Arekibo, the digital business consulting company, has today announced that a new corporate website created by Arekibo for CRH, one of the world’s largest building materials providers, has received international recognition as it has been shortlisted as one of the top four FTSE 100 corporate websites, alongside British Land, Centrica and Imperial Tobacco at the prestigious IR Society’s Best Practice Awards 2012.

With a market capitalisation of over EUR10 billion, CRH is Ireland’s largest publicly quoted company. In addition to Dublin, it’s listed on the FTSE 100 index in London and on the New York Stock Exchange. With more than 27,000 shareholders across the world, CRH wanted a new, fresh website to provide a highly dynamic online platform to communicate with stakeholders, both existing and potential.

Based on its in-depth digital business consultancy experience, Arekibo was chosen to plan, design, build and manage a new corporate website for CRH, to enhance communications with its global investor community, customers and other stakeholders.

Arekibo worked closely with CRH to understand its primary objectives and evolving communication needs, and then delivered a new online platform providing a consistent, interactive experience across all browsers and devices. A new content management system was developed to automate the publishing process, enabling CRH to produce and publish engaging, relevant and up-to-date content.

For its investor community, webcasts of key investor briefings are broadcast live. Copies of investor presentations, annual and interim reports, CSR reports and interim management statements are all available online. News releases are published in the media section immediately after release to the stock exchanges.
CRH’s website has also been integrated with Reuters digital platform to provide live online financial data, incorporating intuitive charts, from Dublin, London and New York stock exchanges.

The new website is built to improve the user’s experience at all times. It’s fully indexed for all search engines, has been designed to be responsive, is easy to navigate, with quick downloads and is visually appealing with strong use of relevant images to re-enforce CRH’s brand. All information can also be received in a highly personalised manner, allowing web users to select relevant information while browsing and add it to a virtual briefcase for printing or export to PDF.

Martin Casey, CEO, Arekibo, said, “Working with Ireland’s largest plc, we needed to deliver a digital solution to CRH that would complement its leadership profile online. To be a finalist among the top four FTSE 100 corporate websites provides a great endorsement of all the great work carried out by both our team and CRH.” Arekibo is a digital engagement agency who provides strategic, creative and technology solutions to public and private organisations.

From the planning and design of customer focused websites to the development of innovative and dynamic online business solutions, Arekibo specialises in transforming the way businesses communicate with their customers in the digital economy.

Visit: www.crh.com

Arekibo are delighted to launch the new eCommerce presence for Insulcheck. The Insulcheck team have invented a brilliant device that records the last time a person injected insulin. Arekibo’s team worked in partnership with the Insulcheck founders to create the brand, develop the product proposition and plan and develop their eCommerce offering.

About Insulcheck

Like many genuine innovations, InsulCheck was born from personal experience. It was set up in 2009 by founders John Hughes and William Cirillo. John has Type 1 diabetes and is insulin-dependent. He suffered a hypo-glycaemic event and was hospitalised because he double injected by mistake. As he negotiated his recovery, he began to think about how he can make sure he and fellow patients with diabetes would not find themselves in this position again. The concept was born there and then.

InsulCheck removes the doubt for insulin pen users while offering their care team an extra level of security as their patients deal with their complex condition. Using a simple, light, add-on that clips to their existing pen, the time since the last injection is recorded on a digital display. People with diabetes and their families now have peace-of-mind like never before

Visit: www.insulcheck.com/

Arekibo are delighted to launch a new online presence for the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Arekibo and the
Chamber team worked in partnership to plan the site information architecture and design a new online identity to reflect the organisations business support. policy, networking and event services.
Arekibo have been working with the Chamber since 2003. The new site has been developed upon the Sitefinity CMS system.

About the Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Dublin Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of all businesses in the Greater Dublin Area and as the leading business organisation in the Area, the Chamber offers the opportunity to promote your business and to get involved in its future direction.

Visit www.dubchamber.ie

Arekibo is pleased to announce the launch of its new digital media venture, Arekibo Digital. This subsidiary of Arekibo Communications is a full service digital agency and marks the continuation of a series of new services being launched by Arekibo, including Arekibo Ventures a seed fund that will invest in digital and technology start ups.

Arekibo Digital will provide complete web and digital support for clients, including; digital strategy, digital branding, mobile strategy and app/web development, search engine optimisation, content analytics, and social media strategy development and monitoring. These will be developed on Arekibo’s suite of technical solutions, such as Microsoft Sharepoint, Adobe’s Business Catalyst, Sitefinity and WordPress.

These processes are accompanied by Arekibo’s bright and experienced staff, who have designed Arekibo Digital’s site to demonstrate the company’s originality and creative talents. Accompanying the announcement Arekibo Digital also launched a new blog, http://blog.arekibodigital.com, rebranded Twitter account, http://twitter.com/arekibo, and re-launched Facebook page, http://facebook.com/arekibo.

Speaking at the site’s launch Arekibo CEO, Martin Casey said, “As the number and of types of digital platforms increase, Irish and international companies require, and are demanding, their online agencies deliver an extended range of services. Arekibo Digital will provide a full range of digital service that will enable our clients to harness the opportunities that exist to promote and build their businesses online.”

This expansion of Arekibo comes just before the company’s ten year anniversary and follows the launch of First PageOn, Arekibo’s search engine strategy, marketing and management service, in the past month.

Smartphone devices such as iPhones and Blackberries are significantly changing how Irish teens communicate, socialise and even sleep; a white paper released by the Dublin based digital media agency Arekibo reports.

Updating a 2009 report by the financial organisation Morgan Stanley, Arekibo commissioned Jack Connery, a 16 year old intern, to report Irish teens’ uses and thoughts on digital media technologies.

According to Jack’s report the lure of constant communication through Wi-Fi enabled hand-held devices, such as smartphones, are preventing teens from getting the recommended eight hours of sleep a night.

Jack says, “Getting a good night sleep is becoming harder for teenagers due to the ‘always-on’ nature of digital technologies. Leaving a mobile phone under their pillow while they sleep, in case they get a text or call, is now commonplace.”

This is caused by the increasing number of smartphones in Irish playgrounds. Tech savvy teens now opt for iPhones and Blackberries over Nokia’s array of entry-level handsets. This reported rise is fuelled by increased competition between the two main mobile operators in Ireland, Vodafone and O2, and the availability of smartphones of pre-pay tariffs.
Teens are also more willing to accept hand-me-down phones from parents and older siblings than purchase or be given a new entry-level phone.

Social media is a big draw for teens to web-enabled phones; Facebook has become the only network of worth for Irish teens. Although Jack reports that the previously dominant Bebo is still used by younger teenagers, “Bebo now acts as an introduction for younger teens to social networking, who, as they get older, graduate to Facebook.”

Jack confirms research conducted elsewhere which shows that smartphone games are competing with hand-held devices, such as the Nintendo DS and Playstation Portable, for the mobile games market.

However, Jack reports that teens are not spendthrifts. Most teens are reluctant to purchase digital content and are more likely to opt for free apps than pay. Although desired, expensive 3G internet connections are not commonplace.

This adoption of digital media by teens has provided more competition to “traditional media”, such as TV, radio and newspapers. According to Jack, “on demand services like Sky+ more suited to teens’ active lifestyles than standard broadcasts.” Jack says that when teens use traditional media they are likely to multi-task by using other devices such as laptops or mobile phones.

Read the full white paper here: http://www.firstpageon.com/Teen-Digital-Life-in-Ireland-Arekibo-Digital.pdf

SAORVIEW is Ireland’s first free digital television service. It brings you all your favourite Irish channels, crystal-clear pictures, better quality sound, on-screen programme menus and digital teletext – all for free.

Arekibo have designed and developed the website and online presence for SAORVIEW.

We are thrilled to be involved in the launch of the campaign – check out the site http://www.saorview.ie/

Arekibo have just launched the online campaign for Trócaire’s 2011 Lent Campaign.  This year’s Trócaire’s Lenten campaign shows how poverty makes people vulnerable and invisible, forcing them to live in danger and in fear.

The brief was to create a unique, attention-grabbing campaign with a purely digital dynamic to it, which featured the theme of poverty and attempted to highlight to the viewer that the means to effect a positive and immediate change was very much to hand.

The campaign forms part of a broader campaign including TV, radio and press. Arekibo created a highly interactive Facebook presence with a dynamic donation counter, a virtual Trócaire online donations box and the online banner campaign.

Online Ad

The online ads  feature a simple but elegant cardboard cut-out illustration style that graphically highlights the plight of people living below the poverty line. At the close of the ad the viewer is informed that the opportunity to effect a change is ‘in their hands’. The meaning of this statement becomes apparent when we realise that the poverty line is actually formed by a computer mouse cable and that the means by which the viewer can immediately help is literally in their hands.

The ad links through to the virtual Trócaire box which serves both as an online donation point and a multimedia information source featuring animations, photo imagery and video content.

Join Trócaire on Facebook, follow on Twitter and support the campaign at http://www.trocaire.org/lent/virtual-trocaire-box

Trulife creates, develop and manufactures niche healthcare products. The Group activities encompass Orthopaedics, Breastcare, Prosthetics and Pressurecare products and services.

Arekibo were commissioned to create the new online presence to showcase their internationally recognised healthcare product range.

From online strategy to the creation of a new online brand, Arekibo delivered a new online identity, comprehensive product catalogue and developed the site upon Adobe’s Business Catalyst solution.

Arekibo have launched a new online presence for ServiceFrame – a specialist technology service provider who provide world-class governance solutions to monitor and maintain service delivery.

Arekibo worked with ServiceFrame to plan and create their new online presence. The project included the redesign of their identity, design and develop of a new website, online branding, content and development services.

In November 2010, ServiceFrame won the Emerging Software Company of the Year at the Irish Software Association Awards.

The site was developed  upon the Sitefinity CMS (see Sitefinity Case Study).

We are thrilled to launch three new sites for the Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports.

In 2010 Arekibo become the Dublin Airport Authority internet agency, lots more to come!

Arekibo are delighted to launch a new website for ESB ecars. Arekibo were commissioned to create the ESB ecars website to raise awareness about electric cars and their benefits and to help position Ireland as a leader in e-car development.

ESB ecars, is rolling out the charging infrastructure and systems to support the introduction and demand for e-cars in Ireland. The new site has been created to be a platform to provide informative content and engaging interactives that outline developments in Ireland’s e-driving story to date as well as explaining how e-cars and this initiative will work in Ireland.

“The interface was designed to appear clean and efficient, just as e-cars are. The site seeks to make the user aware that this exciting development is happening here and now,” explains Dervla O’Flaherty, marketing manager, ESB ecars.

The also site contains online registration for e-car charging and a countrywide Google map detailing where public charge points are currently located.

Check out the new site

Arekibo is thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for a total of five different eircom Spider Awards, including Best Web Agency!  Two of our clients have been shortlisted in the News Category, Today FM - Ireland’s leading radio station and MerrionStreet.ie – the Irish Government News Service.

Magee Clothing, Ireland’s oldest and most respected clothing brands, who now sell across the world online, has been shortlisted in the Retail category. Finally, the hugely successful Heritage Week has short-listed in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality category.

The eircom Spiders awards ceremony will take place on Thursday November 18th 2010 in The Burlington Hotel, Dublin 4.

Good luck to all our clients.!

Very exciting news today about one of Arekibo’s latest projects – read about our involvement at Silicon Republic - Ireland’s Government reveals its social media strategy

More to follow about MerrionStreet.ie

Next month volunteers from the Dublin Airport Fire Service will attempt to scale no less than eighteen mountains in an incredible sixty-two hours with all proceeds going to Beaumont Hospital Foundation for Cancer Treatment.

Arekibo have selected the 18 Peaks/62 Hours as one of our CSR projects for 2010 and we have created a website for the campaign which was launched this week.

To find out more about the challenge visit the site – http://www.firefighterschallenge.ie. Watch the TV3 interview - click image below (opens in a new window).

Arekibo continues its partnership with the CRO with a redesign and development of the CRO website.

Having been commissioned to integrate a new content management system into the existing website in 2007, the website came up for tender again. Arekibo were successful in retaining the project and were commissioned to upgrade the CMS and to develop a new look and feel for the website.

A key component of this project was the development of a new information architecture, ensuring that the new website navigation was optimised for ease of use and to compliment the new design.

The Services provided included: Web Design and Development, Information Architecture, Online Branding, Usability review.

Visit the new website  – http://www.cro.ie

Arekibo have designed and developed the new website for Sturdy Products ltd.

Sturdy Products are one of Ireland’s leading rotational moulding specialists. Arekibo were commissioned to develop a new website for Sturdy Products and to help them develop their online presence.
A key feature of the new website is the online product catalogue which enables the Sturdy Products team to manage their vast range of products online. Each product has a technical data sheet associated with it.

Sturdy Products have an array of products and services  including excellent products for home and garden, farm and equestrian, construction projects, environmental and waste management . These products include oil tanks, water tanks, wheelie bins, and some brilliant rain water harvesting systems and don’t forget the rainsaver water butt that every household should have.

The Services Provided included: Web Design, Information Architecture, Online Branding, SEO Content Review.

Visit the new website  – http://www.sturdyproducts.com or go directly to their products section.

CPL is a leading well known provider of permanent, temporary and contract recruitment to companies across Ireland and Northern Ireland.  CPL also operates in the UK, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Spain.

Arekibo have recently worked in conjunction with CPL to redesign their new website.  The brief was to design a modern job search website with particular emphasis on the user experience.

Arekibo were commissioned to revamp the overall design and develop the new templates used in the new website.   Arekibo supported CPLs IT team to integrate the new templates and finalise the structure of the new site.

Services included: Web Design, Template Development, Online Branding, Usability review.

Visit the new website  – http://www.cpl.ie/

The website includes interactive flash on the homepage which leads the user into the main map sections of the site.   An interactive map section allows ESRI to incorporate their GIS maps into the site using iFrames.  This allows ESRI to demonstrate the advantages of using interactive maps.  Instead of using Google maps to show the locations of their offices, ESRI were also able to showcase and incorporate their own GIS maps.  The site also uses a selection of contact forms, support forms, booking forms and map submission forms. Information about their solutions is presented in a tabular format where ESRI can collate all information about their solutions into one tabbed page.  Case studies are an important part of this feature where ESRI can summarise case study information as well as a downloadable link to the full case study pdf.

To visit the website go to http://www.esri-ireland.ie

We’ll let Adobe do the talking – See how Arekibo Communications have used BC’s built-in eCommerce functionality in building the World Vision Ireland online store. They’ve taken the profitable “BC shortcut” by starting with BC’s extensive core eCommerce features, then extending the system via our powerful eCommerce APIs – reducing development time and costs, while delivering on the customer’s requirements.

http://businesscatalyst.com/v5/showcase/functionalities

The site was designed and developed by Arekibo using the Business Catalyst (GoodBarry) platform. The site uses Realex as the payment gateway and has been live since September 2009.

Congratulations to World Vision! Please support http://www.worldvisiongifts.ie/

Today Arekibo launched a new online presence for Clevamama. Clevamama are leaders in the design and development of baby products.

Arekibo worked in partnership with the Clevamama team to re-architect the new website, create a new online brand and integrate the website on the Sitefinity content management system. The website uses services such as Google maps which allow Clevamama to add their stockist locations across Ireland and the UK. A city search using Google maps lets the user to pinpoint exact location of stockists, address and contact details. The overseas stockist locator was developed in flash and flags stockists locations around the world. By clicking on a certain region of the world the flash map zooms in to pin point the exact country where the stockist is located. The user can click on the pin to get the overseas stockist details. Using the map users can zoom in and out of locations as they like.
The site also hosts a blog and a dedicated media section to publish Television and Radio clips relating to the Clevamama product suite.  Another great feature on the site is the Product details section, which includes downloadable images, relevant product testimonials and videos for each product in the Clevamama range. The website also includes a secure extranet, where Trade users can login and download information related to current products, training, product images and special offers.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Clevamama product range go to http://www.clevamama.com

Arekibo have continued their partnership with Ernst and Young. With the development of the 2010 budget Tax Calculator

http://www.ey.com/IE/en/Services/Tax/State-and-Local-Tax/Budget-mini-site—Tax-calculator

Click on the above link to see how much you can’t spend in the next 10 days!

Enjoy!

ENQA-VET are the European Network for Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training. The Guidelines website is a resource that ENQA-VET have commissioned Arekibo to develop to provide information on research gathered during their 2008-2009 work programme.

Arekibo visualised the ‘Building Block’ idea proposed by ENQA-VET into a playful interactive Flash feature on both the homepage and Guidelines page. The theme of Building blocks is carried throughout the website.

The website has been developed using the WordPress CMS. Arekibo provided the following services to the ENQA-VET project team: Web Design, Web Development, Flash Development.

The website is viewable at the following link: http://guidelines.enqavet.eu

Magee Clothing are an established Irish company who offer a timeless yet contemporary look. Their collections range from formal Business attire to a casual Weekend look.
Arekibo have recently launched a new fully content managed eCommerce website for Magee Clothing. Key features of the website include an extensive product catalogue showcasing collections for both Men and Women, dynamic Flash banners and an interactive timeline.

Arekibo engaged with Magee in an extensive consultation process to develop their internet strategy and information architecture. Arekibo also provided web design and development services.

The website is viewable at www.mageeireland.com

Arekibo are delighted to announce that two of our clients have been shortlisted for the Golden Spider Awards

• Best e-business Website (exclusive web business) – Ordnance Survey of Ireland –  www.osi.ie
• Best Entertainment & Games Related Website –  Today FM – www.todayfm.com

Arekibo have also been nominated for the Best Web Design & Development Agency for the fifth year in a row.

Awards to be announced on the 19th November. Find out more at www.goldenspiders.ie

Arekibo working in partnership with IBEC has developed a new website which is aimed supporting graduates to improve their skills and help them initiate their careers by offering relevant work experience opportunities.

The design caters for two audiences – employers and and graduates. The challenge was to create two distinctly branded areas of the website whilst maintaining a uniform look and feel.

Arekibo provided IBEC with web strategy and front end design services.

The Graduate website can be found at http://www.ibec.ie/GradLink

Arekibo ranked at number 37 in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years.

The Fast 50 programme, now in its tenth year in Ireland, ranks the fastest-growing technology companies in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This year, there are 14 companies from Northern Ireland in the ranking. The average growth rate of the Fast 50 companies named in this year’s ranking is 789%.

Announcing the winners of the Technology Fast 50 programme, David O’Flanagan, Partner, Deloitte, Dublin said: “The aim of this year’s Fast 50 was to showcase the resilience and determination of Ireland’s indigenous technology industry and this has certainly been achieved. Our winners show that they are rising above the challenging business environment and are proof that inventive companies will continue to be successful.”

The awards took place in Clontarf Castle on October 15th. Industry figures speaking at the event included Paul Rellis, Managing Director, Microsoft Ireland; Michael Dwyer, Founder and CEO, Empathy Marketing Limited (Pigsback.com); and Jim Sloane, Lead Technology Partner and Vice Chairman, Deloitte UK.

Mercury Engineering is a global provider of solutions within the engineering and construction industry with annual revenues exceeding €450 million.

Arekibo provided web strategy, design and development for the launch of the all new Mercury website. Reflecting the top class services that Mercury provides was paramount to the success of the website. Through numerous design rounds and workshops and also gaining consensus from all departments in Mercury was key to establishing a professional yet cutting edge online presence.  The site was built upon Adobe Flash and Microsoft’s .Net Framework.

The new website can be viewed at: http://www.mercury.ie

Arekibo have worked in partnership with the Arts council to create a website for the Vital Signs Exhibition Initiative.

Vital Signs is a programme of arts and health events taking place in October 2009. Vital Signs is an Arts Council initiative, developed and delivered in association with Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts.

Full details on the initiative can be found at http://vitalsigns.artscouncil.ie/

Arekibo have developed a fully content managed website for the All Island Project, which is a joint initiative run by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) & the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (NIAUR).

The aim of the project is to create a single market for natural gas and electricity on the island of Ireland.
The services that were used to deliver the fully content managed website included:

• Development of online strategy
• Information Architecture
• Web Design, including online branding and look and feel
• Web site development
• Content Management System Integration
• Hosting

The new website can be viewed at http://www.allislandproject.org

Arekibo have worked with Edelman Ireland to design their site for the Irish Market.

Edelman is the world’s largest, independent PR company – with over 3,100 people in 51 offices worldwide.

The services that were used to deliver the fully content managed website included:
-    Development of online strategy
-    Information Architecture
-    Web Design
-    Web site development
-    Content Management System Integration

The new website can be viewed at http://www.edelman.ie

Arekibo have just completed the planning, design and development of a new website for ERSI Ireland. ESRI Ireland specialises in the provision, implementation and support of ESRI based GIS systems.

The new campaign website Routing Solutions| The Future of Transport Logistics has been created to showcase ESRI’s ArcLogistic product suite that  can help  Logistics & Distribution companies to reduce their costs through effective and efficient route planning, tracking and  scheduling.

Arekibo have been working with ESRI Ireland since 2006 and are also currently working with ESRI Ireland to redesign the organistations corpoarte site which will be launched shortly.

Arekibo are delighted to announce the launch of the World Vision Community Gifts website.

Worldvision Ireland is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by addressing the causes of poverty. The Community Gifts Catalogue is part of World Vision’s planned initiative to help some of the world’s poorest communities make their way out of poverty.

The World Vision Community Gifts Catalogue is run on the Adobe Business Catalyst system – an integrated online Business solution which runs the World Vision online shop, email marketing and customer database.

Arekibo used the following services when delivering this project:

• Information Architecture

• Site Design

• Online Strategy and development

• eCommerce development

World Vision now has the ability to easily -

• Manage all aspects of the online gift shop
• Sell Products and manage orders online
• Track customers and customer activity using the built in CRM system
• Send Email Newsletters
• Measure success, using the built in reporting features

This project is Arekibo’s CSR project for 2009

Community gifts are available to purchase at – http://www.worldvisiongifts.ie/

Understanding the business and marketing objectives of eircoms emergence into the Business Mobile market was key to the success of the first release. Workshops were held with Stakeholders as well as Sales, Marketing and Customer Service teams we attempted to simplify the approach and presentation of eircoms Price Plans and Mobile Phone offerings. This process also afforded us the opportunity to gain an understanding of both eircom and their customers’ needs.

We implemented a number of Design rounds, working within strict brand guidelines and delivering front end templates and functional documentation. Arekibo were also responsible for leading permanent and contract development staff at eircom.

The new website can be viewed at - http://business.eircom.net/mobile/

The EU group which is based in Belfast chose Arekibo to implement a new design and to integrate a content management system that hosts thousands of documents and offers services such as different permission sets, advanced searches and workflow notification services. The project also involved the creation of a member extranet.

Arekibo used the following services when delivering this project:

• Internet Strategy
• Information Architecture
• Web Design and Development
• Content Management System Integration
• Extranet Development
• Website Accessibility

The new website can be viewed at http://www.seupb.eu

Arekibo have developed a fully content managed website for the Summit Finuas Network which is a national network of member associations operating in the international financial services industry in Ireland.

The services that were used to deliver the fully content managed website included:

• Development of online strategy
• Creation of website look and feel
• Web site development (HTML and CSS templates)
• Deployment on content system
• Hosting

The new website can be viewed at http://www.summitfinuasnetwork.com

The new website for the Irish Software Association (ISA) has been launched.

Arekibo worked in partnership with the ISA to deliver the following services:

• Internet Strategy
• Information Architecture
• Web Site Design & Development

The new website showcases the work of the Irish Software Association and includes a press area and an events calendar.

The new website is available to view at www.software.ie

Arekibo have continued their partnership with the Office of Tobacco Control to create the National  Register of Tobacco Retailers Website.

The new website is a fully content managed website built on the Sitefinity Content Management Solution.

The services provided by Arekibo were

• Internet Strategy
• Information Architecture
• Web Site Design & Development
• Integration of Content Management Software

The website was created for any Retailer who currently sels or intends to sell tobacco products must register with the Office of Tobacco Control (OTC).

For more information on the National Tobacco Register for Retailers go to:

http://www.tobaccoregister.ie/Home.aspx

Arekibo redevelop Version1 website

Arekibo were recently commissioned by Version1 to redesign their website. The project involved Arekibo creating a new look and feel of the website. Arekibo were also responsible for developing the suite of templates required which are incorporated into the website.

The new website is available to view at http://www.version1.ie/

Arekibo develop IFG Pensions, Investments and Advisory Services website

Arekibo have continued our partnership with IFG Group to develop and design the IFG Group Pensions website.

Arekibo have developed the website to be fully content managed  using the  Sitefinity Content  Management System. Arekibo worked with IFG to develop the website in tandem with their new brand strategy.

The  Arekibo services which were used to deliver this project were:

• Internet Strategy
• Web Design and Development

Future enhancements include – the integration of the new design for the Pension Portal Login Area.

The new website is available to view at  http://www.ifg.ie/content/homepage.aspx

Arekibo have developed a  Sharepoint intranet for ENQA-VET.

The following features have been implemented on ENQA-VET’s SharePoint solution:

• Shared Documents
• Team Discussions
• Task Management
• Image Gallery
• Calendar
• Announcements
• Links

More information on ENQA-VET is available on http://www.enqavet.eu

Arekibo worked with the National Qualifications Authority to create the Qualifax Portal.

Arekibo supported the Qualifax team to create and define the information architecture as well as the online branding for the Qualifax portal.

The new portal is intended to be a “one stop shop” for students.

Arekibo services on this project included:

• Internet Strategy
• Information Architecture
• Web Design and Development

Arekibo worked in partnership with Version 1 to deliver this  project to the National Qualifications Authority.

The new portal can be viewed at  http://www.qualifax.ie

Arekibo’s partnership with Irish Aid continues with the launch of the Africa Day website.  The website is fully content managed using the Sitefinity Content Management Solution.

May 25th is Africa Day, the official day of the African Union. It is an opportunity to celebrate African diversity and success. A number of events are planned throughout Ireland. More information on the events can be found on the website at www.irishaid.gov.ie/africaday

Arekibo  designed new corporate website for JetBird

Arekibo have been working with the Jetbird team  to redesign and re-architect JetBird’s  corporate  website.

The services that arekibo provided included:

Website Design

Web Strategy

Information Architecture

Content Management  Software

The new site can be viewed at http://www.flyjetbird.com

Arekibo have been working with the IBEC team over the past months to redesign and re-architect the Confederation’s on-line presence.

“Working with IBEC has been great. The project encompassed a review of how the organisation communicates  and presents information on-line. We worked together to analyse how the existing information architecture could be improved and altered to meet IBEC’s future business and communication objectives,” said Martin Casey, Managing Director of Arekibo. “The design aspects of the project were challenging as IBEC is an information-rich organisation and the visual appearance and navigation structure had to be intuitive to use and represent IBEC as innovative, progressive and member focused. We’re delighted with the end product and commend the IBEC team who were all a pleasure to work with throughout the project.”

Arekibo provided the following services to IBEC on this project:

• Internet Strategy
• Website design
• Online Branding
• Creation of Flash Animations

The new IBEC website is available at – http://www.ibec.ie

Arekibo have developed the Tax Calculator for Ernst and Young for the April 2009 Budget.

The calculator will help employees calculate the changes to their take-home pay as a result of measures announced by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan.

The April 2009 Budget Calculator is available to use on the Ernst & Young website

The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association website has been given a new web design. Arekibo are delighted to have worked on this project.

This project involved – internet strategy, web design and development and the integration of a content management system.

The new website can be viewed at  http://www.ipha.ie/

Megazyme’s efforts to become well established as a pioneer in the testing of enzymes for industries worldwide has paid off; as they were successful in the Innovator category at the Small Firms Association’s National Small Business Awards last week.

Details of the SFA awards are available at www.sfa.ie

Arekibo has recently completed the front end redesign of the HSE Website.  The project involved Arekibo reviewing the information architecture of the HSE website and making recommendations on the HSE’s web strategy. Arekibo then created a new look and feel for the HSE website.

The new HSE website will be launched shortly.

Arekibo were recently asked by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) to collaborate on an innovative and exciting mutlimedia project. Seeking new ways to encourage children to open up and share their views and experiences, the OCO have kitted out their reception area with a battery of smart new mac books, webcams and microphones. Visiting kids have a threefold option to capture their comments on video, to make an audio recording or to simply type a message. Arekibo were tasked with designing and developing a standalone application which would present these options in an inviting, user-friendly interface and save the users’ input as an ever-expanding, browesable digital repository of young people’s thoughts on rights-related issues. There was also a requirement for an admin area where OCO staff can monitor and edit content.

Arekibo chose to author the piece in Flash as the ideal medium in which to incorporate an engaging mix of branded illustration, animation and backend wizardry. The OCO are delighted with the smart, child-friendly interface and the ease with which users can either contribute their views or browse through the archive of material stored by the application.

The next phase of the project will allow OCO staff members to take the application out on the road as they visit schools up and down the country.

Working in partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation, Arekibo has developed the new website to reflect the work of the Forum on End of Life in Ireland and to appeal to all sectors of society.

About the end of life Forum

The Forum will engage all sectors of society in the development of a vision of how modern Ireland can address the challenges of dying, death and bereavement.

Marian Finucane is the Chairperson of the Forum while actor Gabriel Byrne is a Patron.

During the year, the Forum will examine a range of issues around end of life in Ireland such as the care available to older people, the plight of carers, regulation of the funeral industry, the need for the public to engage in advance care planning and register their care preferences. It will also consider the needs of families affected by suicide or homicide.

Visit the end of life website for more information on the forum.

Speaking on the launch Martin Casey Managing Director said –

“Arekibo are delighted to be involved with this very important project, and the great work that the Irish Hospice Foundation undertakes.”

Paul Murray, Forum Coordinator, stated:

“The website created by Arekibo is very simple and clear for people to use. We hope that people will visit the site regularly in order to keep abreast of developments. The Forum can only be strengthened by hearing from various interest groups and individuals with widely differing perspectives.”

The deadline for written submissions is Friday, February 20th. They can be sent to submissions@endoflife.ie or to Paul Murray, Forum Coordinator, Irish Hospice Foundation, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin 2.

Following the official launch on March 11, a series of workshops will take place throughout the year where end-of-life issues will be discussed.

A regional consultation programme will be organised from January-April 2010. The final report is expected to be published by the end of April 2010.

A National Coalition will then be established to advance the vision and action plan emerging from the Forum.

Arekibo provided, information architecture, web design, web development and content management services.

The new Revenue Commissioner website is launched today

Arekibo are delighted to launch the new www.Revenue.ie website. The project entailed a full overhaul of the site information architecture, design of the new online visual identity and redevelopment of the site to meet accessibility and compliance standards.

“Arekibo are very proud of the Revenue website and we were fortunate to work with a great team in Revenue. The new site has been developed with all users in mind and has been designed to be accessible and intuitive to use, no matter what your knowledge of tax matters.” said Martin Casey, Managing Director of Arekibo Communications.

The site was launched in 4th December 2008. View the site at http://www.revenue.ie

Arekibo have redesigned and developed a new website for Today Fm.

Working with the Today FM team has been fantastic, everyone at the station has been so enthusiastic and committed to creating a site that reflects the station’s energy, diversity and personality.

Check out the new website www.todayfm.com now!

Check out what Ray Foley thinks of the new site…

The Arekibo designed Ordnance Survey of Ireland has won two awards at the 2008 Golden Spiders Awards

The Small Firms Association Website has been launched with a new design.

The focus of the new site is to promote networking amongst members of the small firms association.
The new site is available to view on www.sfa.ie

Key sections of the ENQA-VET Website have been translated into French and German.

Both of these versions are fully content managed and can be updated quickly and easily by the ENQA-VET team.

The multi lingual website provides information on Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training, VET and details upcoming activities, news, thematic groups, peer learning activities, QANRP’s, and links to Cedefop

More information on ENQA-VET is available at www.enqavet.eu

Arekibo are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Best Web Design Company for the fifth year in a row. 

Our clients are also nominated for the following categories:

• Best Community & Charity Website – Burrenbeo.com
• Best Retail & Home Shopping Website – chicaboutiqueonline.com
• Best e-government Website – OSI.ie
• Best Education, Research & Training Website – OSI.ie

Arekibo are delighted to announce that three of our clients have been shortlisted for the Golden Spider Awards

• Best Community & Charity Website – Burrenbeo.com
• Best Retail & Home Shopping Website – chicaboutiqueonline.com
• Best e-government Website – OSI.ie
• Best Education, Research & Training Website – OSI.ie

Arekibo have developed a Tax Calculator for Ernst and Young for the 2009 Budget.

Using the Tax calculator Paye workers can determine the effect of Budget 2009 on their take home pay

The calculator will help employees calculate the changes to their take-home pay as a result of measures announced by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan.

The Calculator is available to view on – http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Ireland/Budget_2009_-_Tax_calculator

Arekibo have developed an extranet / online platform for A&L Goodbody solicitors which is called ExtraLaw.

The extranet was developed to provide clients with updates and information on the latest legal developments in a range of practice areas. Including banking and financial services, company, corporate and employment law

Website Designed and Developed with Arekibo wins award for Services to Customers

The Innovation Government awards are open to public sector teams and individuals responsible for this year’s most innovative projects. Delivered in conjunction with Inside Government and Vodafone, these awards showcase creativity and excellence in the Public sector.

Speaking on the success of Ordnance Survey Ireland – Arekibo Managing Director Martin Casey said:

“I am delighted for the Ordnance Survey Ireland Team as they invested a lot of effort into developing their online strategy and ensuring that it was delivered with their customer service ethos in consideration at all times.”

Ordnance Survey Ireland’s Manager for the Project, Tony Murphy commented:

“This was a very important project for OSi, showcasing as it does the products and services offered by the organisation. Importantly, the outcome had to appreciate the varying levels of expertise of those accessing the site. The resulting new website will now offer the child at school their first introduction to mapping while at the same time address the far higher expectations and demands of professional users such as Surveyors, Engineers, Architects, etc. It is heartening that the collaborative efforts of the OSi Team and Arekibo, true leaders in Website development, has been recognised and rewarded in this manner”

More information on the services and products is available on the Ordnance Survey Ireland Website

Arekibo become Gold Sponsor for the 2008 Golden Spider Awards

This year Arekibo will be the Gold Sponsor of the 2008 Golden Spider Awards. Along with sponsoring the Best eGovernment Award, Arekibo will sponsor the Young Designer of the Year.

Arekibo have created the Young Designer of the Year award in conjunction with the Golden Spiders to recognise the up and coming stars of the future.

As a student in 1998, Arekibo’s Managing Director, Martin Casey entered a university project called Born with a Broken Tounge into the Europrix Multimedia Awards and won. “Ever since I won the award, I’ve believed that there needs to be something similar in Ireland. I’m delighted that this year’sGolden Spiders will be recognising and showcasing the future of the industry in Ireland,” says Martin, “Looking back on my experience of winning a young talent award at the beginning of my career, I know that the benefits it brings to your confidence are unquantifiable and it helps to open doors that would normally be difficult to open.”

Find out more about the Awards at http://www.goldenspiders.ie/

Arekibo’s 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility project website is live.

This year Arekibo chose Volunteering Options – a project run by Comhlámh which is an information resource for volunteers.  The project provides information related to all aspects of volunteering and development, helping people to make an informed decision about how they can get involved in development, both home and abroad, and also acts as a support to people who have returned home after working as a volunteer overseas.

 A number of Arekibo’s team have previously worked overseas as volunteers and are familiar with the work that Comhlámh do. They feel strongly about the importance of having this type of information available to volunteers.

 Arekibo provided a number of key web services such as internet strategy and web design & development when developing this fully content managed website. The website includes a photo gallery, an online database of organisations, a member’s area and an online forum.

The new website is available to view at http://www.volunteeringoptions.org/

The news site’s have been designed for the Food and Drink Industry, Irish Medical Devices Association, Health and Nutrition Foundation and the Telecommunications and Internet Federation.

The Food and Drink Industry Ireland website (www.fdii.ie) has been redesigned to contain a new interface and information architecture.

The new website for the Irish Medical Devices Association is called Imagine (www.imda.ie/imagine) and the Imagine website promotes science and engineering careers and provides an insight into some of the many exciting careers in medical devices and diagnostics.

A mini site has been designed for the Telecommunications and Internet Federation’s upcoming conference- http://www.tif.ie/conference  

Arekibo have also designed a website for the Nutrition and Health Foundation – http://www.nutritionandhealth.ie/. The Nutrition and Health Foundation website contains a wealth of information on exercise and healthy eating and contains interactive elements including Food Labels explained,  Exercise Pyramid and Food Pyramid.

View the websites:

Food and Drink Industry Ireland – www.fdii.ie

IMDA’s Imagine – www.imda.ie/imagine

Telecommunications and Internet Federation Conference site – http://www.tif.ie/conference

Nutrition and Health Foundation – http://www.nutritionandhealth.ie/

Arekibo launch a new trainee website for William Fry solicitors.

Arekibo are delighted to launch a new trainee recruitment website for William Fry solicitors. The new website has been designed to promote William Fry’s trainee recruitment program, it’s committment to its trainees and the application procedures.

Services Provided to William Fry include internet strategy and web site design.

Visit the new site at http://trainees.williamfry.ie/homepage.aspx

Having been chosen by ENQA-VET in March to redevelop their existing website, Arekibo are delighted to launch the new site.

Arekibo were commissioned by ENQA- VET to create an intuitive and easy to use website. One of the main objectives of the site was to make it easier for users to navigate and find information about the various activities carried out by ENQA-VET through out Europe, and to act as a portal of information for those interested in vocational education & training policies, documentation and initiatives.

The website has been developed on a content management system and will enable the ENQA-VET team to independently manage their new website. The redeveloped website contains a number of new features including a photo gallery, an interactive flash map, an events calendar and a member’s area. It is an online resource for all members of the European Network for Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training. This new resource facilitates an online forum for the same members to discuss topics of interest.

Arekibo provided ENQA-VET with the following services:

• Internet Strategy
• Web Design
• Content Management Solution
• Flash Development

The site went live on the 17th July 2008.

More information is available at www.enqavet.eu

Ordnance Survey Ireland, the National Mapping Agency since 1824 new web site has been designed and developed by Arekibo.

Arekibo have redesigned and developed a new online presence for the Ordnance Survey Ireland. Arekibo worked in partnership with the OSi to plan and redesign the existing website to meet new business and strategic objectives.

The website has been developed upon the Arekibo IMS and will enable the OSi to independently manage their new website. The new website contains a number of new features including an educational section for schools and universities as well as linking to the online shop and GPS services. The new website gives public, business and government users a direct route to finding that information they may require.

Ordnance Survey Ireland is the national mapping agency of the Republic of Ireland. Their primary product is mapping services and they produce a comprehensive range of urban, rural, tourist and leisure maps at a variety of scales. Find out more about the OSi at http://www.osi.ie

Arekibo provided the OSi with the following services:

• Internet Strategy
• Web Design
• Content Management Solution

The site was launched on the 10th July 2008.

Arekibo are delighted to announce the launch of the new National Museum of Ireland website.

Arekibo were commissioned to redesign and develop the Museums website. The project encompassed internet strategy and consultancy, web design and information architecture and development of the new website upon the Arekibo IMS a web based content management system.

Arekibo consulted with the Museum management and team to understand their requirements and expectations for the new website. This consultancy process included workshops, one on one meetings and group project presentations. Throughout the process Arekibo worked in partnership with the Museum to define the information architecture and agree on the site visual idenity.

As the Museum is located in four different locations one of the main objectives was to present the experience of visting the Museum as if it was actually all under the same roof. The new website contains image galleries, extensive information about the Museum, it’s collection and exhibits and includes virtual tours, an education area and an online shop.

The new website is available to view on: http://www.museum.ie

Arekibo are thrilled to launch a new website for the Irish Management Institute.

Arekibo have worked in partnership with the IMI to deliver a comprehensive set of online services that include:

• Development of IMI internet communications strategy.
• Creation of information architecture for new website
• Design of new online identity.
• Deployment of new website upon the Arekibo Information Management System to enable the institute to manage their website independently.
• Implementation of a online course booking facility, SMS alerts and newsletter features.
• Integration of website into existing internal systems.

Speaking about the new website Martin Casey Arekibo’s Managing Director said: “The new site will play a key role in providing both the IMI and it’s members with a enhanced set of online services. The site enables the IMI to communicate via blogs, RSS feeds and SMS messaging and utilises cutting edge technologies such ASP.Net, SQL 2005, AJAX and Flash.”

Future phases will really intorduce learning management features and member extranets.

About the IMI:

IMI is Ireland’s premier provider of management development and executive education. Through an extensive range of courses and business focused research the IMI are a driver of increased productivity and improved business results.

More information on the IMI is available on http://www.imi.ie

The Chica online boutique is now open for business

“You shop in Chica to ensure that you stand out from the crowd in the most ostentatious, head-turning, statement-making, fabulous, sexy, self-indulgent, self-adorning, Goddess power-claiming ensemble. It’s that simple”  Sunday Independent

Chica is an Irish owned Boutique that has stores in Dublin and London. “Arekibo are delighted to launch the new online store for Chica and have enjoyed working with the Chica team to create a site that captures the essence of their brand.” Martin Casey Managing Director of Arekibo

Arekibo have been working with Chica for the past 3 years helping them create their brand and identity, their website and online store.

Visit the store online at http://www.chicaboutiqueonline.com

The Heritage Week 2008 will run from 24th August – 31st August 2008.

Heritage Week is part of European Heritage Days, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union. In Ireland Heritage Week is co-ordinated by the Heritage Council with support from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

The new website allows people to register their events and activities online, and enables people to search the Heritage Week database to find events taking place in their county during the week.

This is the third year that Arekibo have worked on the planning, web design and development of the Heritage Week website.

More information on the website is available on www.heritageweek.ie

June 2008 Arekibo obtain Microsoft Partner Certification

The Microsoft Partner Program recognizes the expertise of the partner company and rewards them for their impact in the technology marketplace, and delivers tools and resources to help their business become profitable regardless of its size or focus.

More information on the Microsoft Partner Program is available on

http://partner.microsoft.com/ireland/partner?countrycode=en-ie

Arekibo are delighted to launch the Axis Business Park website in association with John Flanagan Developments

The Axis Business Park Microsite is one of a number of microsites that Arekibo were commissioned to design.

Axis Business Park, a John Flanagan Developments project, is a purpose built 17 hectare (42 acre) development designed to cater for the needs of industrial, warehouse and trade operations, in a strategic location on the outskirts of Tullamore with excellent road access. Thoughtful planning has ensured that the Park benefits from top quality infrastructure throughout including extensive landscaping and generous car parking.

More information on the park is available on http://www.axisbusinesspark.com

Arekibo will be redesigning the Small Firms Association, Food and Drink Industry Ireland and the Nutrition and Health Foundation websites

Arekibo are delighted to continue to have the opportunity to redevelop the Food and Drink Industry Ireland website and the Small Firms Association website having originally designed them.

New IBEC website designed for Lisbon Reform Treaty.

Arekibo continue our partnership with IBEC, with the design of a new website for the IBEC Vote Yes to the Lisbon Reform Treaty.

IBEC is the national voice of business and employers and is the umbrella body for Ireland’s leading sector groups and associations. IBEC also provides a wide range of direct services to its 7,000 members, which range from the very small to the largest enterprises, employing over 70% of the private sector workforce in Ireland.

Arekibo have been working with IBEC since 2002. Visit the site http://www.ibeclisbon.ie/

Arekibo has chosen Comhlámh Volunteering Options as our CSR project for 2008

The Comhlamh website will get a new look and feel which will be implemented on a content managed system. The new website will continue to have the opportunities database, Forum and members area.

Comhlámh’s Volunteering Options programme aims to develop best practice in the growing sector of overseas volunteering, and to support volunteers in a longer-term commitment to development.

Arekibo are thrilled to have the opportunity to work on such a worth while project

Read more about Comhlámh – Volunteering Options

Arekibo have designed and developed a new corporate website for John Flanagan Developments.

The website showcases JFD’s residential, commercial, office park, industrial and healthcare developments.

JFD Ltd was established in 1950 and has built a nationally recognised reputation for quality, innovation and client satisfaction. The company delivers a wide and varied range of residential, commercial and industrial projects including Droim Liath, Axis Business Park, Central Business Park and Wellwood Healthcare Park.

More information on JFD Developments is available on the website.

May 25th 2008 is Africa Day and to mark the occasion a website has been launched to celebrate African culture.

Arekibo in partnership with Irish Aid have created the website to celebrate the day.

The day is an opportunity to join Africans around the world in highlighting the cultural, social and political life of the African continent.

There are numerous programmes run by Irish Aid to support  Africa Day celebrations in Ireland Irish Aid.

Read more about africa day on – http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/africaday2008/

In the new series of Far Away Up Close, former government minister Liz O’ Donnell packs her bags in search of the real lives behind Ireland’s overseas development aid programme.

Exploring how Ireland is contributing to different countries, Liz looks at the impact of Ireland’s governmental commitment, a commitment that will see Irish taxpayers spend over €900 million in the developing world in 2008.

Over four episodes, the woman who played a major political role in increasing Ireland’s aid budget travels to different countries in Africa in order to explain why aid is not only important to her, but to ask questions about Ireland’s aid programme on behalf of the Irish taxpayer. Armed with a wealth of knowledge and expertise on Overseas Development Aid, Liz will explore the realities on the ground from a fresh and qualified perspective, offering us unique access to the behind-the-scenes workings of global inter-governmental relationships and decision-making.

To read more about the programme visit the faraway up close website

To read more about the Irish Aid overseas work visit the Irish Aid Website

The Programme is broadcast on  RTE One on Thursdays at 10.45 P.M.

The European social fund website has been redesigned to incorporate the future growth of the project (2007-2013).

Along with creating a new design for the website, Arekibo were responsible for migrating the existing content and restructuring the Information Architecture of the website. The website is powered by the Arekibo content management solution.

The specific objectives of the ESF are to help prevent and fight unemployment; to make Europe’s workforce and companies better equipped to face new challenges and to prevent people losing touch with the labour market through investment in education, skills and employment support.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is the designated authority in Ireland for policy and operational matters related to the ESF. The Department’s ESF Policy and Operations Unit oversees all matters relating to the ESF, insofar as they relate to this country, and represents Ireland’s position at European level.

More information on the ESF project is available on the ESF website

Arekibo are delighted to announce that we are currently in the process of redesigning the Ordnance Survey Ireland website.

Arekibo will provide the Ordnance Survey Ireland with the full suite of services including site analysis, information architecture, website design and content management upon the Arekibo Information Management System.

“Arekibo are thrilled to be working with the Ordnance Survey Ireland and look forward to creating an online platform that will help the organisation to distinguish itself as both a national mapping agency and an international leader in the provision of mapping and geographic information services’.”

Commented Arekibo’s Managing Director Martin Casey

Read more about Arekibo’s Web Design Services

Google has indexed over 4.5 million .mobi websites. 17,500 of these relate to Irish content.

This figure is set to grow substantially. Arekibo have recognised this by enabling the arekibo website to be viewed using mobile devices. The website is viewable on www.arekibo.mobi.

According to the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) in its latest quarterly report the total number of mobile broadband subscribers at the end of 2007 is 127,500, an increase of 44% over the last three months. Mobile broadband penetration is at of end of 2007 coming in at 3%.

The full report can be found on www.comreg.ie.

To find out more about how Arekibo can help your organisation create a mobile ready website contact us today at 01-661 0170.

About dotMobi Domain

dotMobi is the ICANN-appointed global registry for the .mobi domain. Backed by 14 leading mobile and Internet organizations, .mobi addresses the need for seamless access to Internet-enabled mobile phones.

.mobi is the first – and only – top level domain dedicated to users who access the Internet through their mobile phones. With four mobile phones purchased for every one personal computer purchased, there’s a world of people whose main access point to the Internet is a mobile phone. And every one of those users can trust that a web site is compatible with their mobile phone if that site’s address ends in .mobi.

In an increasingly mobile society, businesses, organizations and individuals need to reach and interact with their customers via the mobile web. A .mobi address allows them to bypass the constraints of geography, operators and handsets to effectively reach their audience.dotMobi provides the critical link between mobile operators, handset manufacturers, content providers / brands and users to make phones the tool of choice for the web mobile.

Find out more about dotmobi at http://mtld.mobi/

Arekibo made key recommendations based on web log traffic analysis

In February 2008 Arekibo completed a web analytics project on the VHI website. Arekibo reviewed the data available in the website’s log files to gather information on key metrics / key performance indicators for VHI’s online presence. The results of this evaluation will be used to develop a roadmap for the evolution and strategic direction of www.vhi.ie

Find out more about Arekibo’s Web Analytics Services

Please refer  to our careers page for more information on the development roles that we would like to fill.

Note: We do not require the assistance of agencies.

Contact us if you are interested in talking to us about these roles

Courts.ie wins Best State Body website at the Irish eGovernment Award sponsored by Arekibo

The 2008 Irish eGovernment Awards winners were eagerly awaited by over 350 guests, who attend this years awards in the Four Seasons Hotel. The winners who were announced by the host John Bowman and presented by Minister Eamon Ryan TD, Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. 

Arekibo sponsored the Best State Body website that was awarded to the Courts Service’s - www.courts.ie

For a full list of the 2008 winners visit the eGovernment Awards website.

Arekibo co-design and develop new online car insurance application – No Nonsense Car Insurance.

The new Ryanair No Nonsense car insurance website is now live amidst a flurry of media and marketing attention.

Arekibo worked with FBD Insurance to develop this new online car insurance application. The emphasis on the design was to ensure that customers could easily buy inexpensive car insurance online. To enhance the user experience Arekibo co-designed and developed the front end for the website.

Try the new site now http://ryanaircarinsurance.com/

Arekibo have developed the website and a kiosk for the new Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre located on O’Connell Street in Dublin.

The Centre is a state of the art, flexible multi-media exhibition space designed to raise awareness of development issues and the role of Irish Aid in tackling global poverty. The Centre is a first port-of-call for those seeking information on the personal contribution they can make to overseas development, including volunteering opportunities.

Arekibo have designed the new website (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/centre/) and also have created a kiosk for the centre. The kiosk contains Information and questions to consider for volunteering overseas (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/volunteering/) and contains an interactive Irish Aid map using Google Maps. Visitors can explore the Irish Aid World Map and find out where and how Irish Aid is helping across the globe (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/volunteering/maponly.aspx). 

“We’re delighted to continue our relationship with Irish Aid that started in 2002. This Centre is a ground breaking initiative by the Irish Government and Arekibo are thrilled to have been involved in this project” , Martin Casey, MD of Arekibo

Arekibo were given the opportunity to develop a microsite for Clarigen, a new HR Tool.

The challenge was to get the microsite designed, built and live in less than 2 weeks. The result is a fresh, vibrant design that showcases Clarigen.

Clarigen comes to the market with a very strong board and management team with the depth of successful market execution from start up and deep domain expertise to make this a very successful opportunity.

The microsite is available to view on http://www.clarigen.com/

Arekibo were commissioned to design a number of new sites for IBEC

The newly designed websites include:

The main IBEC website – http://www.ibec.ie

A new IBEC Training site – http://www.ibectraining.ie

Arekibo develop Tax Calculator for Ernst & Young for third year in a row

“Only two kinds of people complain about taxes – men and women”

For the third year in a row Arekibo have developed a Budget 2008 Tax Calculator for Ernst & Young that will help you quickly calculate if there is an increase in your take home pay

http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Ireland/Budget_2008_-_Tax_Calculator

Arekibo are delighted to announce that they are sponsoring the Irish State Body eGovernment Award.

The Irish State Body eGovernment Award is presented to the state body who have succeeded in harnessing ICT to deliver better services, information and efficiencies to its target audience (both internal and external).

Key factors will include innovation, enhanced customer service, an increase in efficiencies, access to local information or resource savings, simplicity or ease of use and problem solving.

The awards are being held on Thursday, 21st February 2008 in the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin.

The Irish eGovernment Awards for 2008 includes 11 award categories and one overall award winner. Each entry is marked according to specific evaluation criteria by an independent panel of judges.

For more information on the awards go to http://www.irishegovernmentawards.ie

Irish Aid – Department of Foreign Affairs commissioned Arekibo to develop the website to mark World Aids Day which is on December 1st 2007.

AIDS devastates individuals, communities and nations and remains incurable. Today there are 33 million people living with HIV and despite a welcome reduction in the infection rates in some countries, we cannot afford to become complacent about 2.5 million adults and children newly infected in 2007. HIV is the single biggest cause of declining health and development progress in the worst affected countries where, in some cases, life expectancy has fallen by up to 20 years and the effects on society have been devastating.

For more information on World Aids Day go to http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/hivandaids/

The Women in Sport Website designed by Arekibo were the overall winner in the Best Sports and Leisure Category.

Arekibo are delighted for the Irish Sports Council and Women in Sport team.

The Irish Sports Council’s mission, in partnership with their promoting Department is: ‘To plan, lead and co-ordinate the sustainable development of sport in Ireland’.

We send our congratulations to all the winners of the Golden Spider Awards.

For more information on the women in sport initiative go to www.womeninsport.ie

The Irish Management Institute has commissioned Arekibo to provide a strategic review of their Internet presence. As a result of this review Arekibo were engaged to redevelop the IMI’s public website. The development of the new website will contain a newly designed online brand, enhanced customer services including online course and events booking and integration into existing infrastructure. This new website will be released in 2008.

Arekibo are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the IMI who are Irelands leading provider of management development and executive education programmes.

Research-led and business-focused, IMI is a central element in the architecture of Ireland’s knowledge economy through its management development and executive education programmes. It is a driver of increased productivity and improved business results for member and client organisations, nationally and internationally.

 For more information on the IMI go to www.imi.ie

Arekibo and our client the Irish Sports Counci have been nominated for awards in the 2007 Golden Spider Awards.

Arekibo have been nominated for the Best Web Design & Development Agency. This is the fourth time Arekibo have been nominated for this award and hopefully this will be the year! The Irish Sports Council’s site Women in Sport (www.womeninsport.ie) site has been nominated for the Best Sports & Leisure website. The awards take place on the 22nd November. Arekibo have sponsored the Best Public Sector site. The nominees are:

• www.itsyourmoney.ie
• www.visitdublin.com
• www.bordgaisenergysupply.ie
• www.envirocentre.ie
• www.DublinWaste.ie
• www.laois.ie

We wish these and all of the other nominees in the other categories the best of luck. Full details of the nominees are available on the Golden Spiders site (http://www.goldenspiders.ie/shortlist_07.php )

The Irish Aid Our World Global Schools’ Awards is an exciting programme for primary pupils on the eight Millennium Development Goals, which were agreed in September 2000 by Ireland and 189 other nations.

Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, is the Government of Ireland’s programme of assistance to developing countries and was set up in 1974. Ireland’s development cooperation policy is an integral part of Ireland’s wider foreign policy. Through Irish Aid, the people of Ireland support development work in many countries (€813 million in 2006).

For the past few years Irish Aid has run the Irish Aid Our World Global Schools’ Awards programme for all primary schools in both the north and south of Ireland. The overall purpose of the programme is to raise awareness among Irish students of the lives of children of a similar age in the developing world. By taking part in this programme, children can learn how Ireland works with these countries not as providers of charity but as partners for development.

Arekibo have been working with Irish Aid since 2002 and are delighted to work on a project of such significance.

Visit the site: http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/ourworld/default.htm

Arekibo develop and launch the Big Ballot campaign where the OCO are asking children and young people up to 18 to tell them about the issues that are important to them.

The results of the Ballot will shape the OCO’s programme for the future. The Big Ballot also includes a blog that will be updated as the OCO team travel around Ireland meeting children and schools. This enhancement to the site gives the OCO the opportunity to share their experiences and knowledge with a wider audience and build their online community of visitors to the website.

Arekibo are delighted to continue the strong relationship we have forged with the OCO since 2005 and we look forward to continuing to develop the OCO website.

Check out the Big Ballot  & OCO Blog

This ambitious project involved many key stakeholders within the organisation. Having over 60 partners we worked to ensure all were in agreement in the blueprint of the website and the site design. The site was built using the Arekibo IMS as a content management solution. Arekibo had to work closely with both the marketing and IT department within A&L Goodbody to ensure that the project ran smoothly.

A unique feature that was incorporated into the development of this site is the ability to cross reference partners with practice areas.

Arekibo are delighted to have been involved in the design and development of the Heritage Week 2007 website for the second year in a row.

In 2006, Arekibo designed and developed the Heritage Week’s website for the Heritage Council. The website contains the ability for members of the public to submit events to the events organisers that can be approved and dynamically included in the sites calendar of events. The public can also search the Heritage Week calendar of events by location and event type.

The website is built and managed using the Arekibo IMS.

What’s on for Hertitage Week 2007

The Companies Registrations Office have selected the Arekibo IMS to run their website.

The Companies Registration Office is the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies. The CRO operates under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment.

Arekibo were commissioned to upgrade the current CRO website from its previous content management sytem to the Arekibo IMS Content Management System. The websites visual look and feel, information architecture and template structure have been retained and will be updated in the future.

Visit site: www.cro.ie