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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <ul><li>In 2006, Appirio was founded by Chris Barbin (former <a href="/facts/Borland_Software/crI5pTzW">Borland Software</a> <a href="/facts/Chief_information_officer/X6A6yDEz">CIO</a>), Narinder Singh, Glenn Weinstein, and Mike O’Brien.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>In 2007, Appirio established its headquarters in <a href="/facts/Salesforce.com/jEqXM3Gr">Salesforce.com</a>'s Startup Incubator in <a href="/facts/San_Mateo,_California/JpnCprVs">San Mateo, California</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>In 2012, Appirio moved its headquarters to <a href="/facts/San_Francisco,_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>In August 2015, Appirio announced that the Indianapolis Office would be named company headquarters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>In early 2008, Appirio secured a <a href="/facts/Series_A/uzd006jy">Series A</a> investment of $1.1 million from <a href="/facts/Salesforce.com/jEqXM3Gr">Salesforce.com</a> and <a href="/facts/Angel_Investor/0SW8kIY1">angel investors</a>. Then, the firm secured $5.6 million in Series B funding from <a href="/facts/Sequoia_Capital/PY46UgYf">Sequoia Capital</a> in July 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>A Series C round came in February 2009 with a $10 million funding from Sequoia Capital and <a href="/facts/GGV_Capital/6zTA6fxv">GGV Capital</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>A Series D funding round for $60 million followed in March 2012, led by private equity firm <a href="/facts/General_Atlantic/jm1hBfhG">General Atlantic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>In October 2009, Appirio's <a href="/facts/Software_Architect/n114GIdr">Chief Architect</a>, Jason Ouellette<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> released a book titled <i>Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud</i>, released under <a href="/facts/Addison%E2%80%93Wesley/A7UFATEG">Addison-Wesley Professional</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li>In April 2010, Appirio was named "OnDemand Company of the Year" by AlwaysOn, selected as a "Best Place to Work in the Bay Area" by the <i>San Francisco Business Times</i>, and listed in Gartner's "Who's Who in Cloud Computing/SaaS Integration".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li>In July, 2010, Appirio was featured in <i>The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations</i>, a technology novel written by Vinnie Mirchandani.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>In March 2011, Appirio acquired Infowelders, a Salesforce consultancy based in Louisville, KY.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>In December 2011, Appirio acquired Saaspoint, a provider of cloud consulting services in Europe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li>In November 2012, it went on to acquire Knowledge Infusion, a human resources and talent management advisory and consulting services firm.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li>In September 2013, Appirio acquired <a href="/facts/Topcoder/R4LWqDgG">Topcoder</a>, a community of 500,000 developers, engineers and designers that find and collaborate on software development assignments ranging from applications and websites, to back-end corporate systems. CloudSpokes, Appirio's competing platform with 75,000 users, was merged into <a href="/facts/Topcoder/R4LWqDgG">Topcoder</a> in January 2014.</li></ul> <h2 id="locations">Locations</h2> <ul><li>Indianapolis, IN</li> <li><a href="/facts/Minato,_Tokyo/jX8My6AY">Minato, Tokyo</a>, Japan</li> <li>London, UK</li> <li>Dublin, Ireland</li> <li>Sydney, Australia</li> <li>Espoo, Finland</li> <li>Stockholm, Sweden</li> <li>Porto, Portugal</li> <li>Pune, Bangalore, India</li> <li>Greater Noida, India</li> <li>Hyderabad, India</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jaipur/WDLq2DmH">Jaipur</a>, India</li></ul> <h2 id="competition">Competition</h2> <p>Appirio ranked among firms like Acumen Solutions (acquired by <a href="/facts/Salesforce/jEqXM3Gr">Salesforce</a>), Bluewolf (acquired by <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>), and <a href="/facts/Cloud_Sherpas/ka0kMCP4">Cloud Sherpas</a> (acquired by <a href="/facts/Accenture/MQJDvxMn">Accenture</a>) in the market for cloud computing solutions. Increasingly Appirio was found to be a primary competitor of global system integrators such as Accenture and <a href="/facts/Deloitte/PrG29xtM">Deloitte</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.appirio.com/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"What Makes Appirio Special". Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010. <a href="http://appirio.com/company/philosophy.php" target="_blank">http://appirio.com/company/philosophy.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Appirio opts for the cloud over servers". InfoWorld. Retrieved 5 September 2008. <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/appirio-opts-cloud-over-servers-633" target="_blank">http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/appirio-opts-cloud-over-servers-633</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Appirio's eat-your-own-dogfood SaaS integration". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100527085645/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/saas/appirios-eat-your-own-dogfood-saas-integration/325" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100527085645/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/saas/appirios-eat-your-own-dogfood-saas-integration/325</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Wipro to acquire Appirio, A Global Cloud Services Company". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161021002012/https://appirio.com/pressroom/wipro-to-acquire-appirio-a-global-cloud-services-company" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20161021002012/https://appirio.com/pressroom/wipro-to-acquire-appirio-a-global-cloud-services-company</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"This man just sold his 10-year-old company to Wipro for $500 million". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 December 2016. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-barbin-appirio-wipro-acquisition-2016-10" target="_blank">http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-barbin-appirio-wipro-acquisition-2016-10</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Dis-Appirio". Retrieved 11 November 2021. <a href="https://efriedland.medium.com/dis-appirio-c3fff9176c58" target="_blank">https://efriedland.medium.com/dis-appirio-c3fff9176c58</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"America's Most Promising Startups". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100404023433/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0627_fresh_entrepreneurs/16.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100404023433/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0627_fresh_entrepreneurs/16.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Salesforce.com's Pitch to Startups". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070427070807/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2007/tc20070424_574670.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070427070807/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2007/tc20070424_574670.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Contact Appirio". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120825065404/http://www.appirio.com/company/contact.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120825065404/http://www.appirio.com/company/contact.php</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Appirio Chooses Indianapolis as Official Corporate Headquarters". Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160326160310/http://appirio.com/category/business-blog/2015/08/appirio-chooses-indianapolis-as-official-corporate-headquarters/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160326160310/http://appirio.com/category/business-blog/2015/08/appirio-chooses-indianapolis-as-official-corporate-headquarters/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Salesforce.com app maker Appirio gets $5.6M from Sequoia". VentureBeat. Retrieved 18 July 2008. <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2008/07/18/salesforcecom-app-maker-appirio-gets-56m-from-sequoia/" target="_blank">https://venturebeat.com/2008/07/18/salesforcecom-app-maker-appirio-gets-56m-from-sequoia/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Appirio Secures $10M in Series C funding". Retrieved 25 February 2009. <a href="http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/news/appirio-secures-10-million-in-series-c-funding" target="_blank">http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/news/appirio-secures-10-million-in-series-c-funding</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Cloud Startup Appirio Raises $60 Million". Information Week. Retrieved 17 March 2012. <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/development/web/232602642" target="_blank">http://www.informationweek.com/news/development/web/232602642</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Appirio Leadership: Jason Ouellette". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2007. <a href="http://appirio.com/company/leadership.php#jason" target="_blank">http://appirio.com/company/leadership.php#jason</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Ouellette, Jason (2010). Development with the Force.com platform : building business applications in the cloud. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-321-64773-3. <a href="978-0-321-64773-3" target="_blank">978-0-321-64773-3</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"2010 AlwaysOn OnDemand 100". Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010. <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/2010/OnDemand-Top-100-Competiton" target="_blank">http://alwayson.goingon.com/2010/OnDemand-Top-100-Competiton</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Appirio Recognized for Innovation and Leadership in Cloud Computing". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 17 June 2010. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Appirio-Recognized-for-iw-4214471384.html" target="_blank">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Appirio-Recognized-for-iw-4214471384.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Solutions for Cloud Services Integration / SaaS Integration Proliferate". 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010. <a href="http://blogs.gartner.com/benoit_lheureux/2010/04/19/solutions-for-cloud-services-integration-saas-integration-proliferate/" target="_blank">http://blogs.gartner.com/benoit_lheureux/2010/04/19/solutions-for-cloud-services-integration-saas-integration-proliferate/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Mirchandani, Vinnie (2010). The New Polymath. USA: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 217, 218, 227, 241–243, 252. ISBN 978-0-470-61830-1. <a href="978-0-470-61830-1" target="_blank">978-0-470-61830-1</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Appirio Acquires Infowelders, a Salesforce.com Consultancy - Appirio". Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160326231705/http://appirio.com/category/in-the-news/press-releases/2011/03/appirio-acquires-infowelders-a-salesforce-com-consultancy/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160326231705/http://appirio.com/category/in-the-news/press-releases/2011/03/appirio-acquires-infowelders-a-salesforce-com-consultancy/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"San Mateo's Appirio to buy Saaspoint". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 17 March 2012. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/12/09/san-mateos-appirio-to-buy-saaspoint.html" target="_blank">http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/12/09/san-mateos-appirio-to-buy-saaspoint.html</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Appirio beefs up, acquires Knowledge Infusion". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121012002910/http://www.zdnet.com/appirio-beefs-up-acquires-knowledge-infusion-7000005394/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121012002910/http://www.zdnet.com/appirio-beefs-up-acquires-knowledge-infusion-7000005394/</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>How to Profit with Cloud Services, CRN Magazine, March 2011, archived from the original on 7 September 2011 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110907080325/http://www.crn.com/march/march-events.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110907080325/http://www.crn.com/march/march-events.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>