Genius Inside
Encyclopedia
Genius Inside is a provider of Genius Project collaborative project portfolio management software for Enterprise and Mid-size organizations. The software suite helps organizations better address challenges such as business process improvement
across geographies, improve project delivery and collaboration. Genius Inside's headquarters are in Lausanne
, Switzerland with offices in Canada
, United States
, France
and Germany
, with a global partner network supporting clients worldwide.
software technology and was awarded the 2008 Lotus Software
Award for Best Mid-Market Solution by IBM
at the annual Lotusphere
conference.
Business process improvement
Business Process Improvement is a systematic approach to help an organization optimize its underlying processes to achieve more efficient results. The methodology was first documented in H. James Harrington’s 1991 book Business Process Improvement. It is the methodology that both Process...
across geographies, improve project delivery and collaboration. Genius Inside's headquarters are in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland with offices in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, with a global partner network supporting clients worldwide.
History
Genius Inside was founded in 1997. Christophe Borlat was Genius Inside's first employee. Since 2002, Christophe has focused on business development, sales and marketing. Prior to Genius Inside, Christophe worked in product development and professional services, in hardware and IT consulting organizations. Under his leadership the company has evolved from developing and marketing a simple project management solution to a full suite of enterprise project and portfolio management applications used by over 55,000 users around the world. The company offers installed, hosted and on-premise project portfolio management solutions that use composite applicationComposite application
In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple existing functions into a new application. The technical concept can be compared to mashups...
software technology and was awarded the 2008 Lotus Software
Lotus Software
Lotus Software is a software company with headquarters in Westford, Massachusetts...
Award for Best Mid-Market Solution by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
at the annual Lotusphere
Lotusphere
Lotusphere is an annual conference hosted by Lotus Software .Except for the first conference, which took place in December 1993, Lotusphere is held in late January. It starts with a reception party on Sunday night, and continuing on through the closing session on Thursday afternoon...
conference.
Timeline
- 1997 Company founded in LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland - 1998 Certification by Ernst & Young as leading Enterprise Project Management Software: Genius Enterprise Project
- 1998 Creation of a partners/resellers network in Switzerland and France
- 1998 Becomes IBM Lotus Notes Premium Partner
- 2004 IBM Lotus Workplace Innovation - CTO award winner at LotusphereLotusphereLotusphere is an annual conference hosted by Lotus Software .Except for the first conference, which took place in December 1993, Lotusphere is held in late January. It starts with a reception party on Sunday night, and continuing on through the closing session on Thursday afternoon...
- 2008 Winner IBM Lotus Award Best Mid-Market Solution
- 2008 Released Genius Project On-Demand Solution
- 2010 Released Genius Project Enterprise (hosted on-premise) Solution
Products
- Genius Project Enterprise PPM - hosted on-premise software
- Genius Project On-Demand PPM - SaaSSaasSAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
- Genius Project for Domino - installed in IBM Lotus Notes
See also
- List of project management software
- Project management softwareProject management softwareProject management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to...
- Project managementProject managementProject management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
- Project planningProject planningProject planning is part of project management, which relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment....
- Project accountingProject accountingProject accounting is the practice of creating financial reports specifically designed to track the financial progress of projects, which can then be used by managers to aid project management....
- Project Portfolio ManagementProject Portfolio ManagementProject portfolio management is a term used by project managers and project management organizations, , to describe methods for analyzing and collectively managing a group of current or proposed projects based on numerous key characteristics...