Technological partnership

Gravitee, the Universal Open Source Solution for Managing, Exposing, and Securing Your APIs

Gravitee's mission is to unify and streamline the management of synchronous and asynchronous APIs for enterprises.

Smile & Gravitee: Trusted Partners

Gravitee, a French company specializing in API management, was founded in late 2015 and entered into a strategic partnership with Smile in 2023. 

Gravitee is currently the most dynamic player in the API management market, revolutionizing the field with its bold approach, betting on the rise of event-driven APIs and API gateway federation. At the same time, it stands out for the completeness of its more traditional features, such as its message processing policies, API catalog, and extensive customization options.

 

The Metropolis of Greater Lyon: API Management Serving Local Authorities

Smile supports the Metropolis of Greater Lyon in its API strategy to digitize administrative exchanges and access to services under public service delegation.

After implementing and maintaining the first version of the platform since 2019, Smile has been evolving it to Gravitee solutions since 2023. More than 200 clients benefit from simplified access to the hundred APIs hosted in a sovereign multi-cloud environment. Gravitee Access Management has also been integrated to control access and federate identities across the metropolis's multiple systems.

 

Somfy: API Management Serving the Industry

Somfy, a world leader in the motorization and automation of home openings and alarm systems, has trusted Smile for many years to support its digital transformation by setting up a dedicated e-commerce and data service center.

As part of this collaboration, Smile has implemented, maintained, and contributed to the governance of its API management platform based on the Gravitee solution. Somfy has been progressively publishing all its services in the form of APIs through this new platform since early 2023.