tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post1197458780854716933..comments2011-09-03T22:01:09.335-07:00Chuck Crollnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-50496058826766377932008-11-25T08:44:00.000-08:002008-11-25T08:44:00.000-08:00Congratulations! nice job. Business can benefit from this <a href="http://www.automationdevelopmentgroup.com" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">appointment scheduling software</a>Fozail Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14020169741159554098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-52145664820939006552008-08-13T03:24:00.000-07:002008-08-13T03:24:00.000-07:00Hey nice one. i think for any business, <a href="http://www.scheduleview.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Business Service scheduling software</a> is very important to keep the track of the employees in the company.Harryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283251688760577081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-64672905204752116162008-07-30T12:26:00.000-07:002008-07-30T12:26:00.000-07:00Hi Chris, yes I&#39;d love to chat live with you.<br><br>Is your email chris |at| appirio? I&#39;ll send you an email.<br><br>Best,<br><br>JayJay Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840369818041499720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-44843431908656430922008-07-26T04:14:00.000-07:002008-07-26T04:14:00.000-07:00This is not a blog, more a product sheetEngago Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837577982809658021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-40353768457268585972008-07-23T08:38:00.000-07:002008-07-23T08:38:00.000-07:00Jay,<br><br>Thanks for the comment - a great question actually. The power of the model comes from a combination of web platforms AND the stage/state of the SaaS market. While players like SFDC have been around 9+ years, the market is still very early with less than 6% penetration in overall enterprise software. This creates tremendous &#39;white space&#39; for product opportunities that are easily identified as part of the large enterprise deployments that firms like Appirio are involved in. SaaS platforms allow us the opportunity to quickly develop and innovate and provide the vehicle for immediate distribution to millions of users without the baggage of versions, compatibility issues, etc. In short, cost and time to develop and deploy products is orders of magnitude faster. The true secret sauce in the end however, is having the organizational discipline to run a customer centric, profitable and scalable services business, while &#39;incubating&#39; a complimentary portfolio of products with a dedicated product team. The model still requires focus and solid execution, and those firms that pay lip service to products and put arms and legs of underutilized consultants on products will fail. Happy to chat live on it if you are interested - feel free to drop me an email.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13489078860080439299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-81355519419715319362008-07-22T21:54:00.000-07:002008-07-22T21:54:00.000-07:00Hi Chris, congrats on the endorsement-validation from Sequoia! Exciting times indeed. I read that Appirio had raised some money just recently. I guess the additional funds certainly won&#39;t hurt, and would certainly help Appirio weather any bumps in the road in today&#39;s less than stellar economic conditions.<br><br>I do have a question, I hope you don&#39;t mind me asking -- and hopefully I don&#39;t embarrass myself too badly if this comes across as a &quot;duh, obvious&quot; type. <br><br>What is it about web platforms that makes products and services complementary? <br><br>I&#39;m guessing that professional services aren&#39;t as attractive to some VCs because &quot;scaling&quot; up human capital is difficult, and human capital is not cheap, whose &quot;cost&quot; is difficult to drive down. <br><br>Or put another way, what is it about the whole Web 2.0/PaaS/SaaS phenomenon today that makes hybrid models possible, that Web 1.0 did failed to do? <br><br>@bob In technology, as you should know .. it&#39;s an innovate-or-die game. Best of luck in surviving this: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9110329Jay Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840369818041499720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-28824504549865663842008-07-22T08:03:00.000-07:002008-07-22T08:03:00.000-07:00I&#39;ve been in IT for 50 years and I&#39;ve watched acronyms come and go. &quot;Cloud&quot; computing is simply another &quot;nonspecific,&quot; vague burp used by software developers to generate new excuses to sell rehashed old products as new and, in the process, convince companies to buy software they already have.<br>Nothing more. We&#39;re just moving the deck chairs once again and playing the &quot;greater fool&quot; game.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612063188106735725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-50414112215557065082008-07-21T15:06:00.000-07:002008-07-21T15:06:00.000-07:00Gratz! I admire the Google Apps/SFDC integration done to date. Keep up the great work.Terra Firmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350045110233363341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723148708214979276.post-25902099432609190632008-07-18T18:31:00.000-07:002008-07-18T18:31:00.000-07:00Congrats all at Appirio!Elayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03252155499290854831noreply@blogger.com