Sterling Rideout, IT Manager, Keilhauer

Headline: HKS Hosting is Carbon-Neutral

HKS has purchased sufficient carbon credits from the Offsetters Climate Neutral Society to more than render it's hosting services carbon-neutral.

For further information on carbon offsetting, see the Offsetters website.

Article: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

The overarching philosophy of Google, and presumably all search engines, is that they index only what people see and is relevant. If you keep your SEO tactics to items on the screen that are visible to users and you write them in a way that is clear and forthright you will likely do well.

Article: What is a Change Request?

Change requests are a misunderstood and much-maligned project tool. Read what differentiates a good change request from a spurious one.

Website Development

HKS develops database-driven websites for firms from 5 to 5000 employees. To do this we use a simple yet effective process and the latest techniques in usability and cross-browser standards.

Intelligent Choices

The mantra at HKS is "efficiency and value". We try to bring our clients the very best thinking and products at the lowest cost. This drives our daily choices, our location, our overhead, our software modules; everything. When you contract a job with HKS you can be assured that you are getting the absolute best bang for your Internet dollar.

Web Content Management

We have a web content management solution (HKS WebContent) that is used by groups across Canada including the Rotman School of Management and Colt Engineering. This system ensures that you remain firmly in control of your online content at all times.

Detailed Vision

HKS is in the business of helping companies use the Internet to improve their performance. To do this HKS employs the most modern and appropriate Knowledge Management techniques and fits them into the client's budget. This produces HKS' competitive advantage: the highest value per dollar spent.

We can help you use the Internet to:

• Improve business performance visibility
• Improve customer satisfaction
• Increase process velocity
• Increase touch with your customers

While increasing these satisfiers, we can also:

• Reduce internal customer data maintenance
• Reduce customer support calls
• Reduce customer wait times

In short, we combine our in-depth development skills with the ability to communicate effectively to help our clients realize the power of the Internet. And we do it in a cost-effective way with high clarity. We say what we're going to do, we check to ensure it's correct, then we do it. Not exactly rocket science, but it gets the job done.