Digimind
Digimind is a global social media monitoring and competitive intelligence company that provides information on businesses' competitive standing in the market.[1] Digimind was founded in 1998 and has been profitable ever since. As of 2019, the company has more than 200 employees across offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Computer software |
Founded | 1998, Grenoble, France |
Founder | Paul Vivant (CEO) Patrice François (Associate Director) |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Digimind Intelligence, Digimind Social |
Services | Competitive Intelligence |
Number of employees | > 200 (2019) |
Subsidiaries | New York, Singapore, Rabat, Madrid |
History
Digimind was founded in 1998 by Paul Vivant, Patrice François, Gerald Navarette and Romain Laboisse in Grenoble, France. Within a year, they launched vStrat, a collaborative market intelligence software tool for Lotus Notes (now IBM Notes). This was followed by the release of Strategic Finder, a meta search engine, in 1999.[2] By the end of 1999, the software had reached over 60,000 users.
In 2003 the company launched Digimind Evolution, a competitive intelligence software application. The company's subsequent success and expansion in both French- and English-speaking markets facilitated the opening of a Research & Development centre in Rabat, Morocco in 2006, and an office in Cambridge, MA in 2008. In 2007, Digimind launched Digimind 7, an application providing real-time visual analysis of news stories.
In 2019 Digimind was named a leader in Market and Competitive Intelligence Platforms by Forrester Research.[3]
References
- Knight, Jan (23 April 2012). "Digimind: Competitive intelligence monitoring software with a twist". Freepint. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.
- Gautheron, Isabelle (2000). "Usages innovants d'Internet et outils intelligents". Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France.
- Little, Cinny. "The Forrester New Wave™: Market And Competitive Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2019". Forrester Research.
- "The Forrester New Wave™: Market And Competitive Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2019". www.forrester.com. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- "Digimind Named a Leader in Market and Competitive Intelligence Platforms Evaluation by Independent Research Firm". www.businesswire.com. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-12-20.