About

OpenNetworks was founded in June 2000 by the CEO who was soon joined by his brother and Financial Director and subsequently in 2003 their Sister who runs the Cape Town office. The OpenNetworks team currently stands at eleven.  OpenNetworks was incorporated  for the purposes of developing a unique type of CRM technology.  In 2001 recognition of OpenNetworks innovation came in the form of an IDC (Industrial Development Corporation) SPII grant (Support Programme for Industrial Innovation).  By 2002 the product had grown to incorporate CRM and the first OpenNetworks customers went live on the system later in 2002.

In 2003 OpenNetworks was the technology contractor providing a CRM solution for a DTI SPF (Sector Partnership Fund) project providing CRM functions for six organisations.  In 2003 OpenNetworks became one of South Africa's earliest plone implementers and during that year OpenNetworks was selected as a finalist in the Top 100 Technology Companies at the 2003 Technology Top 100 Awards Program, hosted by Business Day and The Sunday Times.