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KANA Software company history timeline

1996

E-Mail Management Software: 1996-99

Kana Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 as Kana Communications, Inc. by sports enthusiast and entrepreneur Mark Gainey.

1998

Kana released its first e-mail management software in March 1998.

1999

The company had previously opened a London office in January 1999.

Before the end of 1999, Kana acquired two more software companies that specialized in providing Web-based customer assistance.

2002

Through the first half of 2002, many companies in the CRM software sector reported revenue shortfalls as spending on CRM and ERM software softened.

2010

In 2010, Accel-KKR acquired KANA's assets and liabilities for approximately $40.82 million.

2012

In 2012, KANA bought Trinicom, a Dutch company that makes mid-market customer service multichannel ecommerce, especially in the BeNeLux region.

2013

In 2013, KANA announced the KANA Enterprise product which the company marketed as "a unified platform supporting both agent-based and customer self-service scenarios".

2014

In 2014, Verint acquired the operating assets of KANA for $514 million.

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