Salesforce To Buy Social Media Co Radian6 For $326M

The Wall Street Journal
... "It's crucial for companies to have technology that can monitor their customers," said Narinder Singh, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Appirio, a San Mateo-based cloud services provider and one of Salesforce's largest independent partners. "It's all about understanding and interacting with customers these days," Singh added...

Appirio Bulks Up Salesforce Presence With Infowelders Buy

CRN
...Cloud solution provider Appirio kept the acquisition train rolling Monday with the buyout of Infowelders, a Salesforce.com consulting and ISV player, a move that further sharpens Appirio's chops as a Salesforce partner...

Crowdsourcing: The New Comparative Advantage?

Crowdsourcing matched with markets offers an important and emerging tool in individual, corporate, and macro-economic collaboration. Participating in and exploring these mechanisms creates emergent experience and the potential for discontinuous innovation. The crowd is coming, its simply a question of if you will be leading or following it.

Quake and IT: Shaking in Tokyo, waiting in San Diego

When the earthquake struck in Japan mid-afternoon, Jason Park was in his office in Tokyo on the 39th floor. It started with a mild tremor, something that happens every few months. "We didn't think anything of it until the tremor didn't stop," said Park, who is general manager of Japan operations for Appirio, a San Francisco-based cloud services firm.

The SaaS list: A look at current on-demand favorites

Ask a bunch of enterprise experts what their favorite software as a service providers and you’re bound to get a lively debate—and a nice survey of the field. What follows is an list of the SaaS landscape and notable companies to track.

Cross-ocean clouds gain despite millisecond delays

"The company undertook the project with the help of Appirio Inc., a San Francisco-based firm that helps businesses set up cloud platforms. Appirio helped architect and tune the system to provide "almost the same level of response time" as the conventional system, said Futami."