 |
| History of
MegaIQ: In 1981, Sam
Martin, owner of MegaIQ, developed a dial-up network service (basically a
website). A multiple listing service for oil and gas equipment, the site was
hosted on a mainframe computer in Rockville, Maryland and was accessible through Telnet
from over 750 cities worldwide.
-------->
|
|
 
(These products are now available for free download.
Click on the box.)
|
In 1993 Mr. Martin
founded a software company
called, "IQ Technologies", which purchased the assets of Brightbill-Roberts
& Company of Syracuse, NY. IQ Technologies published and distributed, the pair
of popular DOS applications made popular by Brightbill-Roberts. Developing interactive multimedia computer
presentations for such things as trade shows and product demo diskettes, using Show
Partner F/X was a vertical market within the company and set the stage for future desktop
presentation development that evolved into the website development business that is MegaIQ
today.
Ron Robert, of Brightbill-Roberts, works
with MegaIQ today as a freelance programmer and systems designer. |
| In 1997 Mr. Martin
established IQ Consulting to provide website development services for local businesses in
Central Texas. As the
number of website clients grew and expanded beyond the local market, Mr. Martin called
upon Paul Buckland . . .
. . . and his team at Megalamedia, Ltd. to
contribute their website design and sophisticated multimedia skills to IQ's
projects.
This alliance has spawned
a collaboration we call MegaIQ. Together, Megalamedia and IQ Consulting have
designed and created some of the most dynamic websites on the Internet.
VISIT OUR CLIENT GALLERY
|
+
=
|
|
In 1998 with an
eye on improving the performance level and features available to its existing websites,
MegaIQ placed its own server on the Internet. This gives us the flexibility to design, create and develop sophisticated
websites without limitations due to a lack of server side support. It also insures
our website clients receive hosting services of a quality in
keeping with the high quality of our website designs and functionality.
In 2000 in order
to keep up with the dramatic growth of our client base and to insure the highest possible
quality of hosting service, MegaIQ upgraded to a more advanced
server to increase redundancy, add storage capacity, and deliver websites and e-mail
at incredibly higher speeds. |
| In 2001 MegaIQ introduced LIVE internet broadcasting of events.
The first such "WebCast" was for the Lakefest Drag Boat Races in Marble
Falls, Texas. In conjunction with this service, MegaIQ added an additional server,
dedicated to Streaming Media distribution. |
|
 |
Dedicated to
supporting the local community, Mr. Martin contributes generously to local civic and
non-profit organizations. In 2001 Mr. Martin founded the Hill Country Economic
Development Council and currently serves as the Vice-Chairman of that organization.
In January 2005 Mr. Martin was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Capital Area
Economic Development District, with jurisdiction over a 10 county region in Central Texas.
He served for four years on the Board of Directors of the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ
Chamber of Commerce and was twice recognized as "Director of the
Year". He served 3-years on the LBJ Lake Advisory Panel of LCRA and is
currently serving on LCRA's Upper Highland Lakes Stakeholder Committee. In addition,
Mr. Martin is the President of the Martin Foundation, a private charity which supports a
variety of local area charities. |
|
|
