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24SevenOffice is a Norwegian software company with headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and offices in Stockholm, Sweden and London, UK. Founded in 1997, the company specializes in web-based (SaaS) Enterprise resource planning systems. ==Company history== 24SevenOffice was started in 1997 in Porsgrunn, Norway by under the company name ''IKT Interactive AS'' and marketed as ''kontorplassen.no''. The name "24SevenOffice" was introduced for the company's London branch when the company entered the British market in 2003. The company changed its name to 24SevenOffice in February 2005. Originally based in Skien, the company later moved to Oslo Innovation Center before establishing their current headquarters on Tjuvholmen in the waterfront Fjord City of Oslo. The idea for the company's product was developed in 1996, and 24SevenOffice was an early innovator in the Scandinavian market in terms of web-based enterprise resource planning-solutions (ERP). A British office was established at Surrey Business Park in May 2003, with the company launching its web-based (SaaS) utility computing system to the UK SME market in 2004. An office in Chennai, India was established in 2005,〔 and 24SevenOffice entered the Swedish market when they acquired the leading competitor and ERP-provider Start & Run in a cash deal. In August 2005 the company had an initial public offering that raised million, and the company entered list as of 5 October 2005 (the ticker was 24SO), reaching a market value of million,〔 with 5000 customers in Norway. In 2006 the company signed a deal to sponsor rally driver Petter Solberg, the largest private sponsorship in Norwegian sport at that time. Instead of receiving NOK 5 million in cash, Solberg received a 2.9 percent ownership in the company. The German-speaking market was entered in April 2006, when an office in Frankfurt am Main was opened, and in late August/early September they establish an office with ten sales agents plus a general manager in Stockholm for the Swedish market. 24SevenOffice initiated strategic cooperation with Active 24 in early 2006 to develop a common platform. During the summer, Active 24 was bought by 24SevenOffice's ERP/CRM competitor ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mamut-direktør bliver bestyrelsesmedlem i Active 24 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mamut napper endnu en bid af Active 24 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Active 24 solgt til Hanoa )〕 and 24SevenOffice terminated the contract with Active 24 in October demanding NOK 200 million in compensation for lost revenue.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saksøker Mamut )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Krangler videre om Active24 )〕 After a breakdown of settlement negotiations in the in January 2007,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mamut på vej mod retssag )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice truer med tingretten )〕 24SevenOffice filed a case against Active 24 for breach of agreement in the Oslo District Court in March.〔 24SevenOffice lost on all counts in the District Court in December 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mamut vinder retssag )〕 In January 2008, 24SevenOffice appealed the case to the Borgarting Court of Appeal,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24Sevenoffice anker )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice anker dommen )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fortsatt tvist mellom Mamut og 24 SevenOffice )〕 reducing the cause of action from NOK 250 million to 30 million. 24SevenOffice lost on all counts in the Court of Appeal in December 2008, and was ordered to cover the costs incurred by Active 24 in connection with the dispute totaling NOK 6.91 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victory on all counts for Active 24 in the dispute with 24SevenOffice )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice tapte søksmål )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice tapte søksmål )〕 24SevenOffice appealed the case to the Supreme Court of Norway, but the Supreme Court Appeals Committee in March 2008 unanimously rejected the appeal from 24SevenOffice over the Borgarting Appeal Court's unanimous judgment of December 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mamut ASA: Appeal from 24SevenOffice unanimously denied by the Supreme Court )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mamut-seier i høyesterett )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kontroll av foretakets finansielle rapportering )〕 On a counterclaim from Active 24 and Mamut against 24SevenOffice,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice må i retten i erstatningssak )〕 the Oslo District Court in May 2010 found, that 24SevenOffice should pay Active 24 NOK 12 million in compensation for wrongfully having terminated the agreement, and a further NOK 360.000 of the opponent's legal costs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dømmes til å betale 12,36 millioner kroner )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice tapte i retten igjen )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Får 12 mill. i erstatning )〕 24SevenOffice disagreed with the court ruling,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Vi har misforstått hverandre totalt )〕 and appealed once again. The Borgarting Court of Appeal in November 2011 ruled to reduce the amount of damages to NOK 4.4 million plus NOK 900.000 in penal interest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24Seven må betale Active24 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Active24-rettssak avgjort etter fem år )〕 With several scrip issues 24SevenOffice raised 25 million NOK between October 2005 and July 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vil snu overskudd til tap )〕 They entered into a strategic partnership with , who for 30 years had delivered digital services for payroll, human resource planning, recruitment and training, in March 2006,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Utfordrer tradisjonelle leverandører )〕 and they made a large-scale agreement in April 2006 with US telecommunications software company Webex, a competitor to Norwegian Tandberg videoconferencing equipment manufacturer.〔 In September 2006, 24SevenOffice signed an agreement with Fokus Bank to provide their customers extended functionality in Internet banking.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lønn og erp i nettbanken )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finextra: Finextra news: Fokus Bank launches integrated Web banking, payroll and accounting system for SMEs )〕 24SevenOffice had by 2007 reportedly 9000 customers, joined the OpenAjax Alliance, and entered into a strategic partnership with Dun & Bradstreet in May 2007,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ny internasjonal partneravtale for 24SevenOffice )〕 but despite getting listed on Oslo Axess on 22 June (ticker: TFSO),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=De nye selskapene på Oslo Børs )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice ASA / Nye aksjenoteringer / Notering / Oslo Børs / Home - Oslo Børs )〕 reaching a market capitalization of NOK 120 million,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice tavs om erstatningskrav )〕 the company was still losing money.〔 The company ended 2007 with a revenue of NOK 21.7 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doblet overskudd for IT-aksjer )〕 In 2008, 24SevenOffice bought 50% of the stocks in telecommunication company Oyatel,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice tar kontroll i Oyatel )〕 partnered with Nets Group to facilitate invoicing for businesses,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice i nytt samarbeid )〕 and telecommunications company Telipol choose 24SevenOffice's second-generation Internet platform for its 8,000 users.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telipol velger 24SevenOffice )〕 They announced an increase in revenues in Q2 to 11.1 million, up from 4.7 million in the same period the year before.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Økte inntekter for 24SevenOffice )〕 24SevenOffice had turnover of NOK 37 million in the first half of 2009 which was a doubling compared to the same period the previous year and presented its first positive EBITDA in Q2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24SevenOffice så vidt i pluss )〕 signed an agreement with 24SevenOffice in 2011, whereby they only recommend 24SevenOffice as a system for their members to use.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fremtidsrettet regnskapssystem )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「24SevenOffice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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