News & Events

  • May 2008

    HCS is both running and sponsoring a number of events in the coming two months:

    • 23 May - Sydney - Free talent management breakfast seminar
    • 28 May - Brisbane - Special Queensland government event
    • 28, 29 May - Sydney - Saba Learning Bootcamp
    • 4 June - Sydney - Free rapid e-learning workshop
    • 11,12 June - Melbourne - Presentation & exhibition booth at LearnX conference

    If you are interested in learning more about these events please email adam.wright@hcsgroup.com.au

    We also hope you liked our first email newsletter! If you haven't yet received a copy and would like to know the latest goss, please also email Adam.

  • April 2008

    We're very excited to roll-out three new Learning Services offerings this month:

    Composica - an e-learning authoring tool that offers real-time collaboration functionality through an easy to use web-based application.

    Discovery - one of the most affordable hosted e-learning platforms in Australia; and

    Learning Bytes - a cost effective and impacting way to communicate critical information.

    We'd welcome the opportunity to demonstrate to you the capabilities each offering can provide. Please feel free to email arjun.singh@hcsgroup.com.au to arrange for a meeting at your convenience.

  • March 2008

    Zoom, zoom, zoom - Mazda becomes HCS' first automotive client, and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to develop their Rotary engine eLearning course. We're also excited to add Energex, one of Australia's largest and fastest growing organisations, as our latest Queensland based client.

    Our growth over the past 12 months has meant that we've also made a couple of changes internally, formally restructuring our management staff as follows:

    Adam Wright: Manager - Client Services
    Bronwyn Best: Manager - Products and Quality
    Justin Walker: Manager - Managed Application Services
    Shai Desai: Manager - Sales and Marketing

    Earlier in the month we also had Shailendra Patil (Manager - Indian Operations) and Sandeep Deorukhakar (Project Manager) fly in from Pune to join us at our quarterly planning session in Tasmania.

    There are lots of exciting new things planned for the year, so stay tuned!

  • February 2008

    HCS went global this month, beginning new learning and professional services projects for Rio Tinto's US operations and Laing O'Rourke's UK headquarters.

    We also opened our new Brisbane office at 288 Edward Street, right in the heart of the Brisvegas CBD. Adrienne Ward, Cameron Brown, David Neely, and Iaomai Graham welcome you to drop by and enjoy a refreshing beverage with the team.

    After months of study and gruelling exams Adrienne, David, Ben Saunders, Haylee Mallett, and Justin Walker have all become Prince2 practitioners, formally qualifying them beyond the normal HCS staff requirements of being faster than a bullet, stronger than a locomotive, and able leap tall buildings with a single bound.

  • January 2008

    Happy New Year! We'd like to begin the year by welcoming two of our newest clients - Mirvac and Linfox - and introducing two of our newest staff - Will Gill and Amol Kurnawal.

    Will brings 5 years experience in the eLearning industry to HCS and will be a valuable contributor to Movember and all drinking activities. His previous roles include Quality Assurance, Project Management and Production Management of a busy development team. A self-confessed process geek, he loves finding better and more efficient ways of getting things done.

    Amol is a graphic design and illustrations specialist. His interest in this field started with illustrations in story books and further developed into canvas painting. He enjoys the sense of creativity that he experiences while designing an illustration and spends a lot of time and energy finetuning his craft. He has been in the field of learning and education for the last 4 years.

  • December 2007

    With the official festive season underway HCS is very excited to be bringing together clients, partners, local staff, and our production services team from India for a Christmas lunch cruise on Sydney Harbour. We have more than 180 people confirmed to attend and hope the weather Gods will be amongst them!

    We’re also thrilled to announce two very significant projects we’ve been selected for this month. Our Learning Services team have been selected to develop their first eLearning project for the Coles Group, and, following an extensive tendering process our Professional Services team have been selected to implement, host, and manage a learning management system on behalf of QBE.

    Finally, our Sydney team has also shifted offices and now reside in North Sydney. Do drop by for a coffee if you haven't already... We've kept our remarkable coffee machine!

    Until next time, we wish you all a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year. We look forward to seeing you on the cruise or in early 2008.

  • November 2007

    As we continue to grow the business by word-of-mouth and reputation HCS is delighted to have the opportunity to welcome three new clients this month: MBF, BHP Billiton, and GlaxoSmithKline.

    We received plenty of positive feedback from the AFSE workshops that we ran last month and are thrilled to announce our Learning Services manager Clare Streets has been elected to serve on the eLearning Network of Australia (ElNet) committee in 2008.

    Amongst all this news we’re also excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to Training Australia magazine, with our article on learning and technology strategy appearing in their Spring 2007 issue.

  • October 2007

    HCS is pleased to announce it will be conducting a series of workshops in Brisbane (Oct 11), Melbourne (Oct 18) and Sydney (Oct 25) covering "What’s Now and What’s Next in eLearning" in conjunction with the Association of Financial Service Educators (AFSE).

    We’ve also begun simultaneously refreshing more than 40 eLearning courses for a multinational insurance company, making their 1st generation content compatible with the latest browser and LMS standards.

  • September 2007

    HCS has teamed with Fujitsu to deliver an eLearning pilot for Queensland Health. This included the implementation of a Saba LMS and the development and delivery of a highly interactive online course on Urology that is to be undertaken by clinical staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

    We’re also strengthening our ties with our neighbours and are happy to announce a new strategic partnership with Sonar6, the talent management specialists that hail from New Zealand. The partnership will see HCS host, implement and support their product which includes tools for talent identification, performance management, 360 degree analysis, candidate selection, remuneration planning, and self appraisal.

  • August 2007

    Our ever expanding Learning Services team has this month signed an Umbrella Consultancy Agreement with AMP, becoming a preferred eLearning supplier to their business. HCS is currently assisting AMP with the implementation of their Saba LMS.

    We’re also pleased to announce a strategic alliance with WebRaven to host, implement and support the DOTS LMS. The alliance will see HCS service DOTS clients nationally and will also include the development of eLearning courses for select DOTS clients.

  • July 2007

    The team at HCS are delighted to welcome Rio Tinto as a new client. We’re thrilled to have one of Australia’s largest and most respected companies select us for development of their global online Human Resources induction training program. These courses will also be deployed on HCS’ hosted LMS platform.

    This month also see’s HCS open our Pune, India office at Sacred World in Wanowarie. Shailendra Patil heads our 9 person team which also includes Devinder, Mahesh, Prasad, Rahul, Rajesh, Ravi, Ruby, and Suresh. To learn more about the team and their passions please click here.

    Finally, we’re also very excited to announce a new strategic alliance with Plateau as they expand their team locally. Plateau is the power behind the largest corporate, non-profit and government enterprise LMS initiatives in existence - at General Electric (GE), the American Red Cross and the Gov Online Learning Centre. Industry analysts including Forrester, Gartner, and Bersin all rate Plateau as a world-class solution and we’re excited to assist them with professional services going forward.

  • June 2007

    HCS is excited to announce a new 6 month content agreement with Promina that complements our current multi-year LMS partnership. HCS will be setting up a dedicated online learning team for the Promina Group that will serve eLearning needs across their businesses.

    Earlier in the month we also hosted our first Human Resources industry breakfast seminar at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Sydney. The seminar covered "Blending learning into everyday corporate processes" and was attended by more than 70 senior level executives. Sascha Warner from the Commonwealth Bank’s Centre for Adviser Development (CAD) stole the show with her presentation on CAD’s "Journey to advice excellence".

    For more information on this seminar or to request to be included in future events please contact adam.wright@hcsgroup.com.au.

  • May 2007

    HCS is thrilled to announce its latest client win, a minimum three year deal with NSW Lotteries Corporation. The win, secured after an extensive tendering process, will see HCS extend NSW Lotteries’ existing Agency Network training strategy through a flexible combination of content and technology that includes custom e-Learning courseware development and the provision of a hosted learning management system.

    To view the full press release click here.