Small Law Firm Woos Clients With Monthly Subscription Fees

Law.com
Earlier this year, executives at San Mateo, Calif., cloud computing startup Appirio Inc. were looking for a way to cut legal costs. The big firm the company was using wasn't too interested in entertaining flat-fee billing at the time, said Jim Emerich, Appirio's chief financial officer (he declined to name the firm). So the company's work went to Smithline Jha, Emerich said, after a beauty contest that attracted four competitors.

Why not cloudsourcing for enterprise app user adoption/training?

Velocity Made Good
From Ryan Nichols: "Where cloud computing meets outsourcing... It's the natural combination of two trends that have dominated how enterprises utilize information technology over the last 2 decades..."

Is Chatter the Killer App for Force.com?

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Appirio's Narinder Singh went on stage to demonstrate how Chatter's alerting capability will make it much easier to keep everyone abreast of important developments within its professional services automation application.

Appirio Releases Cloud Computing Predictions for 2010

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"Customer success is the true measure of the cloud's effectiveness," said Ryan Nichols, head of cloudsourcing and cloud strategy for Appirio. "In 2009 we saw innovative enterprises such as Japan Post, Avon, and Starbucks demonstrate the business case for cloud computing. In 2010, that success will go mainstream."

Microsoft Azure Will Cannibalize a Global Account -Appirio

Cloud Computing Journal
"Customer success is the true measure of the cloud's effectiveness," said Ryan Nichols, head of cloudsourcing and cloud strategy for Appirio. "In 2009 we saw innovative enterprises such as Japan Post, Avon, and Starbucks demonstrate the business case for cloud computing. In 2010, that success will go mainstream."

Appirio Predicted Windows Azure Disappointment in 2009

Cloud Computing Journal
"Appirio's predictions reveal that in spite of our current economy, cloud computing will continue to see strong growth and investment over the next year -- a prediction that industry analysts agree with as well. As more and more companies like Flextronics, Genentech and Harrah's publicly discuss their experience with cloud computing, it will pave the way for even more adoption over the coming year.

Firms Must Embrace Modern Marketing Strategies

RainMaker Blog
Your engagement with prospects and clients can also be improved via cloud computing services such as Salesforce and Google Apps, saysRyan Nichols in his article Using Cloud Computing to Grow Your Services Firm. By employing such technology, firms can spend less attention on IT and more attention on clients and growing the firm. Such applications also allow firms to engage with clients, consultants, and the broader community using next-generation sales and marketing techniques that aren’t possible using traditional on-premise applications, Nichols says.

List of Companies Providing Social CRM Offerings

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang
Appirio: Offers the ability for companies to create applications on Facebook which then marry data back to Salesforce, called Cloud Connectors.

What Goes Mobile?

InformationWeek
...After reviewing many options, RehabCare developed a prototype of a mobile app in four days, with some help from cloud computing consulting firm Appirio, that runs on Salesforce.com's cloud computing platform, Force.com...

Developing in the cloud with Force.com PaaS (Podcast)

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When it comes to development on the Force.com Platform as a Service (PaaS), few are more knowledgeable than Jason Ouellette, author of the new book, Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud.