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Find out what people have been writing about Enlighten Designs. We are recognised for our awards, asked about the company’s growth and we talk about our project successes.


Web designer long way from caravan start

"If you went back 10 years there might be a cow joke," laughs Enlighten Designs chief executive Damon Kelly, as he reflects on the Hamilton website and software developer's 13-year history.
Waikato Times
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Me and my gadget - Smartphones

Kurt Sayer, infrastructure team lead at Enlighten Designs in Hamilton, tells Chris Gardner why he loves smartphones. 
Waikato Times
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Enlighten nabs industry gong

Hamilton IT firm Enlighten Designs has been recognised at the 2011 Microsoft Partner Award.
Waikato Times
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Microsoft's interview with Damon Kelly

Brent Colbert interviews Damon Kelly, CEO of Enlighten Designs, about the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference and the Tech.Ed New Zealand 2010 experience.
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Living in Enlightened times

Enlighten Designs sales manager Travis Houghton says his company had one hell of a year last year. The web and software design company took on 15 extra staff and is now looking at moving into a 1200sqm building from the 200sqm site it now occupies on Victoria St.
Waikato Times 
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Council debate webcam and opt for free trial

Taupo District Council have resolved to install a webcam to provide live coverage of Council meetings as well as recording for ‘on-demand’ viewing later. Enlighten Designs, the preferred providers, will ensure that the meetings streamed live are also recorded in their entirety, stored and archived online for on-demand viewing.
Taupo District Council
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Enlighten Designs on expansion trail

Hamilton-based web design company Enlighten Designs has expanded into Auckland due to customer demand in the region. The company is hiring new staff in Auckland and Hamilton and is using a mix of Auckland and Hamilton-based staff to populate the new premises, which will be part of Axon’s site in central Auckland.
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Enlighten Designs Win at Microsoft Partner Awards 2009

Enlighten have won the Partnering Award of the Year at the New Zealand Microsoft Partner Awards 2009. Enlighten has won this award for the second year in a row. The awards evening, at which the award category winners were announced, was held last night and played host to New Zealand's leading Information Technology providers.

Social Networking is strictly Business

Enlighten Designs CEO Damon Kelly tells Amanda Sachtleben he can only handle so much social networking - but he's wedded to his iPhone.
Unlimited Magazine
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Windows upgrade a hit in Hamilton

The next upgrade of Microsoft's computer operating system, Windows 7, is a surefire hit with one of New Zealand's biggest website design companies a year before its release. Enlighten Designs, in Victoria St, Hamilton, has been putting the first Beta, or test, version of the replacement for Vista through its paces for a couple of weeks.

Enlighten, Axon win Microsoft’s ‘Partnering Award of the Year'

But it is the ‘Partnering Award of the Year’ that brings with it a particularly satisfying finish to winners Enlighten Designs and Axon . Ironically, and almost poetically, the whizz kids at Enlighten met the successful Axon crew at last year’s Microsoft partner awards when they both entered and were finalists in the same category. A year later, the only finalist category they’re in together is the one they entered jointly – and they’ve won.

Enlighten scoops innovation award

With the obligatory bubbles flowing you could be excused for taking time to wonder just how, in nine short years, a bunch of high school friends and Waikato university graduates have gone from working out of a backyard caravan to partnering with IT giants Microsoft and Hewlett Packard and securing high end nation-wide clients like the National Party and Fonterra.

Hamilton IT firm casting net wider

A Hamilton web and software design company started eight years ago in a caravan is planning to open branches in Wellington and Auckland next year.
Waikato Times
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Enlighten Thrilled To Win Innovation Award

Enlighten have enjoyed a long and successful association with the Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards having entered on eight occasions. Each time Enlighten has been finalists or received Highly Commended. 

Enlighten Designs a kiwi leader in web services 

Since start up four years ago, Hamilton's Enlighten Designs has grown to become one of New Zealand's leading internet solutions providers.

Waikato Times
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Award for city group 

A local internet services company is working to Enlighten people. Hamilton-based Enlighten Designs was highly commended at last month's Waikato Business Awards. It entered for the first time after being nominated by an unknown client.

Waikato Times
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