History
Milestones of Rapid Company Development
| Origins | |
| 1997 | Founded as adesso Beratungsgesellschaft für Software-Prozeß-Management mbH in Dortmund |
| Company Development Milestones | |
| 1998 | First project for the insurance industry |
| 1999 | First project for the lottery industry |
| Enters into the product business, founded companies now operating as e-Spirit AG and adesso mobile solutions GmbH | |
| 2000 | adesso reorganised as an AG (corporation) |
| Number of employees exceeds 100 | |
| 2003 | Number of employees exceeds 200 |
| 2005 | Award: “Germany’s Best Employer” |
| 2006 | Expanding into the healthcare sector by acquiring a controlling interest in gadiv GmbH |
| 2007 | Reverse IPO via merger with BOV AG |
| Acquisition of Sitgate AG (merged to adesso AG in 2010) for expanding consulting services in the sector of IT-Management | |
| adesso expands with new offices in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the UK | |
| Increasing internationalisation of the project business with contracts from Russia, Spain and Luxembourg | |
| adesso celebrates its 10-year anniversary | |
| 2008 | Award: “Top Job” as top employer |
| adesso AG reports with about 5 million euros one of the highest order volumes for a single project in the history of the company | |
| 2009 | Accessing the Austrian market by acquisitions and formation of adesso Austria GmbH |
| adesso is listed among Germany's Top 20 IT consultancy and system integration companies (Rank 18 in Lünendonk Survey 2010) | |
| 2010 | Repeatedly awarded: „Great Place to Work“ |
| Acquiring a controlling interest in evu.it GmbH in order to reinforce the service portfolio for the utilities sector and in SAP-technologies | |
| First dividend payment | |
| 2011 | For the first time, adesso generates turnover of over 100 EUR million |
| Number of employees exceeds 800 | |
| Market launch in the USA and opening an office in Boston | |
| Strengthening the product business through targeted investments | |
| Recent Developments | |
| 2012 | Third award in three-times participation:„Great Place to Work“ |
| Purchase of majority in e-business specialist ARITHNEA GmbH with over 100 employers and a turnover of 10 EUR million | |
Press Review
adesso enhanced management
Swiss IT Reseller (2013-02-12)
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adesso establishes subsidiary for hosting services
IT-Business Online (2013-02-04)
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