Our history
Our company is the gathering of rich experiences, diverse passions and an original vision in which our information systems are deeply integrated with the Web. This vision has been partially realized with the emergence of the REST architecture style and is now strengthened with the success of web APIs.
2012
The company changes its name from Noelios Technologies (SARL) to Restlet (SAS), reflecting its strong focus on its open source Restlet Framework core, foundation of APISpark, its innovative online platform for creation and hosting of Web APIs.
2011
The company becomes laureate of Scientipôle Initiative benefiting from a stronger support and financing. The company also obtains the Young Innovative Company label from the French Government, supporting its research and development capacities.
Thierry Templier, an expert in Java, JavaScript and Web technologies joins the company as an R&D architect, participating to the writing of the "Restlet in Action" book published by Manning and to the development of a new product: APISpark.
The Restlet Framework continues its development with the release of a 2.1 version keeping a stable Restlet API and adding numerous features like the support of new protocols such as SIP for VoIP, Google SDC for cloud to intranet connection, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID 2.0.
2010
The company is incubated by Agoranov, helping to its business development with active coaching, trainings, access to a solid network of experts, meetings with other entrepreneurs and financing help, especially with the Francilien Center of Innovation and Scientipôle Initiative.
The company continues its growth, participating to the collaborative R&D HD3D2 project as a lead of the Indexing and Reuse subproject.
The Restlet Framework reaches a major milestone in its development with the final release of its 2.0 version and the release by Manning of 8 chapters of the "Restlet in Action" book on a total of 11.
2009
The company prepares its growth by building relationships with economic development structures like the competitiveness cluster Cap Digital, the French Association Of Software Editors.
The Restlet project continues its development with the preparation of a 2.0 version offerring five editions for Java SE, Java EE, Google Web Toolkit, Google App Engine and Android. The writing of the "Restlet in Action" book published by Manning begins.
2008
Creation of the company by Jérôme Louvel and Thierry Boileau on the basis of the open source Restlet Framework created in 2005. The company is named Noelios Technologies and positions itself as an open source software vendor.
The Restlet project continues its development with the distribution of a 1.1 version, increasing the number of extensions including one supporting the JAX-RS standard. Jérôme Louvel participates in the expert group elaborating this API (JSR-311).