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Products and Services Info

About Appirio
A general overview of Appirio

Appirio Cloudsourcing
Appirio’s Cloudsourcing solution is a combination of products and services that allows you to outsource the migration and management of your entire IT infrastructure to run on a pre-integrated suite of leading cloud applications and platforms.

Appirio Cloudsourcing for Professional Services
Appirio Cloudsourcing Solutions for Professional Services Organizations

Appirio Cloud Management
Appirio offers a portfolio of Cloud Management services to help enterprises maintain, enhance and monitor their cloud applications. We offer Cloud Management for cloud applications such as salesforce.com and Google Apps, as well as solutions built on Force. com.

Cloud Orientation with Appirio
Appirio has developed a single-day “Cloud Orientation” to meet these needs. We’ll provide an orientation to the cloud ecosystem, walk you through a tailored set of cloud computing case studies, and help you identify an opportunities to use the cloud in your business.

Cloud Prototype and Business Case
Appirio offers a “Cloud Prototype and Business Case” to meet these needs. We scope the project and gather the requirements for your new cloud- based application. Then we gather cost data and identify the business benefits of the new application to prepare the business case for migrating the application to the cloud. Last, to prove your concept, we will build a prototype of the application.

Cloud Roadmap and Business Case
Appirio’s Cloud Roadmap and Business Case enables IT leaders to quickly demonstrate the business case for cloud computing and develop a coher- ent and comprehensive roadmap to transition their application portfolio and IT organization to the cloud. We use the broad 3 three phase approach outlined below but tailor the project to the particulars of each customer. Timing for a Cloud Roadmap is typically between 3-6 weeks depending on the desired functional scope, number of IT/stakeholder interviews, depth of business case analysis as well as the number and type of proof-of- concept/prototypes.

Professional Services Enterprise
Appirio’s Professional Services Enterprise enables you to manage all aspects of your services business more effectively and move from project management to services resource planning.

Google Apps Implementation Early Adopter Deployment Offerings
The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of the key tasks and associated costs of any Google Apps implementation.

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Presentations

About Appirio
A general overview of Appirio.

Using Facebook for Viral Marketing, Recruiting and Sales - Appirio's Referral Management Solution
Learn how Appirio's Referral Management Solution can help your company encourage, manage and measure word-of-mouth referrals for recruiting, marketing and sales.

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Appirio Articles and Webinars

Recorded Webinar: Path to Cloudsourcing (Registration Required)
Join Mark Newhall (Founding Partner, Execution Specialists Group and ex-Global Strategy Executive, Corporate Express) and Ryan Nichols (VP, Cloudsourcing and Cloud Strategy, Appirio) in this webinar that explores new trends in enterprise adoption of cloud.

Recorded Webinar: Sales and Service Alignment - The New Revenue Engine (Registration Required)
Join Jeanne Urich, Principal, SPI Research and Mike Epner, VP of Professional Services, Appirio as we discuss how aligning your sales and service delivery process can drive significant new revenue growth for services organizations.

Recorded Webinar: PSVillage Ask the Experts Series - Introduction to Cloud Computing for Professional Services (Registration Required)
Please join us as Glenn Weinstein (CTO) and Ryan Nichols (VP, Cloud Strategy Practice) discuss how professional services businesses can use cloud computing to reduce IT costs, focus on core competencies and significantly improve their ability to serve customers.

IDC Report: Force.com Advantage over .NET & Java
Study participants who built enterprise custom applications on the Force.com platform experienced five key benefits compared to traditional in-house development: Faster development, lower cost, higher quality, better performance and accelerated pace of innovation.

Recorded Webinar: Professional Services in the Cloud (Registration Required)
Join Michael Fauscette (Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions, IDC) and Ryan Nichols (VP, Cloud Strategy, Appirio) as we discuss how professional services businesses can use cloud computing to reduce IT costs, focus on core competencies and significantly improve their ability to serve customers.

Recorded Webinar: What Cloud Computing Can Do for Your Enterprise (Registration Required)
This webinar, hosted by Phil Wainewright, explores how enterprises can benefit from making cloud services an integral part of their IT and business strategy.

Recorded Webinar: Salesforce.com Success Series - Service and Support (Registration Required)
In this on-demand Webinar, you’ll learn how Appirio customer Borland quickly deployed Salesforce Call Center and rapidly customized it to easily adapt to the company’s evolving business needs. Plus, you’ll gain insight about new trends in on-demand call center solutions from Datamonitor Research.

Recorded Webinar: JohnsonDiversey's Experience Migrating 10,000 Users to Google Apps (Registration Required)
Join Kiran Vedak (Senior Director of IT Architecture and Planning, JohnsonDiversey), Joseph Koziol (Google), and Carl Krupitzer (Appirio), as we talk about our experience in migrating 10000+ users to Google Apps from Lotus Notes in less than 5 months.

Recorded Webinar: Google App Engine for Java and Google Apps
Building enterprise applications using Google App Engine for Java and Google Apps, presented by Iein Valdez.

Recorded Webinar: Using Facebook and Salesforce for Viral Marketing (Registration Required)
Join Clara Shih (author of The Facebook Era) and Ryan Nichols (VP, Product Management at Appirio) as we explore how enterprises are turning to Facebook and Salesforce.com to help drive word of mouth referrals and track them through to new leads, pipeline and revenue.

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Appirio at Dreamforce 09

Videos from Dreamforce 09 can be found here.

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Appirio at Dreamforce 08

Dreamforce Session - Getting Started with Force.com Sites
Getting Started with the New Force Platform Technology.

Dreamforce Session - Innovation and Profit: How On-Demand Computing Can Change Your Business
On-demand computing offers tons of cost and productivity benefits, but can it really change your business? Appirio offers real-world examples of companies that have successfully made the move to on demand and the hard and soft benefits they realized. Hear directly from one company that’s made the journey, then join an interactive discussion on how your organization can clear a path to the cloud.

Dreamforce Session - Getting Started with Salesforce for Google Apps
Running a business successfully is hard… but having the right tools makes it much easier. Join us to learn about how the combined power of Salesforce and Google Apps is transforming businesses through a simple, yet powerful combination of CRM and office productivity applications including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Sites, and Google Docs, all designed to work wonders for your business.

Dreamforce Session - Extend Force Platform Applications with Google APIs
With Google Apps integrated with the Force Platform, it's now easier than ever for developers to build innovative applications in the cloud. Come hear ideas on how to implement new applications that leverage both the Google and Force Platforms and meet with technical experts from both companies.

Dreamforce Session - Your Web Site - Master of Your Domain
Your Web site shapes how prospects and customers view your business and can be an outstanding lead-generation machine. Join us to learn how to use your website to convey your message, funnel visitor behavior, and effectively use landing pages to convert anonymous visitors into leads. You'll take home best practices for layout, content, and navigation that can maximize the growth of your business.