CaseWare International

History

• In 1988, CWI was founded in Toronto.
• In 1989, CWI released the first version of CaseWare Working Papers for the North American market.
• In 1991, CWI added CaseWare Time to its product line.
• In 1992, CWI began to establish a global distributor network starting with the European market.
• In 2000, CWI acquired all rights to IDEA, from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. CWI then formed CaseWare IDEA Inc., to continue to develop and market IDEA globally.
• In 2004, CaseWare IDEA acquired key European distributor Audicon B.V., and renamed the company CaseWare IDEA B.V. with sales offices in Netherlands, Belgium and France.
• In 2005, CWI opened offices in Hong Kong and Beijing to service China and the rest of Asia.
• In 2006, CWI opened its Latin American headquarters in Costa Rica.
• In 2008, CWI opened its European headquarters in Amsterdam.
• In 2010, CWI acquired all outstanding shares of UK distributor Credence Software Ltd. renaming the company CaseWare UK.
• In 2010, CaseWare IDEA acquired SymSure Limited, a continuous monitoring and continuous auditing software company.
• In 2019, CaseWare RCM rebranded its continuous controls monitoring and anti-money laundering solution as Alessa