15 Cloud Computing Firms to Watch: Security, Storage, Apps

Datamation
...Here, we have highlighted 15 promising cloud computing vendors that are carving out a niche for themselves in this emerging arena...San Mateo, Calif.-based Appirio is tackling the challenges of enterprise adoption of cloud computing from both the technology and consulting perspectives...

Appirio Turns Cloud Development Wheels With CloudSpokes

CRN
...Cloud solution provider Appirio has amassed a crack team of cloud developers through its two-month-old CloudSpokes cloud-focused, "crowdsourcing" initiative, and the community is continuing to thrive creating a new channel for companies looking for cloud development...

Appirio Makes Third Cloud Acquisition In Two Months

CRN
Appirio is on a cloud acquisition hot streak and Monday the cloud computing solution provider scooped up consultancy VMG, marking the third acquisition for Appirio in just two months...

ERP, Services, Telephony and Mobile

ZDNet
...In this situation, Appirio has built a cloud-based set of applications that utilize, seamlessly, information from multiple cloud sources via a single user interface. This point is quite important as the company did not try to mimic portions of ERP, CRM or email screen panels to fit on a reduced form factor. Instead, Appirio looked at the user’s business problem first and designed a custom user interface that pulled the appropriate data from various different cloud subsystems. The client in this case has approximately 3000 remote workers and possibly 80 desktop software users...

Jive and Salesforce.com Get Hitched by Appirio

ReadWriteWeb
...Appirio announced this week a new series apps that will integrate customer relation management information from Salesforce.com with the enterprise collaboration features of Jive. The first of these apps, part of Appirio's CloudWorks line, is based around what Appirio calls "collaborative selling."...