and then handed over to internal staff.

 

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ESTA - Secure communications log and auditing system

Kiandra worked with ETSA to build a secure communications log and auditing system to enable an even higher level of review and quality control.  The system, reviewing millions of entries, compares results with an external auditing system to ensure they match and that the information is accurate.  This system utilises the power of SQL server and SQL Reporting Services to produce a cost effective, high quality solution.

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Fosters - Fleet Management System

Foster's Group contracted Kiandra to produce a custom developed fleet and lease management system.  Fosters had investigated various off the shelf products as well as outsourced services, however a key aspect of the solution was the requirement for deep integration with many financial systems.

The Foster’s Fleet Management System was originally developed and deployed in 1999.  However the system has been continually adapted and extended.  Over the last 10 years Foster’s has acquired and divested significant businesses (e.g. ALH, BBWE, Southcorp, Cellarmasters) and each time have called on Kiandra to  make the changes and enhancements required to ensure smooth integration.

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Health-Link Consultants - Website and Insurance Purchasing System

Kiandra is proud to have developed the Health-Link website for Health-Link Consultants.

Health-Link required a new website to provide a better way to purchase health insurance.  With Health-Link’s main competitor well known on television and billboards, Health-Link needed a site that would stand out and offer unique features.

Health-Link’s site is modern and clean, balancing the large amount of information required for the industry with a fast point and click method of purchasing health insurance.  It is also fully content managed, allowing Health-Link to make content changes themselves as required.

www.health-link.com.au

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Homefriday - Householder and Service Provider matching directory

Homefriday is a website designed to match householders with their ideal service providers.

Homefriday was developed by Kiandra, and utilises .NET, Ajax and Java based technologies, with a multi-SQL server database back-end.  It incorporates secure payment gateways, extensive SMS functionality, content management, optimised intelligent searching and SSL security.  The site can be viewed at http://www.homefriday.com.au

 

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Kiandra Roads Management System

Kiandra have built a software solution that allows road management consultants manage the main arterial roads and freeways around Victoria by Vic Roads and independent contractors.
The software is securely connected to a number of hardware devices including real time GPS for time, speed and position tracking using the NMEA standard, and a number of other real time devices such as Inclinometers for measuring the camber of the road.
While the consultant surveys a road, the software logs data from the hardware devices, as well as recording input from the consultant on a keypad to record information about street signs, street equipment and the road condition.
Utilising fully secured and synchronised local and centralised SQL servers, this solution enables consultants on the road to work just as effectively offline as they do online.

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Logie-Smith Lanyon Lawyers - Automated desktop deployment

Kiandra implemented Windows Deployment Services (WDS) at Logie-Smith Lanyon to streamline the provisioning of desktop hardware and software. The solution allows a consistent software image to be deployed through the network and reduces the time and expense of installing new workstations and rebuilding existing ones. Additional applications are deployed using Group Policy application testing and deployment options. Instead of a typical single PC rollout taking around three hours, the solutions provides a automated, unattended installation mechanism for all desktop applications and settings, requiring less than 30 minutes of customisation time.

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Macdonald Johnston Engineering - IT support and management services

For over 8 years Kiandra has provided IT support and management services to MJE, complementing its internal IT resources. We provide technical support, specialist consulting services and deliver solutions for remote access and centralised application delivery, security, disaster recovery planning and the continuous improvement of MJE’s nationwide network.  We have lead the successful implementation and integration of server based computing (Citrix Presentation Server), secure remote access (Citrix Access Gateway & RSA Security Tokens), server OS virtualisation (VMware) and email archiving (Symantec Enterprise Vault). These projects have delivered extended functionality and access to core information from remote and interstate users, reduced ongoing maintenance and management costs and minimised energy consumption & physical server requirements.

 

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Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital - SAEFVIC Reporting System 2008

SAEFVIC, the Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community is a public health partnership initiative of the Victorian Immunisation Program funded by the Department of Health, Victoria.  This specialist service has been established to help immunisation providers report and care for children and adults who have had an Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI). 

Kiandra’s implementation of the SAEFVIC Reporting System as a web-based service provides unprecedented access for immunisation providers in reporting adverse events, facilitating an increase in reported cases over the previous in-house system. 

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PearlStreet Limited - Complete IT outsourcing services

PearlStreet  Limited is a publically-listed company (ASX:PST) which provides contract asset management, asset integrity and engineering services to owners of large energy and resources infrastructure.

Kiandra provides complete IT outsourcing services to PearlStreet and facilitated the extraction of IT assets and services from a larger parent-company network post commercial separation, and provides ongoing management and support of the PearlStreet IT environment.  

Kiandra is involved across all levels of the organisation, from advising on IT strategy to end-user support and managing third-party infrastructure suppliers to ensure the optimal performance of the PearlStreet network. Kiandra supports 250 PearlStreet IT users all around Australia from its Melbourne office.

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People First Retirement Services - Server refresh and consolidation

In September 2008 Kiandra was engaged to replace core server infrastructure which was at the end of its refresh cycle and selected Windows Server Enterprise 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 running on a virtualised VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 platform. HP DL-series Proliant Server infrastructure was chosen as the host hardware platform and the servers were configured with redundancy and sufficient failover capacity should a host fail.

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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) - CPD Online System

RACS, formed in 1927, is a non-profit organisation training surgeons and maintaining surgical standards in Australia and New Zealand. The College's purpose is to be the unifying force for surgery in Australia and New Zealand, with FRACS standing for excellence in surgical care. 

The CPD Online System is a recertification management system that dynamically analyses and determines surgeon accreditation status based on their annual and triennial activities including meetings, conferences and publications.  Accreditation is calculated based on several levels of structured and conditional logic that incorporates every facet of surgeon activity.  

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Rural Health Workforce (RHWA) - Overseas Trained Doctors (OTD) Application

RHWA supports and represents the seven Rural Health Workforce Agencies (RWAs) that operate throughout Australia.  
The OTD application is a comprehensive end-to-end solution that tracks and manages the recruitment of doctors by its partner agencies into rural locations.



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SendMyFreight.com.au - On-line directory for Transport & Logistics

SendMyFreight is FMT's central on-line directory for Transport & Logistics.  With a very quick development time of around a month, this site has enabled FMT provide a high quality directory in record time.  Kiandra built the SendMyFreight website to enable people to quickly and easily find Australia’s top operators in the Transport & Logistics Industry, from the largest Transport Companies (Carriers), through to the best SMEs and owner operators (Sub-contractors). 

From a technical perspective, Kiandra has built the SendMyFreight Carrier Directory for FillMyTruck using the new ASP.NET MVC framework.  The ASP.NET MVC framework is highly extendible, and everything in the MVC framework is designed so that it can be easily replaced and customised.

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South-Eastern Office Supplies - Website and online store solution

Launched in May 2007, South-Eastern Office Supplies (SEOS) engaged Kiandra to build a new CMS based website and online store solution.  Utilising the latest in .NET and Ajax technology, the new SEOS store is targeted to be the best office supplies online store in the industry. SEOS wanted a “big and bold” homepage, utilising a glossy and modern Web 2.0 look. The use of lighting, overlapping colours and tones – plus the incorporation of a 3D gel look at certain points - has given SEOS their unique style.

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Toll Australia Group - Development, support and maintenance

Toll is the Asian region's leading provider of integrated logistics services, generating annual consolidated revenue of $9 billion and operating an extensive network of over 650 sites throughout more than 44 countries across the Asian region.  Toll  Shipping has an Intranet-based application, used to receive, deliver and manifest  cargo for its Bass Strait cargo operation. 

Kiandra has taken over support, maintenance and  development of this system for Toll.  The functions provided by this system include back office functions (rating, invoicing, debits, credits, posting to the accounting system, reporting), customer access via the Internet, delivery and scheduled reporting.

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Toll Sales Revenue Analysis and Reporting System

Toll engaged Kiandra to build a secure database solution to analyse sales and statistical data from each business unit and to report on the performance of these. 

Toll business unit information is imported into the system from Excel spreadsheets. A detailed trend and historical analysis is then performed, enabling Toll to revue overall organisational revenue performance, over any period, from one location.

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UCI Projects - Server upgrade to support ERP rollout

In order to provide a platform for UCI's new ERP solution, the existing server and networking infrastructure needed to be upgraded.  Kiandra transitioned UCI's Small Business Server infrastructure to full Exchange Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005. The upgrade overcame challenges with data security and utilises VMware VI Foundation and Citrix Presentation Server technologies to further extend the infrastructure to branch offices and remote users while reducing the number of physical host servers deployed and maintained.
Kiandra maintains the environment with a comprehensive service agreement and provides infrastructure monitoring services to detect and respond to issues as they arise.

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Victorian Government eServices Panel

Kiandra has been appointed as a member of the Whole of Victorian Government eServices Panel, established and managed by the Chief Technology Office (CTO). The Panel is composed of high-quality eServices suppliers. It is designed to streamline purchasing for Victorian Government Departments by providing a pool of suppliers with standard contract terms, a high level of quality assurance, and an established set of capabilities.

 

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VITS Language Link - Server refresh and SQL mirroring setup

Kiandra implemented a refreshed Microsoft Windows Small Business Server environment and upgraded their existing SQL Server environment to provide failover functionality using SQL mirroring. This solution allows for the existing mission critical in-house application to operate at a higher level of availability than a single SQL Server implementation.

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