History of Vicus eBusiness Solutions
From creation in 2003 to present
As one of the few Magento service providers, Vicus has a nice pension plan through Nationale Nederlanden including WIA gap coverage.
With the acquisition of Muis by King, we also immediately expand our link so that we can also support these customers of King Software.
Following VOSBA's technology update, it has become easier to add new links. This link with Oculus is the one that bites the bullet.
Vicus Oost moves from Wierden to Almelo and settles in the Dreesz business center at Brugstraat 9-13. This new location is very complete with facilities such as a coffee bar, lunch area and a meeting room where we are happy to welcome you for a cup of coffee.
Now that Adobe / Magento has tight schedules for updates (4x per year) more and more of our customers are switching to this subscription model. Not mandatory; but it makes life a lot easier (and cheaper) for all of us.
Because of the availability of new underlying technologies and the need for smarter processing, it was time for a major upgrade.
Now that Adobe has finally decided to stop updates, Vicus offers an alternative at least until July 2029. Together with MageOne and TrustGuard, we offer a subscription to keep Magento 1 web shops safe and up-to-date.
Because we have more and more customers in all parts of the Netherlands, we could not resist the opportunity to take over a branch in Wierden. This will give us better geographical coverage on the one hand and, on the other, extra opportunities to attract staff.
After many years of working with various hosting companies, we have set up specialized hosting for Magento and Vtiger CRM for selected clients.
With the move to the Vanadiumweg in Amersfoort, we are taking another step forward. A building with its own entrance. We may also give it our own look.
The international it-architects association iCMG awarded us the Future-IT award for our 360 degree customer insight architecture. For this we had many conversations, created documentation and conducted interviews with several of our customers.
The announcement that Magento is to be replaced by a completely new version has quite a bit of work to do. It requires training and adjustment of work processes.
The VOSBA integration framework is getting high marks. The international ict-architects association iCMG nominates the VOSBA framework in no less than 5 categories.
After the link between King and Magento, there were also King customers with a need for a CRM system. Reason enough to also realize this link.
With this injection, marking in particular will be set up more professionally.
Meanwhile, many customers are already using the links with King. In 2009, this was innovative and Vicus was one of the first to offer a link via middleware. This still enables us to put a project online relatively quickly. In the meantime, we have realized many linking projects with King.
With the move to Amsterdamseweg 16 in Amersfoort, we will have the space to hire more staff and access to a meeting and presentation room.
With the growing need for online sales and professionalization of the e-commerce field, more and more derivatives of Oscommerce are coming. We select Zen Cart and build many web shops with it.
More and more customers have a need for integration. After a number of evenings and nights of work, the VOSBA integration framework was finally created. VOSBA is still the basis for many of the integrations we perform.
After an extensive selection process in which we examine various available open source packages, Vtiger CRM emerges as the winner.
After starting in the attic rooms, we open on s office at Stationsplein 325 in Amersfoort.