Esker’s History of Growth and Innovation

Esker opens a new mail production facility in Lyon, France. This large facility, capable of processing 12 million pages per month, strengthens Esker's worldwide infrastructure, its International Mail Services solution and its capacity to address customers' growing document process automation needs.

Esker receives the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 certification for its on-demand automation solutions. Following an audit conducted by Ernst & Young, Esker is granted SAS 70 certification based on 25 internal controls including data centres security, incident management process, infrastructure monitoring, logistics access and recruitment.

Esker transfers the company stock listing from Euronext C to Euronext Alternext.  

Esker releases a new SaaS solution to automate sales order processing; offering companies a real alternative to traditional software for cost reduction and productivity improvements.

Esker launches a new version of FlyDoc with additional functionalities and enhancements of existing tools. 

Esker announces the addition of a new subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, further strengthening its presence in Asia.

Esker on Demand surpasses 200 million pages processed and sent for customers confirming market trend toward outsourcing and the SaaS model.

Building on the strength of Esker on Demand offerings, Esker launches Account Receivable on Demand, the first SaaS solution to automate electronic and paper invoice delivery, allowing companies to fully automate customer invoice delivery.

Esker launches Esker on Demand Accounts Payable – a new SaaS solution to automate vendor invoice management. 

Singapore Post selects FlyDoc technology to launch new mail on demand services giving Singapore post customers the option to send mail directly from their computers.

Esker DeliveryWare 5.0 launches to offer higher performance and increased flexibility for order-to-cash and procure-to-pay document process automation. These enhancements solidify Esker’s position of leadership in order-to-cash document process automation, and sales order processing in particular, as businesses seek to increase visibility and reduce costs associated with managing document flow.

Esker enters into joint venture with Chinese/Indonesian Conglomerate, Lippo Group, to market Esker products across Asia. Esker Asia Pacific is created in Singapore and jointly held by Esker (49%) and Lippo Group (51%).
Esker strengthens its position in the SAP domain with an SAP Connectivity Suite offering customised solutions to automate business document exchange within SAP applications. 
Esker technology at the heart of Esker document automation solutions receives a patent from the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO), recognising the solution as unique and innovative.

Esker on Demand service further advances document delivery options by enabling enterprises to automate on-demand mailing and faxing of business documents — and achieve cost savings of up to 45 percent or more per mail correspondence and up to 79 percent per fax.

Mail on Demand launches to deliver business correspondence directly from enterprise applications through Esker-hosted production facilities that provide fast, high quality, cost-effective postal mail processing services. Esker gains international attention with story about New York Department of Education cutting invoice processing times by 75% using Esker DeliveryWare.

Esker DeliveryWare offers seamless integration with SAP solutions to automatically transform raw output from SAP applications and deliver professional business correspondence immediately in any electronic format. SAP customers can now cut form development time by 90% with the help of Esker DeliveryWare and Crystal Reports.

Esker DeliveryWare is successfully and immediately implemented in several major customers. Esker DeliveryWare addresses many common problems that organisations experience related to paper business correspondence — manual handling errors, increasing IT complexity, slow processes, high postage costs, competitive pressures, and more.

Esker acquires VSI (V-Systems, Inc.). VSI has over 40,000 fax servers installed, primarily for Unix, Linux, and Lotus Notes environments. The acquisition broadens Esker's Fax Server Solutions family, making Esker the third largest fax server vendor worldwide, according to IDC market research. Also, VSI's XML technology makes a strong contribution to Esker DeliveryWare and Esker Fax.

Esker acquires Persoft, further strengthening its U.S. presence, expanding its host access product line, and gaining an established American sales channel. A pioneer in terminal emulation software, Persoft developed complete products for local and remote access such as SmarTerm and Persona.

Esker acquires Teubner & Associates, a U.S. developer of enterprise gateway software, including Faxgate (now Esker Fax) and A-Net. With the acquisition, Esker enhanced its presence in the U.S., assumes a leading position in the fax-server market, and initiates its information delivery strategy.

Esker is one of the first companies to make its initial public offering on the Nouveau Marché, an autonomous market associated with the Paris Stock Exchange (now Euronext - Paris). The Nouveau Marché lists young and innovative companies — often in the technology industry — with the potential for exceptional growth.