A little history

Back in 1999 the web was still a pretty new, wild frontier and it was into this environment that webqem was born; bringing rock-solid, professional IT experience to online solutions for Australian business. Thirteen years and over 12,000 projects on, this approach of practical, applied expertise has proven itself time and again.

Growing steadily and sustainably year-on-year since inception, webqem has built a reputation providing online solutions that solve business problems - bringing together the best web platform technologies from trusted global providers like Adobe, Ooyala and Magento.

Some of our relationships with our clients now extend back over a decade, and in web years that’s a lifetime.

 
 
 
 

1997

Founding Directors meet at Westpac

  • Stewart Johnston
  • Andrew Crowe
  • Steve Whistler

1999

 

Allaire Solutions Partner

 

webqem is born

2000

 

Company grows, creating solutions for Australia's key Internet portals and advertising agencies

2001

 

Larry Adler joins partnership as Operations Director

 

First office is opened in Wycombe Road, Neutral Bay

 

webqem deploys the first "take-over" ad in Australia, on B&T

 

Employee #001 hired

 

Macromedia Solutions Partner

2002

 

Extensive creative partnerships forged with more advertising agencies

 

Hosting management and data-centre established

2003

 

Macromedia Breeze Web Conferencing partner (soon to become Adobe Connect)

2004

 

Customer Care and Tech Support services launched

2005

 

Move to a bigger office, around the corner in Yeo Street

 

Team grows to 10

 

Adobe Authorised Training Centre

 

Training division launched

2006

 

webqem designed Allianz Intranet is voted top 10 worldwide by Jakob Nielsen

2007

 

Move to bigger offices - Military Road, Neutral Bay

 

5,000th project completed

2008

 

Dynamic Imaging Platform maxoom is launched

 

Acquisition of Red Square doubles team size to 25

 

Singapore, HK and NZ offices are established

2009

Ten year anniversary party!

  • You're invited
  • The Team
  • Lawn Bowls
  • webqem cake

2010

 

Acquisition of web to print solution Formstar

 

Formstar processes its 700,000th order

 

webqem now 30 people strong

 

After 10 straight losses, webqem basketball team finally records first win

2011

 

Adobe Digital Publisher Solutions (DPS) Partner and Trainer

 

Ooyala online video solutions reseller and partner for Australia & New Zealand

 

Talented team members now number 40

 

webqem basketball team are Division D champions!

2012

 

Silver Magento Ecommerce Platform Partner

 

10,000th project started!

 

theIRapp Investment Relations App Partner