Multimedia Australia

Multimedia Australia is a media company based in Brisbane, Australia that services over 90 countries. The company was founded in May 2001.
The company has software publishing, online publishing, and multimedia divisions. It is known for its role in establishing the Software Industry Professionals association, its suite of software used in Web development, and its large network of websites. Multimedia Australia also became one of the first Australian IT companies to generate its own electricity using PV solar panels for powering some of its computer equipment in September 2007 after conducting a trial earlier in the same year.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Multimedia Australia's corporate social responsibility initiatives have included supporting disaster relief organizations, providing free software to schools and educational institutions (which has since been changed with more products provided at academic rates) and supporting various causes such as Earth Hour.
History
Upon its founding in May 2001 Multimedia Australia started as a publisher of Web design and development software. Its first product was the BestAddress HTML Editor which is still on the market today and which has been recognised with over 40 awards and had several reviews written about it.
Multimedia Australia's news archives show that it continued operating solely as a software publishing company until February 2004, when it launched the first of its information-based websites which would eventually form part of the large website network that the company operates today.
In June 2005 Multimedia Australia acquired Hixus Software. Later in October that same year the company began offering Web hosting and search engine submission services.
In May 2006 Multimedia Australia founded the Software Industry Professionals group as one of its corporate social responsibility initiatives with the aim of enabling people in the software industry to network with each other and access tools and resources to help them be more successful in the industry. Software Industry Professionals has subsequently become one of the largest membership associations in the software industry with over 2000 members in 93 countries as of November 2008. Multimedia Australia still supports Software Industry Professionals today.
In July 2008 the company entered the mobile device content publishing market.
Multimedia Australia expanded into Web design in January 2009.
In March 2010, Multimedia Australia launched the Australia Times newspaper site. In an Australian first, on 5 May 2010, the Australia Times become the first Australian newspaper to release newspaper reading software with its Australia Times Reader download.
Key Software Products
* Acclaim CMS
* Aurora Web Editor
* BestAddress HTML Editor
* DigitalAccess FTP
* PageLock Website Copy Protection
* Web Palette Pro
* Privacy Solver (No longer sold)
* Clipsafe Clipboard Backup (No longer sold)
In total the company sells 16 software products, either under the Multimedia Australia brand name, its other divisions, or products that it obtained through the acquisition of another business.
Key Services
* Web design
* Web hosting
* Domain name registrations
* Search Engine Optimisation
* Software promotion
* Website network
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