Company

Datasection Inc. established in Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

Released “Web Crawling Service.”

Internet Risk Monitoring and Crisis Response Service released.

“Internet Reputation Risk Monitoring and Crisis Response Service” receives the 2009 Good Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.

Released “Blog Data Collection ASP.”

Released “Insight Intelligence for Marketing (now Insight Intelligence),” a SaaS-type CGM dashboard service.

Datasection Inc. releases “Insight Intelligence for Asia,” a SaaS service for analyzing social media in Asia.

Datasection Inc. relocates its headquarters to Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

Forms capital and business alliance with Hakuhodo Inc. and establishes a joint development system for marketing solutions utilizing social media information.

Released “Brand Watcher,” word-of-mouth comparison content to assist sei-katsu-sha in their purchasing decisions.

Established subsidiary, Solid Intelligence Co.

Released “Election Watcher,” content that can be used for election consulting.

Established DATASECTION VIETNAM CO.,LTD.

Ltd., a social media data supplier, grants “Commercial Use License for Twitter Data.”

Establishes Data Exchange Consortium Limited Liability Partnership.
Capital increase through third-party allotment to TBS Innovation Partners LLC, a subsidiary of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc., for the purpose of forming a capital and business alliance with the TBS Group.

Formed a capital and business alliance with Digital Advertising Consortium, Inc., to establish a joint research and development system for advertising and marketing platforms utilizing big data analysis.

Listed on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Established subsidiary Weavers K.K.

Released “Social Monitor,” a rumor risk monitoring tool.

Established Japan Data Exchange Co.

KAG Network Solutions Inc. (now DSS Inc.) becomes a consolidated subsidiary.

Launched FollowUP, a store analysis tool.

Released “Insight Intelligence Q” social listening tool.

Acquired “data analysis consulting and related system development business” from The ROOM4D Co.
(At the same time, DSS Corporation, a subsidiary of The ROOM Door Corporation, acquires “SES business (system development, data analysis, data utilization support, etc.)” from The ROOM Door Corporation.)