Finding New Employees, via Social Networks

New York Times
“Appirio’s matching engine comes up with a list of friends whose job titles, geographic location and other keywords match their company’s available positions, and the employee can send them a referral in Facebook,” said Ryan Nichols, Appirio’s vice president for product management. The matching engine has access to the same information that a Facebook friend does.

Businesses Cash in on Cloud Computing

Digital Media Buzz
There are three primary reasons why companies look at cloud computing, says Balakrishna Narasimhan, senior director of strategy and marketing at San Mateo, Calif.-based Appirio, which was named as one of the “100 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem” by Cloud Computing Journal. The first two, he says, are straight forward: reduction in TCO and reduced initial investment. But the third driver, he adds, although difficult to quantify is as important as the first three: the ability to innovate and to be agile. “What a cloud platform lets you do,” he explains, “is not worry about infrastructure and networks and really focus on building a good solution.”

SaaS vendors need to get a clue about APIs

Network World
"The general notion of having a robust API to data is a critical jumping in point" for SaaS vendors wanting to play in the enterprise, said Narinder Singh, founder of Appirio, a company that helps customers exploit on-demand applications. Singh said he doesn't see suites going entirely away but does foresee a more heterogeneous applications environment. "How customers get support and how stuff works together, it's unclear how that gets resolved," he said. Among the other concerns for those in the SaaS industry is standards creep. Singh said he's concerned that new compliance and standards efforts could be used by those who are behind in the SaaS game to slow things down enough that they can catch up. "Standards…too often slow innovation," he said.

Are There Too Many Choices in Mobile?

InternetNews.com
"My favorite mobile applications tend to be ones that leverage the device," said panelist Narinder Singh, a co-founder and chief marketing officer of on-demand software supplier Appirio. "Apple almost single-handedly brought personalization to the mobile device," he added. "I actually think we'll see a dramatic jump in devices with multiple technologies and less commoditization." -Narinder Singh

Have Mobile Devices Grown Too Numerous?

Datamation
"My favorite mobile applications tend to be ones that leverage the device," said panelist Narinder Singh, a co-founder and chief marketing officer of on-demand software supplier Appirio. "Apple almost single-handedly brought personalization to the mobile device," he added. "I actually think we'll see a dramatic jump in devices with multiple technologies and less commoditization." -Narinder Singh

Codie award winners announced

InfoWorld
Content Newcomer of the Year: Appirio