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1997-2000

1997-Aug 8
Cybozu, Inc. was founded
1997-Oct
Cybozu Office (groupware for SMEs) 1 was launched
1998-Jan
English version of Cybozu Office 1 was released
1998-Aug
Cybozu Office 2 was released
1998-Dec
Headquarters relocated to Osaka
1999-Sep
Cybozu Office 3 was released
2000-May
Tokyo office opened
2000-Aug
Company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index
2000-Oct
Cybozu Office 4 was released
2000-Dec
Tokyo office became the company headquarters

2001-2010

2001-May
Cybozu Corporation (U.S. local subsidiary) was established
2002-Mar
Moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section
2002-Sep
Cybozu Garoon (groupware for large enterprises) was launched
2003-Feb
Cybozu Garoon 1.5 was released
2003-Jul
Cybozu Office 6 was released
2003-Jul
Cybozu Mailwise (centralized management of team email correspondence) was launched
2004-Jul
Cybozu Mailwise 2.0 was released
2005-Mar
Cybozu Office 6.5 was released
2005-Jun
Cybozu Garoon 2 was released
2005-Jul
Cybozu Corporation (U.S. local subsidiary) was liquidated
2005-Aug
Cybozu Lab, Inc., a dedicated R&D subsidiary, was established
2005-Nov
Cybozu Mailwise 3 was released
2006-May
Osaka sales office opened
2006-Jun
Vietnam development hub was established
2006-Jul
Moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section
2007-Mar
Cybozu Remote Service was launched
2007-May
Cybozu IT Shanghai, Inc., (local subsidiary in China) was established
2007-Nov
Cybozu Office 7 was released
2008-Mar
Matsuyama office opened
2008-Apr
Cybozu Garoon 2 Version 2.5.0 was released
2008-Dec
Cybozu Vietnam Co., Ltd., (local subsidiary in Vietnam) was established
2009-Feb
Cybozu Office 8 was released
2009-Apr
Cybozu Garoon SaaS Service was launched
2009-Oct
Kantan SaaS (new service for SMEs) was launched
2010-Feb
Converted Cybozu IT Shanghai, Inc., into a consolidated subsidiary
2010-Aug
Cybozu Garoon 3 was released
2010-Oct
Cybozu Live was released to the general public

2011-

2011-Feb
Converted Cybozu Vietnam Co., Ltd., into a consolidated subsidiary
2011-Aug
Cybozu Corporation (U.S. local subsidiary) was established and converted into a consolidated subsidiary
2011-Oct
Cybozu Office 9 was released
2011-Nov
Cloud service "cybozu.com" was launched
2011-Dec
Cloud version of Cybozu Garoon was launched
2012-Jul
Matsuyama office was relocated
2012-Jul
Shenzhen office opened
2012-Oct
Cloud version of Mailwise was launched
2013-Jul
Global Customer Center in Los Angeles was established
2013-Aug
Fukuoka office opened
2013-Aug
Nagoya office opened
2013-Oct
Cybozu Office 10 was released
2014-Jun
Bug Bounty Program was launched
2014-Jul
Osaka development hub opened
2014-Dec
Cybozu Garoon 4 was released
2015-Jul
Tokyo office relocated to Nihombashi, Tokyo
2015-Aug
Cybozu NPO Program was launched
2015-Oct
Sendai office opened
2015-Nov
Osaka office was relocated
2015-Nov
Sapporo Customer Center was established
2016-Mar
Cybozu Corporation (U.S. consolidated subsidiary) was renamed Kintone Corporation
2016-Aug
Program to support the Regional Cloud Knowhow & Networking Forum was launched
2016-Sep
Kintone Australia Pty., Ltd., (local subsidiary in Australia) was established
2017-Apr
Matsuyama office was relocated
2017-Sep
Taiwan office was established
2017-Nov
Kintone Certification Program was launched
2017-Nov
Teamwork Research Institute was established
2017-Dec
Fukuoka office was relocated
2018-Apr
Team Support License was launched
2018-Jul
A new Customer Center was established in Okinawa
2018-Aug
Cybozu Research Institute, Inc., was liquidated and excluded from consolidated accounts
2019-Jan
Cybozu, Inc., Taiwan Branch was established
2019-Apr
Hiroshima development hub was established
2019-Apr
Nagoya sales office was relocated and expanded
2019-Jun
Acquired shares of Kintone Australia Pty., Ltd., (local subsidiary in Australia) converting it from a non-equity-method affiliate into a consolidated subsidiary
2019-Jul
Yokohama office opened
2019-Sep
Publishing business Cybozu-shiki Books was launched
2019-Oct
Cybozu Garoon 5 was released
2020-Jan
Disaster Relief Program was launched
2020-Jan
Sendai office was relocated
2020-Oct
Thailand Representative Office was established
2021-Feb
Yokohama Customer Center was established
2021-Apr
Sapporo office opened
2021-May
Fukuoka office was relocated and expanded
2022-Jan
Hiroshima sales office opened
2022-Mar
Omiya office opened
2022-Mar
Kintone Southeast Asia Sdn. Bhd., (local subsidiary in Malaysia) was established
2023-Jun
Cybozu Connect.C, Inc., was established and converted into a consolidated subsidiary
2023-Jul
Hiroshima development hub and Hiroshima sales office were combined and relocated
2023-Jul
Hiroshima office was relocated and expanded
2023-Oct
Cybozu Garoon 6 was released
2024-Feb
Nagoya sales office was renamed Nagoya office, relocated and expanded
2024-Feb
Nagoya office was expanded and relocated
2024-Mar
Thai subsidiary was established
2024-May
Sapporo office was renamed the Sapporo sales office and relocated
2024-Jun
Naha Contact Center was established
2025-Mar
Global Customer Center in Manila was established