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Who is Squiz?

Squiz is one of the world's leading open source software development companies.  It is a privately owned company, founded in Sydney Australia in 1998.  Squiz has an international network of offices in Sydney, Canberra, Hobart and London that provide a local service to hundreds of clients across a broad spectrum of industries.  Our MySource Matrix Content Management System is internationally recognized as best in class (Gartner) and is used by leading organisations such as Tyco, the Australian Federal Government, Future Publishing and Warner Music.

How long has Squiz been in operation?

Squiz was founded in Sydney Australia in 1998.  Since this time, it has enjoyed constant growth driven through cash flow - which has enabled it to return a consistent profit.  It now has an international network of offices in Sydney, Canberra, Hobart and London.

How mature is Squiz’s business?

Squiz’s organic growth (ie growth without funding by way of external investment or borrowings) has ensured that it is 100% debt free, owns all of its company infrastructure, (furniture/fixtures, computers, web servers, etc) and has made a profit in each of its seven years of operation.  Squiz attributes much of this success to a high degree of customer responsiveness, as reflected by its near perfect record of client retention.  As a substantial supplier to both government organizations and commercial firms, Squiz has repeatedly been subject to independent audit assessments that include financial viability audits, software security audits and reviews of appropriate insurance, quality assurance and staffing policies.

What is Squiz’s business model?

Open source is a philosophy that we apply to more than just our software.  We are an open source business.  What does this mean?  Well, the bottom line is that we’re able to deliver cutting-edge content management solutions faster and more cost effectively than any other commercial software vendor.  And in doing so, we allow you to take full control of your development processes. 

Here’s how we work:

• Our product development model is to ensure that MySource Matrix is the best CMS in its class, and to ensure it has the widest possible and most progressive user base
  
  
• Our business model is to provide commercial development and support services around MySource Matrix

How is Squiz organized?

Each Squiz office is headed up by a managing director, who oversees the following business divisions at each location:  Sales and marketing, services and administration. Divisional responsibilities are as follows:

• Sales, Marketing and Consultancy: provides account management services during your evaluation or tender process and provides ongoing services once your contract is signed and implementation completed
  
  
• Services: each local office is responsible for ensuring the end-to-end delivery of project implementations – including development, support and training and documentation
  
  
• Administration: provides local financial and legal services

What sort of services does Squiz provide?

As a company who develops and supports open source solutions, Squiz is predominately a service-based business.  Our primary assets are the skilled services provided by our staff, which include:

• Consulting services
  
  
• Content management solutions
  
  
• Content migration services  
  
  
• Multilingual content support
  
  
• Web (graphic) design
  
  
• Flash design and Interactive multimedia applications
  
  
• Browser-based software development
  
  
• Systems integration & Database design
  
  
• E-commerce and payment gateways
  
  
• Security consulting
  
  
• Server set up and administration
  
  
• Traffic reporting and analysis
  
  
• Training
  
  
• Support and Service level agreements
  
  
• Project management expertise
  
  
• Hosting services
  
  
• Web marketing (email and viral marketing)
  
  
• Online PR
  
  
• Search engine optimisation and site promotion services

What type of people does Squiz employ?

Squiz currently employs over 100 full time, skilled and experienced staff - the majority of whom are university qualified.  Squiz staff include:

• Consultants and project managers
  
  
• Content managers
  
  
• Graphic designers
  
  
• Web marketeers
  
  
• Systems analyst/architects
  
  
• Technical engineers (programmers)
  
  
• Database design staff
  
  
• Server administrators
  
  
• Search engine specialists
  
  
• Help desk support staff
  
  
• Online business analysts
  
  
• Sales & marketing managers
  
  
• Training personnel