Corporate history

History is on our side

Marmiko IT-Solutions has been a household name for reliable and high-quality software solutions for nearly 30 years. Founded under the name of Drews EDV & BTX, the company was able to firmly embed itself into the corporate landscape of Heidelberg, Germany, by building up relationships of trust and relying on a strategy of sustainability. Below you will find the most important publications and milestones of our long corporate history:

Innovation and tradition

Some "milestones":

• 2018 TR64-Testingsystem for Router-Firmware
• 2017/18 Browser-PlugIn's also as WebExtension
• 2016-18 t-online Browser7 progession, Backend-Solutions Project-Wiki-Server
• 2015/16 Online Manager: The successor to the popular and proven network manager (Netzmanager) of Deutsche Telekom AG
• 2015 t-online.de Browser 7: New, improved version of Browser 7 with custom features and custom branding
• 2014 Browser 7 of Deutsche Telekom AG: Customized Firefox-based Internet browser with custom features and custom branding
• 2013 „Push2All“ .CoCPit Pushservices: Simultaneous signaling of events on mobile devices of different platforms
• 2013 FritzCall .CoCPit - Signaling landline calls to mobile devices2013 FritzCall .CoCPit - landline call signalling on mobile devices
• 2013 .CoCPit - Netzmanager Edition - PRO
• 2007-2012 among others ... CoCPit - Netzmanager Edition; .CoCPit Apps for Windows8, Apple iOS and Android; Network Manager; Developed a mobile broadband API specification; Tutored and checked a Bachelor thesis at the Faculty for Computer Sciences, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Integration of PowerLAN devices; TR64 test application
• 2007 Andreas Kopka joins the board of directors
• 2006 among others ... "Marmiko WLAN Managing Server" system (MWlaMaS); "T-Online Router Configuration Management" system; "Marmiko Infrastructure Information System" (MInfraIS); "Subsequent Installation Management for System Components" system (MSKIM)
• 2003-2005 among others ... "T-Online Software 6" and "WLAN Access Finder 6"; "T-Online Software 5" and "WLAN Access Finder 5"; "Marmiko Design Library" for T-Online branding;
• 2000 Company name changed to "Marmiko IT-Solutions GmbH", Michael Kopka is nominated as second director; Dieter Drews leaves the company
• 1998-2000 various releases of "T-Online Software 2.x"

• 1995-1998 "T-Online Login Assistant"; "T-Online Software 1.2" English version; "RAR Tester 1.10"; "T-Online Software 2.0"
• 1996 "T-Online Software 1.2"; Supplier for "Online Pro Dienste GmbH & Co KG"
• 1995 "T-Online Tuner 1.016"; "T-Online Software 1.0"
• 1994 Publication of bookware PC online - Die DxJ/Btx-Software für den PC (PC Online – DxJ/Btx Software for Your PC) by publishers Drews EDV+Btx GmbH, ISBN 3928464620, 213 pages: Btx software decoder for DOS including software on an original floppy disk
• 1994, 23 December: TELEKOM PAPER News. "BTX SERVICES TO BE UPGRADED": "1&1 Telekommunikation has been set up by 1&1 Holding to upgrade Deutsche Bundespost Telekom's Datex-J/Btx service. The service will be made more user friendly. Both firms have jointly developed the Windows-based Kernel for Intelligent Communication Terminals, an open software package that is easy to use. The development team also includes Drews EDV-Btx, Amaris, IBM, Fun Kommunikationssysteme and Microsoft. 1&1 Telekommunikation is offering start-up kits complete with modem, cable and software decoder for all available PCs, with free access to the service which normally costs DM50 per unit." The article provides a detailed description of the companies' plans.
• 1992 Booth at the Atari tradeshow
• 1991, 17 July: Press report in the regional newspaper Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung: "Einkaufsbummel per Computer – DREWS EDV + Btx: Softwaredecoder ermöglicht Einstieg ins Btx-Netz" ("Go shopping with your computer – DREWS EDV + Btx: software decoder lets you gain access to the Btx network")
• 1991 Publication of bookware ST Online - Btx/Vtx-Manager V4.0: die Kommunikationssoftware für den Atari ST/STE/TT; vom Btx-Spezialisten (ST Online – Btx/Vtx Manager V4.0: Communication Software for the Atari ST/STE/TT; written by the Btx specialists) by publishers DREWS EDV+Btx GmbH, ISBN 3928464124, 9783928464123, 196 pages
• 1991 Publication of bookware ST Online - Btx/Vtx-Manager V4.0 light: der kleine Btx-Softwaredecoder für alle Atari ST/STE/TT; vom Btx-Spezialisten (ST Online – Btx/Vtx Manager V4.0 light: The Small Btx Software Decoder for All Atari ST/STE/TT; written by the Btx specialists) by publishers DREWS EDV+Btx GmbH, ISBN 3928464132, 9783928464130, 87 pages
• 1991 Publication of bookware Amiga Online - Btx/Vtx-Manager: Die Btx-Software für den Amiga (Amiga Online – Btx/Vtx Manager: Btx Software for Amiga) by publishers DREWS EDV+Btx GmbH, ISBN 392846423X, 9783928464239, 200 pages
• 1991 Publication of bookware PC Online - Btx Vtx-Manager V1.12: der kleine Btx-Softwaredecoder für den PC vom Spezialisten für Telekommunikation (PC Online - Btx Vtx Manager V1.12: The Small Btx Software Decoder for the PC; written by the telecommunications specialists) by publishers DREWS EDV+Btx GmbH, 91 pages
• 1990 Publication of bookware Portfolio Online, Btx-Manager, DFÜ-Manager: die Kommunikationssoftware für den Portfolio. Vom Btx-Spezialisten (Portfolio Online, Btx Manager and Remote Data Transmission Manager: The Communications Software for the Portfolio; written by the Btx specialists) by publishers DREWS EDV+Btx GmbH, 159 pages

• 1990/91 Booth at CeBIT (Atari)
• 1990 Publishing company DREWS EDV+Btx GmbH founded; Booth at Amiga trade fair in Cologne, Germany; Btx software decoder for C64, published in the computer magazine 64'er; Article in computer magazine c't, No. 5/1990, page 24: "Managing Btx"; Keywords: "Btx Manager Version 3.0" and "Drews EDV" (Drews IT); Presentation of Drews' "Btx Manager" on a STACY laptop
• 1989 CeBIT Commodore: presentation of "Btx/Vtx Manager" for Amiga; "Btx/Vtx Manager" mentioned under "News" in the German-language Amiga-Magazin, No. 6/1989, page 78; Review of "Btx/Vtx Manager" in the German-language Amiga-Magazin, No. 4/1989, page 154
• 1988 Company founded as limited liability company under the name of Drews EDV+Btx GmbH