BESA GmbH was founded in 1995 by Professor Michael Scherg. BESA Research is the leading commercial software package for EEG and MEG data analysis. Analysis options range from pre-processing to advanced source analysis / source imaging, time-frequency and connectivity studies, and statistical analysis. Individual MRI data can be integrated and used for realistic modelling of cortical activity. Combining BESA Research with the clinical software product BESA Epilepsy provides a fast and reliable pipeline for analyzing interictal spikes and epileptic seizure onset. BESA software is used by researchers and clinicians in more than 1500 universities and hospitals world-wide.