Herein lies the tremendous value of netvibes for people and business. Rather than taking time to routinely peruse the variety of websites and blogs you typically might navigate to stay informed, simply use netvibes as a single, convenient means to view all the latest digital information that is relevant to you. For example, say you want to keep up to date on topics and blog commentary specific to Solidworks. Then create a Solidworks dashboard and add RSS feeds from the published web sources of your choice. It's that simple, and netvibes will do the work for you.
Beyond having a single dashboard, you can also create additional dashboards for other interests too. Whether for personal or for your CAD business, the apps and widget selections allow you to keep informed of news and even email, all under one netvibe account.
Of the three tiers available, the basic is free and has enough customization to certainly be of value. Although it was reported that netvibes had its own pains inherit to any growing business, it appears that at least for the present it is here to stay. Gigaom reported last year that Dassault Systemes purchased netvibes for roughly $26M (US). Highlighting their commitment to make this a reputable part of the 3DExperience, Bernard Charles (President and CEO of Dassault Systemes) and Freddy Mini (CEO of netvibes) have provided encouragement to look into netvibes, as seen on the Dassault Systemes / netvibes product page and video. As it is being touted, the dashboard intelligence of netvibes should be a tremendous asset to any CAD entrepreneur looking to be most efficient with their time and efforts at keeping informed.
