Kandu The Guru has been our company mascot since 1993. Originally conceived by the founder Paul Tarver, the idea was to convey to our clients several key messages at the same time. At the time Kandu was created, a lot of companies were using “geeks” in their company names and logos. We wanted to differentiate our company from the rest of the pack and since one of our customers kept referring to us as his “gurus” we wanted to play on the Guru Theme to create a recognizable mascot for our products. The design was a play on the Arabian Nights theme with Kandu sitting on a magic carpet suggesting that Kandu could take you anywhere in the computer world. The keyboard on his lap makes it clear that computers are our business and his dress suggests that we are focused more on the work than the billing. At the end of the day, the most important message we wanted to convey to our clients was a sense of fun. We try hard to make using our products fun and easy. And above all, we wanted our clients to smile every time they ran one of our software products. Kandu The Guru offers a smile to everyone who sees him and we hope that he always gets one in return.