Autoprise was formed in June 2002 when two companies—Vivonet Inc. and KiT Systems—merged. The union grew from an initial contact made by Vivonet CEO, Ryan Volberg to KiT Systems CEO, Ian McIntosh. Introduced through a common business acquaintance, it was quickly discovered that the two companies had many common goals.

The application development philosophies of the two companies were essentially the same—to start with a centralized enterprise database schema and build applications from there. The respective technologies and applications of the two companies were highly complementary; Vivonet was strong in front-end, Internet resilience, thin client interfaces and POS functionality, while KiT Systems was strong in solution depth and generic business objects, such as inventory and accounting. It was immediately recognized that both companies could help each other achieve their respective goals.

Through subsequent brainstorming sessions, a working chemistry developed between the management and employees of the respective companies. It became obvious to the senior management of both companies that the value a combined company would bring to its industry would far exceed the summed value of the independent companies. Moreover, freed from the constraints of separate agendas, the combined company could focus its resources on areas of greatest opportunity, resulting in maximum value creation for all shareholders.