SSA Baan Timeline

This a historic timeline of the product line now known as SSA Baan in the spirit of the Linux Timeline. Feel free to supplement or correct anything.

1978:

The Baan Corporation is created by Jan Baan to provide financial and administrative consulting service. With the development of his first software package, Jan Baan entered what was to become the ERP industry.

A few years later his brother, Paul, joined what was to become the largest software family firm in Dutch history.

Triton 1.0

Triton 2.0

Triton 2.0d

Triton 2.2a

Triton 2.2b

Triton 2.2c

Triton 2.2d

Triton 2.2e

1995: Triton 3.1a

1996: Triton 3.1b

1996: Baan IVa - Major problems with Finance in the Triton 3 releases cause Baan to rename Triton to just Baan IV

21 Mar 1997: Baan IVb2

6 May 1998: Baan IVc2

18 Sept 1998: iBaan ERP 5.0b

21 Dec 1998: Baan IVc4 First Baan IV release to feature PMC

Q2 1999: iBaan ERP 5.0c

1 July 1999: iBaanERP 5.1a Limited Availability release of Baan

15 Sep 1999: Baan IVc4 SP 4

22 Feb 2000: iBaan ERP 5.0b SP 7

12 Apr 2000: Baan IVc4 SP 5

June 2000: Invensys anounce they are purchasing Baan

17 July 2000: iBaan ERP 5.0b SP 8

2 Aug 2000: Baan IVc4 SP 6

18 Sept 2000: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 3

8 Dec 2000: iBaan ERP 5.0b SP 9

Q1 2001: iBaanERP 5.1a SP 10

12 Jan 2001: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 4

14 Feb 2001: Baan IVc4 SP 7

21 Mar 2001: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 4

26 Apr 2001: iBaan ERP 5.0b SP 10

12 July 2001: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 6

30 July 2001: Baan IVc4 SP 8

14 Aug 2001: BaanBoard.com inaugurated

21 Sept 2001: iBaan ERP 5.0b SP 11

11 Dec 2001: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 7

17 Jan 2002: Baan IVc4 SP 9 Introduction of Worktop interface for Baan IVc4. Worktop to be the preferred interface for all future versions of Baan.

25 Jan 2002: iBaanERP 5.0b SP 12

23 Mar 2002: iBaanERP 5.0c SP 2

16 May 2002: iBaanERP 5.0c SP 8

23 May 2002: Baan IVc4 SP 10

25 June 2002: iBaan ERP 5.0b SP 13

8 Aug 2002: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 9

12 Aug 2002: Baan IVc4 SP 11

28 Aug 2002: iBaanERP 5.2a SP 1 - Addition of Estimating module for Baan Projects (TP)

Q4 2002: iBaanERP 5.0b SP 14

12 Nov 2002: iBaanERP 5.0c SP 10

28 Jan 2003: Baan IVc4 SP 12

26 Feb 2003: iBaanERP 5.0b SP 14

25 Feb 2003: iBaanERP 5.0c SP 11

15 April 2003: Invensys notifies the world that it is accepting offers for it's Baan subsiduary.

01 May 2003: iBaanERP 5.2a SP 2

2 June 2003: Baan is sold to an investment consortium, BaanBoard post and becomes a wholely owned subsiduary of SSA GT, shortly after SSA GT rebrands itself to SSA Global.

23 June 2003: Baan IVc4 SP 13

18 July 2003: iBaanERP 5.0c SP 12

13 Aug 2003: iBaanERP 5.0b SP 15

24 Sept 2003: SSA Baan IVc4 SP 14

16 Oct 2003: http://www.baan.com ceases to exist, instead becoming a redirect to http://www.ssaglobal.com, however Baan Global Support remains at http://www.support.baan.com.

21 Oct 2003: iBaanERP 5.2a SP 3

10 Nov 2003: iBaan ERP 5.0c SP 13

19 Nov 2003: SSA Release Baan roadmap. Baan becomes a product amongst SSAs other platforms, known as SSA Baan. A web interface will be release for Baan IVc4, Baan 5.0c and forthcoming SSA Baan 6 (gemini). Development is reopened on Baan IVc4. No sunsetting of existing products.

16 Mar 2003: SSA Baan 5.0c SP 14

16 Mar 2004: SSA Baan IVc4 SP 15

March 2004: SSA Webtop 3.0: Release of standalone version Webtop that doesn't require OpenWorldX? . Webtop is a common interface for SSA Baan IVc4, SSA Baan 5.0c and upcoming SSA Baan 6. Webtop is suitable for people that spend up to 50% of their time within the Baan application.

6 May 2004: "Baan Global Support" becomes "SSA OnePoint Support", but stays at http://www.support.baan.com

9 July 2004: Porting set 6.1c.07.04 for Triton 3/Baan 4c4 adds long awaited support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES 8) and level 2 drivers for MS SQL Server.

4 August 2004: SSA ERP LN released. Previously known as Gemini or Baan 6.0/6.1 within Baan and later SSA. Smooth upgrade paths from Baan IVc4, Manman and MK merging three discrete manufacturing products into one.

Unknowns

These releases should be placed somewhere in the timeline. The extact dates are unknown.

• Baan IVc - note the lack of number, i.e. not Baan IVc1
• Baan IVc1
• Baan IVc2
• Baan IVc3

Sources:

• FAQTs by Knud van Eeden 11 Nov 2003
• Many BaanBoard threads.
• BaanBoard Thread

-- PhilCole - 09 May 2004

• SSABaanRoadmap-031119.doc: SSA Baan Roadmap 19/11/2003