BlueArc Wins International Legal Business; Launches one of the Largest Website Projects in Company’s History

BlueArc Group, one of Australia’s leading digital agencies, has announced the launch of one of its largest website projects to date, following its appointment by leading international law firm Simmons & Simmons to design and deliver the next generation elexicaonline legalservice.

It was BlueArc’s extensive technical expertise, its commitment to digital innovation and its mobile capabilities that most impressed Simmons & Simmons resulting in BlueArc winning the global competitive pitch, defeating leading UK digital agencies in the process.

Simmons & Simmons’ Knowledge & Learning Director, David Fitch, said: "BlueArc has produced a site that is world-class. It is on brand. It is functional, intuitive and highly usable. With BlueArc, we have been able to innovate, improving significantly the quality and functionality of elexica through intelligent design and a meticulous approach to development and implementation.”

BlueArc worked closely with the Simmons & Simmons team in London to deliver the next phase of the highly sophisticated, award-winning free online legal service targeted to both clients and contacts of the firm. The time difference between the UK and Australia allowed development work to be undertaken overnight, ready for review during the London business day. 

Scott Porter, BlueArc CEO, said: “We were delighted to secure this significant new business with Simmons & Simmons and I am exceedingly proud that we not only rose to the challenge of delivering one of our largest website projects in the history of the business, but that we have gone well above and beyond. This is an absolute credit to our technical competencies and our ongoing dedication to outstanding customer service.”

BlueArc’s recent new business win with Simmons & Simmons follows a strong 2011 for the agency with appointments by companies including Canon, Australian Unity and Village Roadshow. BlueArc was also recognised as a leader in digital innovation winning the prestigious title of ‘Sitecore Site of the Year’ for the agency’s work with Colliers International.

elexica provides a broad range of free legal information including articles, legal updates and specialised microsite resources.  The site offers a choice of eight languages, is fully mobile compatible and also has video streaming. It uses faceted-navigation and has a comprehensive personalisation and email marketing tool integrated with the latest version of Sitecore (v6.5). Due to the sensitivity of the information and logins required to access certain material, a complex security model has been applied to the site.

[ENDS]

About BlueArc Group www.bluearcgroup.com

BlueArc is a leading Australian digital agency with a proven record of delivering large-scale web content management, ecommerce and custom online solutions. Working closely with its high profile clients, BlueArc delivers tangible results that enhance communication, improve efficiency, reduce costs and provide a foundation for growth.

Its broad digital strategy and services portfolio includes design and development for websites, intranets and extranets; mobile projects and custom .Net applications. 

With more than 60 full time staff and offices in Sydney and Melbourne, BlueArc is a trusted digital partner for a broad range of Australian and international clients including Colliers International, Village Roadshow, Goodman, Network Ten, Freedom and Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

As the overall winner of the Sitecore ‘Site of the Year’ Awards, BlueArc has been recognised as Australia’s leading Sitecore partner for digital innovation and service excellence. With one of the largest teams of Sitecore certified developers, BlueArc is at the forefront of Sitecore based website development.

BlueArc is a Microsoft Gold Partner and one of the select few to have achieved the prestigious Gold Web Development standard by demonstrating the highest level of technical skill and customer satisfaction in the delivery of online solutions.

For further information please contact:

Shuna Boyd

BoydPR

Ph: +61 2 9418 8100

Email: Shuna@boydpr.com.au

Leanne Ferris

BlueArc Group

Ph: + 61 2 9467 2500

Email: news@bluearcgroup.com