Company history

Neuxpower founded
Neuxpower Solutions Ltd is founded by business and technology graduate Mike Power and software developer Andrew Molyneux.

Initial success
The company quickly builds a reputation for bespoke software development, working on projects for clients such as Activa Healthcare, Unilever and Hilton International.

The birth of an idea
A client shares the fact that he's been struggling to email a large PowerPoint presentation to a colleague in another office. The client wonders if anything can be done to reduce the size of PowerPoint files, while retaining all their functionality.

NXPowerLite launched
Neuxpower releases NXPowerLite in October 2001. This commercial software utility optimizes Microsoft PowerPoint files, reducing them to a fraction of their original size.

First licenses sold
PepsiCo becomes the first NXPowerLite customer.

More than 10,000 downloads
More than 10,000 people download the free trial version of NXPowerLite.

Computer Shopper 'Hit!'
Computer Shopper awards NXPowerLite a 'Hit!'. The magazine describes the software as "A neat, simple solution to the PowerPoint size problem".

10,000th customer
The 10,000th customer buys a copy of NXPowerLite.

Company expands to larger premises in Watford, UK
Neuxpower moves to new, larger premises in Watford, Hertfordshire.

NXPowerLite 2.0 released
NXPowerLite is completely re-written to work directly on the PowerPoint files themselves, rather than by automating PowerPoint. It's the first tool of its kind to do so. The result: better quality PowerPoint files created in a fraction of the time – and users no longer need to have PowerPoint installed.

100,000th customer
NXPowerLite celebrates its 100,000th customer.

Company expands to larger premises in London, UK
Neuxpower moves to new, larger premises in Kentish Town, London.

Support for mobile devices
A new optimization mode is added to NXPowerLite, allowing users to create small versions of their PowerPoint presentations that can be easily downloaded and viewed on mobile devices such as cellphones and PDAs.

Email integration for Microsoft Outlook users
An add-in is released that enables Microsoft Outlook users to automatically optimize their PowerPoint email attachments as they are sent.

Batch processing
Due to popular demand, a facility is included that enables users to search for and optimize all their PowerPoint files in a single batch.

Optimize and ZIP
It's discovered that some users like to ZIP their PowerPoint files as well as optimizing them, in order to achieve the smallest possible file sizes. ZIP compression is therefore included in NXPowerLite as an additional option.

NXPowerLite 3.0 released
NXPowerLite's functionality is expanded. It can now optimize Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, as well as PowerPoint presentations.

File Server Edition launched
A special version of NXPowerLite is released to help IT Administrators control their ever-increasing server storage requirements.

'Best of Show Finalist' at C3 Expo
NXPowerLite is awarded 'Best of Show Finalist' at C3 Expo in New York.

Recommended for use by US and allied/coalition navies
NXPowerLite is thoroughly tested by the US, British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand navies as part of the annual Trident Warrior FORCEnet Sea Trial Event. The software is highly praised and recommended for use, adding to a long line of defense accreditations.

Support added for new Microsoft Office file formats
A free update adds support for Microsoft's new Open XML file formats (such as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX), introduced in Office 2007.

First US office opened
A wholly-owned US business, Neuxpower Inc is formed and Neuxpower's first US office opens in Philadelphia.

Email integration for Lotus Notes users
An add-in is released that enables Lotus Notes users to automatically optimize their Word, Excel and PowerPoint email attachments as they are sent.

1,000,000th customer
More than one million people around the world are now using NXPowerLite to optimize their Microsoft Office files.

NXPowerLite 4.0 released
NXPowerLite is once again updated, this time adding optimization of JPEG images and Word/Excel/PowerPoint/JPEG files stored within ZIP archives.

Email integration for Outlook Express and Windows Mail users
Add-ins are released that enable Outlook Express and Windows Mail users to automatically optimize their Word, Excel, PowerPoint and JPEG email attachments as they are sent.

NXPowerLite for File Servers and NXPowerLite for Small Business File Servers released
Completely re-written file server solutions simplify data reduction in primary storage environments for both large and small businesses.

Named a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor
Neuxpower makes CRN magazine's prestigious Emerging Technology Vendors list, which recognizes vendors for 'delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology'.

NXPowerLite 5.0 released
NXPowerLite is updated again, adding optimization of PDF documents.