Company history - Arcabase bvba

Herman Van Looveren founded the company in 1998.

1998

• Start Arcadesign
• Development of static websites in HTML en CSS

1999

• Development of interactive websites with Active Server Pages
• Database development with SQL Server 7.0

2000

• Arcadesign (self-employed) becomes Arcabase bvba
• First fibre connection to the internet, start hosting, SQL Server hosting

2001

• Arcabase bvba becomes official agent of DNS vzw (.BE extensions)

2002

• Development in Visual Studio.NET & SQL server 2000
• Arcabase bvba becomes Ogone Certified Solution Provider (online payments integration)

2003

• New datacenter in Zoersel
• Redundant fibre connections
• Arcabase bvba membership of FEWEB vzw (Belgian federation of web developers)
• Arcabase bvba underwrites the Code of Conduct at DNS vzw

2004

• Development of ‘Smart Clients’
• Arcabase starts with the Microsoft Partner Program

2005

• Arcabase obtains the CEDEO-quality certificate
• IWT Vlaanderen supports innovation round the eID or Belgian Electronic id (eID-secured webapplication platform)

2006

• Arcabase takes part in PLATO (Voka), an organization of the chamber of commerce
• New offices in a rental building
• New development environment: Visual Studio.NET 2003 - ASP.NET 2.0 - SQL Server 2005
• Signing of SPLA-agreement with Microsoft (Service Provider License Agreement)

2007

• New offices in Lille

2008

• Arcabase becomes Microsoft Certified Partner

2009

• Arcabase obtains the ISO-9001:2008 quality certificate

2010

• New datacenter in Lille