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2005 News Archive
TOTE's AAMI Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival has been given a new look for 2006. The Carnival is one of the biggest annual events for TOTE, and therefore requires the best possible coverage for locals and interstate/international visitors alike.
The 2006 site redesign was implemented by Future Medium and reflects the fun and frivolity of the carnival season. It's also the central point for information relating to events and races, utilising autopublish technology to make sure all information is managed effectively and efficiently. Punters and party-goers alike can also use the site to book an event or place a bet.
The TOTE Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival is sure to be a hit on what is touted as a hot year for racing - with the famed Inter Dominion carnival following closely on its heels.
You can find the new look TSRC site here, and read more about Future Medium's involvement with the TOTE here.
We are proud to announce the launch of one of this year's most interesting and challenging public website projects: the new Connect Financial site.
Connect Financial and Future Medium have had a long and prosperous relationship together. Future Medium worked closely with Connect Financial's marketing team to ensure the new project was implemented in the best way possible to leverage the new Connect Financial brand. The site also had to maintain a strong customer-focussed environment to help existing online clients adapt to the new online offerings.
Coupled with a strong television advertising and marketing strategy, the site is yet another example of Future Medium's ability to build upon, and strengthen brand identity in the online environment.
To view the new Connect Financial Website, click here. If you'd like to know more about this project and how we've made it one of the best Credit Union sites around, click here.
On 8 December Future Medium was host to the TasIT Christmas Event. The event included a presentation by Piero Peroni from the New Ventures Group of Aurora Energy, discussing Broadband over Powerline (BPL). The presentation focussed on Aurora's involvement in this new technology, and also discussed some of the opportunities and issues that have been raised in relation to it.
The event was a great success with an excellent turnout of some of Tasmania's IT industry leaders and business owners.
Due to burgeoning company growth, Future Medium sought the expertise of business consultant David Vitale of ROCG Portfolio People Consulting to assist with the company's future business and marketing strategies.
David has broad experience in working with small to medium enterprises. He owned and operated his own e-learning venture in Victoria, which he subsequently sold once the venture was fully developed. He is a business studies scholarship recipient, and has spent time in the US at Berkeley University. David is now a consultant for ROCG, an international network of business consultancies that draws on a broad range of skills in various fields to ensure all clients get the most informative and beneficial advice and guidance possible.
David's input into FM's potential for success has been invaluable. He has been involved as an adviser and mentor to management and staff alike.
Future Medium were successful in securing funding from the Department of Economic Development to assist in the cost of David's services. In addition, Future Medium are successful recipients of the Workplace Development Fund (WDF) skills development assistance.
Due to the company's faith in David's outstanding services, we have extended our agreement with him to include the ongoing skills development of our management and team leaders, utilising the WDF funding.
Changes are afoot for Blundstone, with the release of their newly refurbished website.
The changes incorporate a new Advanced Search system of their product range, and improvements to the product catalogue. The project also included a facelift to the graphical elements to give the site a new look and feel. This includes a revised approach to the home page and revisions to the navigational elements and colour scheme.
The Blundstone site has been a highly successful venture for the company. Its site architecture was well thought out at the original development stage (implemented in 2003), and thus the site has endured, requiring only amendments to keep it fresh and relevant.
Future Medium has had a rewarding relationship with Blundstone and thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to work with such an enduring brand.
Petrusma and Partners have once again won the Real Estate Institute of Tasmania's Best Website Award for 2005. This is the second time Petrusma's have achieved this award, also claiming it in 2003.
Earlier this year Petrusma and Partners rebranded their company with a distinctive new look. At this time they yet again sought Future Medium's assistance to upgrade and improve their website to follow suit.
The result is a visually engaging and elegant site that provides users with a sophisticated interface to their online Real Estate needs.
The team at Future Medium were proud to assist Petrusma and Partners to secure the award on both occasions, and appreciate the ongoing relationship with them - a sentiment that is reciprocated by Petrusma's.
'(We'd like) to pass on our sincere thanks and congratulations for your hard work, patience and understanding...It's been a great journey between our 2 companies so far, and we look forward to working further with you in the future!' - Jade Grice, Design & ICT - Petrusma and Partners
On Wednesday 19 October, Future Medium hosted the Department of Economic Development's official launch of the Business Point program. Minister for Economic Development, Lara Giddings, was in attendance to launch both the Business Point program, and the subsequent public advertising campaign.
Business Point provides a single point of contact for new and growing businesses to access assistance and advice to further their success. Future Medium was the first recipient of financial assistance under this program, and has utilised this to improve upon business processes and marketing directives through the services of David Vitale of ROCG Potfolio People Consulting. Since being involved in the Business Point program, Future Medium have increased staff numbers from 6 to 8 full-time employees, and have also seen increases in revenue and sales activity.
The launch was attended by Business Point officers and contributors, representatives of Coo'ee advertising firm (creators of the Business Point advertising campaign), the directors of ROCG Portfolio People Consulting (Tas branch) and the media. The launch was a resounding success, and was followed by a luncheon, also held at the Future Medium offices.
The TSO have expanded their use of the Content Management System, autopublish, and incorporated a new and exciting marketing tool - News in E.
News in E is the TSO's new HTML Newsletter System, and will be utilised to deliver up to date concert and event information, plus relevant news stories. The newsletter allows TSO enthusiasts to subscribe via the website, or alternatively through the box office.
The advantage of the newsletter system for the TSO is its speed of delivery, ability to data-share with the website, sized-down HTML format, and call-to-action to view the website.
FM is proud to be involved with the TSO. If you'd like to subscribe to News in E, please click here.
The team at FM are proud to announce the launch of the Putters Adventure Golf website.
The Putters project was an excellent opportunity for our team to have a bit of fun and develop an interesting project in the leisure/entertainment realm.
The Putters site aims to deliver a relevant and interesting marketing tool that combines strong graphics and branding with interactive Flash elements. The result is a fun and visually appealing site that will no doubt be popular with small and big kids alike!
The Putters Adventure Golf Website is now live at www.putters.com.au.
Budding young designer Paul Emery joined the FM design team today. Paul will be working under our long standing senior designer Joshua Lamont.
Paul exhibits all the properties of an extremely capable designer. He's very enthusiastic, well presented, quick to respond to requests, and well versed in peripheral techniques and tricks. An intense program of on-the-job training will complete Paul's skill set and place him in a good position to deal with the growing number of interstate design projects brought our way by one of our mainland-based alliance companies.
Paul will be responsible for fleshing out finished art design concepts as well as managing our design-change register.
Future Medium is proud to announce the launch of the Wrest Point Inter Dominion 2006 Carnival website.
The Inter Dominion 2006 Carnival will be Tasmania's premier racing event in 2006 and will attract a great deal of interest from the Australian racing community.
After an extensive planning process and a detailed implementation of the autopublish CMS we have produced a website with a high degree of inter-dependent articles and data.
The result for Ochre's customers is that a high level of content relevance has been achieved for product and support material. Much of the content contained in the CMS has relevance flagging capability which allows the content editors to tag articles of support or resource nature to either a product or an industry sector. The direct benefit of this is that both existing customers and prospective customers are able to efficiently gather together bundles of information that relate specifically to their needs.
View the site here : Ochre Information Solutions
FM wish to announce their involvement in developing an interesting cultural project for the Launceston branch of the State Library.
The project is titled 'Launceston Family Album' and will showcase the cultural heritage of Launceston through an exploration of early portraits and the biographies of the people they portray. The project has been organised by the Friends of the Library Association, and encourages community involvement in identifying and expanding on the identities of the individuals showcased.
This project presents a unique opportunity to Future Medium, in applying modern technology and design to a project of cultural and historical significance.
The Directors of Future Medium are proud to announce the completion of our inaugural year as a company. As of 1 July, Future Medium turned one year old.
It has been a highly successful year for us, with business activity exceeding our initial expectations.
We would like to thank our clients, both new and existing, for their loyalty to us. We have enjoyed working with all of you in the previous financial year, and we look forward to sharing our ongoing enthusiasm and vigour with you in the years to come. With such a strong beginning, we are looking forward to expanding our service and solutions delivery for all customers over the next twelve months and beyond.
We'd also like to extend a heartfelt thanks to our outstanding team. Without their enthusiastic and ingenious approach to all projects, it would be hard to deliver such sophisticated technical and creative solutions. We greatly appreciate their loyalty and integrity, and we couldn't ask for a better group of people!
The year to come will hold some exciting new progressions for our company. Moving forward we endeavour to expand upon our existing market share, and consolidate on our strengths in the provision of creative, technical and strategic solutions.
Brand Tasmania recently approached Future Medium to develop a mini website to accompany their existing web presence.
The site: www.showcasetasmania.com, was launched on March 20 by Showcase Tasmania, an off-shoot of Brand Tasmania that showcases Tasmanian talent and events through slideshows.
Currently featuring a presentation by Don Burrows of the Wooden Boat Festival 2005, the site serves as a photographic hub for major Tasmanian events.
Future Medium is proud to be working alongside an organisation that promotes the wealth of culture and community associated with the Tasmanian brand.
Cosy Cabins recently appointed Future Medium to produce a new CMS powered website for their state-wide operations. The site will promote Cosy Cabins accommodation, and is an initial step towards an online booking system with full integration with their existing back-office facilities.
The site will promote Tasmanian travel options through the locations of Cosy Cabins sites around the state. It will showcase the variety of accommodation and leisure activities available in and around the parks.
Strong, consistent brand promotion is a key requirement of the new development, and Future Medium continue to work closely with Cosy Cabins to develop their material for on-line presentation
The site will also incorporate mini-sites for Richmond Park Vineyard and Park Homes.
On 17 January 2005, Tasmanian Convention Bureau launched the redeveloped site www.tasmaniaconventions.com.
Both the Bureau and their clients are very pleased with the outcome of the newly developed site, which has proven not only a solution for online representation, but also to encourage a more personal level of business.
"Since the website was launched on 17 January we have received some very positive feedback from existing clients who have commented that it is extremely useful and helpful." says Vin Barron, Chief Executive of the Tasmanian Conventions Bureau.
"We have also found that the site is creating new business for us, with prospective meeting planners visiting the site, but also then choosing to contact us for additional assistance and information.
The planning facility in particular is popular with meeting planners and we expect the website to be one of our leading marketing tools…We are now working closely with our members while they modify their own web-listing information regarding their products and services."
In choosing a Content Management System powered solution for web representation, the Tasmanian Conventions Bureau are in control of site content, allowing for flexibility, currency, and the ability to grow their business to keep astride of industry changes.
Future Medium is currently working with ConveyIT, a company in the In-tellinc incubation program, to assist with a corporate Internet design solution for their Internet based electronic conveyancing system.
The ConveyIT product integrates and controls the full conveyancing process, both within law firms and with third party stakeholders such as banks and land titles offices. The core of ConveyIT is a powerful document management system (provided by Nunatak Systems) which follows the business rules of a conveyancing file whilst automating the generation of the solicitor's file and work required.
Future Mediums design solution will carefully address the broad range of site visitors by visually identifying with and directing each visitor to their requirements in the quickest and simplest manner possible.
FM kicks off 2005 with a series of strategic relationships.
FM will integrate the Agentpoint Real Estate Data Management software into a new website development for North Shore Realty in Glenorchy. This recent undertaking represents a significant shift from developing custom Real Estate solutions to integrating existing product offerings from third parties.
A new showcase website for The Sign Makers of Quoiba (near Devonport) represents an increased presence in the Northern part of Tasmania for our company. The Sign Makers produce a variety of signage products ranging from work on the exterior of the Spirit of Tasmania vessels, Cradle Mountain Lodge, Gunns/Mitre 10, Boags and Metro buses. The website will provide comprehensive details on all their services, and a detailed portofolio of work, which will be easily updatable by the client themselves.
FM will be actively expanding its portfolio of clients in the North of the State throughout the remainder of the year.
Ten Days on the Island (TDOTI) signed Future Medium to produce a CMS powered website for the 2004/2005 period. The next installment of Ten Days on the Island is 1-10 April 2005 at locations across Tasmania.
The current TDOTI website states the following:
"Preparation is now well and truly underway for Ten Days on the Island 2005, Tasmania's remarkable celebration of island culture. Guests from islands across the world will be welcomed into the thriving community of visual, literary and performing artists who call the Tasmanian archipelago home. These artists connect with the wider community to create a fresh all-embracing experience of art within the breathtaking environment of Australia's treasured island. Ten Days on the Island has rapidly become the must-get-down-there event in the cultural calendar."
Future Medium have been awarded a project to assist TAFE Tasmania in developing a web-based system for capturing applicant information, allowing them to modify their information, and allowing TAFE staff to access applicant information.
