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Company History
| April 2001 | Company establishment |
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| September 2001 | Start of provision of URL filtering products: engines and URL databases for InterSafe (Alps System Integration Co., Ltd.) and InterScan WebManager (Trend Micro Incorporated), along with LogLyzer access trend visualization software for both products |
| March 2002 | Start of support of plug-in type Squid proxy software as URL filtering engine technology |
| September 2002 | In the area of URL filtering engine technology, launch of coordinated support of major cache products using the ICAP protocol |
| December 2002 | Adoption by major ISP trunk services of filtering products for which engines and URL databases are being provided |
| March 2003 | Start of provision of URL databases for option software for SurfWatcher access analysis and monitoring tool (Hammock Corporation) |
| July 2003 | Start of provision of URL databases and other technologies for Shun Word, a value added search service of Nifty Corp. |
| October 2003 | Development of and start of provision of engines for InterSafe Personal, a filtering products for homes (Alps System Integration Co., Ltd.) and InterScan WebManager Home Edition (Trend Micro Incorporated) |
| December 2003 | Development of Write Control function on filtering engines for the management of sending-type web browsing behaviors such as bulletin boards and webmail. Start of provision for major products. |
| July 2004 | NetSTAR's URL databases acquire a top share of 30.5% of the Japan's URL filtering product market for FY2003 on a monetary base* * 2004 Comprehensive Study of Network Security Business, Fuji Chimera Research Institute, Inc. |
| November 2004 | Start of provision of URL database for ProxySG Appliance of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (U.S.A.) |
| February 2005 | Start of provision of URL databases for junk e-mail countermeasure for mobile phones. Used on SLIMIT-C filtering device made by NEC Corporation, adoption by Vodafone decided |
| March 2005 | Additional development of URL filtering technology for client PCs for use in URL filtering products for companies, and start of provision for major products. Realization of browsing management for notebook PCs taken outside organizations. |
| April 2005 | Announcement of Internet for All-GUI, a NetSTAR-brand URL filtering product supporting the use of the Internet by households. Start of provision of toolbar-type product as free preview version |
| June 2005 | Start of provision of databases for URL filtering for NTT DoCoMo's Kid's i-mode |
| August 2005 | Partnership between VarioSecure Networks Inc. and NetSTAR Inc. in the web security field |
| August 2005 | Start of bundling of 90-day free trial of Internet for All-GUI in broadband routers made by NEC Access Technica Ltd. |
| September 2005 | Development of technology for blocking spam targeted at blogs |
| September 2005 | Start of provision of URL databases for Web Usage Restriction Function of Vodafone (Softbank Mobile) |
| December 2005 | Start of sale of Blog Guard, a blog spam blocking product supporting Movable Type |
| March 2006 | Standard adoption of toolbar-type URL filtering products by i-revo portal site for all its ISP service courses |
| June 2006 | Start of provision of Internet Harmful Site Block Service for BB Routers realizing URL filtering on routers, in partnership with Corega K.K. |
| October 2006 | Start of provision of Internet Harmful Site Block Service for BB Routers realizing URL filtering on routers, in partnership with NEC Access Technica Ltd. |
| November 2006 | Adoption of NetSTAR's URL databases for junk e-mail countermeasures by NTT DoCoMo, Inc. |
| May 2007 | Joined in Anti spam consultation led by Japan Data Communications Association |
| August 2007 | Provide URL list service for Plala Networks Inc.(Tokyo Japan) Net Barrier Basic security service URL filtering |
| September 2007 | Provide URL list service for Willcom Inc.(Tokyo Japan) Harmful Site Access Restriction Service for Mobile |
| October 2007 | Site Umpire Complex Café Edition filtering solution Launch |
| November 2007 | Establish Dalian URL research center |
| January 2008 | Provide URL List service for KDDI Inc. (Tokyo Japan) AU mobile Filtering Service |
| January 2008 | Joined Unsolicited Email Information Sharing Association led by Japan Information Communications Association and mobile phone companies |
| March 2008 | Provide URL list service for EMOBILE Ltd. (Tokyo Japan) mobile filtering Service |
| April 2008 | Establish Research Panel of Experts on Juvenile Internet Use in partnership with Yahoo! Japan Inc. (Tokyo Japan) |
| August 2008 | Site Umpire filtering service for Century Systems Co., Ltd (Tokyo Japan) business routers Launch |
| February 2009 | Provide URL list service to KDDI Corp. (Tokyo Japan) for ISP service |
| March 2009 | Provide URL list service for MANAX Co., Ltd. (Shiga Japan) filtering software |
| March 2009 | Provide URL list service for SO-TEN Inc. (Tokyo Japan) LogVillage 2.0 PC client monitoring/management software |
| April 2009 | Obtain ISO 27001 ISMS certification |
| April 2009 | Site Umpire filtering service for Internet Initiative Japan Inc .(Tokyo Japan) SEIL router launch |
| May 2009 | Provide URL list service for NTT Communications. (Tokyo Japan) OCN Kids Care Service |
| July 2009 | Cloud-computing based PC asset managed service ICT Sensor ｌaunch |
| November 2009 | Expand master filtering database system and enhanced filtering criteria |
| December 2009 | Alliance with Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (Beijing China) for Sales of Filtering Products in China |
| March 2010 | Provide URL list service for Fujitsu Ltd. (Tokyo Japan) Network Server IPCOM EX Series |
| April 2010 | Akushitsu Site Block Family Smile launch |
| April 2010 | Enhance the URL list service to 24 hours a day, 365 days immediate update |
| April 2010 | Establish Parental Filtering Study Group, in partnership with Yahoo! Japan Corp. (Tokyo Japan) |
| April 2010 | Alliance with Bloxx (Edinburg Scotland UK) for global solution |
| May 2010 | Expand alliance with Video Research Interactive Inc. (Tokyo Japan) for mobile access Log Analysis Service |
| June 2010 | Free trial service of Internet access analisys for Enterprise launch |
Company Establishment History
Alps System Integration Co., Ltd. (ALSI: Alps Electric Group), which in the second half of the 1990s boasted the top-class achievements for the development and sale of filtering software principally for the school and municipal markets, faced the problem of not being able to satisfy the specific needs of the Japanese market with overseas filtering products that had been localized, and began exploring the development of filtering software tailored for the domestic market.
On the other hand, Trend Micro Inc., a global leader in the field of virus countermeasures, planned to enter the contents security field in order to boost its competitiveness in the domestic security market.
In 2001, these two companies met and decided to establish NetSTAR, a new filtering company, by combining their respective stores of experience and technology. Since then, NetSTAR, along with building up capabilities for URL database collection and sorting to meet the needs of the domestic filtering market, has been promoting research and development for filtering products. As a result, the company has become a leader in the Japanese market with high-quality URL databases and advanced filtering engines.
