Appirio in the News

Friday, August 28, 2009

The Top 150 Players in Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Journal
Appirio - Offers services and products to accelerate the adoption of on-demand solutions, and recently secured $5.6 million of financing in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital.

Which Cloud Services Providers Are Gaining Mind Share?

innovation.sys-con.com
Appirio named #2 of top 20 Cloud Services Providers gaining mind share.

85 Cloud Computing Vendors Shaping the Emerging Cloud

Datamation
Appirio ranked at #14.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Appirio Leverages Force.com

Cloud Computing Journal
Appirio Tuesday launched a cloud-based professional service automation (PSA) solution on Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Appirio Opens New Front In Services Software

BNET Technology Blog
Ryan Nichols, Appirio’s vice president of product management and marketing, told me the firm is targeting the top thousand professional services firms, which typically generate over $25m in revenue and have more than 100 consultants on staff. “It’s a pretty big industry to be neglected by the technology,” Nichols told me. In the short term, Appirio will focus on the six thousand professional services firms he said already use Salesforce.com. “It’s a natural bridge,” he said.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Appirio aims new SaaS app at large services businesses

Computerworld
To this end, Appirio has made it easy to extend and modify facets of its application's "four pillars" -- people, projects, customers and numbers -- to suit a particular industry or business, said Ryan Nichols, vice president of product management and marketing.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Google`s Incomplete Channel a Work in Progress

Channel Insider
Capitalizing on the cloud computing trend and the Google platform, Slakey says, requires new ways of thinking. He rattles off a list of partners and next-generation partners such as Appirio, Cloud Sherpas and Sada Systems that are embracing transformative business models to build and deliver cloud computing solutions.

Are 'private clouds' evil? Or just vendor hype?

InfoWorld
There has been a great deal of back in forth in the blogosphere around the use of private clouds, which generally means IT infrastructure that relies on the same techniques cloud providers use for their own datacenters, such as multitenancy, virtualization, Web delivery, and highly standardized environments. Most of the discussion emerged from a blog post by Appirio, "2009 prediction: Rise and fall of the private cloud."

CRM Magazine Announces Winners of 2009 CRM Market Awards

CRM Magazine
Appirio named one to watch for consultancies.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

A Public Cloud by Any Other Name is Private

Ulitzer
..."In particular the one that started because of Appirio’s corporate blog post “Rise and Fall of the Private Cloud and the comments made by Hoff in response."

Friday, August 7, 2009

CEOs come to terms with cloud concerns

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
At Appirio Inc., a San Mateo-based enterprise cloud computing integrator, cloud business director Mike Epner in July launched an online forum where customers can exchange concerns and experiences about going to the cloud.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

A day in the clouds

Deal Architect
"I was invited to present at and participate in an invigorating day organized by Appirio last week with a number of cloud computing pioneers. Google, amazon, salesforce.com and Appirio shared their experiences with several CIOs from a variety of industries and locations."
 
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