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Metawidget built into JBoss Forge

December 2011

Richard Kennard's Open Source project Metawidget is an integral part of Red Hat's latest product JBoss Forge. Forge is a core framework for rapid-application development in a standards-based environment.

Metawidget featured at JavaOne 2011

October 2011

Metawidget has been presented at a technical session at JavaOne 2011 in San Francisco. Online video is available.

Metawidget deployed to thousands of health clinics

July 2011

Metawidget has been deployed to thousands of health clinics across Spain as part of a product launch by the country's largest telecommunications company, Telefónica.

Richard Kennard's journal article published

May 2011

Richard Kennard's journal article entitled Is There Convergence in the Field of UI Generation? has been accepted for publication by the international Journal of Systems and Software.

Kennard Consulting's software wins another industry award

March 2011

Kennard Consulting's software for Avant Solutions has been awarded Innovation Excellence at the 2011 CANSTAR CANNEX Awards.

Kennard Consulting's software passes another security audit by Top 5 Bank

Feburary 2011

Kennard Consulting's software has again been approved following security audits by another of Australia's Top 5 Banks. The external security auditing firm described our software as "robust... as secure as any we've seen... in the top 10% of sites we've tested".

We're hiring again!

December 2010

Following a successful first hire earlier this year, and increased investment from a leading Australian financial institution, we're hiring again! See the full job ad here.

Kennard Consulting's software wins industry award

July 2010

Kennard Consulting's software for Avant Solutions has been awarded Excellence in Member Communication at the 2010 ASFA Awards in Melbourne.

Metawidget featured at JBoss World 2010

June 2010

JBoss have announced that Metawidget will be showcased at a featured campground session at this year's JBoss World.

Richard Kennard's journal article published

April 2010

Richard Kennard's journal article entitled Towards a General Purpose Architecture for UI Generation has been accepted for publication by the international Journal of Systems and Software.

We're hiring!

November 2009

Following substantial investment from a leading Australian financial institution, we're hiring for the first time! See the full job ad here.

Metawidget featured with ICEfaces

October 2009

Richard Kennard's Open Source project Metawidget is now featured with ICEfaces, a cutting edge AJAX development framework.

Metawidget examples included in Seam

June 2009

Richard Kennard's Open Source project Metawidget is now included with JBoss Seam, one of the world's most advanced Java Enterprise Edition frameworks.

Richard Kennard to present at HSI 2009

March 2009

Richard Kennard's paper on Separation Anxiety: stresses of developing a modern day Separable User Interface has been chosen for the 2nd International Conference on Human System Interaction taking place in Catania, Italy.

Kennard Consulting's software passes another security audit by Top 5 Bank

January 2009

Kennard Consulting's software has again been approved following security audits by another of Australia's Top 5 Banks. The external security auditing firm commented our software was "by far much better than the majority of sites we have reviewed".

Richard Kennard completes Doctoral Assessment

December 2008

Richard Kennard has passed his Doctoral Assessment, an important milestone towards his PhD in Software Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Richard Kennard to present at SoMeT 2008

July 2008

Richard Kennard's paper on Application of Software Mining to Automatic User Interface Generation has been chosen for the 7th International Conference on Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques taking place in Sharjah, UAE.

Richard Kennard interviewed

February 2008

Richard Kennard has been interviewed on DZone, one of the world's largest software development websites, about his Open Source project Metawidget.

Richard Kennard's work to be included in Java Enterprise Edition 6

July 2007

JSR-299, the specification for which Richard Kennard serves on the Expert Group, has been chosen for inclusion in Java Enterprise Edition 6, the upcoming generation of the Java enterprise platform.

Kennard Consulting's software approved following security audit by Top 5 Bank

May 2007

Kennard Consulting's software has been approved following a security audit by one of Australia's Top 5 Banks. The audit was conducted by an external security assessment firm, and the software is now in use storing the bank's customer information.

Richard Kennard selected for international Expert Group

September 2006

Richard Kennard has been selected for the Expert Group for JSR-299, a specification to unify Java Web application development. He will be serving alongside the likes of Sun, Google and Oracle to deliver what IBM have called "an ambitious task".

Workplace Diagnostics signs with Kennard Consulting

August 2006

Workplace Diagnostics, a provider of organisational sensing tools, has signed with Kennard Consulting to develop their next generation of Web-based solutions.

Richard Kennard presents at Sydney Java User Group

July 2006

Richard Kennard has presented a session on developing Web applications using Java EE 5, notably EJB3 and JSF, at the Sydney Java User Group.

Richard Kennard honoured at JavaOne

May 2006

Richard Kennard has been honoured at JavaOne 2006 in San Francisco, for his contributions to the upcoming release of the Java Development Kit.

Avant Solutions signs with Kennard Consulting

December 2005

Avant Solutions, a provider of tools for financial advisers, has signed with Kennard Consulting to build their vision of a series of Web-based products.

Visible Results signs with Kennard Consulting

November 2005

Visible Results, a provider of loyalty and CRM solutions, has signed with Kennard Consulting to construct their Intranet-based workflow tools.

Thomson Reuters signs with Kennard Consulting

July 2005

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has signed with Kennard Consulting to help develop their next generation of Web-based solutions.