Corporate History Timeline

1998

SeptemberHIRANO Yoichiro (Pina) and KITAHARA Yoshiyuki establish Infoteria Corporation.

1999

JanuaryInfoteria introduces the world’s first commercial XML engine iPEX.

2001

JanuaryInfoteria Certified Education Center (ICEC) opens to train XML engineers.
OctoberA certification system for XML engineers, “XML Master” starts.

2002

JuneLaunch of ASTERIA R2, no-code development platform.

2004

JanuaryInfoteria expands XML Master outside Japan.

2006

SeptemberASTERIA gains the largest share of the Japanese market. (*)
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2006 (Techno Systems Research)

2007

JanuaryLaunch of ASTERIA Warp.
JuneInfoteria is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers.
DecemberLaunch of ASTERIA DataCaster.

2008

JanuaryInfoteria starts to offer ASTERIA On Demand.
MarchLaunch of ASTERIA MDM One.
AprilInfoteria starts to offer lino, an online sticky note service.

2009

JuneInfoteria starts to offer Handbook.
OctoberLaunch of ASTERIA and a spreadsheet server Onsheet.
DecemberThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 1,000.

2010

OctoberInfoteria starts to offer SnapCal, a cloud-connected personal calendar service.

2012

JanuaryASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 6 consecutive years. (*)
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2010-2011 (Techno Systems Research)
MarchThe number of Handbook user organizations exceeds 350.

Infoteria establishes a wholly-owned subsidiary, Infoteria (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou, China.
AprilThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 3,000.
JuneInfoteria acquires Extentech Inc., a USA based company (transition to Infoteria America)
NovemberInfoteria establishes a 100% owned subsidiary in Shanghai, China.

2013

SeptemberASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 7 consecutive years. (*)
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2013 (Techno Systems Research)
OctoberThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 4,000.
NovemberHandbook captures top share of the MCM product range for the domestic market for two years running (*)
* ITR Market View Enterprise/Mobile Management/Smart App Development Market 2013.

Infoteria establishes a 100% owned subsidiary in Hong Kong.
DecemberThe number of Handbook user organizations exceeds 600.

2014

February 
Infoteria America initiates sales of Handbook 4 in the United States.

Infoteria invests in Sribu (Indonesia) – now an affiliate company via equity purchase.
JulyInfoteria establishes a 100% owned subsidiary in Singapore.
AugustASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 8 consecutive years. (*)
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2014 (Techno Systems Research)
OctoberHandbook captures top share of the MCM product range for the domestic market for three years running (*)
ITR Market View Enterprise/Mobile Management/Smart App Development Market 2014.

2015

MarchThe number of Handbook user organizations exceeds 800.
MayThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 5,000.
NovemberASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 9 consecutive years. (*)
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2015 (Techno Systems Research)

2016

JanuaryInfoteria was awarded “Telework encouragement prize” by Japan Telework Association.
AugustASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 10 consecutive years. (*)
Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2016 (Techno Systems Research)
OctoberInfoteria was awarded the silver prize for “PRIDE index”, a LGBT index by “work with Pride”.

2017

JanuaryInfoteria starts “Pangea 2.0” program to support start-ups at IoT Future Lab.
FebruaryInfoteria starts owned media “in.LIVE”.
MarchThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 6,000.
AprilInfoteria acquires ‘This Place Limited’, a UK-based digital design and strategy consultancy.
JuneLaunch of Gravio, an edge computing platform.
AugustASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 11 consecutive years. (*)
Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2017 (Techno Systems Research)

Handbook captures top sales share of domestic SaaS mobile content management market. (*)
ITR Market View Enterprise/Mobile Management Market 2017.
DecemberMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications selects Infoteria as one of “100 companies of telework pioneers” promoting the introduction and inflection of telework.

2018

MarchInfoteria was awarded “the telework sector award of the 3rd White Company Award” by Japan White Spread.

Infoteria changed stock market listing of our shares to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
AugustASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 12 consecutive years. (*)
Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2018 (Techno Systems Research)
OctoberInfoteria Corp. changed the name to ASTERIA Corp.

The number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 7,000.

2019

AugustLaunch of Gravio 3, AI-equipped IoT integrated edgeware.

ASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 13 consecutive years. (*)
Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2019 (Techno Systems Research)
SeptemberThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 8,000.

The number of Handbook user organizations exceeds 1,500.

2020

AugustASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 14 consecutive years. (*)
Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2020 (Techno Systems Research)
DecemberThe number of ASTERIA Warp user companies exceeds 9,000.

2021

NovemberASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 15 consecutive years. (*) 
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2021 (Techno Systems Research)

2022

FebruaryLaunch of Handbook X, a digital content platform that supports sales negotiations.
AprilFollowing the market restructuring of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), Asteria moved to the TSE’s Prime Market.
NovemberASTERIA Warp EAI/ESB gains the largest share of the Japanese market for 16 consecutive years. (*) 
* Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2022 (Techno Systems Research)