 Hitachi eBworx was started as Digital Nervous System on 2 May 1998, by Tan Suan Fong and three other founders.During the first nine months, it was involved in a variety of software development work, including website design and complete projects such as the Personal Computer (PC) Order System for Gateway Asia Pacific.The company then focused on building products for the financial services industry, and became known as "e-Business@work".