hiSoft started working with large Japanese clients in 1996, and from there expanded to the US and Europe. Today hiSoft operates globally.

hiSoft is the most internationally experienced of the China-based technology services firms, conducting extensive ongoing work with Fortune 500 clients worldwide. 20 percent of our workforce is based outside of the Greater China region and we are leaders in such rankings as The Top 10 China-Based Offshore Software Development Providers, The Top 35 Global Language Providers, and The Global Outsourcing 100.

• Foundation Building (From $0 to $10m, 1996 – 2004)
  Japan was our first market, where we focused primarily on the quality assurance and security sectors
  • Oct 1996 – Founded in Dalian
  • 1998 – Established our presence in Tokyo
  • 2002 – Gained accreditation as the first GE Global Development Center in China
  • 2002 – Set up subsidiary in Tokyo
  • Mar 2003 – Became the first Chinese IT outsourcing company to be company-wide CMM 5 certified
• Going Global (From $10m to $100m, 2004 – 2008)
  hiSoft built a professional leadership team and drove geographic diversification through a series of mergers and acquisitions
  • Nov 2003 – Set up subsidiary in Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Dec 2005 – Acquired Tian Hai, an R&D center in Beijing, and Teksen, Oracle-based services in Hong Kong
  • Jun 2006 – Appointed an independent, professional CEO to drive global growth
  • Dec 2006 – Acquired Envisage Solutions, a consulting services company based in Irvine, California
  • Dec 2007 – Acquired T-est, an R&D center in Singapore
  • Jan 2008 – Acquired Wave, an Oracle / enterprise resource planning provider in Dallas, Texas
• Accelerating Growth (2009 and beyond)
  In recent years hiSoft has concentrated on establishing global delivery platforms and developing talent for further expansion
  • Jan 2009 – Constructed the Wuxi offshore delivery center in China
  • Aug 2009 – Appointed Executive Chairman (August 2009 – July 2011)
  • Oct 2009 – Acquired a financial services and insurance business process outsourcing center in Guangzhou, China
  • Dec 2009 – Acquired AllianceSPEC, a financial services and insurance quality assurance service provider based in Singapore
  • Feb 2010 – Acquired Horizon, a test center for mobile technology in Beijing, China
  • Apr 2010 – Acquired Echo Lane, a cloud computing company in San Francisco, California
  • Jun 2010 – Listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange
  • Jul 2010 – Acquired the Japanese insurance IT consulting and system development firm, Insurance Systems Laboratory
  • Nov 2010 – Acquired Shenzhen Besure Technology Co., a SAP specialist in China
  • July 2011 – Acquired NouvEON, an award winning Management Consulting Firm based in Charlotte