Aareon milestones
Aareon has continued to develop ever since the data centre was first founded in 1957. Today, for good reason, it has become the leading provider of SaaS solutions for the European property industry.
- 2023
Aareon acquires Locoia (iPaaS solution) and Embrace - The Human Cloud, the Dutch market leader for SaaS solutions in the digital workspace and customer engagement segments; Aareon opens up even more to third-party software solutions and services with the Aareon Connect partner program - 2022
Merger of Aareon RELion GmbH with Aareon Deutschland GmbH; Foundation of Aareon Österreich GmbH; Hartmut Thomsen succeeds Dr Manfred Alflen as the new Chief Executive Officer of Aareon AG as of 1 April; as of 1 July, Rumyana Trencheva succeeds Sabine Fischer as Chief Revenue Officer and Dr Ernesto Marinelli is responsible for the newly created board function as Chief People Officer - 2021
Acquisition of all shares in Arthur Online Ltd, Great Britain; Acquisition of all shares in Dutch company BriqVest B.V. (Twinq) by Aareon Nederland B.V.; Acquisition of all shares in Tactile Ltd. (Fixflo), Great Britain; Acquisition of all shares in wohnungshelden GmbH, Germany; Acquisition of all shares in GAP Gesellschaft für Anwenderprogramme und Organisationsberatung mbH, Germany - 2020
Acquisition of software and consulting company CalCon, Germany; Advent International becomes a minority investor (30%) in Aareon AG; Launch of the AI-based Virtual Assistant Neela; Launch of the new ERP product generation Wodis Yuneo - 2019
Foundation of Aareon Finland OY, Helsinki; Stake of 19% in Dutch PropTech company OSRE B.V., Amsterdam (digital solutions platform for complete automation of real estate transaction processes); Foundation of first venture: OFI Group GmbH (KI based rental platform Ophigo for office area); mse subsidiaries renamed in Aareon RELion - 2018
Stake of 12,94% in PropTech Immomio GmbH in Germany - 2017
Company´s 60 anniversary; acquisition of all shares in Dutch company Kalshoven Groep B.V.; strategic partnership with blackprint PropTech Booster; cooperation with PropTech Immomio GmbH in Germany; partnership with Intent Technologies in France; rebranding of Incit AB to Aareon Sverige AB and Incit AS to Aareon Norge AS; acquisition of all shares in German companies mse Augsburg GmbH, mse Immobiliensoftware GmbH, mse RELion GmbH - 2016
Opening of Aareon DesignLab at headquarter Mainz: Design Thinking as an agile process to develop innovative, digital solutions; sales cooperation with PropTech KIWI.KI GmbH in Germany; extension of international outsourcing expertise: SG2ALL B.V., Hilversum, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Aareon Nederland B.V.
1957 – 2015
- 1957
The data processing centre of Deutsche Bau- und Bodenbank AG begins to develop into an IT service group. - 1958
Establishment of the business segment "Services for the housing industry" with the precursor of the ERP system GES - 1967
The data center already covers around one million apartments with housing programs. - 1972
A new data center is being put into operation, for more than 700 housing companies with more than 1.7 million accounts, essential parts of the accounting system are fully automated. - 1980
The universal dialog terminal system based on microcomputer (RC 850) has premiere. - 1991
BauSecura Versicherungsmakler GmbH is a joint venture with the insurance service provider Funk Gruppe - 1992
Takeover of the inhouse solution WohnData - 1996
Spin-off of IT services into an independent subsidiary; BauBoden Systemhaus GmbH - 1999
Creation of a group with holding company structure; name changed to DePfa IT Services AG; international expansion - 2001
Market launch of the Mareon service portal - 2002
Development and sales cooperation with SAP AG; company renamed in Aareon AG - 2004
Market launch of the Blue Eagle ERP solution based on SAP® - 2006
Agreement of a strategic partnership with energy services provider Techem; introduction of an ERP multi-product strategy - 2007
Company´s 50th anniversary - 2008
Market launch of the Aareon DMS document management system; reinforcement of market position in France via acquisition of Sylogis.com - 2009
Marketing launch of Wodis Sigma; merger of Sylogis.com and Aareon France to form the new Aareon France; new Aareon head office opens in Mainz - 2010
20th Aareon Congress; acquisition of all shares in the Dutch company SG|automatisering B.V. - 2011
Market launch of Wodis Sigma 3.0 as part of the exclusive Aareon Cloud service; new Aareon IT Service Centre comes online - 2012
Aareon recognised as Germany's most family-friendly business in the "Medium-sized Companies" category; acquisition of all shares in 1st Touch Ltd.; market-leading provider of mobile software solutions to the social housing sector in the UK - 2013
Market launch of Aareon CRM; acquisition of all shares in the Swedish company Incit AB, a leading provider of ERP software to the property industry in Scandinavia - 2014
Aareon Wodis GmbH absorbed into Aareon Deutschland GmbH; Dutch SG|automatisering B.V. renamed in Aareon Nederland B.V. - 2015
Market launch of Aareon Smart World; acquisition of all shares in Dutch company Square DMS B.V. and German company phi-Consulting GmbH