Gumnut Software was founded in Sydney, Australia in 1993.

First Windows-based system

Our original product was a Practice Management System for Physiotherapists named Physiotech. It was exciting at the time because it was the first windows-based practice management system in Australia.

We concentrated on Sydney initially, with offices located in Pitt St. Within a few years however, we had agents popping up in cities across the country. We also began adapting the software to other medical professions such as Podiatry, Chiropractors and more.

Expansion

Our expertise and experience continued to build and a new system was developed for General Practice. A revolutionary multi-disciplinary system was also introduced for Sports Medicine Centres and Multi-Site practices. Client numbers had reached over 200 and the various systems were widely used throughout Australia.

In 1998 Gumnut Software decided to move into the Hair and Beauty Salon market.

Gumnut Salon Manager was developed after significant research and consultation with professionals in the industry. It proved hugely successful and within a year, the Gumnut Software client base more than doubled.

The next evolution came with a product called Natural, released to cover the growing alternative and complimentary Health market. By now, Gumnut Software systems were being used by virtually any type of Medical, Para-medical, Hair, Beauty, Tanning, Nails and even Fitness and Personal training business, including multi-disciplinary and multi-site operations using Windows Terminal Server technology. We became the software everyone turned to!

The never-ending quest to be user-friendly

In 2002, we undertook the porting of all our applications to the Office XP technology. At the same time, we embraced the Installshield installation system, and a very sophisticated Help System based on java technology, using HTML. This massive project was finished at the start of 2004 and brings our systems inline with the latest technologies available.

Spa systems

We don’t stand still. In 2003, Gumnut Software started a new project - developing a high end product for the Day Spa and Leisure Management Industries. The target market being mainly larger Day Spas, Hotel Day Spas and Retreat Spas.

This has delivered our greatest Gumnut Software success to date, with two versions of the Xclusiv product released. One for stand-alone sites and one, delivered in 2005, for Multi-Site operations, some with Call Centres for central booking operations.

In 2005 we also moved to smart new premises in sunny, harbour-side Neutral Bay.

Our commitment continues

To show our commitment to continuous development we embarked on another new project to design a new system in 2005. We are committed to the leading-edge technology and have selected Visual Studio 2005 by Microsoft to be our platform for the next 10 - 15 years. The new system is developed in vb .net and sql server back end.

This system is now released and has received an enormous response from our client base and prospects. Our clientele now stretches from Shanghai to India to Fiji and Australia. We are also aggressively moving into the European and American markets.

Since 2001 we have been expanding into overseas operations. Currently we have distributors in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Turkey, and USA. Discussions are under way to continue this expansion. Current clients exceed 600, with approximately 15 employees and a help desk operating in Australia.

To reflect the new markets we have changed the company trading name to Gumnut Systems International.

Gumnut is a professional, committed and experienced developer of superior systems. When you use a Gumnut system, you can be sure our previous quality ensures our future longevity.