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pr@appirio.comAppirio in the News—2010
June 8, 2010
Building Your Business In The Cloud
BusinessSolutions
"We aggressively push the cloud, telling our customers that if they aren't pushing 10% of their IT spend (on people, projects, apps) – to the public cloud each year, they will overspend on IT and be lapped by their competition" Singh told the 270-plus services providers gathered for the Cloud Summit hosted by Ingram Micro in Dallas on June 7.
May 7, 2010
Appirio's Narinder Singh Discusses SaaS on Trend POV
April 26, 2010
Appirio Guarantees Cloud Savings
InformationWeek
Appirio wants to help small and medium sized companies move to the cloud, and it is guaranteeing that they will save $1 million off their IT budget if they do so.
April 22, 2010
Appirio: We guarantee cloud computing will save companies $1M
IDG News Service\Boston Bureau
Appirio launched a new offer Thursday, pledging that if customers who use its "cloudsourcing" services to migrate entirely to public cloud applications and technologies don't save at least US$1 million per year, it will make up the difference.
April 22, 2010
Appirio: We guarantee cloud computing will save companies $1M
VentureBeat
Ryan Nichols, Appirio’s vice president of “cloudsourcing” and cloud strategy, said that with the San Mateo, Calif. startup’s help, switching to the cloud should save companies at least $1 million a year. If it doesn’t, Appirio will pay off the difference by providing its services for free.
April 22, 2010
Appirio Offers $1 Million Cloud Computing Guarantee
ChannelWeb
"Appirio said Thursday that it will guarantee businesses that outsource their entire IT infrastructure to Appirio's cloud services will save at least $1 million a year or the solution provider will make up the difference."
April 06, 2010
AlwaysOn Announces Inaugural 'OnDemand 100' List of Fastest Growing Private Companies
AlwaysOn
The overall winner of the "OnDemand 100" is Appirio, a cloud solution provider that offers both products and professional services that help enterprises accelerate their adoption of the cloud.
April 06, 2010
Design thinking: the next gen apps frontier?
ZDNet
Dennis Howlett included Appirio in his post discussing next generation business applications in Irregular Enterprise (a ZD Net blog) today. Dennis incorporated part of a conversation he had with Narinder last week to further explain how to co-mingle services like Chatter, Google Apps and Salesforce for professional services organizations.
April 02, 2010
How the Email Inbox Can Become An App Platform
GigaOM
One company that’s already been able to play around with Gmail Contextual Gadgets is Appirio, which built a demo that shows how you can manage employees and customers with a solution built on Salesforce’s Force.com cloud platform. Watch the screencast here.
April 01, 2010
Four Things CIOs Need to Know About Cloudsourcing
CIOZone.com
Cloudsourcers such as Appirio claim that cloudsourcing can provide a 30 percent to 50 pecent reduction in total cost of ownership by dramatically lowering hardware and IT personnel costs. It also affords improved business agility by delivering a set of pre-integrated cloud applications that make it possible to move quickly to meet the needs of the business.
April 01, 2010
Google Gains Channel Momentum
Redmond Channel Partner
Appirio Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based solutions provider that has migrated 15,000 employees at the pharmaceutical giant Genentech Inc. from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps, is among those who joined the Google Apps Authorized Reseller program, according to Cho.
March 25, 2010
SETTING THE ENTERPRISE FREE
Workday
Appirio founder Narinder Singh believes integration for cloud computing will improve, particularly as more companies do SaaS-to-SaaS integrations. “Workday, Saleforce.com, and Google have fantastic APIs (application programmable interfaces),” he says. “It’s always the other side that’s harder to integrate. Where I think that can change is by having more of the center of gravity in the cloud.”
March 23, 2010
Retention and Compliance: The other side of the big data problem
Ramon Chen: Cloud 'N Clear
...It’s one of the reasons why I included them in my Cloud Fantasy Investing list together with Appirio, who are fast become the foremost experts in Cloud Computing, with thought leadership blog posts and innovative connectors...
March 23, 2010
Google Apps Has a Marketplace and Instant Failover
InfoQ
Professional Services Connect (PS Connect): This new cloud-based offering coming soon from Appirio, pulls contextually relevant information on people, projects, customers and transactions from a user's domain and surfaces it directly inside a Gmail message so services professionals can make more informed, real-time decisions.
March 23, 2010
Appirio Bets On The Cloud ... And Wins
ChannelWeb
The company steps in the ring, gloves laced and ready for battle. When the bell rings, it strikes with speed, agility and precision. In the world of cloud computing solution providers, consider Appirio the Manny Pacquiao: pound for pound the one of the best in the biz. "We can package what we learn into SaaS products built onto platforms," said Nichols. "We have 5,000 customers that use products that connect and extend Google, Salesforce, Amazon and Facebook."
March 17, 2010
Appirio - Top 10 cloud computing startups for 2010
Jamie V. C. Grenney
Appirio's integration between Gmail and Salesforce is pretty amazing. They pull CRM data and data from custom objects in Salesforce right into your gmail conversation when it is relevant.
March 17, 2010
IBM, Red Hat adopt “VMware Pattern” for Cloud. Disruption Strategy Emerges
Enterprise Irregulars
For a cloud integration company like Appirio this stuff seems old hat at best.
March 17, 2010
Appirio's Ryan Nichols presents at Cloud Connect - Launchpad Final 4
March 12, 2010
Integrating with Google Apps using Gmail contextual gadgets
Google Apps Developer Blog
Appirio, a cloud solution provider, provided a demonstration of the potential of Gmail contextual gadgets and other experimental features with their new product PS Connect.
March 12, 2010
T Shirt Friday #34 - Appirio
Cloud Ave
Julie Tangen from the Appirio media agency dropped me an email and asked me if I’d like to look at some of the t shirts they had. A couple of weeks later a package turned up for me with a host of Appirio shirts in it – all in black. Look for more Appirio schwag in upcoming reviews.
March 12, 2010
Google Apps Marketplace For Businesses
TheCTOForum
Professional Services Connect (PS Connect): This new cloud-based offering coming soon from Appirio, pulls contextually relevant information on people, projects, customers and transactions from a user's domain and surfaces it directly inside a Gmail message so services professionals can make more informed, real-time decisions.
March 10, 2010
Appirio Announces New Professional Services Connect Offering Through the Google Apps Marketplace
ebizQ
Appirio today announced Professional Services Connect (PS Connect), a new cloud-based offering that enables service professionals using Appirio's PS Enterprise product to run their business directly from their email inbox.
March 09, 2010
Appirio's Ryan Nichols, presents PS Connect at Google Campfire One
March 9, 2010
Open for business: the Google Apps Marketplace
The Official Google Blog
Professional Services Connect (PS Connect): This new cloud-based offering coming soon from Appirio, pulls contextually relevant information on people, projects, customers and transactions from a user's domain and surfaces it directly inside a Gmail message so services professionals can make more informed, real-time decisions.
March 9, 2010
Helping Companies Move Computing to the Cloud
BusinessWeek
That same year, Chris Barbin decided to reunite a group of colleagues from his former employer, webMethods, to start a venture that would help businesses tap into programs and services accessed on the Web. Barbin, who was chief information officer at Borland Software in Cupertino, Calif., pooled $100,000 with Glenn Weinstein, Mike O’Brien, and Narinder Singh to launch Appirio.
March 9, 2010
The Skinny on Google's New SMB Application Marketplace
Cloud Ave
Coming up on the road map are what Google calls contextual gadgets – in the same way that Gmail is now automatically embedding YouTube videos with Gmail, so too could application developers chose to have contextual data from their apps embedded in an email – see the image below showing Appirio data within Gmail. This is from a real product “PS Connect” that Appirio are demo-ing at the Google CampFire right now.
March 9, 2010
Google Launches the Google Apps Marketplace
Mashable
Last demo of the night: Ryan from Appirio, a cloud solution provider. It’s a tool for managing your team’s cloud applications, such as Salesforce. It’s meant to transition enterprise into the cloud more effectively.
March 9, 2010
What’s next for Google’s Apps Marketplace — contextual gadgets and more
Venture Beat
For example, a company called Appirio has built tool that allows users to bring up Salesforce sales lead information right in their emails.
March 9, 2010
Live: Google Apps Marketplace Launches At Google Campfire One
TechCrunch
Here’s a demo from Appirio – a cloud solution provider.
March 9, 2010
Google Apps Marketplace Launches as New Cloud Computing Store
eWeek.com
This will provide third-party software developers, such as Appirio, Intuit, Atlassian and others, with a larger cloud computing channel into which to sell their applications.
February 25, 2010
Innovations in service delivery
deal architect
I blogged recently about The Outsourcing Famine – little innovation in “business models and global delivery models and their partnering with interesting new technologies” with exceptions in firms like Cognizant and emerging ones like appirio and Corefino.
February 24, 2010
Google Gains Momentum with Apps
Redmondmag.com
Appirio, a San Mateo, Calif.-based solution provider that has migrated 15,000 employees at the pharmaceutical giant Genentech from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps, is among those who joined the Google Apps Authorized Reseller program, according to Cho.
February 24, 2010
Service providers look to play the cloud game
The Economic Times
Appirio, a specialist player who helps enterprises implement cloud-based solutions, was co-founded by Narinder Singh, who quit his position with enterprise software leader SAP to start the firm. “All our founders came from traditional enterprise software backgrounds from companies such as Borland, WebMethods, SAP and Accenture. Four years ago, we saw a shift happening in the marketplace and felt there was a need for a new type of partner to help enterprises move to the cloud. That’s why we founded Appirio,” said Balakrishna Narasimhan, senior director, marketing and strategy, Appirio.
February 22, 2010
Four New Cloud Computing Favorites
InformationWeek
Appirio has developed what it describes as "the world’s first social services-management application for the enterprise." The app, called Social PS Enterprise, is an implementation of Salesforce.com's new Chatter collaboration functionality, and it gives professional services teams a shot of social networking capabilities, such as real-time chat. It works with Appirio's Professional Services Enterprise (PS Enterprise), which is software as a service and based on Salesforce's Force.com.
February 20, 2010
Cloud Computing Fantasy Private Company Investing – Appirio, Aster, Cloudera, Voltage, Zuora
Ramon Chen: Cloud 'N Clear
In this post, I’m going to take a quick look at how companies I personally follow are doing, picking out my favorite 5. I’m calling it my cloud computing fantasy private company portfolio. Bascially if I had some fantasy VC money to invest, here’s where I’d like to put my bets. Note that generally it’s a good idea to diversify your portfolio...
February 18, 2010
How Chatter May Win the Enterprise 2.0 Game (Maybe Even CRM)
Customer Think
Once we get past the misunderstanding over price, the second issue was not knowing what “it can do”. I can see that as a more significant issue in the long run, and one that will be a barrier to adoption. While they showcased clients who are currently using it, these were the same ones I saw at Dreamforce (excellent implementations and both have matured some since then, Appirio showed their PSA and Vetrazzo showed how they run the entire company among others).
February 17, 2010
Chatter Private Beta Launch San Francisco
Narinder Singh shows what is possible with salesforce.com's Chatter - On stage with Marc Benioff
February 17, 2010
Not A Rumor: Salesforce Chatter Goes Beta
ChannelWeb
"We think the collaboration will be a huge benefit for our customers," said Narinder Singh, chief marketing officer at Appirio, a San Mateo, Calif.-based cloud application solution provider. Appirio offers cloud software, including a professional services system built on Salesforce's Force.com platform, combined with a range of consulting services. The company has built Chatter into a new version of its professional services application called "Social PS Enterprise" and will make that available once Chatter is released. Singh said that application could be used for a range of professional services tasks such as skills management and employee certification.
February 16, 2010
Amazon, Salesforce.com, Google Continue to Lead the Cloudsphere
Web 2.0 Journal
Listed as one of the Top 25 Cloud Services Providers gaining mind share in the first quarter of 2010.
February 14, 2010
CA Wants to Be the Enterprise Watchdog in the Cloud
GigaOM
Appirio: Appirio would bring a much-needed services angle to CA’s cloud offerings. Managing and monitoring services and infrastructure is great, but helping customers transition to cloud computing and/or SaaS, even helping them develop new cloud-based applications, adds an incredible amount of value to any company serious about pushing cloud solutions. Appirio also offers Cloud Connectors, which bridge Salesforce.com applications with Google Apps, Amazon Web Services and/or Facebook. But the services business would be the real key if CA made this move.
February 10, 2010
The CloudConnect Launch Pad Finalists!
CloudAve
Appirio named one of eight finalists for the CloudConnect Launch Pad. Vote for our video here: http://launchpad.cloudconnectevent.com/vote-now/
February 5, 2010
The Outsourcing Famine
deal architect
Most recent innovation in application management services has come from SaaS vendors like salesforce and NetSuite, data centers from cloud providers like amazon, systems integration from next gen service firms like appirio which does SaaS implementations and develops its own software and process services from firms like Corefino, which is blending BPO and SaaS into its services.
January 31, 2010
10 Hot Cloud Computing Startups for 2010
Datamation.com
Appirio named one of the hot 10 cloud computing startups for 2010.
January 29, 2010
Cloudsourcing: The Cloud Sparks A New Generation Of Consultants & Service Brokers
Processor.com
Ryan Nichols, head of cloudsourcing and cloud strategy at Appirio, describes a service broker as “any third party that makes the cloud more usable,” adding that “cloudsourcing is where cloud computing meets outsourcing.”
January 26, 2010
The "Cloudiness" Around Private Clouds: How Private is Private?
Sandhill.com
However, the notion of a Private Cloud took some collective beating (to put it mildly) in a recent webcast hosted by Appirio. Is a private cloud really a "fools" cloud -- simply a glorified term for datacenter virtualization? Will it be go the dinosaurs' way in a few years? Or is it here to stay just as the Enterprise Intranet has been hanging around for a long time alongside the Public Internet?
January 25, 2010
Migrating 6,000 users in 40+ countries from Lotus Notes/Domino to Google Apps
Official Google Enterprise Blog
To help us get up to speed quickly and run the pilot smoothly, we partnered with Appirio Consulting. Appirio had previous experience converting large corporations from Lotus Notes/Domino to Google Apps. Appirio conducted one-on-one or small group training sessions for the pilot users and targeted training for the executive admins because of the complexity of their jobs when it comes to collaboration, email, and calendar management.
January 25, 2010
Social CRM – Is the Customer Finally In?
1to1media.com
Narinder Singh, chief product officer for Appirio, sums up FB: "If there are 150 million people in a room, you should probably go to that room." To explain this point, imagine I am a Harry Potter fan and I have added "friends" in FB who share my interest in Harry Potter books. My "friends," who also belong to a wider group of children's book readers, link me to other members of this group, some of whom have "chucked" me some recommended books. ("Chucking" is basically an application that enables you to send names of books with online reviews, ratings, etc. to "friends".) I have now updated few "chucks" with the status "like to buy." Any marketer with access to this "social" data will not only be able to find out what I'm interested in buying now, but can also obtain information about other people in my network, i.e. my "friends" who have similar interests (prospects).
January 22, 2010
Thomas Edison would have loved cloud computing
CNNMoney.com
It's time to bring a little clarity to the concept of "cloud computing," perhaps the most important, but least understood, technology trend of 2010...
January 20, 2010
Partner Tip: Appirio Talks About Building a Business on the Cloud
IDC's Michael Fauscette interviews Appirio CEO Chris Barbin about building a business on the cloud.
January 18, 2010
2010 Cloud Computing Predictions: Part II
ebizQ
It's prediction season, and in order to come up with our own annual predictions for what CIOs should expect in cloud computing this year, we asked our feet on the street -- the Appirio team of nearly 200 cloud practitioners who are on the ground accelerating the adoption of cloud computing for hundreds of real-life customers.
January 15, 2010
Enterprise Cloud Cross-Currents
The Connected Web
I myself have been making bullish predictions for cloud in a webcast discussion this week (recording here) with fellow Enterprise Irregular bloggers Vinnie Mirchandani and Dennis Howlett alongside Appirio's Narinder Singh, followed up by blog post musing on the credibility of private cloud.
January 14, 2010
When will the crowd turn against private cloud?
ZDNet.com
Following on from yesterday’s Forecasting Fisticuffs webcast (recording here) with fellow Enterprise Irregular bloggers Vinnie Mirchandani and Dennis Howlett alongside Appirio’s Narinder Singh, I tweeted a provocative prediction for 2010 that “Private clouds will be discredited by year end”.
January 12, 2010
Facebook recruiting made easier
HRMorning.com
Software company Appirio has released an application called MyFriends@Work, which aims to help companies find prospective workers via current employees networks.
January 12, 2010
Forecasting Fisticuffs: predicting the cloud in 2010
ZDNet.com
What promises to be a fun event is scheduled for tomorrow: 10.30 am PST. Phil Wainewright, Vinnie Mirchandani, Narinder Singh and I will hold a ‘bar room’ style slug fest as we parse the cloud issues we see as important for 2010.
January 11, 2010
Four Cloud Computing Pundits Debate How Cloud Computing Will Impact Enterprises in 2010
Product Design and Development
Appirio, a cloud solution provider, will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, featuring leading cloud computing experts: Dennis Howlett, founding member of the Enterprise Irregulars , Vinnie Mirchandani, founder of deal architect, Phil Wainewright, Software as Services blogger, and Narinder Singh of Appirio . The webinar will provide a forum to debate how cloud computing will impact enterprises in 2010.
January 11, 2010
2010 Cloud Computing Predictions: Part I
ebizQ
As 2010 kicks off, the pundits are weighing in on what the world should expect from cloud computing in 2010...
January 8, 2010
An Introduction to Force.com
Dr Dobb's
An infrastructure for building business apps, delivered to you as a service
January 7, 2010
Forecasting Fisticuffs: Predicting the Cloud in 2010
AccMan
My very good pal Vinnie (Maintenance) Mirchandani, ZDNet blog colleague and UK EuroCloud chair Phil Wainewright and Narinder Singh, co-founder of appirio along with yours truly are slated to provide what I expect will be an entertaining show.
January 6, 2010
Cloudy 2010
Deal Architect
I will be joining Phil Wainewright, Dennis Howlett and Narinder Singh, one of the co-founders of appirio in a session on cloud trends on Wednesday, January 13.
January 5, 2010
Appirio Predicts More Devs, Few Standards for Cloud in 2010
Integration Developer News
Appirio, a cloud services provider, offers its 2010 predictions for cloud computing. Chief among them: Cloud dev community will skyrocket. Cloud success will reach mainstream companies.
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