Ongoing History

1995

• Formation of Ahead Software GmbH

1997

• Launch: Nero Burning ROM 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0

1998

• Nero Burning ROM 4.0

2000

• Nero Burning ROM 5.0
• Feurio!

2001

• Formation into stock corporation Ahead Software AG
• Formation Nero Inc. (Glendale, USA)

2003

• Launch: SIPPS – VoIP by Nero
• Launch: Nero 6 (first multimedia suite)
• Nero surpasses 100M users
• Launch: Nero Digital format

2004

• Formation Nero K.K. (Yokohama, Japan)
• Launch: Nero PhotoShow

2005

• Changed name into Nero AG
• More than 200 highly qualified, international employees
• Launch: Nero 7 | Nero Linux
• More than 200M users

2006

• Beta Launch: My Nero Community
• Launch: Nero Mobile

2007

• Formation of Nero Ltd. (HangZhou, China)
• Launch: My Nero Community
• Launch: SecurDisc technology
• Launch: Nero 8 | Photo Show 5 | Nero Linux 3
• Nero announced partnership with TiVo

2008

• CEO change: Udo Eberlein new CEO / Richard Lesser now Chairman
• More than 400 highly qualified, international employees
• More than 300M copies of software distributed
• Launch: Nero 9 | Nero Move it | Nero LiquidTV (Americas)

2009

• Nero Move it Update – NVIDIA CUDA Support
• More than 500 highly qualified, international employees
• Formation of Nero Development and Services GmbH and Nero EMEA Sales GmbH (Germany)
• Launch: Nero BackItUp & Burn | Nero Linux 4