Arc Technology Group
| Private | |
| Industry | Content Management, IT services, IT consulting |
| Founded |
Evanston, Illinois, U.S. (May 18, 2000) |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Revenue | $1.6+ million (2011)[1] |
Number of employees | 5 |
| Website | http://www.arctg.com/ |
Aesiq, Inc d/b/a Arc Technology Group is a web development and web content management system firm specializing in Joomla headquartered in Evanston, Illinois.
Arc Technology Group has offices in Evanston, IL and Mainz, Germany and primarily focus on content management and open source software.
History
Robert Jacobi co-founded Arc Technology Group as a firm specializing in Java[2] in 2000 and continues to serve as president. According to Chicago Sun-Times, Jacobi was inspired by the movie WarGames and early bulletin board systems to program and venture into content management.
Arc Technology Group has been a member and graduate of the Evanston Technology Innovation Center[3] since 2001. Arc Technology Group has worked with TIC firms on many projects including streaming media.[4]
Joomla
Arc Technology Group's focus on open source content management began in 2004 with Mambo and quickly turned to Joomla in 2005. In 2011, Arc released a number of extensions for Joomla licensed under the GPL.
References
- ↑ Gabrielle Tompkins (July 2011). "Crain's Chicago Business Chicago-area Web Developers".
- ↑ Dave Lundy (23 August 2001). "Java central to firm President of Aesiq in Evanston began programming at about age 10". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ↑ Ann Meyer (24 October 2005). "Incubators give companies a start". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Todd Allen (8 April 2002). "Local companies plunge into streaming media's tide". Chicago Tribune.