MD Speaks with Appirio

Media Dojo
Combining products, services and strategic relationships with platform companies like Google or Amazon, enablers like Appirio provide a “middlelayer” rather than “middleware” for organizations trying out the cloud for select business functions. Based in San Mateo, Appirio basically helps its clients fast-track selected business functions onto the cloud by offering them a turn-key proposition.

Startup sells shovels for cloud computing gold rush

Bizjournals
Times are good right now for Appirio, with interest on the rise for pay-as-you-go software rather than licensed on-premise software, as companies seek to cut costs.

SaaS and Cloud Computing: The Channel Is Far From Dead

E-Commerce Times
One company making a name for itself in this realm is Appirio, which is helping enterprises pull together the resources available on Salesforce.com's (NYSE: CRM) More about Salesforce.com Force.com, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) More about Google Engine, Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) More about Amazon.com Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Facebook More about Facebook platforms.

Google Launches New Java Development Tools

Channel Insider
McMullan uses ISV Appirio as an example of how leveraging Google’s infrastructure can save ISVs money and time. He explains that the firm built an employee recruiting application on AppEngine with both the front and back end in Java. Instead of hiring additional developers, building out infrastructure and investing in new servers and other hardware to support the application, McMullan says the app was up and running in just a couple of weeks and only required the services of one Java Developer.

Appirio Professional Service Essentials On Force.com

OnDemand Beat
“We’ve been using early versions of PS Essentials to run our own business since we started. In just the last 12 months, our business has grown over 500 percent. We’ve significantly increased the size and reach of our delivery team and have added subcontractors to our resource pool. It’s only because our business is built on Salesforce.com, Google Apps, and PS Essentials that we’ve been able to scale this quickly with high quality talent and manage such a high volume of daily resourcing activity with minimal administrative staff.” -Ryan Nichols

Java makes Google App Engine more mainstream

CNET
"It's the language of the enterprise," said Ryan Nichols, leader of product management and marketing at Appirio, a 140-person start-up that builds software for clients who want cloud computing applications. "It allows us to have a different level of conversation with our customers." -Ryan Nichols

Shift to SaaS upsets integrators' IT applecart

Computerworld Blogs
"Some things aren't ready for the cloud yet," he admits. (Chris Barbin) "With them there's so much you don't have to do during development," he says. (Chris Barbin)

Appirio at Google's Campfire Event

Google