Announcements
New HKS Website
7/18/2007
After five years, HKS finally gets around to reworking its own website. This site is also used as the demo platform for HKS WebContent.
Articles
Millions of Us
7/4/2007
I am struck by the fact that every website has people behind it. People who worry about how many visitors come this month, whether they find what they are looking for, what they think about the content, what they do on the site, what they take away.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
6/26/2007
The overarching philosophy of Google, and presumably all search engines, is that they index only what people see and is relevant. If you keep your SEO tactics to items on the screen that are visible to users and you write them in a way that is clear and forthright you will likely do well.
Web Video in Q2 2007
5/30/2007
I stand by my opinion that Windows Media Video on Windows Media Player is the best format for delivering quality video to web viewers. I have not seen anything that would sway me from that position. As always, I am willing to listen to factual arguments, I'm not so interested in opinions without supporting evidence.
Web 2.0 - A Primer
5/17/2007
A primer on the current crop of Web 2.0 applications that can make your website more interactive.
The Attention Economy
3/4/2007
It is self-evident that in a knowledge-plentiful (some might say an information-overwhelming) world the individual must erect powerful filters to enable action on information both sought out and discovered.
Web 2.0 - A Skeptic's Guide
1/25/2007
You have probably heard about something called "Web 2.0" by now. This is being hyped as the "next big thing" on the Internet that will revolutionize our online experience.
Web 2.0 - Estimating Blog Audience
1/25/2007
For a while now I’ve been wondering what all the fuss is about blogs. I suppose they could be entertaining to read, but who has the time? And I also suppose they are cathartic to write, but do they actually generate much interest or traffic? My analysis to date is that blogs have their place, but they don’t fit the mass-production model of most corporate websites.
What is a Change Request?
6/29/2005
Change requests are a misunderstood and much-maligned project tool. Read what differentiates a good change request from a spurious one.
Choosing a Web Developer
5/25/2005
Choosing a Web Development firm in today's fragmented market is a challenge. Balancing skill, cost, and expectations is extremely difficult and made worse by the inherent uncertainties of a Web project that is half marketing and half technology.
External Web Developers - The Enemy of IT?
4/17/2005
This is a paradox for the 3rd party web development firm: Having good relations with the client's IT department enables choices and actions that are otherwise impossible, however, the internal IT department often regards the 3rd party developer as the enemy.
Headlines
HKS Hosting is Carbon-Neutral
5/31/2007
HKS has purchased sufficient carbon credits from the Offsetters Climate Neutral Society to more than render it's hosting services carbon-neutral. For further information on carbon offsetting, see the Offsetters website.
Keilhauer Launches New Infor CRM Implementation
9/19/2006
Keilhauer has launched it's new CRM portal for its North American reps. This portal was designed and developed with extensive help from Haven Knowledge Systems in the project requirements, development, and roll-out phases.
Colt Engineering Chooses HKS for Outward-Facing Website Redesign
4/12/2006
Colt Engineering has selected Haven Knowledge Systems to design, program, and host its outward-facing website. This site will be hosted on HKS WebContent and will be designed from the ground up using best practices.
Rotman Chooses HKS for Site Redevelopment
1/1/2006
The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto (Rotman) has chosen Haven Knowledge Systems (HKS) and its WebContent products as its solution provider for outward-facing web technology for its Executive Programs and Executive MBA websites. HKS is part of a team tasked with consolidating and recreating these sites to make them more useful and engaging to help Rotman in its global expansion.
BOOM! Marketing Engages HKS to Build Client Portal
9/1/2005
BOOM! Marketing has selected Haven Knowledge Systems to program and host its partner and client portal to be named BOOM!Net. This portal will give BOOM! the ability to interact with its clients and suppliers in a deeper and more efficient way. BOOM! chose HKS because of its experience building business to business portals and its range of proven technologies already used in the field.
HKS Career Edge Case Study
5/3/2004
Read about how HKS helped Career Edge improve their fundamental business efficiency and handle more business with the same number of staff. E-mail Brad if you want further details of this case study.
Brad Einarsen to Give Talk at Information Highways
1/12/2004
Brad Einarsen, founder of Haven Knowledge Systems, will be giving a presentation at Information Highways titled Link Content, Context & Collaboration for Maximum ROI - Serving Customers Online - The Career Edge Case Study. A long title but an important topic in today's environment of higher ROI hurdle rates. The talk is scheduled for Tuesday March 23, 10:30 am - 11:15am.
E-mail Brad if you can't make it to the conference and you want a copy of the presentation.
Information Highways is the premiere corporate communication and knowledge management conference in the Toronto region.
Interlinc Direct chooses ViewerPlus ERP System
11/17/2003
Interlinc Direct has chosen the ViewerPlus order management system to integrate their internal systems with the Web. Haven Knowledge Systems is the systems integrator and hosting company for this project. ViewerPlus is owned and operated by Minton Marketing Management.
Career Edge wins eBusiness Award
10/2/2003
Career Edge, an HKS client, has won the coveted B2B Small Enterprise award for eBusiness excellence for their internship website that allows them to handle all business transations online. The award was presented to Lucille Joseph at the Canadian eBusiness Leadership Program awards dinner in Toronto, Ontario.
Propaganda
HKS Development Services
4/27/2005
Haven Knowledge Systems Inc. (HKS) is a full service Internet development company. We offer a suite of Internet products as well as a full compliment of Internet-related services.
HKS Overview
4/27/2005
Haven Knowledge Systems (HKS) is a web development company specializing in the use of current Knowledge Management tools and techniques on both the corporate Internet site and ex/intranet sites.
HKS WebContent
4/27/2005
HKS WebContent is the full-featured web content management (WCM) solution from Haven Knowledge Systems. It allows the content owners to update the website information without calling the technology specialists.
