The History of Enonic
Here is the essential story of the Norwegian tech company Enonic, summarized through a series of product launches, critical periods, new customers, and other exciting stuff from the course of over 20 years.
Feel free to explore the Enonic timeline, from our humble beginnings to where we are today!
2000
Enonic was founded
Like all great IT companies we started in a garage.
2001
Enonic CMS 1.0 released
Initially known as Vertical Site, to "efficiently produce, maintain and publish content for Internet, Intranet and Extranet."
First major customer
Orion Pharma is a globally operating Finnish pharmaceutical company, developing new drugs and treatment methods.
2002
Enonic CMS 2.0 released
Described as an "innovative portal front-end."
2003
Almost bankrupt
Saved by a major contract with Norsk Tipping, a gambling company owned by the Norwegian government and administered by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture.
2004
Enonic CMS 3.0 released
Focusing on increased security and introduction of version control.
First implementation partner
Bekk Consulting is an IT consulting company specializing in strategy, design, and technology.
National Lottery in Norway launches on Enonic
Norsk Tipping, the national lottery in Norway, continues to be a customer to this day.
2005
Gjensidige launches self-service site on Enonic
Gjensidige is a Norwegian insurance company with total assets of NOK 135 billion (2022).
2006
Enonic CMS 4.0 released
Redesigned user interface, and included smart links and a new Web Services API.
NAV launches public web and intranet
The Norwegian Welfare and Labour Administration (NAV) continues to be a customer of Enonic to this day.
2007
Norway Post chooses Enonic
The Norwegian postal service chose Enonic for public websites in 2007, and continues to be a customer.
2010
Enonic goes Open Source
Launch of Enonic CMS Community Edition.
2011
ISO 9001 certification
ISO 9001 is the international standard for creating a Quality Management System (QMS), published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
2013
New offices
Moving up to the 4th floor in Kirkegata 1–3.
Statistics Norway launches the biggest statistics site in Europe
Statistics Norway (SSB) continues to be a customer of Enonic.
Enonic CMS 4.7 released
With Elasticsearch embedded.
2015
Enonic XP released
Initial release of the Enonic eXperience Platform.
2016
Enonic Market launched
App store with ready-made starter kits, libraries, and applications for Enonic projects.
Norwegian Top Football launches on Enonic
Separate sites for all the teams from the elite leagues Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen.
2017
Enonic launches Headless CMS
Based on GraphQL.
Enonic embraces Progressive Web Apps
Spearheads PWA development with London Meetup group and Office League app.
2018
Enonic Blog launched
Ramped up inbound marketing strategy with quality blog articles.
2019
Enonic XP 7.0 released
New developer portal, introducing Enonic CLI, Enonic XP core on JVM 11—available through native distribution on all major platforms.
2020
Enonic Explorer released
Enables indexing of custom data sources (collections), each storing its data in separate XP repos.
2021
Launched self-service cloud
Enonic Cloud is a fully managed and monitored solution.
2023
No. 1 in «Digital Experience Platforms» 4 years in a row
A comprehensive evaluation and ranking by SoftwareReviews of leading Digital Experience Enterprise vendors, providing a customer-based overview and comparison of platforms across several dimensions.
Next.js integration released
Next.XP provides an opinionated out-of-the-box integration between Enonic XP and Next.js for building websites.
2025
Juke AI is launched
Enonic launches the AI-driven content operator Juke, which acts as a virtual colleague writing, refining, and translating text fields in the first iteration.