Business Messaging Services
Since 1992, Customer Focus, Quality, Transparency and Innovation have been our cornerstones for success.
2011
Retarus France moves from Lyon to Paris.
Branch offices are established in Australia (Sydney) and Great Britain (London).
Expansion of the U.S. headquarters in New York.
Retarus employs 220 staff members.
2010
In February Retarus expands to Dubai and Singapore. And since June Retarus has been offering its Messaging Services in Australia too.
In its "Cool Vendors in Imaging and Print Services, 2010" report the IT research and consulting firm Gartner Inc. singles out Retarus as a Cool Vendor. Retarus receives the coveted accolade in the category "Imaging and Print Services" for its Faxolution for Exchange and SMS for Exchange services, which are based on Cloud computing technology.
Retarus employs 200 staff members, comprising of 17 different nationalities.
2009
Over 300 million fax pages were sent, making Retarus Europe’s leading service provider.
Launch of the first Cloud Fax Services for Microsoft Exchange worldwide, "Retarus Faxolution for Exchange".
retarus, inc. is founded in the USA (New York).
In May Retarus moves to a new office space, – the "Criterion" building in Aschauer Straße 30, Munich – due to company growth the offices located at Neumarkter Straße were no longer able to accommodate the staff.
Retarus relocates their data center with no interruption of operations. The new data center's air conditioning system uses geothermal heat pumps that run on green energy, underlining Retarus‘ commitment to the environment.
Implementation of multihoming ensures that the Retarus infrastructure achieves optimal levels of availability.
2008
The EDI and Business Process Management product portfolio becomes a pure Managed Service.
We’re turning even greener… As of August 2008 Retarus only uses hydro-electricity to power all data centers and offices in Europe.
Retarus joins forces with RIPE NCC and Local Internet Registry. This entails a transfer to Provider Independent Addresses.
New horizons are explored as Retarus opens branch offices in Austria (Vienna) and Spain (Madrid).
For the first time in its history Retarus has over 150 employees.
2007
A big year for Retarus, as it becomes the market leader in hosted fax services.
2006
Branch offices are established in Switzerland (Zurich), Italy (Milan) and France (Lyon).
Retarus' Swiss data center goes into operation.
Over 100 employees are now contributing to Retarus' success.
2005
Entry into the digital signature business with Retarus eSign.
A third data center is set up in Germany.
2004
retarus network services GmbH is renamed retarus GmbH.
Retarus is given a bit of a makeover with the introduction of a new corporate design.
Retarus relocates from the Munich suburb of Höhenkirchen to Munich city center.
A significant expansion of the data centers.
2003
Relocation of a data center to allow for expansion.
2002
More than 70 staff members are employed by Retarus.
The first staff member celebrates 10 years with Retarus.
2001
An additional data center is set up in Munich.
Retarus takes over management of BITKOM’s fax Robinson list.
2000
Development of an interface for the Faxolution infrastructure, which enables the transmission of fax messages directly out of SAP systems and the secure delivery of transaction records. This interface is certified by SAP AG.
1999
The launch of the first Retarus Anti-Spam service.
1998
Launch of a new version of the Faxolution infrastructure offering optimal transactional security and virtually unlimited fax capacity.
Retarus takes over Communicate EDI Systems.
Our online wake-up service ("weckruf.de") goes live. By the end of 2003 more than 150,000 users have signed up, requesting 8 million wake-up calls.
The number of staff members employed grows to over 50.
1997
E-mail encryption is offered as a managed service for the first time.
Highly integrative, optimally customized EDI services are offered for companies of any size wishing to connect their ERP systems and company applications, no matter which data formats or platforms are being used.
1996
Retarus offers EDI services with EDI products and outsourcing solutions.
Lotus Domino consulting services are launched.
The establishment of Interactive Voice Response and fax retrieval services.
1995
Eager to invest in young talent, Retarus takes on its first apprentice who starts his education as an IT systems management assistant. This type of apprenticeship does not even have a syllabus at vocational colleges yet.
Decentralized fax transmission hubs are built up in Germany and Austria.
1994
Retarus develops its own solutions and add-ons to support various communications products, enabling clients to customize their communications structures.
Development of an ISDN Router for cc:Mail called RMX.
Launch of a globally available dial-in platform, which links up with decentralized LAN e-mail systems such as MHS and cc:Mail. Introduction of specialized communication services for proprietary company infrastructures via UUCP, SMTP and x.400.
Retarus offers its first e-mail service gateway as an out-tasked solution. Increasing importance of LAN e-mail systems for business communication means that e-mail security gains in relevance.
The creation of our first e-mail virus protection, available to clients either as a managed service or as a local solution.
Development of the fax infrastructure "Faxolution" for secure and reliable transmission of high volumes of faxes.
1993
CIS:Link is developed. This software uses a single CompuServe user ID to provide all cc:Mail users with access to CompuServe e-mail and forums. Retarus becomes the first service provider to link a LAN based e-mail system with a public network.
Software Brokerage - Retarus begins trading in software licenses.
The first faxes are sent on behalf of Retarus' clients
1992
Birth of a truly innovative company, Retarus network services GmbH, founded by Martin Hager, was the first Lotus Premium Partner to specialize in sales, consulting and operation of the LAN-based e-mail system cc:Mail. Retarus is also the first service provider to offer communication services which are monitored 24x7.
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