Netvibes Explained

Netvibes (part of Dassault Systemes)
Company Type:	Public
Founder:	Tariq Krim Florent Fremont François Bourdoncle François-Régis Chaumartin
Area Served:	Worldwide
Location City:	Paris
Location Country:	France
Key People:	Morgan Zimmermann (CEO since 2015)
Parent:	Dassault Group
Current Status:	Active
Language:	Multilingual

Netvibes is a French company that offers web services.

History

2005–2012

Founded in 2005 by Tariq Krim and Florent Frémont, the company provided software for personalized dashboards for real-time monitoring, social analytics, knowledge sharing, and decision support.^[1]

2012–present

On February 9, 2012, Dassault Systèmes announced the acquisition of Netvibes. As of 2024, the Netvibes brand comprises three French software companies acquired by Dassault Systèmes:

• Exalead: founded in 2000 by François Bourdoncle, the company provided search platforms and search-based applications for consumer and business users. On June 9, 2010, Dassault Systèmes acquired the company.^[2]
• Netvibes: the company provided software for personalized dashboards for real-time monitoring, social analytics, knowledge sharing, and decision support.^[3]
• Proxem: Founded in 2007 by François-Régis Caumartin, the company provided AI-powered semantic processing software and services. On June 23, 2020, Dassault Systèmes acquired Proxem and integrated its technology into the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform to complement its information intelligence applications.^[4]

Activities

• Brand monitoring – to track clients, customers and competitors across media sources all in one place, analyze live results with third party reporting tools, and provide media monitoring dashboards for brand clients.
• E-reputation management – to visualize real-time online conversations and social activity online feeds, and track new trending topics.
• Product marketing – to create interactive product microsites, with drag-and-drop publishing interface.
• Community portals – to engage online communities
• Personalized workspaces – to gather all essential company updates to support specific divisions (e.g. sales, marketing, human resources) and localizations.

The software is a multi-lingual Ajax-based start page or web portal. It is organized into tabs, with each tab containing user-defined modules. Built-in Netvibes modules include an RSS/Atom feed reader, local weather forecasts, a calendar supporting iCal, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, multiple searches, support for POP3, IMAP4 email as well as several webmail providers including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and AOL Mail, Box.net web storage, Delicious, Meebo, Flickr photos, podcast support with a built-in audio player, and several others.
A page can be personalized further through the use of existing themes or by creating personal theme. Customized tabs, feeds and modules can be shared with others individually or via the Netvibes Ecosystem.^[5] For privacy reasons, only modules with publicly available content can be shared.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rogers . Stewart . 2015-02-11 . NetVibes evolves to become your dashboard and connector for the Internet of Things . 2024-06-21 . VentureBeat . en-US.
2. Web site: 2012-02-12 . Dassault Systèmes Acquires Netvibes - Dassault Systèmes . 2024-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212000437/http://www.3ds.com/company/announcement/netvibes . 2012-02-12 .
3. Web site: Dassault Acquires Search Engine Provider Exalead . 2024-06-21 . www.designnews.com . en.
4. SE . Dassault Systemes . 2020-07-23 . Dassault Systèmes Delivers New Collaborative Data Science Experiences on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform . 2024-06-21 . GlobeNewswire News Room . en.
5. News: Rafe Needleman. Netvibes widgets now available on Google, Vista, Mac... . C-Net. 2008-06-18 .
6. News: Michael Calore . Netvibes Spices Up Personal News . 2007-02-09. Wired . 2008-06-18 .