1992
23rd March
Nouveau Solutions is founded by Andy Stevens and Gary Smithers.

1994
5th July
Amazon founded.

1995
The first Macro virus, called “Concept”, is created.

1995
May
Java is introduced.

1997
3rd May
IBM’s Deep Blue beats the world’s best chess player.

1998
4th September
Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

1999
‘Wi-Fi’ becomes part of the computing language allowing users to begin connecting to the Internet without the need for cables.

2004
Nouveau begin selling Fortinet Security solutions.

2006
March
Amazon Web Services begin offering IT infrastructure services to business.

2007
29th June
The iPhone is launched, bringing about the age of the smartphone.

2008
26th August
Computer virus found on the International Space Station.

2010
Nouveau achieve
Microsoft Gold Partner and Fortinet Gold Partner status.

2011
28th June
Office 365 is launched.

2014
Nouveau launch FortiAssist, a managed service for proactive monitoring and support of Fortinet products.

2014
Nouveau achieve Fortinet Platinum Partner and Fortinet Partner of Excellence with a fully staffed Technical department with Helpdesk, Network & Security, and Server teams.

2016
27th April
General Data Protection Regulation was adopted to strengten and unify data protection for all individuals within the EU.

2017
NHS falls victim to the ‘biggest ransomware’ offensive in history affecting dozens of hospitals.

2018
Nouveau launches a managed security breach detection service to support organisations in meeting their security and data obligations.

2018
Received Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions Competency.

1993
22nd March
Intel begin shipping their Pentium microprocessor – increasing speed and power for personal computers.

1995
Nouveau achieve their 1st large deal – Novell Network for 100 Users worth £300k.

1995
2nd March
Yahoo founded.

1995
3rd September
eBay founded.

1998
16th July
The Data Protection Act is passed by the UK Parliament to control the way information is handled.

1999
Companies begin to take action against the threat of the ‘Millennium bug’.

2001
25th October
Microsoft releases Windows XP.

2005
Nouveau build our own Cloud services platform delivered from the Bunker at Greenham Common.

2007
Nouveau achieve ISO 9001 status.

2008
Microsoft Gold Competency Certification.

2009
January
The bitcoin network comes into existence.

2010
1st February
Microsoft Azure is launched to the public.

2013
Yahoo becomes the victim of the largest data breach in history with 3 billion accounts compromised.

2014
Yahoo again fall victim to a data breach with 500 million users affected. Yahoo reported that the late 2014 breach likely used manufactured web cookies to falsify login credentials, allowing hackers to gain access to any account without a password.

2015
November
Nouveau move to Alba House, Wokingham.

2017
Nouveau build our own SOC team based around industry leading SIEM and RMM tools allowing us to deliver fully proactive managed security services.

2018
Nouveau achieve ISO 27001 compliance.

2018
Re-branding and new website.