Dimitrios Stamatis (1948 – 2021) returns as a computer engineer from Munich, Germany and envisions starting a company to provide complete computerization solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. With hard work he completes one of the first Greek ERP written in COBOL programming language. That first app only runs on D.O.S. therefore, in this first application there is no GUI. The early days of Cactus are difficult but Cactus can and does thrive in the harshest of environments.

Dimitrios Stamatis continues and develops the client base and the application. In 2005, in collaboration with Panagiotis Tsiriopoulos’ Synergy company, they develop the new CactusERP and SynergyERP ERP system with a graphical interface written in ACUCOBOL and running on Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems.

In 2010, at the beginning of the Hellenic Crisis, Dimitris Stamatis and Georgios Stamatis moved to their hometown of Parga and established a branch with the aim of developing IT systems for hotels. The ERP headquarters in Thessaloniki and the active client base are now under the management of Alexandros Stamatis. The Parga branch implements the integrated hotel application C – Hotel and the integrated Cactus POS computerization system for catering businesses. At the same time, Anestis Stamatis takes his first academic steps in research.

In 2013, Anestis Stamatis founded a new sole proprietorship, Cactus Web, which aims to implement projects in internet technologies. The new company collaborates with the previous ones but is also completely autonomous. In 2014 it acquires its first employee and begins this new path in the field of website construction. We should mention that at the same time, Anestis Stamatis together with Dimitris Angeloudis, provide programming teaching services and actively participate in the Educational Robotics Laboratory of the University of Macedonia.

Anestis Stamatis & Dimitris Angeloudis decide to cooperate, the scheme grows and Dimitris Angeloudis becomes a shareholder in the Cactus scheme. The company initially moves to the offices on Papanastasiou street in Harilaou and after a successful course creates its offices in the city center at Pl. Morihovo in Ladadika. In 2018, the company develops the Marketing department in order to provide online Marketing services to the Greek public.

Cactus becomes a Limited Company with the distinctive title Cactus Digital A.E. and Georgios Antipas (Revival S.A.) joins its shareholder structure. The shareholder composition is as follows Anestis Stamatis 40% – Dimitrios Angeloudis 40% and Georgios Antipas 20%.