2009
- In partnership with the Airport Minority Advisory Council, B2Gnow launches the largest, most accurate directory of government certified firms available at https://amac.dbedirectory.com/.
- The largest expansion to date of the system's capabilities is completed in November.
- B2Gnow's hosted diversity management system reaches 15 million page views and 2 million notifications. Usage has tripled in one year.
- B2Gnow presents at the annual ACCA Training Conference in Ft. Worth, TX. The B2Gnow CEO, Justin Talbot-Stern, is re-elected as the Western Region Coordinator.
- B2Gnow moves into a larger office to accommodate its growing team.
- B2Gnow ends the year with several contract awards and successful project completions.
- B2Gnow reports its firth consecutive annual profit.
2008
- Several customers, representing several billion dollars worth of contracts and more than ten thousand certified firms, go-live simultaneously with their diversity management systems.
- B2Gnow's hosted diversity management system sends out notification #1,250,000 to a City of Houston subcontractor at 8:43 am on February 29th.
- B2Gnow presents at the annual ACCA Training Conference in Portland, Oregon. The B2Gnow CEO, Justin Talbot-Stern, is elected as the Western Region Coordinator.
- B2Gnow add an additional server co-location facility to enhance it's system and business continuity capabilities.
2007
- B2Gnow completes a third-party Section 508 accessibility compliance review of its system.
- B2Gnow's Payment Analysis and Insurance Management modules are released.
- B2Gnow achieves 3.5 million hits, 75,000 user logins, and 650,000 emails and faxes since launch.
- B2Gnow sponsors the 23rd Annual AMAC/FAA Airport Business Diversity Conference in Las Vegas.
- B2Gnow authors article titled "Managing in 3-D: Data, Diversity and Dollars" published in August edition of Government Procurement magazine.
- B2Gnow sponsors the annual ACCA Training Conference in Austin, TX and is a key presenter at the technology forum.
- B2Gnow and Mastercard complete the annual security audit of the system.
- B2Gnow is a keynote speaker at the DBE Administrator's conference in San Diego.
- B2Gnow closes out 2007 with its best ever financial performance, reporting record revenue and a third year of profitability.
2006
- B2Gnow and LCPtracker partner to provide diversity compliance software and services to governments.
- B2Gnow expands to another server co-location facility to handle its growing fleet of high-performance servers.
- Frank Begalke joins B2Gnow as its Chief Operating Officer.
- B2Gnow presents at the annual ACCA Training Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
- B2Gnow and a major financial institution successfully complete a security audit of the system.
- B2Gnow moves into a larger office to accommodate its growing team. In 2006, B2Gnow's team tripled in size.
- B2Gnow closes out 2006 with its best ever financial performance to date, reporting record revenue and a second year of profitability.
2005
- Updated version of Diversity Management software is released. New features include several self-help tools, enhanced reporting, improved menu system and several automated functions.
- B2Gnow's hosted diversity management system at MWDBE.com reaches milestone of 1 million page views.
- B2Gnow expands its XML2 standard to include standard diversity-based record types, such as contracts, concessions, and certifications.
- B2Gnow presents at the annual ACCA Training Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
- B2Gnow is engaged to develop a sophisticated tracking system for a large Federal agency.
- B2Gnow reports its first annual profit.
2004
- The City of Houston begins using B2Gnow's Diversity Management software.
- Houston Airport System begins using the contract compliance component of B2Gnow's Diversity Management software.
- B2Gnow's Diversity Management software reaches milestone of $4 billion in audited contracts.
2003
- B2Gnow develops XML2, an enhanced XML communications protocol for improved data transfer, which is used for catalog, integration, and other back office applications.
- Diversity Management software is released as a new product.
2002
- The company moves its headquarters from Southern California to Arizona.
2001
- The B2Gnow system is officially launched on June 6.
- Local organizations in Southern California begin using B2Gnow.
- B2Gnow integrates functionality provided by its BizRover product in order to further enhance the system as the most comprehensive, end-to-end purchasing application for governments and their vendors.
2000
- The groundwork of the system is architected and development begins shortly thereafter.
- With the continual feedback of local advocates, the alpha version of B2Gnow is launched and testing begins with selected local government users.
1999
- B2Gnow is started in a garage in Southern California.
- Several technology platforms are developed and tested. Most are found to not be technically or financially feasible, but one shows promise. The idea is developed into a government eprocurement concept.
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