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1996

  • Corporate

  • Established in February as a web service company that makes use of Internet technology, mainly by students (University of Tokyo, Waseda University, etc.) who were involved in the system direction of the Yahoo Japan launch project of Softbank Corporation.

  • Bussiness

  • Developed and sold Japan's first collection of applets (Java Rom) using the Java language.

  • Developments in the world

  • "Yahoo! JAPAN" service is launched.

1997

  • Bussiness

  • As a web system integrator, began providing total services from website design and system construction to operation. Since then, have been involved in the construction of numerous information distribution portal sites and EC websites.

  • Developments in the world

  • Google search appeared.

1998

  • Bussiness

  • Kyocera DDI Mirai Tsushin Kenkyusho (now KDDI R&D Laboratories) entrusted Kyocera with the development of elemental technologies related to recommendation engines, Java mobile agents, and XML (SVG). Since then, KDDI has also started its own research and development of XML-related technologies.

  • Developments in the world

  • Google Incorporation.

1999

  • Corporate

  • Data Stations Corporation, a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, established to provide server hosting and ASP services to small and medium-sized businesses (45% stake).

  • Developments in the world

  • NTT DoCoMo launches "i-mode" service.

2000

  • Corporate

  • Bewith, Inc. was established as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and SoftBank Corporation to provide call center services (60% stake).

    iBuilders K.K. was established as a joint venture with SoftBank Corp. to conduct web development specializing in the planning of services utilizing websites (60% stake).

    Indigo acquired 60% shares of Onsale Japan K.K., a joint venture between SoftBank Corp. and Onsale Inc (US), the first-ever company to provide online auction services in Japan. As a top shareholder, we participated in the management of Onsale Japan K.K. and support them to develop their business such as changing the business domains (Onsale Japan K.K. later changed its name to GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. in 2002).

  • Developments in the world

  • Google search service in Japanese is launched.

    DDI, KDD, and IDO merge to form KDDI.

    Livedoor launches Internet access service.

2001

  • Corporate

  • Established Business Development Division

  • Bussiness

  • Started incubation of Internet business and Web business consulting business.

  • Developments in the world

  • Wikipedia Project Launched.

    "Yahoo! BB" service is launched.

    NTT DoCoMo launches FOMA (3G) service.

2002

  • Corporate

  • Company split into "Indigo Holdings Corporation," which provides management support to affiliated companies, and "Indigo Corporation," which focuses on system integration business. Business Development Division converted into ASP Division.

  • Bussiness

  • Started providing ASP services using self-developed systems and licenses based on EJB component technology.

2003

  • Corporate

  • Through an irregular management buyout (MBO) by the current management team, the company became independent as the new Indigo Corporation, with three business divisions (SI Division, CSP Division, and MSP Division). (The former Indigo Corporation was renamed Frontier Groove Corporation at the same time.)

    Office relocated to Ikejiri-Ohashi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.

  • Bussiness

  • December: Released "Commerce Finder" and "Rich Commerce Interface", rich Internet application building services.

  • Developments in the world

  • iTunes service launched.

2004

  • Bussiness

  • Presented a research paper in the "Development of location based search engine service using goSVG" subcommittee at SVG Open 2004, an international conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Keio University in the U.S.

  • Developments in the world

  • mixi Beta service begins.

2005

  • Corporate

  • July: Office relocated to Sangenjaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.

  • Bussiness

  • June: Launched Document to Database (D to D), a new dimension of document management solution package, in collaboration with Mitsui & Co.

2006

  • Corporate

  • June: Acquired "International SMS connection service" business from Tomen Telecom Co.

2007

  • Corporate

  • Service & Solution Division was newly established, resulting in a four-division structure of SI, CSP, MSP, and SS divisions.

  • Bussiness

  • Started service business to plan, develop, and operate services provided by the company, such as international SMS gateway services.

    Started solution business to plan, develop, and sell Dyne series (InfoDyne, DocuDyne), SVG map solutions, and other products that embody the results of in-house research and development of XML technology, etc.

  • Developments in the world

  • First iPhone launched in the U.S.

2008

  • Bussiness

  • "DocuDyne" Begins Strategic Collaboration with Microsoft Corporation. International SMS service was completely renewed to "WorldDyne" adopting a new payment platform.

    Expanded the international SMS service by adding value-added services such as international calling and international loading.

    Contributed to the standardization and popularization of SVG and SVG Map by being appointed as a member of public committees such as "SVG JIS Standardization Study Committee" and "PI Standardization Study Committee".

  • Developments in the world

  • SoftBank Mobile sells first iPhone in Japan.

2009

  • Bussiness

  • SMART, the Philippines' leading cell phone operator, has become the official distributor in Japan of "Plug N' Talk," a USB device type IP cell phone that allows users to make calls directly to cell phones in the Philippines from their PCs. SMART, a mobile phone operator in the Philippines.

    Released "InfoDyne 3.1," a new version of InfoDyne that specializes in XML data synthesis engine and output functions.

2010

  • Bussiness

  • January: Released DocuDyne 4.0, adding an enterprise version September: Launched "SMS Inter-Connect Service," providing SaaS international SMS sending/receiving gateway for corporate customers.

    September: At the G-Spatial Expo, a prototype of a "MAP solution for indoor commercial space" ("Map MashUp Manager for Indoor") is unveiled, and a demonstration experiment "Indoor Twitter Map" is conducted to mash-up real-time indoor CGM information on an indoor map.

  • Developments in the world

  • NTT Docomo launches "LTE" service.

2011

  • Bussiness

  • August: Launched "Mobile Phone Number Authentication Platform SaaS," an SMS authentication service for smartphones.

  • Developments in the world

  • The Great East Japan Earthquake.

    Launch of NHN Japan's "LINE" service.

    Start of SMS interconnection among 4 domestic carriers.

2012

  • Corporate

  • May: Acquired ISO 9001 certification, the international quality management system standard.

  • Developments in the world

  • NTT DOCOMO's "mova" service has been terminated.

    Estonian government begins incorporating blockchain into its digital ID efforts.

2013

  • Corporate

  • September: Established an affiliated company, iSkyLink Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as an Asian base for cloud business.

  • Developments in the world

  • Began development of Ethereum, a blockchain-based decentralized computing platform.

2014

  • Corporate

  • May: SMS distribution business spun off as an independent company, Acrete Co.

    November: Sapporo office D.O.Camp established.

    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Open Data Use Case Contest Technology Award.

2015

  • Corporate

  • Urban Data Challenge 2014 App Category Bronze Award.

    Grand Prize Winner of Yokohama City Kanazawa Ward App Contest.

    LOD Challenge 2014 Infrastructure Division Grand Prize.

  • Bussiness

  • Development and services to achieve system autonomy and automation.

  • Developments in the world

  • CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) established.

2016

  • Corporate

  • April: Acquired AWS Certified Partner.

    Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications STAT DASH Grand Prix 2016 Fighting Spirit Award.

  • Developments in the world

  • AlphaGo, Go software based on deep learning, defeats European champion professional Go player.

    Japan RPA Association established.

2017

  • Bussiness

  • Supporting IoT-related companies from the upstream process.

2018

  • Corporate

  • Acrete Corporation listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers.

    Information Processing Society of Japan Digital Practice Paper Award (co-authored)

  • Bussiness

  • Off-share development utilizing partners in Vietnam.

    Support for blockchain-related development overseas.

  • Developments in the world

  • RPA boom.

    METI reports on the 2025 cliff issue.

2019

  • Corporate

  • Urban Data Challenge 2018 Bronze Award in the Data Category.

    Civil Engineering Society Infrastructure Data Challenge Grand Prize.

  • Bussiness

  • Technical support for a security-related services company in Singapore.

  • Developments in the world

  • Facebook announces Libra, a virtual currency.

2020

  • Bussiness

  • Started supporting Scrum development projects owned by partner vendors (our engineers including a Scrum Master participated in the partner vendor's Scrum team).

    Implemented modernization of systems running on VMs (containerized and migrated to Kubernetes environment).

  • Developments in the world

  • 5G commercial services launched.

    COVID-19 accelerates the shift to DX in enterprises.

2021

  • Corporate

  • March: Tokyo Head Office and Sapporo Office relocate their respective offices.

    Transition to a fully remote work system

    Urban Data Challenge 2020 Business Professional Division Grand Prize.

  • Bussiness

  • Started research and development of a "data collaboration infrastructure" to utilize diverse data in a cross-sectional manner.

    Technical support for urban OS development. (verification and development of microservice infrastructure using service mesh)

  • Developments in the world

  • Inauguration of Digital Agency.

2022

  • Bussiness

  • Launched a smart cloud utilization support service.

  • Developments in the world

  • ChatGPT is released by OpenAI

2023

  • Bussiness

  • Started contract development and development support involving the integration of generative AI services, including those produced by OpenAI.

2024

  • Corporate

  • Certified as a “Health Management Excellence Corporation (Small and Medium-sized Corporation Division)” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

    2023 Artificial Intelligence Society Research Group Excellence Award.

  • Bussiness

  • Started migration and modernization development of legacy systems utilizing generative AI.

  • Developments in the world

  • Serious shortage of system engineers and infrastructure engineers both domestically and internationally.

    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry establishes Legacy System Modernization Committee.

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