Company:GB & Smith
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| GB&SMITH, 360Suite | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Sebastien Goiffon and Alexandre Biegala |
| Headquarters | Lille , France |
Number of locations | Boston, MA ; Atlanta, GA ; San Diego CA, Washington DC ; Montreal, CA; London, UK |
Area served | Global |
| Products | 360Suite, Kinesis-CI |
Number of employees | 70 |
| Website | gbandsmith |
GB & Smith is an independent software company that provides third-party solutions for Business Intelligence and Data Analytics professionals. The company was founded in 2007 by Sebastien Goiffon and Alexandre Biegala and is currently headquartered in Lille, France, with offices in London (UK), Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA, and Montreal, Canada.[1]
History
GB & Smith was founded in 2007 by renowned Business Objects experts Sébastien Goiffon and Alexandre Biegala.
Alexandre Biegala and Sebastien Goiffon invented a method to easily audit and update security rights through a modern user interface leveraging BI metadata which was the foundation for the company's success. GB and Smith was granted two patents for this innovation[2] [3]
BusinessObjects co-founder Denis Payre joined GB&Smith on 1 April 2016. In 1996, Denis Payre and his partner, Bernard Liautaud were ranked among the "Best Entrepreneurs" by Business Week, alongside Steve Jobs and Steven Spielberg.[4]
Recently, the company completed the acquisition of Kinesis-CI Ltd, a British company specialized in BI Testing Automation for Tableau Software. With this acquisition, GB&SMITH made a pivotal shift and entered the multi-BI market.[5]
Solutions
GB&SMITH provides modern multi-BI governance solutions that test the data accessible in different BI reports and dashboards, measure cost and user adoption by department or project, and automate operations in order to maximize the potential of data analytics for its customers.
360Suite - Solutions for SAP BusinessObjects
360Suite consists of a suite of nine solutions dedicated to SAP BusinessObjects:
- 360Eyes: Solution to explore and analyze BOBJ metadata and perform impact analysis.
- 360Bind: Solution to automate BOBJ regression tests (results and pixels comparison from Webi, Deski, Analysis for Office and Crystal reports).
- 360Plus: Solution to enforce an incremental backup and promotion management.
- 360View: Security administration, via a security matrix crossing Resources and Users, Bulk updates (UNV to UNX, unbounded documents)
- 360Cast: Schedule and dynamically burst documents.
- 360Safe: Proactive License Compliance and Asset Management solutions.
- 360Vers: Solution to monitor BOBJ versioning.
- 360Live: Solution to monitor and analyze BOBJ performance to ensure platform availability.
- 360Univ: Solution to organize and document and bulk update BOBJ Universes
Kinesis-CI - Solutions for Tableau Software
- Kinesis-CI is an Automated Test Framework solution for Tableau Software. Includes:
- Functionnal Testing
- Performance / Load Testing
- Regression Testing
- Cross-Environment Testing
Recognition
- 2017 Top 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.[6]
- 2013-15 Deloitte EMEA technology Fast 500.[7][8][9]
- 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year as Emerging Company.[10]
References
- ↑ "S'implanter à Londres ? Les clés du succès selon GB & Smith". Les Échos. http://www.lesechos.fr/02/04/2015/lesechos.fr/0204265266931_s-implanter-a-londres---les-cles-du-succes-selon-gb---smith.htm. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ "GB & Smith Lille : + 761% de croissance en cinq ans!". La Voix du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/economie/gb-smith-lille-761-de-croissance-en-cinq-ans-ia0b0n1806557. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "US Patent Issued to GB & Smith on Feb. 10 for "Matrix Security Management System for Managing User Accounts and Security Settings"". https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3585409721.html. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ "GB&SMITH Announces Denis Payre, Co-Founder of Business Objects, to Join its Board of Directors". http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2016/04/01/NE60812. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ "GB&SMITH Acquires Kinesis CI, Ltd - OCTOBER 21, 2020". https://www.prweb.com/releases/gb_smith_acquires_kinesis_ci_ltd/prweb17483251.htm.
- ↑ https://ig.ft.com/ft-1000/
- ↑ "Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2013 Ranking". Deloitte.com. http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Technology-Media-Telecommunications/dttl_TMT-Event-Fast-500-2013-winners-ranking.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ "2015 Technology Fast 500TM Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Ranking". Deloitte Fast 500. https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Technology-Media-Telecommunications/gx-deloitte-tmt-emea-fast500-2015-rankings.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ "Technology Fast 50". Deloitte.com. http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/fr/Documents/technology%20fast%2050/Deloitte_Palmar%C3%A8s-Fast50_2014.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ "Sébastien GOIFFON et Alexandre BIEGALA reçoivent le Prix de l'Entreprise d'Avenir de l'Année 2014 pour le Nord de France". Ey.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806235915/http://blog.gbandsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cp_resultats_ceremonie_nord_de_france_2014_gbs2_0.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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