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Custom Application Development—Move Custom Business Processes to the Cloud

Need custom business apps on a cloud platform?

Until recently, enterprises looking to automate a custom business process had to invest in owning and managing an entire infrastructure and middleware stack, and then build a custom application which then needed to be integrated into their existing environments. This model of software development is expensive, difficult to support and relatively slow.

With the introduction of cloud platforms like salesforce.com's Force.com, Google App Engine and Amazon Web Services, enterprises can significantly reduce time-to-market, while building vastly more scalable, flexible and modern applications. This is possible because cloud platforms enable developers to focus on the business issues by abstracting away many aspects of middleware/infrastructure management and scaling. The proposition is even more compelling for enterprises who have already invested in Salesforce CRM since they can start to build new applications on the Force.com platform using their existing platform licenses.

However, taking full advantage of cloud platforms requires specialized skills, new processes and new ways of thinking about application architecture and scaling:

• Specialized skills: new technologies like Apex, Visualforce, Python, etc.
• New processes: agile application development and quality control
• New architectures: non-relational data, multi-tenant kernels

Appirio Services

Appirio provides you with a full range of custom development services in the cloud. Our custom application development services include:

Customers

We help enterprises, including many of salesforce.com and Google's largest customers migrate their custom business processes to the cloud.

Business need	Example	Solution Overview	Platforms Used
Use Facebook to encourage, manage, and measure word of mouth referrals, mark's most important source of new business		Custom application powered by Force.com to connect marketing campaigns in Salesforce with Facebook
Develop an entirely new business or product line		Complete cloud-based ERP for self-publishing - built in <6 months
Develop an entirely new business or product line		B2B exchange for IT assets - built in <3 months
Launch an innovative, large scale marketing campaign in less then a month		Website supporting national service drive campaign - built and launched in 4 weeks
Migrate majority of application portfolio to modern platforms		Cloud migration strategy, roadmap and project management

Why Appirio?

Appirio has broad expertise across cloud platforms and experience helping 180+ enterprises adopt and connect leading cloud applications and platforms such Salesforce, Google and Workday. This means we can help enterprises not only adopt or develop a single application but also build a comprehensive cloud adoption plan.

A cloud adoption plan brings together multiple cloud applications and platforms so that enterprises multiply the benefits of their cloud applications across their business, not just a specific area. Appirio’s unmatched experience, innovative technology, cloud focus, strategic partnerships and expert team ensure that you realize the step change benefits that are possible with cloud applications and platforms.

• Unmatched Experience: Working on many of salesforce.com and Google's largest and highest profile accounts including Japan Post, Qualcomm and Starbucks and pioneering enterprise product development on cloud platforms
• Innovative Technology: Appirio's cloud solutions are powered by innovative technology that is honed from hundreds of real-world customer engagements. Our cloudsourcing library packages our best extensions and tools to ensure success with cloud development and our CloudWorks cloud broker technology makes it easy to build solutions that bring together your cloud applications to increase business and IT productivity.
• Cloud Focus: Complete dedication to cloud computing and serverless organization have given us experience with both the possibilities and the limits of the cloud
• Strategic Partnerships: Appirio has strategic partnerships with the leaders in enterprise cloud computing including Salesforce, Google, Amazon and Workday.
• Expert Team: Experienced and highly qualified team—our acceptance rate of <2% is lower than MIT or Caltech!