| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Accounting, Auditing, Continuous monitoring, Computer Software, information services |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Key people | Dwight Wainman (President & CEO) |
| Employees | 280+ |
| Website | www.caseware.com |
CaseWare International Inc. develops software for accounting, audit, finance, risk and governance professionals.
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CaseWare International started in 1988, when founder and chartered accountant, Dwight Wainman, expanded his accounting practice and developed software tools to make auditing and financials easier. In April 2000, CaseWare International Inc. acquired all rights to Interactive Data Extraction and Analysis (IDEA) data analysis software from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). The CICA originally licensed IDEA from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) in 1986 for commercial development.[1] The first version of IDEA started as a prototype developed by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) in 1984. CaseWare International Inc. then formed CaseWare IDEA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, to continue to develop and market IDEA globally. In 2010, CaseWare IDEA acquired SymSure Limited, a continuous monitoring and continuous auditing software company.
On March 9, 2009, CaseWare International Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, to enforce its IDEA® trademark, claiming it was infringed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).[2] At the time, the SEC had plans to rename their electronic data gathering system, commonly known as EDGAR, to the name IDEA. CaseWare International Inc. eventually dismissed its civil suit as the SEC agreed to permanently discontinue the use of the IDEA® trademark.