Ongoing History

 
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

  • 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

2010

  • Launch: Nero Multimedia Suite 10 | Nero Vision Xtra 
  • Launch: Nero Multimedia Suite 10 Platinum HD | Nero Video Premium HD | Nero BurnExpress

2011

  • Launch: Nero Kwik Media 
  • Launch: Nero 11 Platinum, Nero 11, Nero Video 11, Nero Burning ROM 11, Nero BackItUp 11

2012

  • Launch: Nero Kwik Media Unlimited, Nero Kwik Media Unlimited + Blu-ray 
  • Launch: Nero 12 Platinum, Nero 12, Nero Burning ROM 12, Nero Video 12, Nero BackItUp 12, Nero Recode 12
  • Launch: NeroKwik for Android