{"id":37372,"date":"2016-01-08T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=9987"},"modified":"2023-06-01T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:32:56","slug":"the-story-behind-the-exo-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/the-story-behind-the-exo-name\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the \u201ceXo\u201d Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSometimes, one creates a company out of an idea. Sometimes it’s because one feels the need to “do something”, and sometimes it’s just the story of men and women who believe in the same project.
\nThis is how eXo’s creation story began.
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eXo Platform Genesis<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The story behind the name \u201ceXo\u201d… Well, it\u2019s an interesting story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\neXo\u2019s adventure started when its two founders, now husband and wife, were still students.
\nIn the beginning, eXo platform was supposed to be a sort of e-learning platform<\/strong> where bad students could ask the smartest students for help.
\n\u201ceXo\u201d, in French, is actually the diminutive of the word \u201cexercise\u201d. As simple as that.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0When presented to investors, as it was only going to feature a chat interface, the project was not welcomed because, as they saw it, it was incomplete.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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eXo Platform Birth<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0Benjamin Mestrallet<\/strong>, eXo\u2019s co-founder, then decided to work further on his project and give it more functionality.
\nIn a garage, during 11 months, that young man gave birth to eXo Platform, being the first to implement portlet containers with open-source standards.<\/p>\n

The United States Department of Defense<\/strong> was one of eXo\u2019s first clients. Way to go eXo!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Today, 12 years after eXo\u2019s first days, it has become a solid company with clients all over the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fun Facts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cExo\u201d is also the name of a Chinese-South Korean band. Yes! And that\u2019s not all. We have found out that it is also the brand name of a locust protein powder. Locust powder. Yummy!
\nMore seriously, \u201cExo\u201d is also a Greek prefix meaning \u201cfrom outside\u201d.<\/p>\n

We can all agree that \u201ceXo\u201d is a cool name (…and a cool company as well!)<\/p>\n

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