Company
Innovating the Web since 1998
Datalink is an Internet innovator with with over a decade of experience in creating and supporting powerful industry-leading websites and web applications.
We have delivered hundreds of successful website projects for small business, enterprise and government clients Australia-wide.
History
Datalink was founded in 1998 by Scott Davey and Joanne Hooper and operated initially as an Internet Service Provider from Melbourne's eastern suburbs providing Internet connectivity, hosting as well as the design and development of e-commerce websites.
While other Internet companies were flailing after the burst of the dot com bubble in 2001, Datalink continued to grow, having branched into corporate web and intranet development. Major projects included a distributed authoring system for the National Tertiary Education Union, intranet applications for the Commonwealth Bank, Compaq and Queensland Health, a Learning Management System used by organisations including St George Bank and Centrelink as well as several large websites for local councils.
By 2005, Datalink's Freestyler Content Management System had become a popular content management solution in the Australian marketplace, particularly among associations, non-profit organisations, local government and financial services industries. The team expanded, with additional research and development investment, moving offices closer to the centre of Melbourne. With its growing client base, the company shifted to professional services, establishing itself as a boutique agency for specialised web development, design and consulting.
Since 2010, Datalink has become a niche software developer, releasing a number of web and mobile technologies including applications for government and business, including a complete redevelopment of Freestyler re-launched as Zeevo application framework. Among the recent successes is the development of a web based emergency management system that has been utilised in major emergencies and adopted by 90% of Victorian councils.