written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message caseware international inc. type private industry accounting auditing computer software information services founded 1988 headquarters toronto ontario canada key people dwight wainman president & ceo products corporate services finance data analysis and transaction monitoring tax accounting and regulatory software services number of employees 280 website www.caseware.com www.casewarercm.com caseware international inc. cwi is a company that sells software solutions for accounting auditing financial risk and governance professionals . caseware software is used in 130 countries and available in 16 languages . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1988 cwi was founded in toronto . in 1989 cwi released the first version of caseware working papers for the north american market . in 1991 cwi added caseware time to its product line . in 1992 cwi began to establish a global distributor network starting with the european market . in 2000 cwi acquired all rights to idea interactive data extraction and analysis from the canadian institute of chartered accountants cica . cwi then formed caseware idea inc. to continue to develop and market idea globally . in 2004 caseware idea acquired key european distributor audicon b.v. and renamed the company caseware idea b.v. with sales offices in netherlands belgium and france . 1 in 2005 cwi opened offices in hong kong and beijing to service china and the rest of asia . in 2006 cwi opened its latin american headquarters in costa rica . in 2008 cwi opened its european headquarters in amsterdam . 2 in 2010 cwi acquired all outstanding shares of uk distributor credence software ltd. renaming the company caseware uk . 3 in 2010 caseware idea acquired symsure limited a continuous monitoring and continuous auditing software company . 4 see also edit caatts xbrl continuous monitoring continuous auditing international financial reporting standards ifrs generally accepted accounting principles gaap international auditing and assurance standards board iaasb references edit http www.caseware.com about us news reviews acquisition of key distributor http www.caseware.com about us news reviews caseware opens new european headquarters in webcpa staff . caseware acquires credence software . accounting today . 13 july 2010 . webcpa staff . caseware idea to buy symsure accounting today . 6 may 2010 . external links edit official website waterloo professor wins ca profession innovation leadership award caseware trademark dispute with the sec over idea trademark partnership with the institute of internal auditors retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caseware international & oldid 647146111 categories software companies of canadacompanies based in torontohidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view