Press Releases

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Appirio Named a Who’s Who in Cloud Services Brokerage by Leading Analyst Firm

San Mateo, Calif. - December 22, 2011 - Appirio, a technology-enabled services provider that helps enterprises power their business with the cloud, has been named by Gartner as one of the leading providers of Cloud Services Brokerage (CSB) in their recent Who's Who in Cloud Services Brokerage report, 2011. According to the report, “the CSB role will affect how many providers deliver solutions across much of the $862 billion IT services industry.”

Friday, December 9, 2011

Appirio To Acquire Saaspoint and Accelerate Global Expansion

San Mateo, Calif. - December 9, 2011 (Cloudforce NY) - Appirio a technology-enabled services provider that helps enterprises power their businesses with the cloud, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Saaspoint, the most experienced European-based provider of cloud consulting services. Saaspoint brings Appirio an even deeper bench of experienced cloud consultants, as well as a physical presence in the U.K. and Ireland. The acquisition, Appirio’s fourth this year, supplements Appirio’s existing presence in the U.S., Japan and India, and will form a foundation for aggressively building out more broadly into Europe.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Appirio Introduces New Social Enterprise Toolkit

New Cloud-Based Assets Help Companies More Easily Integrate and Manage Existing Social Applications, Encourage User Adoption
New York City - November 30, 2011 (Cloudforce NY) - Appirio a technology-enabled services provider that helps enterprises power their business with the cloud, today introduced a new social enterprise toolkit to help companies break down social silos, increase employee collaboration, and encourage greater user adoption of existing social enterprise tools. The toolkit consists of nearly 20 social assets built during Appirio’s work with leading enterprises and crowdsourced through the global CloudSpokes development community.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Appirio Announces New GMs for European and Asia Pacific Operations

Capitalizing on Five Years of Strong Growth Helping Customers Build Cloud-Powered Businesses, Appirio Expands Teams in the UK, Japan and Beyond
San Mateo, Calif. - September 27, 2011 - Appirio a cloud solution provider that helps enterprises adopt, connect and extend cloud platforms such as salesforce.com, Google and Workday, today announced that Manish Sharma and Lori Williams will head up Appirio’s operations in Asia Pacific and Europe, respectively. Mr. Sharma, who formerly led VMware’s emerging products for Asia Pacific, will begin duties on October 1, 2011. Ms. Williams, who previously ran Appirio’s U.S. consulting team, will begin immediately. Both will be responsible for building the new regional teams through a combination of organic and inorganic growth, and working closely with Appirio’s strategic partners including salesforce.com, who last month made a second investment in Appirio.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

World Economic Forum Names Appirio a 2012 Technology Pioneer

Global award recognizes Appirio’s innovation, leadership and potential impact on the future of business
San Mateo, Calif. - September 1, 2011 - Appirio a cloud solution provider that helps enterprises adopt, connect and extend cloud platforms such as salesforce.com, Google and Workday, today announced it has been named a 2012 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Appirio joins a list of the 25 most innovative technology start-ups from around the world. According to the World Economic Forum selection committee, these companies represent the latest generation of innovation and are poised to have a critical impact on how businesses and society will function.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Appirio Takes the Social Enterprise from Idea to Impact

New Technology-Enabled Services from Appirio Help Enterprises Achieve Real Business Value With Cloud-Based Social Solutions
SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce.com Dreamforce Conference - August 31, 2011 - Appirio’s Social Enterprise practice today announced services and technology that will help enterprises more successfully use cloud-based social solutions like Salesforce Chatter, Twitter and Facebook to power their business. The announcement was made today at Dreamforce 2011, the cloud computing event of the year. The Dreamforce conference is being held August 30 - September 2, 2011, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Appirio will be in booth #420 in the Dreamforce Expo.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Appirio to Accelerate Global Expansion Through New Strategic Investment

Appirio Celebrates Five Years of Growth, Moving More Than 1 Million People to the Public Cloud
San Mateo, Calif. - August, 2011 - Appirio, a cloud solution provider, today announced it will be expanding internationally to serve a growing base of customers in the European and Asia Pacific markets. The expansion is being funded by a strategic investment from two existing investors - GGV Capital, an expansion stage venture capital firm focused on the U.S. and Asia, and Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company. Expansion will be through a combination of organic and inorganic growth.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Appirio Helps Universities Learn the Collaboration and Cost Benefits of Google Apps

Universities Look to Google and Appirio for Cloud-based Messaging and Collaboration Capabilities
San Mateo, Calif. - June 27, 2011 - Appirio, a cloud solution provider, today announced it is working with several universities to bring Google Apps to students, faculty and alumni for better messaging and collaboration. Some of the latest universities to deploy Google solutions with Appirio’s guidance include Brown University, New York University and Tyler Junior College.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Appirio’s Mobile Practice Introduces New Mobile Application Framework

New Framework Makes It Easier, Cheaper to Build and Manage Native iOS Apps for Salesforce CRM
San Mateo, Calif. - June 13, 2011 - Appirio, a cloud solution provider, offers a set of mobile-focused services that help enterprises more easily and cost effectively architect, develop and manage mobile apps using the power of public cloud platforms. Today Appirio announced a new mobile application framework underpinning these services, which enables consultants and customers to build custom, native mobile apps without writing native iOS device code. The framework leverages the Force.com cloud platform to help manage mobile apps in real-time without requiring any redeployment.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Appirio Sponsors Benefit Concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Dreamforce 2011

Cloud Provider’s Silver Lining Program Continues Philanthropic Efforts for the “Future of the Cloud”
San Mateo, Calif. - June 2, 2011 – Appirio, a cloud solution provider, today announced it would be among one of the top sponsors of The Concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital being held in conjunction with Dreamforce 2011. Last year the UCSF benefit raised more than $3M to build a new home for what will be one of the country’s best children’s medical facilities when completed in 2014. The donation from Appirio’s Silver Lining Program is part of Appirio’s ongoing focus to use the company’s time, talent and technology for social good. The benefit concert will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Appirio Recognized for Standout Technology, Executive Leadership and Company Culture

Recent Industry Accolades from Notable Organizations Showcase Company’s Market Leadership
San Mateo, Calif. - May 3, 2011 – Appirio, a cloud solution provider, continues to be recognized for its market leadership in cloud computing and its strong rapport with customers, partners and employees. In 2011 thus far, Appirio has earned recognition from organizations such as Computerworld, Gartner and SIIA on a variety of fronts. These include Appirio’s impact on customer engagements, its executive leadership and strong company culture, as well as the company’s integration technology and new cloud developer community.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Appirio Connects Jive and Salesforce for Integrated Social CRM

Introduces New Collaborative Selling App, the First in a Series of CloudWorks-Powered Jive Apps
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - March 31, 2011 (Gartner Customer 360 Summit) – Appirio, a cloud solution provider, today announced a series of CloudWorks-powered Jive apps that will integrate critical business information from Salesforce CRM with the collaboration capabilities of Jive Social Business Software for collaborative sales and customer service. The first of these apps improves sales productivity by enabling collaborative selling, where sales teams can work together with employees from across the entire company to more easily close sales opportunities. Appirio’s collaborative sales app is currently available to Jive 5 beta customers and will be available to the broader Jive community in the Jive Apps Market once Jive 5 is generally available.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Appirio Acquires Infowelders, a Salesforce.com Consultancy

Acquisition Expands Appirio’s Presence in the Midwest, Brings Additional Customers, Capacity and IP to Appirio’s Cloud Asset Library
SAN MATEO, Calif., March 21, 2011—Appirio today announced the acquisition of Infowelders, a full-service salesforce.com implementation consultancy specializing in sales cloud, service cloud and custom cloud development. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of this month, supplements Appirio’s core Salesforce CRM and Force.com consulting business. It provides Appirio with a stronger presence in the Midwest region, brings additional experience in mobile cloud development, and positions Appirio as the most certified cloud-focused partner of salesforce.com. The acquisition also brings to Appirio six packaged solutions that will become a part of Appirio’s Cloud Asset Library, a growing library of reusable assets used to accelerate Salesforce implementations.

Monday, February 14, 2011

New Community for Crowdsourcing Enterprise Cloud Development Now Open For Business

Appirio Introduces CloudSpokes, an Open Cross-Cloud Community and Marketplace That Helps Companies Find and Reward Top Talent for Participating in Development Challenges

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., February 14, 2011—Appirio today introduced CloudSpokes, a new crowdsourcing development community and marketplace that matches companies who need cloud development work with a worldwide community of cloud experts. It is the only community focused solely on multi-tenant public cloud platforms and applications, and the projects, topics and skills related to these different platforms. CloudSpokes offers a competitive and collaborative environment for contests, networking, discussions and jobs involving today’s hottest cloud technologies. It’s a place for companies to cost-effectively find and reward top talent, and for developers to get recognized for their expertise as well as learn new skills from like-minded peers.

 
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